REGIONAL DIRECTOR’S CORNER April 2021 Activities of our Regional Director April 8, 2021 – Dir. Emerson L. Margate, together with the personnel of PDEA Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Office attended the Inauguration and Blessing of Balay Silangan Reformatory Center in Bayog, Zamboanga del sur. During the event, Dir. Margate gave a short message, and then followed by the blessing, ribbon cutting and tour of the facility. MADAC members and all Municipal Councilors headed by its Mayor Celso A. Matias, OIC,DILG Provincial Director, Dir. Mohammad Taha Arakama, PNP personnel, BADAC Chairmen/Chairwomen, and some surrenderees of Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur were also present during the activity. Balay Silangan serves as the temporary refuge of those drug personalities who wish to reform their ways and be reintegrated to the society. April 7, 2021 – Dir. Emerson L. Margate paid courtesy visit and had a short meeting with JSSUPT Baby Noel Montalvo, Regional Director of BJMP IX held at BJMP RO IX, Barangay Lenienza, Pagadian City. Discussed during the short visit were matters concerning the Jail Drug Clearing Program and coordination partnerships between the two government agencies in support of the national anti-drug campaign. April 7, 2021 – Dir. Emerson L. Margate, together with the Provincial Officer of PDEA Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Office, visited the newly- constructed building of PDEA Regional Office located at the Regional Government Center in Pagadian City, to personally see and check the status of the building prior to its turnover and the transfer of PDEA RO IX personnel from the regional office in Zamboanga City. April 30, 2021 – Dir. Emerson L. Margate, together with other members of the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC), conducted the deliberation of the nineteen (19) barangays in the Municipalities of Alicia, Malangas, Talusan, and Payao held at the Dampa ng Malangas, Barangay Poblacion, Malangas Zamboanga Sibugay. The deliberation was attended by Agent Ralph Rommel D Torres, OIC-ARD/Supervisor, RBDCPT; PLTCOL Eduardo P Mallo, OIC RCADO PRO 9; Mr. Mario A. Baterna, OIC- Provincial Director-DILG; Mr. Cristobert Bermudez, DMO IV, DOH Representative; PCOL Albert Larubis, Provincial Director PNP; PDEA Zamboanga Sibugay personnel; Municipal COPs; Municipal Mayors; and the Barangay Chairpersons and secretaries of the applicant barangays. On the said activity, the following barangays were declared by the ROCBDC as drug cleared and drug free: Barangays Bagong Buhay, Bella, Gulayon, Milagrosa, Payongan and Tampalan of Alicia; Barangays Basak, Bawang, Del Pilar, Logpond, Malongon, Mulom, Overland, San Vicente, Rebocon and Buntong (Drug-Free) of Malangas; Barangays Cawilan and Mahayahay of Talusan; and Barangays Fatima and Kulisap of Payao, Zamboanga Sibugay. .