REGION 6 PECI ACTIVITIES MARCH 2017

PDEA REGION 6 CONDUCTS BARANGAY DRUG CLEARING ORIENTATION TO 92

BARANGAYS IN ILOILO CITY

PDEA Regional Office 6 headed by Atty. Gil T. Pabilona Regional Director,

conducted a string of Barangay Drug Clearing Orientation in the City of Iloilo. The City is

of composed of 180 barangays, and 92 have been conducted in March of 2017. The

series of orientation was in lieu of the Dangerous Drugs Regulation No. 3 series of 2017

which aims to strengthen the implementation of the Barangay Drug Clearing Program.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay San Felix City Proper, Iloilo City, March 30, 2017

The orientation is part of the Pre-Operation Phase which includes Capability

enhancement of all stakeholders in barangay clearing operations through the conduct of

basic drug prevention and control seminars, and collection of drug-related information.

A Drug-Cleared Status of a Barangay is achieved if the following parameters are met:

A. Non-Availability of Drug Supply

B. Absence of Drug Transit/Transshipment

Activity

C. Absence of Clandestine Drug Laboratory

D. Absence of Cladestine Drug Warehouse

E. Absence of Clandestine Chemical

Warehouse

F. Absence of Marijuana Cultivation Site

G. Absence of Drug Den, Dive or Resort

H. Absence of Drug Pusher

I. Absence of Drug User/Dependent

J. Absence of Protector/Coddler and Financier

K. Active Involvement of Barangay Officials in

Anti-Drug Activities

L. Active Involvement of SK to help maintain

the Drug-Liberated Status of the Barangay

M. Existence of Drug Awareness, Preventive

Education and Information, and Other

Related Programs; and

N. Existence of Voluntary and Compulsory

Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation

Processing Desk

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay West Habog-Habog Molo, Iloilo City, March 17, 2017

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, senior citizens and voluntary

surrenderers of Barangay PHCC 22 Mandurriao Iloilo City, March 18, 2017

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, senior citizens and voluntary

surrenderers of Barangay Baldoza La Paz Iloilo City, March 20, 2017

Michael L. Gatin (guy in yellow shirt) was a voluntary surrenderer last year during the Oplan Tokhang by the

PNP. He asked help last Monday during the orientation on how to clear his name and was advised to finish his

rehabilitation. He is a sikad driver. He was caught in a buy bust operation today March 24 at Brgy Baldoza

Lapaz led by Lapaz PNP. He admitted to have not used drugs for the last 15 days.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay Malipayon-Delgado City Proper Iloilo City, March 8, 2017.

Alleged Iloilo drug lord Melvin Odicta Sr. and his wife Meriam who were shot dead at around 1:30 a.m. of

August 29, 2016 at the Caticlan Jetty Port in Aklan were former residents of Brgy. Malipayon-Delgado.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay Bolilao Mandurriao Iloilo City, March 25, 2017.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay Jereos La Paz Iloilo City, March 24, 2017.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay Buhang Jaro Iloilo City, March 25, 2017.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay Sto. Nino Norte, Arevalo Iloilo City, March 23, 2017.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay Roxas Village City Proper, Iloilo City, March 22, 2017.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay Sambag Jaro, Iloilo City, March 21, 2017.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay Kahirupan City Proper, Iloilo City, March 20, 2017.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay Poblacion Molo, Iloilo City, March 17, 2017.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay Muelle Loney City Proper Iloilo City, March 16, 2017.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay East Baluarte Molo Iloilo City, March 15, 2017.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay CC EL 98 Jaro, Iloilo City, March 13, 2017.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay Simon Ledesma Jaro, Iloilo City, March 5, 2017.

PDEA 6 together with the officials, tanod members, BADAC, auxiliary teams, and voluntary surrenderers

of Barangay San Roque Jaro, Iloilo City, March 1, 2017.

PDEA 6 provided a Checklist for Record Gathering (Pre-Operation Phase) for

each Barangays. This includes the Barangay Social Investigation Form,

List/names/addresses and contact numbers of Barangay Officials, tanod members,

auxiliary teams, Police Sub-station, Barangay Map, and names of surrenderers among

others. The Regional Office also created Follow-Up teams to ensure compliance of the

barangays before they proceed to the Validation Phase (Part of the Operation Phase).

The On-going Barangay Drug Clearing Operation is set to cover all 3, 389

barangays in Region 6.

Regional Office 6 visits Home for Girls to Celebrate Women’s Month

PDEA 6 spearheads a Home for Girls Outreach Activity to commemorate

Women's Month last March 8, 2017 at Cabatuan Iloilo.

The identities of all 17 girls were protected for they are victims of rape, incest,

physical abuse and trafficking as part of the project by the Department of Social and

Welfare Development Region 6.

The Outreach program is part of the agency’s Community Involvement and Preventive

Education Activities.

PECIS Team Region 6 Participates in Festivals to Promote Anti-Drug Campaign

PDEA Region 6 attends several festivals, programs, competitions and fiestas in

the different Cities, Provinces, Municipalities and Districts in the Region to promote the

anti-drug campaign.

