Province creates anti-drug office
THE Cebu Provincial Board (PB) approved the creation of an anti-drug abuse commission with an initial budget of P5 million.
An ordinance creating the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Commission was approved on third and final reading.
The body will headed by Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and assist her in ensuring that mayors perform their duties in enforcing anti-drug laws.
Other members of the commission are the PB committee chairmen on anti-drug and substance abuse, youth and sports development, and barangay affairs and rural development.
The board will also include directors of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas, Cebu Provincial Police Office, Departments of Interior and Local Government, Education, Social Welfare and Development and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology .
