{"id":133928,"date":"2017-11-25T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T06:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=133928"},"modified":"2017-11-25T01:00:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T06:00:12","slug":"dnd-east-ave-med-ink-drug-test-moa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/25\/dnd-east-ave-med-ink-drug-test-moa\/","title":{"rendered":"DND, East Ave. Med ink drug-test MOA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_104466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104466\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1157597_570926352964385_1292098860_n-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104466\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1157597_570926352964385_1292098860_n-3.jpg\" alt=\"Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday said he expects clearing operations in Marawi City to be completed by June 1. (Photo: Department of National Defense - Philippines\/ Facebook)\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1157597_570926352964385_1292098860_n-3.jpg 200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1157597_570926352964385_1292098860_n-3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of National Defense (DND) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DNDPHL\/photos\/a.114373525286339.18612.114373295286362\/570926352964385\/?type=1&amp;amp;theater\">(Photo:<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DNDPHL\">Department of National Defense &#8211; Philippines\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong> &#8212; The Department of National Defense (DND) and the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on drug tests for defense and military employees.<\/p>\n<p>DND public affairs chief Arsenio Andolong, in a statement Friday, said the MOA was signed by Undersecretary for Policy Ricardo David Jr., who chairs the department\u2019s Drug-Free Workplace Assessment Committee, and EAMC head Dr. Emmanuel Bueno, on behalf of the hospital\u2019s National Reference Laboratory (NRL), at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on November 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we officially seal the covenant between the DND and the EAMC-NRL on the engagement of quality drug testing for DND employees and of course, AFP personnel,\u201d David said. \u201cThis is a milestone for the department in the pursuit of a drug-free environment in compliance with Republic Act 9165, also known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002\u2026 and the pursuit of a drug-free workplace as approved by the Secretary of National Defense on July 17, 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MOA aims to further strengthen the DND\u2019s anti-illegal drug efforts through the conduct of the annual mandatory and random drug tests of civilian and uniformed personnel, regardless of status or position.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement would also serve as the reference point for the engagement of drug testing services of the EAMC-NRL, and ensure that the DND would be able to tap into qualified, competent, and sufficient number of personnel who will conduct the drug tests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of National Defense (DND) and the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) have signed a memorandum of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":92646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[18461,3413,34966,21407,34965,34963,34967,34964],"class_list":["post-133928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-arsenio-andolong","tag-department-of-national-defense","tag-dr-emmanuel-bueno","tag-drug-tests","tag-drug-free-workplace-assessment-committee","tag-east-avenue-medical-center","tag-national-reference-laboratory","tag-ricardo-david-jr","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133928","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=133928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}