PDEA 6 Regional Director Atty Gil T. Pabilona (seated first from right) attends the 3rd Pagdaug-Saludan

Festival at Tigbauan Iloilo, March 3, 2017. The PECIS team also participated in the caravan, foot parade

and was present during the Street Dancing Competition.

Saludan, a Hiligaynon term coined from the word salud, is the traditional way of

gathering or accumulating a thing for its interest or value such as threshing rice using a

basket or catching fingerlings through nets. Fishing and farming had been this town’s

way of life.

The traditional harvest festivity of Saludan is celebrated alongside Pagdaug, a

festival segment commemorating the annual observance of the Liberation of Panay.

The festivity has become the symbol of Tigbauans’ esteem in terms of its abundant

varieties of local produce.

PDEA 6 attends the Karoza Parada Competition (in Celebration of the Pintados de Pasi Festival) at Passi

City Iloilo last March 17, 2017.

The Regional Office also took part in the Celebration of the Pintados de Pasi

Festival that lasted five days. hThis included the Tribal Dance Competition, Garden

Show, Food Festival, Ginoo at Binibining Pintados Pageant, Grappling Tournament,

Exhibit of Exotic Pets and Fireworks Display.

This festival is also one of the best known and established festivals of the

Visayan region that have evolved through the years.

Passi is a third class city in Iloilo and is a rice, pineapple, and sugar-rich area and

the only component city and the largest in the Province of Iloilo in terms of land area,

population and income. It is popularly known with its slogan "The Sweet City at The

heart of Panay" due to its vast pineapple plantations and annual output in fruit

production.

PDEA 6 attends Opening parade of Semana sang Alimodian February 25, 2017 (Saturday)

Municipality of Alimodian, Iloilo

PDEA 6 attends the Philippine Science High School 25th Foundation Day.

RD 6 ATTENDS UGNAYAN NG BARANGAY AT SIMBAHAN (UBAS) TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP 4TH MEETING

Iloilo City – Regional Director Atty. Gil T. Pabilona of PDEA 6 attended the 4th Meeting of the Ugnayan ng Barangay at Simbahan (UBAS) Technical Working Group last March 28, 2017 held at the New City Hall Building, Plaza Libertad Iloilo City.

The Ugnayan ng Barangay at Simbahan is a strategic partnership of Barangays, the church and other faith-based organizations as well as the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) whose aim is for good governance.

The UBAS objectives include participation in and monitoring of the proper implementation of the projects under the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB)- formerly known as Grassroots Participatory Process (GPP); Creation of an enabling environment for a meaningful people’s participation in the implementation of DILG projects, especially those in scaling up the practice of good governance at the local level; Initiation and implementation of programs, projects, and activities to curb corruption and promote transaparent, honest and effective governance in Local Government Units; and the undertaking of other engagements or activities as may be deemed necessary or appropriate or as may be identified by the communities.

PDEA 6 COORDINATION MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS DISCUSS BARANGAY

DRUG CLEARING OPERATION

To respond to the growing demand in the implementation of the Barangay Drug

Clearing Operation Program, PDEA Region 6 held a meeting together with the DILG,

Liga ng mga Barangay President, DOH, DOJ, DSWD, City and Provincial Health

Officers, Parole and Probation Office, and the PNP to discuss functions and

responsibilities last March 10, 2017 held at the Rio Hall, Camp Delgado Iloilo City.

The Coordination Meeting discussed the implementation of “Oplan Sagip”

Dangerous Drugs Board Regulation No. 4 series of 2016, the Accreditation of the On-

Going Facility-Based Program of the PRO 6 and LGU, DOH Programs to Surrenderers

in the LGU with No Community-Based Facility, Drug Testing for Surrenderers in the

Barangay Drug Clearing Operations and Programs and Guidelines for Women and

Children Surrenderers.

The Forum was chaired by Atty. Gil T. Pabilona, Regional Director PDEA 6. He

was accompanied by Agent Christina D. Cabatingan Investigation Agent V and Chief of

the Operations Division and Agent Rachelle A. Mission, Investigation Agent I, Chief of

the Intelligence and Investigation Section, PDEA 6.

Atty Gil T. Pabilona with Chief Superintendent Jose Gentiles, Regional Director of the Police

Regional Office 6.

RO 6 ATTENDS COMMUNITY-BASED REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY PROGRAM

FOR DRUG SURRENDERERS (EXODUS TO RECOVERY), AT HAMTIC ANTIQUE

Hamtic, Antique – Asst. Regional Director Levi S. Ortiz of PDEA RO 6 attended the

Community-Based Dug Rehabilitation Program for Drug Surrenderrees entitled Exodus to

Recovery last March 27, 2017 held at the DECS Building, Poblacion 1 Hamtic, Antique.

PDEA 6 Asst. Regional Director Levi S. Ortiz delivers his message of support to Exodus to

Recovery, March 27, 2017. Also in attendance was wGov. Rhodora Cadiao & PSSupt Christopher

Tambungan, DRDO PRO6

The program was facilitated by the National Auxiliary Chaplaincy Philippines Inc. (NACPHIL) through the Local Government of Hamtic and its Municipal PNP. The ceremony was also attended by Barangay Officials, members of the PNP, LGU, DILG, NACPHIL, DSWD, DepEd, TESDA and Anti-Illegal Drug Abuse Councils.