Manila, March 23 -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and local officials in the Maguindanao town of Sultan Kudarat opened Friday the Balay Silangan Reformation and Treatment Center for Drug Law Offenders that will serve the entire Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Mayor Shameem Mastura of Sultan Kudarat and PDEA-BARMM deputy regional director Marlon Santos led the formal opening of the facility. Santos said programs in the "Balay Silangan" will be implemented in three phases that include the explanation and dissemination of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) and other related laws to former drug personalities. The second phase includes the development of personal and life skills...