Archive for September 2017
Liloan Honors Mr. Roberto “Bobby” Aboitiz
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] (from left to right: Liloan Vice Mayor Thelma Jordan, Amaya Aboitiz-Fansler, Mrs Marian C. Aboitiz, Liloan Christina C. Frasco, and CPA Commissioner Duke Frasco) The Municipality of Liloan gave a posthumous award to Sir Roberto “Bobby” Aboitiz through a solemn ceremony held at the office of Mayor…
Read MoreRAFI Announces New President
The Board of Trustees of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) announces the appointment of Dominica “Domi” Chua as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of RAFI effective immediately. The Board decision was announced first to the team leaders of RAFI last September 22 by Jon Ramon Aboitiz who took over the leadership of the…
Read MoreCancer Facts: A Doctor’s Perspective
Dr. Maria Suga Dioko is a Pediatric Hematologist in Cebu Velez General Hospital. She is a volunteer consultant of our Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko program that extends medical assistance for the treatment and medication of children with cancer. Let’s read on as she answers some of our questions about this disease. What are the most…
Read MoreCha-Cha’s Second Chance
Charry Mae “Chacha” Balacquit was 16 and in her 4th year in high school in Jimilian, Loboc, Bohol when her journey with cancer started. In one of their regular rehearsals with the Loboc Youth Ambassador Band, she noticed lymph nodes in the lower part of her face that were unnaturally big. She asked her mother…
Read MoreKids Beating Cancer
THE STARK REALITY:Cancer ranks the 3rd out of the ten leading causes of death annually, and affects all gender and age groups including children. The most common, compromising 47.8% of all childhood cancers is leukemia, which may either be acute or chronic . Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)is one of the most curable cancers but can…
Read MoreRAFI, Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko Sign MOA to Help More Children with Cancer
(Seated from left to right) Maria Iris Andrino, Executive Director of the Dolores Aboitiz Children’s Fund of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation (RAFI); Jon Ramon Aboitiz, Chairman and President of RAFI, Cebu City Councilor Margot Osmena, President of Kapwa ko, Mahal ko (KKMK), and Lolita Y. Baguio, Office Manager of KKMK. Standing behind are the team…
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