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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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Sunday, May 7, 2017
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ILOILO City – As of April, a total of 849 drug surrenderers from this southern city had themselves rehabilitated either through the drug rehabilitation drop-in centers in seven districts of the metropolis or with the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6).
Of the total figure, 468 availed themselves of rehabilitation at the city’s Community Change Centers called Crossroads, data from the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) showed.
Of the 468 clients, 209 composed the first batch while 259 made up the second batch, according to ICPO’s chief of operation Superintendent Joel Saliba.
Meanwhile, 381 drug surrenderers (in six batches) sought rehabilitation with the PRO-6.
The first batch was composed of 43 drug surrenderers; 63 for the second batch, 47 for the third batch, 100 for the fourth batch, 53 for the fifth batch, and 75 for the sixth batch.
There were so far 2,910 drug surrenderers in this city, data from various barangay anti-drug abuse councils showed. The data were submitted to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and ICPO.
PDEA Region 6 had a much lower number of drug surrenderers who sought rehabilitation. Regional Director Gil Pabilona reported only 117 this first quarter of 2017.
Meanwhile, the city government is providing job opportunities to the rehabilitated drug surrenderers.
“We are not only conducting antidrug operations. We are also providing livelihood to the surrenderers. We are giving them a chance to change,” said Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog.
The city government’s Technical Institute of Iloilo City (TIIC) offers livelihood trainings.
TIIC administrator Mathilde Octavio (Molo district campus) said 93 trainees were currently undergoing training on carpentry, masonry, welding, construction painting, driving, massage therapy, and computer literacy.
At TIIC’s Bo. Obrero campus in Lapuz district, Octavio said, 102 trainees were taking up beauty care, cookery, computer literacy, and dressmaking./PN
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