The intensified government drive against illegal drugs resulted in the voluntary surrender of more than 7,000 drug users/pushers in the Province of Sultan Kudarat. Consequently, there is the need to evaluate each one of them to determine their level of drug dependency subject them to rehabilitative processes as the case warrants.
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City Mayor Ronnel Rivera visited the beneficiaries who were situated in the most uphill village of barangay mabuhay which will took almost two-hour-ride from the city notwithstanding the backbreaking-and-winding- road-challenge.
Prk. Chairman Edelberto Manero and Mr. Norberto Manero expressed their gratitude in the government wherein basic necessities like water were being addressed and reach out to even the farthest of communities.
The DILG being the lead convener of MASA MASID, a program designed to heighten community involvement by mobilizing the support of local stakeholders, volunteers, civic organizations, faith-based organizations, and the private sectors in the fight against illegal drugs, criminality and corruption, has provided an avenue for the Province to conduct an orientation for a core group of local government functionaries who will be in charge in ensuring that the MASA MASID Teams and Volunteers can effectively and efficiently deliver the needed intervention for drug surrenderers.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government conducted a coordination meeting with the Department of Social Welfare and Development for the implementation of the Operation LISTO: LISTONG Pamilyang Pilipino on June 9, 2017 at Agua Frio Garden Resort, Koronadal City.
The DILG DRR-CCA Provincial Focal Persons met with the 4Ps Regional Program Coordinator and 4Ps Provincial and City Links for the levelling off and updates on the roll-out of Gabay at Mapa IEC Material in the conduct of the Family Development Sessions of the latter in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government conducted the Orientation on the Management of the Dead and the Missing Persons on June 8, 2017 at Agua Frio Garden Resort, Koronadal City. It was attended by DILG Key Officials, P/C/MDRRMOs, and C/MLGOOs.