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MALASIQUI, Pangasinan -The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has already declared drug-cleared some 2,421 barangays out of the 2,929 drug-affected barangays in the Ilocos Region as of December 2022. In a virtual forum hosted by the Philippine Information Agency Ilocos on Friday, PDEA Ilocos regional information officer Mariepe De Guzman said some 508 barangays, or 15.55 percent are still drug-affected. She said of the total number of drug-cleared barangays, 1,089 are in Pangasinan, 456 in La Union, 465 in Ilocos Sur, and 411 in Ilocos Norte while some 183 in Pangasinan, 45 in La Union, 166 in Ilocos Sur, and 114 in Ilocos Norte are the drug-affected barangays that are yet to be cleared. De Guzman said they have conducted 22 high-impact operations that have resulted in the arrest of 83 high-value targets. "We have confiscated some 638.54 kilos of shabu and 1,505 kilos of marijuana in 2022 amounting to PHP2.7 billion," she said. The PDEA has conducted a total of 1,746 o ....
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan -The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has already declared drug-cleared some 2,421 barangays out of the 2,929 drug-affected barangays in the Ilocos Region as of December 2022. In a virtual forum hosted by the Philippine Information Agency Ilocos on Friday, PDEA Ilocos regional information officer Mariepe De Guzman said some 508 barangays, or 15.55 percent are still drug-affected. She said of the total number of drug-cleared barangays, 1,089 are in Pangasinan, 456 in La Union, 465 in Ilocos Sur, and 411 in Ilocos Norte while some 183 in Pangasinan, 45 in La Union, 166 in Ilocos Sur, and 114 in Ilocos Norte are the drug-affected barangays that are yet to be cleared. De Guzman said they have conducted 22 high-impact operations that have resulted in the arrest of 83 high-value targets. "We have confiscated some 638.54 kilos of shabu and 1,505 kilos of marijuana in 2022 amounting to PHP2.7 billion," she said. The PDEA has conducted a total of 1,746 o ....
NEGOSYO CENTER. Department of Trade and Industry Ilocos regional director Grace Falgui-Baluyan (right), provincial director Natalia Dalaten (third from left), Bani town mayor Gwen Yamamoto (second from right) lead the opening of the Negosyo Center in Bani town, Pangasinan on Dec. 28, 2021. The center is the fifth that opened in the province last year. (Photo courtesy of DTI Region 1) SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has established and maintained a total of 81 Negosyo (business) Centers in the Ilocos Region as of March 31 this year. Based on the data released by the DTI Ilocos regional office on Tuesday, 19 centers are in Ilocos Norte, 20 in Ilocos Sur, 15 in La Union, and 27 in Pangasinan. The DTI-1 said 40 of these centers are basic Negosyo Centers, five are full, and 36 are advanced centers. The Negosyo Centers' information and services are available virtually at dtinegosyocenter.online. In a phone interview, DTI Pangasinan provincial dire ....