BALANGA CITY, Bataan: This province has expressed hope of becoming the first in the country to be drug-free, with provincial officials announcing on Saturday that only 37 percent of the barangay (villages) here villages are affected by the drug menace.

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a war on drugs and targeted a drug-free Philippines in six months.

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