CITY OF SAN FERNANDO— Pampanga Vice Governor Dennis “Delta” Pineda has urged 3,660 newly elected Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairpersons and councilors to stay away from illegal drugs and to help in the campaign to make Pampanga truly drugfree when the term of President Duterte ends in 2022.
“Makarine nung manungkulan kayu atsu kayu king drugs (It is shameful for public offi cials like you to be involved in drugs),” the vice governor told SK leaders in a summit at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center here on Thursday.
“Give me information on pushers and users in your villages so we could eliminate them,” Pineda added.
In the summit, Pampanga Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Angelina Blanco gave orientation on climate change adaptation and disaster resiliency.
Pineda said SK leaders can serve as models to the youth if they were men and women for others and they live with integrity.
“Ingatan yu ing kekayung valor (Protect your honor),” he advised them.
Pineda first joined government as a municipal councilor, becoming a three-term mayor and vice governor.
He also informed the SK leaders on capitol’s programs in education, health, livelihood and agriculture and ways to access these for the youth in the communities.
The vice governor encouraged SK leaders who have not completed a college degree to avail of capitol’s educational scholarship program.
In the same summit, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Aaron Aquino asked SK leaders to implement a drug prevention and education advocacy in their areas.
Aquino said more resources should be spent by the SK on President Duterte’s flagship anti drugs campaign than on basketball contests and beauty pageants.
Because the SK budget is drawn from 10 percent of the internal revenue allotment of barangays, Governor Lilia Pineda said additional funding would be given the SK from the youth development program and gender and development program.
