DRUG CLEARED. The Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug-Clearing declares two more barangays in Zamboanga City following deliberation Monday (April 25, 2022). A total of 17 barangays of Zamboanga City, which has 98 villages, are now drug-free. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 9) ZAMBOANGA CITY - With the recent addition of two "drug-cleared" villages, this city now has a total of 17 barangays declared free from the drug menace by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug-Clearing (ROCBDC). "Declared as drug-cleared are the barangays of Cacao and Calabasa," Emerson Margate, the ROCBDC chairperson, said Tuesday. Margate, who is also the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) regional director, said the two villages were given the "drug-cleared" status following deliberation proceedings on Monday. Barangays Cacao and Calabasa officials, he said, presented their respective anti-illegal drugs campaign to the oversi