Republic of the Philippines Office of the President PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REGIONAL OFFICE VI Pepita Aquino Avenue corner Fort San Pedro Drive, Iloilo City 5000 (033) 337-1600 pdea.gov.ph PDEA Top Stories PDEA@PdeaTopStories pdeatopstories pdea.region6 and @PDEA6official [email protected] Regional Webpage for the Month of March 2019 Pusher Beautician in Capiz Caught Selling Shabu Joint elements of the Capiz Provincial Police PIB/PDEU, President Roxas MPS, Police Drug Enforcement Unit, Provincial Intel Section and the PDEA Capiz Provincial Office conducted Buy Bust Operation at around 1:30 early this morning of March 3, 2019 at Sitio Tinundan Barangay Poblacion, President Roxas, Capiz. Suspected person was identifed as Jonathan Cartujano Dela Cruz of Brgy VII Roxas City Capiz, 32 years old and a beautician, who was caught upon recovery from his possession five (5) pieces Php100.00 peso bill buy-bust money in exchange for one (1) heat sealed sachet of suspected shabu and another two (2) heat-sealed sachets of suspected shabu from his possession. Cases for violation of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 are now being prepared for filing in court. 1 Brgy Igang and Brgy Guiwanon Nueva Valencia, Guimaras Undergo Post Operation Phase The PDEA Guimaras Provincial Office led by Investigation Agent III Jyxyvzcky G Escrupolo, together with DILG, Nueva Valencia MPS, CBRP Facilitators, PAO, MHO and the barangay local officials conducted symposium on anti-illegal drugs, anti-criminality and violence against women and children lectures last March 1, 2019 at Sitio Onisan, Brgy Guiwanon Nueva Valencia Guimaras and last February 21,2019 held at the Igang Elementary School. The representatives of each agency delivered their topics and reminded the community of their role in maintaining their drug-cleared status. The said activity is part of the Post Operation Phase of BDCP which the barangay aims to maintain since they were declared as Drug-Cleared last October 2018 by the Regional Oversight Committee. 2 PDEA Iloilo and PNP nab 2 Suspects in Estancia Buy Bust TODAY: The PDEA RO VI Iloilo Provincial Office together with the PPO Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit and Estancia Municipal Police Station conducted joint Buy Bust operation at 1:30PM today March 6, 2019 at Brgy. Bulaqueña, Estancia, Iloilo which resulted to the arrest of Julie Pagaypay Erecelia alias "Pedring" and Melvin Sales Cordero and seizure of about 2.6 grams of suspected shabu. Inventory is presently being conducted and cases for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 will be prepared for filing in Court. 3 PDEA Aklan Attends Different Anti-drug Activities and Spearheads Distribution of Certificates of Drug-cleared Barangays The PDEA Aklan Provincial Office personnel were present during the conduct of the Barangay Drug Clearing Program Orientation last March 4, 2019 attended by participants from sixteen (16) barangays of Kalibo, Aklan followed by Film Showing at the Ati-atihan Country Inn. Meanwhile on March 5, 2018, the same team together with Mayor James V. Solanoy of Nabas, Aklan, P/Cinsp Jerick Vargas, COP of Nabas MPS & MLGOO VI Atella P. Velasco distributed and issued the certification of nineteen (19) barangays declared as Drug Cleared of Nabas, Aklan. Today, March 6, 2019, the team attended the Provincial Anti-drug Abuse Council Meeting held at the Office of the Governor Conference Room, Capitol Building, Kalibo, Aklan. 4 PDEA Iloilo Conducts Brgy. Drug Clearing Onsite Validation in Barotac Nuevo Last March 4, 2019, PDEA Iloilo Provincial Office representatives conducted onsite validation in the Municipality of Barotac Nuevo in connection with the ongoing Barangay Drug Clearing Program. Barotac Nuevo is a municipality of Iloilo and is composed of 29 barangays. The validation was conducted to determine barangays set to complete the process before they be declared as drug- cleared or drug-free. 5 PDEA VI Conducts Refresher Seminar on Illegal Drugs Santa Barbara, Iloilo: IA V Christina D Cabatingan of PDEA VI led the Refresher Course on Illegal Drugs Seminar yesterday, March 5, 2019 at 1:00 PM among the Iloilo Provincial Police Office Intel Branch held at Camp Francisco Sumagaysay, Province of Iloilo. The seminar focused on illegal drugs modus-operandi and other drug-related activities, aimed to effectively and efficiently carry-out the conduct of Anti-illegal drug operations. 6 BDCP Orientation Ongoing in Caluya, Antique PDEA Antique Provincial Officer IA V Ferdenand A Kintanar together with Case Monitoring Personnel Joseph Anthony Yee attended the Training and Orientation of Barangay Drug Clearing Program during the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council Meeting which commenced last March 6, 2019. The team presented overview of the Barangay Drug Clearing Program, salient provisions of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act and the Balay Silangan Program. 