All 162 officers, enlisted personnel and civilian employees of the AFP Procurement Service have passed the surprise random drug testing conducted last July 21, according to AFP public affairs office chief Col. Edgard in a statement Saturday.
Arevalo said the random drug test was ordered by AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Ricardo Visaya as part of the efforts to keep the military service drugs free.
He said the testing took place on July 21, which was in time
for the AFPPS’ two-day semi-annual Command Conference held in Camp Aguinaldo ,
Quezon City
“All the 162 officers, enlisted personnel, and civilian
employees underwent the test and everyone passed,” he added.
The AFPPS, which is commanded by Brig. Gen. Alvin Francis A
Javier, was the third AFP unit based in Camp Aguinaldo
The first was the AFP
Command General Staff
College
Members of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of
the Philippines
“This is in line with our Commander-in-Chief President Rodrigo
Duterte’s all-out campaign against illegal drugs that is being vigorously
implemented in various AFP units at the headquarters and the units below by the
AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Ricardo Visaya,” Javier said.
For his part, Visaya reiterates that, “The AFP will continue
to fulfill its mandate to protect the people and the State and secure the
sovereignty of the State and the integrity of the national territory.”
“And I intend to do that through an illegal-drugs free Armed
Forces of the Philippines to ensure that the AFP will be the example of an
institution that supports the vision of our President and Commander-in-Chief
Rodrigo Duterte,” he added.
http://www.update.ph/2016/07/afp-unit-officers-personnel-successfully-hurdle-surprise-drug-test/7944
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