TRECE MARTIRES, Cavite (PIA) – The municipal government of General Mariano Alvarez (GMA) headed by Mayor Maricel Echevarria-Torres launched its BUKAS PALAD Program or “Bagong Umaga Kaagapay ang Sarili, Pamilya, Pamayanan at Pamahalaan Laban sa Droga” on Monday, January 23, at the GMA Municipal Plaza during its flag ceremony.
BUKAS PALAD is a multi-sectoral strategy spearheaded by the municipal government and in collaboration with different government agencies such as the Municipal Anti-Drug Abuse Council (MADAC), Peace and Order Council (POC), Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Municipal Health Office, Municipal Social Welfare Development Office (MSWDO), Public Employment Service Office (PESO), private organizations and other stakeholders that aim to rid the town of illegal drugs and be declared a “Drug-Cleared Municipality.”
According to Mayor Torres, the program is an integrated, and holistic approach to rehabilitating the drug users/dependents in the locality, to help them recover and be reintegrated back to society as a normal and productive citizens.
“Mananatiling ‘bukas-palad’ ang pamahalaang bayan para sa lahat ng mga kababayan dahil malaki ang papel na ginagampanan ng isang pamahalaan, pamayanan, at Pamilya sa pagbabagong buhay ng Persons Who Used Drugs o PWUDs,” said Mayor Torres.
(The local government remains ‘generous’ for all the citizens because it is the government, the community, and the family’s responsibility to help and support the PWUDs towards a new and better life.) (RBF/PIA-Cavite with reports from the Local Government of GMA) (Ruel Francisco with reports from LGU GMA)
