San Miguel Corporation to build drug rehab centers in Bataan

Southeast Asia’s largest publicly listed food, beverage, and packaging company San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has signed an agreement to build a drug rehabilitation facility in Bataan province to support the Philippine government’s campaign against drugs.

SIGNING OF MOA. The Memorandum of Agreement is signed by Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr., Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ismael Sueno, Department of Health Secretary (DoH) Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial, Bataan Provincial Governor Albert Garcia, SMC President and Chief Operating Officer Ramon S. Ang and non-profit Pilipinong May Puso Foundation, Inc.’s (PMPF) chairperson Rowena Kristina Amara Velasco.

This commitment is made by The San Miguel Foundation, the social development arm of SMC. “We’re fully supportive of our government’s anti-drug dependency efforts. We want to be able to do our part in helping drug dependents reform–especially the youth. With the right guidance, we’re hopeful they can re-enter society with positivity and become productive individuals,” said Chief Operating Officer and SMC President Ramon Ang.

Under the agreement, SMC will be providing the funding and construction of the said rehab facility. It shall be built on land designated by Bataan provincial government while the Department of Health (DOH) will run and maintain the facility in consultation with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Office of the President.

SMC has previously announced in August 2016 that they will donate a total of P1-billion for the said rehabilitation center. “We hope it will provide former drug users the means to truly change their lives for the better, for good, said Ang.”

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