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DRUG TESTING. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Cordillera personnel conduct drug testing on jail personnel and persons deprived of liberty at the Baguio City Jail Male Dormitory on Thursday (Jan. 19, 2023). They all tested negative, further extending the facility's drug-free status to five years. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - Personnel and persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Baguio City Jail Male Dorm (BCJMD) on Thursday tested negative for illegal drugs anew, extending the facility's drug-free status to five years. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera Administrative Region (PDEA-CAR) said the development came following a greyhound operation and drug testing at the facility. "That is a very good indication that they have prevented the entry of illegal drugs into the facility. As of this day, they have sustained it," said Investigation Officer 5 Charlton Carame, head of PDEA-CAR's Land Transport Interdiction Unit. Subjected under drug testing by the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center were all 69 jail personnel at the BCJMD and some 40 PDLs or 10 percent of their population at the facility. A greyhound operation involves an unannounced "strip search" of the facility for any illegal drugs or contraband. "Canine sniffing and paneling of the PDLs rooms did not show any indication that they were in possession of illegal drugs," Carame said. He said a jail facility is required to have three consecutive "negative results" during greyhound and drug testing operations. Once complied with, the regional oversight and jail-clearing committee will convene and declare the facility as drug-free. Such a declaration is good for a year. The current certification will expire in March 2023. "We have regular greyhound operations aside from the surprise drug testing of personnel. And we also conduct joint operations with the police and the PDEA," BCJMD warden Supt. April Rose Ayangwa said in a separate interview. Ayangwa's predecessor, Mary Ann Tresmanio, earlier said: "I was warden for two years and five months and we were able to sustain the drug-free status. I am confident that the facility will continue to have such certification with the system already in place inside the facility to prevent the possible entry of illegal drugs." Tresmanio said the jail had been declared drug-free for two consecutive years, since 2018. (PNA) }
BAGUIO CITY – Seventy-one Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) have completed their rehabilitation and wellness under the Katatagan, Kalusugan, at Damayan ng Komunidad (KKDK) program of the Baguio City Jail-Male Dorm this year. Seventeen of the 43 completers of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penol
BAGUIO CITY – Thirty-eight Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) from the male and female dormitories of the Baguio City Jail of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology graduated Friday, Aug. 26, from elementary and junior high school under the Alternative Learning System (ALS) program of the Departm
GRADUATES. Thirty inmates of the Baguio City Jail received their certificates of completion of elementary and junior high school education during a graduation ceremony at the jail facility on Friday (Aug. 26, 2022). Three of them completed elementary while 27 finished junior high school. (PNA photo from BCJMD) BAGUIO CITY- Thirty persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) from the Baguio City Jail Male Dormitory (BCJMD) have graduated from elementary and junior high school under the Department of Education's Alternative Learning System (ALS) in this city. BCJMD Jail Superintendent Mary Ann Tresmanio, said the education and skills training provided to the inmates is part of the humane safekeeping program of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology. The PDLs are trained by a group of volunteers, jail personnel with a background in education, and a fellow inmate who became a professor. "We want that if they have the chance to be released from jail, they will be able to continue with their education and get a job because that is one way of avoiding that they commit a crime," Tresmanio said. "Manong," (not his real name), 57, was among those who received a certificate of completion of elementary education during a graduation ceremony on Friday at the BCJMD quadrangle. The oldest in this year's batch of graduates, Manong said he stopped school at a young age after running away from home and landing a job as a gold miner at a private company in Baguio City. "Dahil sa barkada kaya maaga akong lumayas ng probinsiya at nagpunta sa Baguio. Sa totoo lang, teacher ang mother ko. Lima kaming magkakapatid. Lumayas ako kaya hindi ako nakapag-aral (My mother was actually a teacher and I have four siblings. I ran away from home at an early age, went with friends to Baguio, and never finished school)," said Manong, who only finished Grade 2. But through the DepEd's ALS, Manong was given the opportunity to resume his studies. Holding out his certificate, Manong said: "Puwede na akong tumakbo na barangay official, marunong na akong magbasa, magsulat at mag pirma (I can already run as a village official because I already know how to read, write, and sign my name)." The father of four said he intends to finish senior high school in jail and wants to become a security guard after. "Mahalaga yung mag-aral kasi ang pagsisisi nasa huli at kapag matanda na kayo mahihiya na kayong mag aral. Ang pag-aaral, iyon ang pamana na hindi makukuha ng iba kasi magagamit mo iyon para sa sarili mo, hindi mabibili ng iba, hindi matutunaw tulad ng ginto, daladala mo hanggang sa pagtanda, 'pag hahanap ng trabaho, kahit saan ka pumunta, dala mo iyon (Education is important. You will never regret finishing school at a young age. Nobody can take it away from you and it won't melt away like gold. It will be with you until old age. It will help you land a job and carry it with you wherever you go)," he said. Like Manong, Christine and Jenny (not their real names), who also completed their elementary education on Friday, were also led astray at a young age. Asked for an advice for the youth, Christine said education should be valued more than any material thing. Jenny, meanwhile, said in Filipino: "Do not waste your chance to get the education that your parents are giving you while you are still young. Sacrifice to be educated because nobody can take that away from you." (PNA) }