ONE NATION UNDER GOD: PDEA

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<i style="font-size: small;"><b>Yet the budget department has failed to deliver important equipment and supplies that the anti-drug agency already paid for as early as 2007, says COA.</b></i></div>
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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) exceeded its targets in the anti-illegal drugs efforts in 2015, the agency’s operational highlights reports submitted to the Commission on Audit (COA) showed.</div>
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The data, released by COA on Friday, August 26, highlighted the improvement of the arrests of drug personalities and the successes of anti-illegal drugs operations across the Philippines, among others.</div>
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Created through Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, PDEA is the “single-mission agency” leading all law enforcement agencies in the national anti-illegal drugs campaign in the Philippines.</div>
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It is also the the implementing arm of the policy body Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB).</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin-top: 50px;">Drug personalities arrested</span></div>
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PDEA arrested over 2,377 drug personalities in 2015, according to the report.</div>
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Also included were 1,379 individuals considered as “high-value targets (HVTs)” who were “collared and charged in court.”</div>
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The year-end figures surpassed its target for the year, which it had set at 1,320 arrests and 660 HVTs – almost 116% higher.</div>
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The number of arrests of drug personalities and HVTs have been rising steadily in recent years. In 2014, 1,050 HVTs captured and charged in court.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin-top: 50px;">Level up coordination with LGUs</span></div>
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In addition, PDEA also doubled the target number of anti-drugs operations. From its target of 760 at the start of 2015, there were 1,391 operations that were eventually conducted by year-end.</div>
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The agency also exceeded the yearly target number of 121 high-impact operations (HIOs) against drug trafficking groups. In 2015, the agency successfully conducted 262 HIOs.</div>
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In 2014, PDEA undertook 188 high-impact raids and operations.</div>
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Contributing to the success of anti-drug operations, according to the report, were the improved coordination between PDEA and local government units (LGUs) and barangays (villages).</div>
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Because of the upgraded communications and strategies, the agency was able to respond within an hour after receiving information in 93% or 10,483 cases out of 11,035 reported information.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin-top: 50px;">Slow procurement</span></div>
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Despite the accomplishments in its anti-illegal drugs operations, PDEA is still having problems when it comes to procurement of crucial equipment.</div>
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In its report, COA called out the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) for failing to deliver on time important equipment and supplies to PDEA.</div>
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The undelivered items amounting to P32,462,280 ($69,902)*, which the report said had been paid for by the agency, included machinery, firearms, and ammunition, motor vehicles, laboratory equipments, office supplies, and narcotics sniffing canines.</div>
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The state auditors added that some of the items, totalling almost P16 million ($344,534), should have already been delivered to PDEA in 2007.</div>
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But until year-end of 2015, PDEA had yet to receive the items.</div>
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COA fears that because of the delay, the per item cost may have gone up – risking the quantity of the items needed just to be within the budget.</div>
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“Lack of proper coordination with the DBM-PS on the proper application of advances to preceding procurement, cumulatively ties up government funds to an unproductive undertaking,” the COA said.</div>
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The state auditors recommended that DBM-PS fulfills its obligations in the procurement of needed items by PDEA.</div>
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SOURCE: <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/144562-pdea-accomplishment-report-2015-targets-illegal-drugs?utm_content=bufferdbf56&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer" target="_blank">RAPPLER</a></div>

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