How JC Cares Foundation helped put a smile back on 10-year-old Gadiel

Dennis Gutierrez 09/18/2023

Just over a year ago, Gadiel Caagusan could not smile like a normal kid. The Grade 3 student was afflicted with a bad case of tongue hemangioma or excessive swelling of the tongue, and, needless to say,…

Worry no more! Read on

Immae Lachica 06/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – We often worry about our loved ones, how to manage our finances, about feeing unaccepted, etc. But why do we constantly worry about things that are not within our control? Why do we…

Pelare to Talisaynons: Smile at policemen who are deployed on city streets

Doris C. Bongcac 02/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Uniformed policemen have started roaming the streets of Talisay City. “We are bringing them to the street, below the bridge and everywhere to make you safe,” Police Major Gerard Ace Pelare, chief of…

A cute and sweet way of making a girl smile again by a 4-year-old

Immae Lachica 12/21/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— What do you usually do when your girlfriend is not in the mood? Persuade her, right? Correct! And the online world has been schooled by this four-year-old cutie in making his girl friend…

‘Pasko sa Uptown’ shows why children’s smiles define Christmas spirit

Delta Derycka Letigio and Gerard Vincent Francisco 12/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Running and giggling children was a sight to behold one December morning inside theCamp Lapu-Lapu, the headquarters of the Central Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP Centcom) in Barangay Lahug,…

Smile surgeon and eagle protectors win RAFI triennial

Delta Dyrecka Letigio USJ-R Journalism Intern 09/07/2018

There is more hope now for the Philippine eagle and children born with a cleft palate after their respective champions won the 7th Ramon Aboitiz Foundation (RAFI) Triennial Awards last August 31. The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF)…

The price of a smile

Efren Cruz 06/27/2018

For this valedictory article, allow me to give you some last thoughts on personal finance, particularly on debt management. Time and again, people would come to us distraught, panicky and on the brink of giving up on…

DR. FRANK VICOY: Smile specialist

Mich Padayhag, Rob Gonzales 04/07/2018

Best described as the man behind the celebrity smile—heis next level. Thrust at the fore-front of Cebu’s cosmetic dentistry scene, Dr. Frank Paylangco Vicoy admits that his profession is a self-imposed vocation. And the aesthetics is just…

Cleft surgery to bring back a child’s smile

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 02/15/2018

Parents urged to bring kids for assessment for next year’s Operation Smile mission Nicole, 5, was born with facial deformities. She cannot speak clearly the way other children of her age can. The doctor said she has…

Warm smiles on cold frontier

AFP 01/09/2018

  North and South Korean officials exchanged warm greetings amid light flakes of snow on the world’s last Cold War frontier Tuesday, in contrast from previous frosty gatherings. The delegates shook hands and even cracked a joke…

Smile Train hooks up with Ironman tilt to raise funds

Glendale G. Rosal 07/27/2017

Smile Train Team Empower will send 10 triathletes to the Cobra Ironman 70.3 Philippines with the aim of not just winning the race but raising funds as well for children with cleft palate and cleft lip. Smile…

SM malls in Cebu hold simultaneous book-reading activity

PR 07/21/2017

SM Supermalls in Cebu conducted a simultaneous book-reading activity on July 18 in celebration of the National Book-Reading Day. The National Children’s Book-Reading Day is celebrated in SM Malls every third Tuesday of July in commemoration of…

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