Multi-Million Drug Rehab Facilitity Will Rise Soon in Davao City
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
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Davao City - A multi-million drug rehabilitation
facility will be built in the City of Davao starting December 2016, this was
announced by the local government.
According to City Administrator
Zuleika Lopez, the facility will complement Davao’s current rehabilitation
center located at Bago, Oshiro which also cater drug dependents from outside
the city.
Lopez stated that the
rehabilitation facility which will be jointly funded by Resorts World Manila
and Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PagCor) will be built on a 2.5-
hectare property in Malagos.
The City Vice-Mayor Paolo DUterte
welcomed the news, saying it will definitely help the City accommodate more
drug dependents who wish to reform.
On his weekly public affairs
program “Pulong-puling ni Pulong”, the young Duterte said “We support this
because this will also help decongest our rehabilitation center”.
Currently the Davao City
Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Drug Dependents (DCTRCDD) can only
cater a maximum of 100 people.
According to the city government,
the number of drug personalities who have surrendered since July of this year
has already reached at 9, 000.
Sources: DavaoBreakingNews
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