BUENAVISTA, Guimaras – Barangays Rizal and Zaldivar here have been declared as free from illegal drugs by the Regional Oversight Committee chaired by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
The declaration was done on Nov. 23 during the deliberation of the committee at the Police Regional Office 6 in Camp Delgado, Iloilo City.
Barangays Rizal and Zaldivar met the parameters set by the Dangerous Drugs Board. These were the following:
* non-availability of illegal drugs
* absence of drug dens, pushers and users, protectors or financiers
* absence of clandestine drug laboratories, warehouses, marijuana cultivation sites
* no drug transit or transshipment activity
* active involvement of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials in anti-drug activities
* conduct of drug awareness, preventive education and information campaign
* operation of voluntary and compulsory drug treatment and rehabilitation processing desk
The declaration of barangays Rizal and Zaldivar as drug-free raised to 35 the number of Buenavista villages now cleared.
Buenavista has 36 bararangays. The remaining village to be cleared of illegal drugs is Santo Rosario, said Mayor Eugenio Reyes.
The barangays previously declared as drug-free were Agsanayan, Avila, Banban, Bacjao, Cansilayan, Dagsaan, Daragan, East Valencia, Getuli, Mabini, Magsaysay, McLain, Montpiller, Navalas, Nazaret, New Poblacion, Old Poblacion, Piña, Salvacion, San Fernando, San Isidro, San Miguel, San Nicolas, San Pedro, San Roque, Sawang, Supang, Tacay, Taminla, Tanag, Tastasan, Tinadtaran, and Umilig./PN
