News Update Badjaos avail of dental services CEBU CITY,

Cebu (PIA) -- Some 339 Badjaos and local residents in Alaska, Mambaling, Cebu City benefited from a recent five-day dental mission organized by the Rise Above Foundation and the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI). The mission partnered with Danish and local dentists offering teeth restoration, extraction, prophylaxis and other dental treatment at the Nano Nagle Childcare and Learning Center in Alaska, Mambaling, this city. Over 100 children in the same place received a year's supply of dental and hygiene kits containing toothbrushes, toothpastes, and hand soaps. Red orchid awardees sought CEBU CITY, Cebu (PIA) - The nationwide search for the Department of Health (DoH)'s 2011's Red Orchid Awardees. The search will be conducted to look for 100 percent Tobacco-Free Provinces, Municipalities, Cities, Government Offices, DoH Centers for Health Development (CHD) and DoH Hospitals. This year's nominees from Central Visayas are the Talisay City District Hospital, St. Anthony Mother and Child Hospital for the hospital category, the municipality of Amlan, Negros Oriental for the local government unit (LGU) category and the DoH-Center for Health Development Central Visayas for the CHD category.