ONE NATION UNDER GOD: NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

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<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/24/16/three-negros-occidental-barangays-claim-to-be-drug-free#" style="color: #eb1e23; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">NEGROS OCCIDENTAL</a><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">- Three barangays in the municipality of</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> </span><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/24/16/three-negros-occidental-barangays-claim-to-be-drug-free#" style="color: #eb1e23; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Salvador Benedicto</a><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">were the first in the whole province to declare themselves as drug-cleared barangays.</span></div>
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Barangays Bago, Bagong Silang, and Pinowayan were declared as "drug-cleared barangays" by their respective Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils after a verification by the Philippine National Police.</div>
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They were awarded the certification at a ceremony held at the municipal hall of the town.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">Acting Provincial Police Director Senior Superintendent William Senoron challenged the officials of the three barangays to protect their communities from being infiltrated by </span><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/24/16/three-negros-occidental-barangays-claim-to-be-drug-free#" style="color: #eb1e23; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">illegal drugs</a><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Mayor Marxlen Dela Cruz meanwhile hopes that the four other remaining barangays in the town will also be declared drug </span><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/24/16/three-negros-occidental-barangays-claim-to-be-drug-free#" style="color: #eb1e23; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">free</a><span style="font-size: 16px;"> by the end of the year.</span></div>
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