• Joseph "Boboy" Cua
• Provincial Governor
• Province of Catanduanes

Good morning!

AN SATONG EMCEE, NIKKO TEMPLONUEVO, ASSISTANT INFORMATION OFFICER KAN SACONG OFICINA

Director christian o. frivaldo, acting regional director kan pdea rov

police chief superintendent arnel escobal, ang acting regional director kan pnp pro5

agent dennis villamor, kan pdea,

mga ginagalangan asin namomot’an kong mga kaibahan sa provincial oversight committee for the implementation of the barangay drug clearing program

mga kapwa ko servidor nin gobierno

dios marhay na aldaw!

If the war on drugs were a race, Catanduanes would have been a consistent top finisher.

To Director Frivaldo, Agent Villamor, PCSUPT Escobal, today, you dear sirs are witnesses of Catanduanes’ fierce and steadfast commitment to the war against illegal drugs.

Patunay ang launching nin Balay Silangan na pinaka-enot sa bilog na Bicol, nin samuyang makusog na pakikisumaro asin suporta sa programang minukna nin satuyang presidente, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

My leadership has been very supportive of President Duterte’s strong war against illegal drugs as evident in our province’s pioneer implementation (if not in the whole country, in the Bicol region,) of the Community Based Treatment and Rehabilitation (CBTR). Our local government had taken steps independently, immediately initiating our own CBTR guidelines on July 2016, prior to the DILG’s formal release of the nationwide CBTR guidelines. PDEA Region V considered the province’ program as the best practice in the entire Bicol Region.

The province of Catanduanes is also the first province in Bicol to conduct a province-wide Moving Up Ceremony for Intensive Outpatient Program clients. It was then followed by an award given by the Regional Peace and Order Committee for the 62 drug cleared barangays and 77 unaffected or drug-free barangays.

Alog kaini kaseryoso ang samuyang probinsya.

Despite all political propaganda, , never did I falter, nor cease to do my very best in this war against drugs.

I like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people who believed in me during those trying times. Mabalos sa gabos na nagsuporta asin nagtubod sa sakuya asin sa sakuyang adbokasiya. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

I learned from that experience that in this province we call our home, I am not alone.

Alog man kaiyan ang nanud-an ko sa satuyang programa kontra droga, dai man minasolo ang provincial government.

The war on drugs is a race. Saro ining karera na bako sanang saro ang gadalagan, kundi dinadalaganan nin nagkakasarong Catandunganon. This is a race that I will joyfully run with all of you.

Again, good afternoon.

Sulong Catandungan! Sulong Pilipinas!