ATCPDE rep attends 34th ASOD in Myanmar

Philippine delegation to the 34th ASOD at Yangon, Myanmar in Mingalar Hall   Dr. Rosanelia T. Yangco, OIC Director of the ASEAN Training Center for Preventive Drug Education (ATCPDE), attended the 34th ASEAN Senior Officials on Drug Matters last September 24 to 27, 2013 in Yangon, Myanmar. Undersecretary Jose Marlowe S. Pedregosa, Executive Director of Dangerous Drugs Board (

ATCPDE holds ASEAN Seminar on Community-Based Prevention of Drug Abuse for regional experts

The ASEAN Training Center for Preventive Drug Education (ATCPDE) conducted the ASEAN Seminar-Workshop on Community-Based Prevention o15 Drug Abuse on September 2 to 6, 2013 at the Luxent Hotel Korea Avenue, Quezon City, under sponsorship of Japan ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF). The seminar-workshop was attended by 20 participants from nine ASEAN countries with foreign experts from Cambodia, Indo

ATCPDE conducts ASEAN Seminar-Workshop on Community-Based Prevention of Drug Abuse

The ASEAN Training Center for Preventive Drug Education (ATCPDE) is conducting the ASEAN Seminar-Workshop on Community-Based Prevention of Drug Abuse on September 2 to 6, 2013 in Metro Manila. This activity is funded by Japan ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF). The seminar-workshop is a collaborative effort among the ASEAN countries with centers for different purposes in relation to drugs. It has th

ATCPDE Joins ASOD 2012

The ASEAN Training Center for Preventive Drug Education (ATCPDE) once again participated as a member of the Philippine delegation to the 33rd Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on Drug Matters (ASOD) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on September 24-26,2012. Prof. Francis Grace Duka-Pante, ATCPDE’s OIC Director, joined the officials from the Dangerous Drugs Board headg sed by DDB Secretariat

DDB, ATCPDE to observe Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week on Nov 13-19

The Dangerous Drugs Board in collaboration with the Inter-Agency Council on Drug Abuse Prevention Education (IAC-DAPE), will once again spearhead the observance of the Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week (DAPC Week) on November 13-19, 2011. This is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 124 issued on November 26, 2001, "Declaring the Third Week of November of Every Year as Drug Abuse

ATCPDE joins Phl delegation to 32nd Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on Drug Matters

The Philippines was among the 10 ASEAN member countries which participated in the 32nd ASOD meeting held in Lao Plaza Hotel, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic on October 10-12, 2011. Prof. Francis Grace H. Duka-Pante represented ATCPDE along with three other participants: Ms. Virginia P. Balmes, Dangerous Drugs Board's (DDB) Chief of the Policy Studies Research and Statistics Div