FORT RAMON MAGSAYSAY, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija: Local officials in this city and Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (MDATRC) have a piece of advice to candidates who are going to file their certificates of candidacy from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2, 2023, for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October this year.
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(Photo courtesy of DOJ) MANILA - Plans to decongest the country's prison facilities will include an effective rehabilitation program for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday. This came as the agency revealed a plan to move some facilities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) from Muntinlupa City to Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija. "(T)here are plans to move BuCor facilities to Nueva Ecija at Fort Magsaysay. We want to address the congestion problem in NBP (New Bilibid Prison) in Muntinlupa in order to provide humane living conditions to the prisoners," DOJ spokesperson and incoming Assistant Secretary Mico Clavano said in a message to reporters. Clavano said these plans would be coordinated with the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of National Defense (DND). Fort Magsaysay, a military reservation, is under the DND while the rehabilitation facility inside it, the Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitatio
MANILA Col. Romeo Caramat oversaw the bloodiest day in the blood-soaked war on drugs in the Philippines 32 people killed in 24 hours in the province north of Manila where he was police chief in 2017.
Press Release
February 17, 2021
Tapang at Malasakit: Bong Go reaffirms PRRD commitment to address illegal drugs, pushes for measure institutionalizing rehab centers nationwide
Senator Christopher Bong Go reaffirmed President Rodrigo Duterte s commitment to intensify the ongoing campaign against illegal drugs as well as providing a holistic approach for individuals and their families who have been victimized by illegal drugs. As we continue to intensify our campaign against corruption, criminality and illegal drugs, efforts to protect the welfare of the victims are also equally prioritized, he said. This is in fulfillment of our President s promise of tapang at malasakit, he emphasized.
During a hearing by the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs on Tuesday, February 16, Go denounced the drug trade and its destructive influence on Filipino society which, he said, upends lives, families and entire communities.