Twenty-four more barangays in Negros Occidental and one in Bacolod City have been declared drug free, Jyxyvzcky Escrupulo, Provincial Drug Enforcement Agency Negros Occidental provincial director, said Friday, December 9.
Declared drug free during a Regional Oversight Committee meeting were Barangay 41 in Bacolod City, and barangays in Bago City, Binalbagan, Calatrava, EB Magalona, Escalante, Pontevedra, Isabela, Himamaylan, Murcia, Silay City, Toboso and Manapla.
Bacolod City now has 14 drug cleared barangays and Negros Occidental has 394.
The drug cleared barangays in Negros Occidental are 61.56 percent and in Bacolod City – 21.31 percent.*