Regions
Whole EB Magalona town drug-cleared

BACOLOD CITY: All 23 barangay (villages) of EB Magalona in Negros Occidental are now drug-cleared following the declaration of the remaining two barangay as drug-free by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Regional Office (PDEA-6) on Thursday.

The last two villages to be cleared of drugs were Poblacion 3 and Barangay Alicante, according to Maj. Kenneth Jay Gratones, chief of the Municipal Police Station.