{"id":118057,"date":"2017-09-16T02:22:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T06:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=118057"},"modified":"2017-09-16T02:22:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T06:22:43","slug":"koronadal-city-govt-remains-drug-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/16\/koronadal-city-govt-remains-drug-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Koronadal city gov’t remains drug-free"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The city government has practically remained drug-free based on results of the latest random drug tests for its officials and employees. (Photo<\/a>: City of Koronadal\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

KORONADAL CITY — The city government has practically remained drug-free based on results of the latest random drug tests for its officials and employees.<\/p>\n

Cyrus Urbano, city administrator, said Friday all city officials and employees who underwent the annual drug tests last Sept. 8 have yielded negative of using illegal drugs or any prohibited substance.<\/p>\n

He said a total of 175 personnel were randomly selected for the tests, which was facilitated anew by personnel from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Region 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe already received the results and we\u2019re very happy that they were all negative,\u201d Urbano said.<\/p>\n

He said the favorable test results mainly meant that there are no drug users among their ranks and that the city government remains a drug-free institution.<\/p>\n

As ordered by City Mayor Peter Miguel, Urbano said the tests were all unannounced to ensure the credibility of the results.<\/p>\n

Dr. Glorio Sandig, City Anti-Drug Abuse Council action officer, said they made sure that none among their personnel had no prior information regarding the scheduled tests.<\/p>\n

He said the subject employees were initially called by their human resources management officer to go to the city hall\u2019s conference room.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were not allowed to go out of the room and we later announced that they would undergo drug tests. So it\u2019s really a surprise test,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Sandig said another round of tests would soon be conducted for 18 more employees who were pre-selected but we\u2019re not available for last week\u2019s tests due to various reasons.<\/p>\n

In the past years, the local government had dismissed several employees after being found positive of using illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

Last year, none among the city officials and employees who were subjected to the tests yielded positive of drug use.<\/p>\n

The city government had been conducting annual \u201csurprise\u201d random drug tests for its officials and employees in the last four years.<\/p>\n

The move was in support of the national government continuing campaign against illegal drugs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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