Cebu officials mourn loss of community dentist

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/04/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local officials in southern Cebu province mourned the loss of Dr. Annie Irene Rufo, a dentist who dedicated her career to serving communities there before her life was cut tragically in a fatal…

Police have identified suspects in stabbing of dentist in Cebu City

Emmariel Ares 07/07/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines –  Police on Friday, July 7, 2023, said they have identified the perpetrators who stabbed the eyes of a dentist inside his clinic in Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City. At around 2:19 p.m. on Wednesday,…

One of his attackers told Dr. Charles Sia, ‘Daku kay ka atraso sa akoa’

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 07/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Based on the outcome of their initial investigation, the chief of the Abellana Police Station said that he was with the opinion that his attackers did not plan to kill Dr. Charles Sia.…

Cebu dentist attacked in clinic

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 07/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 41-year-old dentist is now in a hospital after he was attacked by two still unidentified perpetrators on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in his clinic in Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City. The dentist, identified…

Police arrest fake dentist in Cebu City

USJ-R Intern 09/14/2018

A former dental assistant who misrepresented herself as a dentist was caught in an entrapment by the Crime Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) at Barangay Basak Pardo, Cebu City on Thursday (September 13). The…

SWU-Phinma graduate places 6th in dentist licensure exams

Doris C. Bongcac 06/06/2017

CEBU CITY– A graduate of the South Western University (SWU) Phinma was the only Cebuano who made it in the top 10 of this year’s Dentist Licensure Examination. Gino Arvin Baguio Santos ranked 6th in the licensure…

2 foundations mark Oral Health Month

PR 03/08/2017

More than 300 Grade 1 pupils of Camp Lapu-Lapu Elementary School in Lahug, Cebu City were beneficiaries of the recent dental education and fluoride treatment drive of two foundations – Juanito I. King Foundation Inc. (Jikfi) and…

Cebu Doctors’ University student places 4th in dentistry exam

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/10/2017

April Lorraine Yap Ramos, a graduate of Cebu Doctor’s University, placed fourth in the practical phase of the dentist licensure examination. She scored a rating of 83.86 in the exam. Out of 613 examinees, 609 passed. For…

Free medical services for San Fernando folks

PR 11/16/2016

SEVEN physicians and two dentists joined community leaders and volunteer employees in a medical mission recently organized by Taiheiyo Cement Philippines Inc. (TCPI) and Solid Earth Development Corp. in Barangay Bugho, San Fernando town, southern Cebu. A…

SWU graduates top dentist licensure exam

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/13/2016

WHEN she was six, Rosette Gaditano Pagpaguitan was scheduled to undergo her first tooth extraction. It didn’t push through because she cried, just  thinking of the pain she would experience. It was her fear of tooth extraction…

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