Japan government to build state-of-the-art drug rehab center in Baguio

Aerial View of the Drug Rehabilitation Center at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija. Image Courtesy: asianjournal

Baguio City, Cordillera - The Japanese government revealed its plan of constructing a state-of-the-art drug rehabilitation center in Baguio.

Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan confirmed on Tuesday that the Japanese government is looking for a 3-hectare land to which the proposed rehab center will be put up.

Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Henry Tong-an has relayed the plan to Domogan after their recent meeting this month.

Domogan proposed the Sto. Tomas Apugan for the building of the rehab center as this area is a property of the government, but suggested however, that the rehab will be built somewhere outside the city if it doesn't fit the building standards of Japanese government.

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"If the city government's property will not pass the standards of the Japanese government, we recommend that the proposed drug rehabilitation center be built outside the city," Mayor Domogan said.

According to the city Engineering Office, the planned construction would require an estimated Php200 million for the construction of an access road going to the proposed Sto, Tomas rehab center.


The Japanese government wishes to help the Duterte government war on drugs  by providing rehab centers that would cater drug surrenderees in the city and from the different parts of the Cordillera who wish to get away from drug addiction and build a new life.