Why unlicensed massage practices can lead to injury or death

Pia Piquero 12/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The untimely death of Thai singer Phing Chyada following a massage involving a neck-twisting technique has troubled the public about the risks of unlicensed manual therapies. She was seeking relief from shoulder pain,…

Cebuano PT topnotcher: ‘I failed my senior year subjects’

Kurt Romariz 06/11/2024

He failed in some of his major subjects in his last semester in college. But it was not the end of the world for this newly licensed physical therapist from Cebu City. Bryan Jacob Bongcayao, 23, said…

Bacolod graduate tops Physical Therapist licensure exam

Carla Gomez 12/06/2023

  BACOLOD CITY — A graduate of Riverside College in Bacolod City topped the Physical Therapist Licensure Examination given this December. Ma. Angelica Faye Zapanta Dela Victoria, 23, had an 89.70 percent rating, the Professional Regulation Commission…

Edzelle Mhay Naquila and her journey to topping the PT Licensure Exams

Wenilyn Sabalo 06/21/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Before college, Edzelle Mhay Naquila knew her passion was people’s recovery and rehabilitation. Related programs such as Clinical Psychology and Physical Therapy were already close to her heart. That’s why when she was…

CDU’s Prosthetics and Orthotics Center aims to make Cebu a more PWD-inclusive community

Dianne Zarina G. Savillo 02/21/2020

The Cebu Doctors’ University’s Prosthetics and Orthotics Center in Cebu, which is the first center of its kind in the Visayas and Mindanao, is making Cebu a more ideal environment for persons with disability (PWDs). True to…

Cebu grads top PT-OT board exams

Immae Lachica 02/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The Philippine Regulatory Board Commission has released today, February 5 the results of the recent Physical and Occupational Therapy (PT-OT) board examinations with 11 Cebu grads in the Top 10. The results were released…

Gio Tecson: He who heals Cebu’s young athletes

Mars Alison 06/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – In sporting events, spectators often see the athletes competing in sports, conquering the odds and coming out victorious either as an individual or as a group.  What many don’t see is that athletes…

82 students render practicum at DSWD

PR 01/09/2017

A TOTAL of 82 students had their practicum at the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) in the second semester of 2016. These are students from different schools taking up different courses like…

Three Cebuano grads land in top 10 of nat’l PT exams

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/13/2015

Four other Cebuano graduates rank high in August exams Kevin Delgado Velasco only hoped to pass the August 2015 Physical Therapist Licensure Examination given by the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC). Having graduated from Velez College with average…

Patient shoots doctor, self

Chito O. Aragon 07/25/2014

“Kumusta na ka, sir? Mada ra na sa therapy.” (How are you, sir? Therapy can take care of that.) These words of assurance were the last spoken by orthopedic surgeon Cris Cecil Chan Abbu before he was…

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