Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III is asking the Department of Education (DepEd) to seriously consider adopting a “drug abuse prevention education program” and appropriate a portion of its proposed P207.3 billion budget next year for this purpose.
In particular, Sotto urged DepEd to include in the regular curriculum of grades 5 and 6 students the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program, possibly beginning in the school year 2011 to further boost the government’s campaign against drug addiction among minors.
“I believe that preventive education can be more effective tool rather than keeping them away from drugs, gangs and violence. At the same time it will help promote a drug-free community. As they say, prevention is better than cure,” Sotto said.
“The day we stop buying illegal drugs is the day that these drug lords will stop selling,” Sotto pointed out.
In as much as he would like to see the DARE program carried out on a nationwide coverage, Sotto said it can be pilot-tested in three regions — National Capital Region (NCR), Region 7, and 10 — where substance abuse and peddling of illegal drugs are rampant.
The DARE program in the country’s educational system which will be a collaborative effort with law enforcement agencies has been in practice in the United States.
It originated as a collaborative effort between the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Los Angeles Police Department in 1983. –Daily Tribune
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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