7 Balay Silangan Efforts of PDEA 6 Continues: Identified Sites to be Utilized Soon Starting the 1st semester of 2019, together with the initial efforts spearheaded last year, Gretchen Bo-Peep G Giner, Chief Admin Officer and Focal Person of Balay Silangan in Region VI together with other PDEA personnel, has the Program in full force with Mayors in the Region offering support for the much-awaited formal and actual opening of the sites within the first half of the year. Last February 20, 2019, the Mayor of Janiuay, Jose Lam de Paula and PDEA met to discuss possible facilities to be utilized for the accomodation of persons to be rehabbed. A day prior, February 19, 2019, the Mayor of Tapaz Capiz, Roberto Palomar and Mayor of Miagao, Macario N Napulan, whom PDEA met last March 1, 2019, have discussed the implementation of the program, as well as the possibility of neighboring municipalities to be accomodated in the meantime at Tapaz Capiz Reformation Center. Present during the discussions were the Municipal Health Office and Chiefs of Police. Future discussions with neighboring municipalities of Tapaz Capiz including Dumalag, Dumarao, Cuartero, Jamindan and Pan-ay has been initiated for their drug personalities (pushers) to be enrolled in the facility. PDEA also proceeded to the municipalities of San Enrique and Pototan which are neighboring municipalities of Passi City, under Mayor Jesry T Palmares. The Passi facility was again visited last March 5, 2019. Prior meetings with Mayor Palmares also elicited positive response in the possibility of housing eligible personalities to be accommodated in Passi City Reformation Center, which is actually a Red Cross Facility. An Oversight Committee Meeting is tentatively set on March 12, 2019 to discuss roles and functions of each member-committee once the program becomes fully operational. Balay Silangan is a national drug reformation program which offers temporary refuge with the objective of reforming drug offenders into self-sufficient and law-abiding members of society. 8 PDEA-6 Interdiction Team Attends Joint Port Management and Facility Security Advisory Council Meeting Iloilo City: The PDEA Seaport Interdiction Team attended the joint Port Management Advisory Council and Port Facility Security Advisory Council meeting held at the Highway 21 Hotel, Gen. Luna St. Iloilo City last Friday, March 8, 2019 at 8:30AM. PDEA was also presented a Certificate of Appreciation for the support augmented to the PMO during the arrival of the M/V Pacific Venus at Iloilo Commercial Port Complex last January 26, 2019 carrying some 720 Japanese tourists for the Dinagyang Celebration. 9 PDEA and PNP Intensify Efforts as Boracay Tourism Pushes Forward, Pusher Caught Off-guard Early afternoon yesterday, March 9, 2019, Dominador Villanueva Agustin Jr, alias "Ador/Junior", of Oyo Torong St., Kalibo, Aklan falls into the hands of the operatives as he was caught selling suspected Shabu at around 1:30 PM at Boracay Station 2, Brgy Balabag, Malay, Aklan. The successful joint buy-bust operation was initiated by PDEA Aklan Provincial Office, led by IA V Christina D Cabatingan, Aklan Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit led by Police Chief Inspector Frensy C. Andrade, Malay and Kalibo MPS, as well as the Aklan HPG and Provincial Intel Branch. The suspected pusher was staying at Señerez Compound, Station 2, Boracay Island, when he was also caught selling suspected drugs. Recovered from his possesion were three (3) pieces Php1000 peso bills marked money in exchange for a sachet of suspected shabu. Cases for violation of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 are now being prepared for filing in Court against Agustin. 10 Western Visayas Seaport Interdiction Efforts Continue Last March 7, 2019, the Seaport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (SIDITG-6) conducted Paneling/Inspection at Fast Craft Terminal at Brgy. Loboc, Lapuz, Iloilo City. The ongoing and intensified seaport interdiction efforts is to ensure that no drugs will enter port of entries of Western Visayas. Said initiative and undertaking is somehow effective so as to deter would-be transient drug peddlers who are planning to enter Panay area. No illegal drugs were seized nor detected during the said inspection. 11 PDEA Iloilo Distributes Komiks Kontra Droga during Onsite Validation in Lemery and Concepcion Last March 8, 2019, the PDEA Iloilo Provincial Office conducted onsite validation among the five (5) barangays of Lemery and three (3) barangays of Concepcion, Iloilo. During the said activity, the team also distributed PDEA Komiks, an alternative anti-drug advocacy campaign material to the Junior Students of Roberto H. Tirol High School. 12 PDEA-6 K9 Unit/Interdiction Team and SIDITG More Agressive As Ever At about 3:00 PM last March 11, 2019, the PDEA K9 Unit and Interdiction Team led by IA III Ruenell Butch E Montenegro and Intel Officer II Joemar A Polinar conducted search and seizure operation at Dumangas District Jail situated at PD Monfort North, Dumangas, Iloilo. 19 BJMP personnel along with 23 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were subjected to a surprise drug test by the Dumangas District Jail Personnel.