ELEVEN offices in the Lapu-Lapu City Hall was declared as drug-free workplaces.

Mayor Junard Chan welcomed the results, but he said the substance abuse and prevention office will continue its monitoring on the employees, adding that there will be more unannounced drug tests in the future.

The 11 drug user-free workplaces, staffed with more than 300 employees, are the mayor’s executive office, treasurer’s office, budget office, accounting office and city administrator’s office.

The other junkie-free offices include the Department of the Interior and Local Government-Lapu-Lapu City, public information office, information and technology department, homecare center of the City Social Welfare and Development Office, human resources department and the City of Lapu-Lapu Office for Substance Abuse and Prevention (C-Losap).

Unannounced drug test

The C-Losap, supervised by the mayor’s office, has been conducting a series of unannounced drug tests since July 2019.

Outside each of the 11 offices hangs a tarp with the message: “This is a drug-free workplace. Let’s keep it that way.”

Chan personally mounted the tarps after the flag-raising ceremony in the city hall grounds on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. C-Losap chief Garry Lao accompanied him.

The employees of the remaining 36 offices will be subjected to a series of unannounced drug tests. (GCM / KAL)