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PDEA WARNS PUBLIC VS MONEY TRANSFER SCAM
PRESS RELEASE NO. 090/17
DATE: FEBRUARY 22, 2017
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is warning the public against money transfer using the name of the Agency to collect money for clearance purposes.
PDEA Director General Isidro S. Lapeña issued the public advisory amid a report about spurious electronic mails allegedly originating from Lapeña himself asking for a sum of P14,900 in exchange for anti-drug clearance fee.
PDEA SETS OUT GUIDELINES IN STRENGTHENING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BARANGAY DRUG CLEARING PROGRAM
PRESS RELEASE NO. 089/17
DATE: FEBRUARY 18, 2017
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has outlined the guidelines in the implementation of barangay drug clearing program to curb the proliferation of illegal drugs in communities and promote involvement of local barangays in the suppression of drug trafficking and abuse.
“Barangays, as the first line of defense, should be tapped as force multipliers of the national anti-drug campaign at the grassroots level. An integrated approach to emerge victorious in the war on drugs is to rid illegal drugs barangay by barangay,” said PDEA Director General Isidro S. Lapeña.
PDEA ADOPTS CSC’S SANCTION OF OUTRIGHT DISMISSAL FOR PERSONNEL FOUND POSITIVE FOR DRUG USE
PRESS RELEASE NO. 088/17
DATE: FEBRUARY 18, 2017
To demonstrate that it has the moral ascendancy to lead as prime implementers of the anti-drug law, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is adopting the sanction imposed by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) on dismissal at first offense for public officials and employees who are tested and found positive for substance abuse.
PDEA STRENGTHENS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, INCREASES MANPOWER TO BOOST READINESS IN THE WAR AGAINST DRUGS
PRESS RELEASE NO. 087/17
DATE: FEBRUARY 18, 2017
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is strengthening its organizational structure and staffing pattern to boost its readiness in the gargantuan war on drugs in the country.
PDEA Director General Isidro S. Lapeña said that a newly-approved Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) Resolution has created an additional 1,280 regular plantilla positions of PDEA personnel and led to the adoption of necessary modifications in the organizational set-up of the Agency, particularly in the field of intelligence and investigation.
