CEBU CITY, Philippines -- This is not just a friendly basketball game between Talisay City policemen and 25 drug surrenderers in Barangay Lawaan 3, Talisay City, but this is much more than that
A friendly basketball game between drug surrenderers and the policemen of Talisay City Police Station on Sunday morning, Nov. 13, 2022, is a way to help drug surrenderers see that going into sports is better than getting back into illegal drugs. | Randy Caballes FB page
Police Lieutenant Colonel Randy Caballes, Talisay City Police Station chief, said it did not matter who won the game but what mattered was that we were helping them [drug surrenderers] see that going into sports was better than going back to illegal drugs. “Kini siya nga activity makaencourage sa drug surrenderers nga naa ra ang kapulisan, nga instead of doing drugs, ato sila giencourage magsports na lang sila. Isa sad ni nga programa para mawelcome sila sa community,” Caballes said.
He said that the activity — the friendly game of basketball between policemen and the drug surrenderers — was part of the Barangay Community Based Rehabilitation Program.
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