Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. said that the Angeles City government will conduct a surprise drug testing on all its employees. The drug testing will be implemented in accordance with the existing Civil Service Commission regulations.

This is in keeping with his promise that “On my second term, we will ensure that the city hall will be drug-free.”

This initiative, Lazatin said, will reduce the demand for illegal drugs and at the same time, promote a drug-free workplace and reformation.

Those who will test positive will undergo rehabilitation.

It can be recalled that it is under the watch of Lazatin that the Balay Silangan reformation center was established, which Lazatin said will be expanded in his second term.

The center is being supervised by his Chief Adviser, IC Calaguas.

The Balay Silangan Reformation Center is a brainchild of former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino to reform illegal drug offenders. (Angeles City Information Office)