{"id":110420,"date":"2017-08-08T01:45:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T05:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=110420"},"modified":"2017-08-08T01:45:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T05:45:12","slug":"3-village-chairs-in-koronadal-monitored-for-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/08\/3-village-chairs-in-koronadal-monitored-for-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"3 village chairs in Koronadal monitored for drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_110432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110432\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mayor_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110432\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mayor_1.jpg\" alt=\"He said the will determine whether there are protectors of illegal drug personalities among barangay chairs and other local officials. (PNA PHOTO)\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mayor_1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mayor_1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He said the will determine whether there are protectors of illegal drug personalities among barangay chairs and other local officials. (PNA PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Aug. 8\u2014 Authorities are monitoring three barangay chairs in Koronadal City for alleged involvement in illegal drug-related activities.<\/p>\n<p>Koronadal City Mayor Peter Miguel said Tuesday the information was based on a \u201cvalidated report\u201d relayed to his office by personnel of an undisclosed law enforcement agency based in the area.<\/p>\n<p>But he did not name the three barangay officials pending further validation and an ongoing investigation regarding their supposed involvement in illegal activities.<\/p>\n<p>The city mayor said he directed the city\u2019s 27 barangay chairs to submit a list of the top five drug lords, dealers and users who have been operating within their areas of responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis would prove whether they are really sincere in the fight against illegal drugs in their communities,\u201d Miguel said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He said the will determine whether there are protectors of illegal drug personalities among barangay chairs and other local officials.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 12 earlier confirmed that they are closely watching several local government officials who are allegedly involved in illegal drug-related activities.<\/p>\n<p>Most of these officials, including mayors and barangay chairs, were acting as protectors and coddlers of drug personalities, said PDEA-12 regional director Gil Cesario Castro.<\/p>\n<p>In South Cotabato and this city, he said they have monitored two active major drug groups that were reportedly linked to some local officials.<\/p>\n<p>Miguel warned public officials and other personalities who are using illegal drugs and involved in the drug trade to stop with their illegal activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government and our authorities are serious in ending this problem and getting all those who were into these activities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The city government has fully backed the government\u2019s intensified campaign against illegal since President Rodrigo R. Duterte assumed office last year and made it a top priority.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor had ordered mandatory drug tests on all city officials and employees in support of the move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Aug. 8\u2014 Authorities are monitoring three barangay chairs in Koronadal City for alleged involvement in illegal drug-related &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":110432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[20684,18536,20686,20685],"class_list":["post-110420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-illegal-drug-related","tag-koronadal-city","tag-the-philippine-drug-enforcement-agency-pdea","tag-validated-report","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}