Colloquium) at the ABL Sports Complex, Simultaneous BIDA Advocacy Activities; and Inagurasyon It Baeay it Pagbag-o It Kalibo (Ribbon-Cutting of Kalibo Balay Silangan) in Brgy. Nalook, Kalibo town.
Other activities, which will be led by Sec. Abalos on April 26, include his visit and conduct of drug testing at the Aklan District Jai in Brgy. Nalook, Kalibo; press conference with the local media, declaration of the Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon as drug-free workplace, and Mural Painting Viewing at the KPES.
BIDA, according to DILG-Aklan, is the agency’s medium to long-term program in the national campaign against illegal drugs, and is a holistic approach in countering the proliferation of illegal and dangerous drugs.
It also strengthens supply and demand reduction efforts by galvanizing the support of the community, duty-bearers, and other stakeholders in drug use and rehabilitation, and seeks to improve quality of life and safeguard the Filipino people from criminality and the ill-effects of drugs in a manner that is within the framework of law and with respect to human rights.
“DILG-Aklan and the Aklan provincial government, with our efforts to foster multi-stakeholder and community involvement, appeal to each and every Aklanon to support the BIDA program and activities. Let us work hand-in-hand in countering the proliferation of illegal and dangerous drugs in Aklan, and safeguard our people from criminality and ill-effects of drugs,” Ponsaran said. (JBG/VGV/PIA6 Aklan)
