Amending Section 2 of Board Regulation No. 2, Series of 2007

August 3, 2016

DDB BOARD REGULATION NO. 02-16

 

WHEREAS, in consonance with the strong pronouncement of the President to immediately address the country's drug problem at the community level, there is an urgency to strengthen our strategies concerning the present national drug situation;

WHEREAS, there is a need to re-assess the current drug situation at the barangay level to effectively implement the barangay drug clearing program and the need to clearly classify the level of the classification of barangay drug affectation;

WHEREAS, by virtue of the Board Resolution No. 80, Series of 2015, a Technical Working Group (TWG) was created to review the criteria on the classification of barangays for drug clearing purposes;

WHEREAS, the TWG was chaired by Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and co-chaired by Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) with members from the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of National Defense (DND), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) resource persons from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI); HTcADC

WHEREAS, on March 7, 2016, the said TWG convened and agreed that Section 2 (Classification of Barangays), Board Regulation No. 2, Series of 2007 Subject: Providing for Revised Guidelines in the Conduct of Barangay Drug-Clearing Operations be amended by providing new criteria for the classification of barangay drug affectation that is appropriate at present;

WHEREFORE, be it RESOLVED, as it is hereby RESOLVED, to amend Section 2 of Board Regulation No. 2, Series of 2007, the classification of barangay drug affectation:

SECTION 1. Drug-Affected Barangay. — Has reported presence of drug user, pusher, manufacturer, marijuana cultivator, or other drug personality, drug den, marijuana plantation, clandestine drug laboratory, and facilities related to production of illegal drugs.

a. Seriously Affected — reported presence of at least 1 clandestine drug laboratory or marijuana plantation in the community, reported presence of more than 20% of the barangay's total population are drug personalities (i.e., users, pushers, financiers) and reported presence of 3 or more drug dens or "tiangges".

b. Moderately Affected — reported presence of 2% to 20% of the barangay’s total population are drug personalities (i.e., users, pushers, financier)

c. Slightly Affected — reported presence of less than 2% of total barangay population are drug personalities (i.e., users, pushers, financier)

SECTION 2. Drug-Cleared Barangay is hereby amended to classify as previously drug affected and subjected to drug-clearing operations and declared free from any illegal drug activities pursuant to the parameters set forth by Board Regulation No. 2, Series of 2007.

SECTION 3. Amending and Repealing Clause. —

The classification of drug affectation may be amended and/or modified from time to time by the Board as the need arises and upon prior consultation with the TWG.

All issuances, including Board Regulation No. 2, Series of 2007 or part thereof inconsistent herewith, are deemed repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. Effectivity. —

This Regulation shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation and after its registration with the Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR), UP Law Center, Quezon City.

APPROVED and ADOPTED, this 3rd day of August, in the year of Our Lord, 2016 in Quezon City.

(SGD.) SECRETARY FELIPE L. ROJAS, JR., CEO VIChairman, Dangerous Drugs Board

Attested by:

(SGD.) ASST. SECRETARY AMADOR S. PABUSTANOIC-Secretary of the Board