{"id":182737,"date":"2018-09-24T04:39:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T08:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=182737"},"modified":"2018-09-24T04:39:08","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T08:39:08","slug":"pdea-gets-1st-ncr-satellite-office-taguig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/24\/pdea-gets-1st-ncr-satellite-office-taguig\/","title":{"rendered":"PDEA gets 1st NCR satellite office in Taguig"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) (Photo<\/a>: Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – PDEA\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Affirming its commitment to the Duterte administration\u2019s campaign against illegal drugs, the city government of Taguig has provided a satellite office for Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), a development that reinforces the campaign against illegal drugs in the \u201cprobinsyudad\u201d and the rest of southern Metro Manila.<\/p>\n

Taguig Anti-Drug Abuse Council (TADAC) officer-in-charge Hilario Cruz said the city government-funded PDEAs\u2019 first-ever satellite office in the National Capital Region turned over the brand-new, fully-furnished office for the use of PDEA on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cPDEA just has to report to the office to make it fully operational,\u201d said Cruz, as he highlighted the city\u2019s generosity.<\/p>\n

PDEA will leave their old station in a building they share with the Southern Police District in Fort Bonifacio as they now occupy their new Upper Bicutan building. The satellite office comes fully equipped with air conditioning units, computers and furniture.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a top priority for the current city leadership and it aligns with the advocacy of President Duterte,\u201d Cruz added.<\/p>\n

The office will boost Taguig\u2019s drug campaign even more as PDEA will work closely with the city\u2019s police force and TADAC. The building can host inter-agency meetings and will accept walk-in reports.<\/p>\n

The whole of PDEA\u2019s South jurisdiction — the cities of Taguig, Makati, Pasay, Muntinlupa, Las Pi\u00f1as and Para\u00f1aque, plus the town of Pateros — will also benefit from drastically improved response times and the round-the-clock hotline.<\/p>\n

Joel Villorente, PDEA agent assigned to the city, said the relocation was a \u201cmorale booster\u201d for the enforcers of the Philippine drug law.<\/p>\n

\u201cPDEA, under the leadership of Director General Aaron N. Aquino, is grateful to the city of Taguig,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big thing, what the city has done,\u201d Villorente added.<\/p>\n

Just recently, three big-time drug pushers were sentenced to life imprisonment in September after being nabbed in a buy-bust operation that also yielded two kilograms of high-grade cocaine worth PHP10 million in 2011.<\/p>\n

Earlier in 2016 and 2017, Tinga Drug Syndicate members Joel Tinga and Elisa \u201cEly\u201d Tinga were also sentenced to reclusion perpetua for selling illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

The Top 10 drug personalities in 2015 — Michael Butch Tan, Sancho Espiritu, Alfonso Dacquel, Richard Silvestre, Isidro Llagas, Mardie Talampas, Jackie Abone, Adonis Venus, Bags Malay and Rawie Castro — are all now behind bars.<\/p>\n

Several initiatives were also introduced to curb the drug menace.<\/p>\n

In 2016, the TADAC launched the drug-free community program for drug dependents. The two-month program aims to rehabilitate drug users and reintegrate them as productive members of society.<\/p>\n

Taguig, under the leadership of Mayor Lani Cayetano, also implements a \u201cone-strike policy\u201d against business establishments allowing patrons and customers to use illegal drugs. The city government immediately revokes business permits even though establishments are first-time offenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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