KORONADAL CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) finally got its own provincial office building in this city through the initiative of South Cotabato 2nd District Rep. Atty. Ferdinand “DINAND” Hernandez.

Rep. Hernandez, who is also the House of the Representatives’ deputy speaker for Mindanao, led the blessing and the turn-over ceremony of the PDEA’s provincial office building worth P2 million in Barangay Concepcion here recently.

The ceremony was attended by PDEA Acting Regional Director Naravy Duquiatan, Acting Assistant Regional Director IA3 Rey Pavillar, South Cotabato Provincial Officer SI2 Raymund Parama and officials of barangay Concepcion, led by Barangay Captain Mema Joquiño, who is also joined by the barangay council members.

The PDEA provincial office building is just one of the numerous projects of Congressman Hernandez in his congressional district. (Rashid RH. Bajo, Chief of Correspondents, DM-Mindanao Desk)