Barangay Tangke in Talisay: From ‘drug hotspot’ to empowered community with 903 rehab completers

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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Barangay Tangke in Talisay City was considered a 'number one' hotspot in terms of illegal drug activities, but now the barangay’s situation is

Talisay City barangay defenders | Photo courtesy of Police Lieutenant Colonel Randy Caballes FB page

As of today, Talisay City has around 400 barangay defenders from its 22 barangays. In Barangay Tangke alone in its nine sitios, they have almost 300 defenders. cooperation of the residents of Tangke then. But now our volunteers are increasing, which means that the residents are slowly helping us in the fight against illegal drugs.)

Apart from that, Caballes said that these defenders were also a huge help in the extension of their police visibility to also hamper the occurrence of crimes in the city.

 

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