LGU-Kor joins “Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan” Advocacy Program

By Yzsi Sigaya

December 1, 2022

LGU-Koronadal, in collaboration with the DILG and the men in uniforms, supported the government’s new anti-drug campaign dubbed “Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan” (BIDA) program during its nationwide simultaneous grand launching last November 26 at the Rizal Park of the City.

The BIDA Program is a nationwide advocacy program which is an intensified and holistic campaign which aims to reduce drug demand through empowering communities by engaging them in anti-illegal drug activities, raising public awareness on the ill-effects of drugs to reduce drug proliferation and destigmatize drug addiction in the community.

The program featured a motorcade caravan and a unity walk in which over a hundred people from various government, non-government, and religious organizations took part.

The Provincial Department of Interior and Local Government (PDILG), the City Philippine National Police (PNP), the South Cotabato Philippine National Police, the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC), the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC), the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), the Federation Citizens Crime Watch Special Task Force- Koronadal Chapter Group (FCCW-STF), and students from the National Service Training Program (NSTP) were among those present.

Along with the presence of City Mayor Atty. Eliordo Ogena, he expressed his unwavering support for the extraordinary advocacy “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯” the mayor said.

The activity is in line with a strategic framework, MKK=K which stands for Malasakit, Kaayusan, Kapayapaan tungo sa Kaunlaran and the KASIMBAYANAN (Kapulisan, Simbahan at Pamayanan) Program.

City Mayor Ogena proudly shares that the Koronadal City Government is currently handling the rehabilitation of recovering drug addicts by providing CBRP and after care sessions where counselors provide proper guidance and are ready to help them through drug rehabilitation and other business and livelihood training programs to help them lead productive and drug-free lives.

Not only the City of Koronadal has participated but also three (3) municipalities participated in the advocacy, the towns of Tantangan, Tupi and Tampakan, and with the full support of the 1^st and 2^nd Provincial Mobile Force Companies (PMFC).

The DILG South Cotabato is present in the occasion to give thanks and support in the campaign, Mr. Bong Suwaib, the representative of Atty. Rochelle Mahinay-Sero DILG-South Cotabato Provincial Director‘we are all in this together, let’s work together to fight drugs’. Suwaib said.

The BIDA Program is a nationwide anti-illegal drugs advocacy program that involves local government units (LGUs), national government agencies (NGAs), and other key sectors of society to better focus on drug demand reduction and rehabilitation in communities that emphasizing the role of drug enforcement agencies including the Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

The Men in uniform, headed by PtlCol Amor Mio Somine shows full support for the campaign against illegal drugs “𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘕𝘗 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 & 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶�� 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺”, PtlCol Somine said in his speech.

Following PltCol Somine’s message of support, participants that are in the Rizal Ground pledge to campaign the Bida Program to all.

During the Closing Program, the City Philippine National Police and the South Cotabato Philippine National Police performed a Mob Dance number titled Life Is Beautiful.