Isabela City's anti-illegal drugs thrust gets boost from DDB
GOVERNANCE/POLITICS • 19:45 PM Sun Dec 8, 2019
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By:
John M. Unson
The P5 million grant was received by Isabela City LGU over the weekend. (Contributed photo)
COTABATO CITY --- The local government unit of Isabela City received P5 million from the Dangerous Drugs Board for a rehabilitation facility for abusers to hasten the resolution of domestic narcotics issues.
Isabela City is one of two cities in the now markedly peaceful island province of Basilan in the Bangsamoro region. The province also covers Lamitan City, the provincial capital, and 11 neighboring towns.
The P5 million grant was handed over this weekend by DDB Executive Director Earl Pioquinto to first-termer Mayor Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman and Vice Mayor Kifli Salliman, also a newcomer.
The support from the DDB is a boost to efforts of the new political leadership in Isabela City to curb local drug problems that proliferated years before the new mayor and vice mayor were elected to office during the May 13, 2019 elections.
Local officials said the DDB assistance, for them a vote of confidence for their two new leaders, is intended for a reformatory center in Barangay Baluno, in Isabela City.