TravelBookPH BLOGGER AFFILIATES AT THE LEGEND VILLAS IN MANDALUYONG CITY, PHILIPPINES

TravelBookPH First Blogger Affiliate Get Together Event At The Legend Villas

By: Pia Bernaldo

The first ever TravelBook.ph Blogger Affiliate Get Together has been a huge success! From the event proper, to The Legend Villas Hotel Tour, and Buffet Lunch of Lola Maria Restaurant, TravelBook.ph’s Blogger Affiliates surely enjoyed the rest of the day!

True to its word, with the event’s fun and interactive contests, games, raffles, and networking opportunities, the blogger affiliates together with TravelBook’s Business Development Team had a great and exciting day to remember.

The Legend Villas toured the blogger affiliates around the hotel to check their elegant Function Rooms, and different hotel room types.

TravelBook.ph Blogger Affiliates in action as The Legend Villas Staff toured them around the place.

Buffet Lunch at Datu Room by Lola Maria Restaurant.

Here are some of the experiences of some of our Blogger Affiliates who attended the Get Together at The Legend Villas:

“The event was fun and at the same time informative. I was able to get to know other bloggers through the different fun activities and gained more information about TravelBook.ph, its Blogger Affiliate Program and about The Legend Villas as well.” – Carl Dizon, www.runtraveldiscover.com

“Yesterday was a milestone for me as a blogger. For twenty-two months, my introverted self was alone in "my blogging world". Finally, I found the courage to go out there and meet like-minded people (who turned out to be really nice, by the way). Thank you TravelBook Philippines and The Legend Villas and to all other sponsors for my first ever official blogger event!” – Katrina Singson, www.mommykay.com

"One of the most interactive and fun Bloggers Affiliate events I had attended. A simple forgetting other stuff in blogging and just enjoy the laughter and fun during the event. Everyone is accommodating. Looking forward for a more fun and exciting events, and to be part of TravelBook Blogger Getaways. Kudos to the Team!" – Leomy Sanchez, leomyc.blogspot.com

Merci Beaucoup to TravelBookPH Get Together. A day of journey full of fun, games, prizes, learning, warmth, and sumptuous feast. Cheers! Till the next journey!” – Ma. Victoria Cruz, www.pilipinason-line.blogspot.com

“Travelbook.ph Affiliate Get Together has been a delight! Meeting and interacting with the other affiliates was fun. Awesome venue as well, very warm welcome, accommodating TravelBook.ph Ladies, always wearing their smiles!” – Rey Esteves, www.boyraket2.blogspot.com

'The event was fun and so exciting. Aside from enjoying the activities and sumptuous food, I was able to meet and mingle with other bloggers too!” – Kerwin Lawrence Octavo; www.mrpogitips.com

Blogger Affiliates with “Paint Me A Picture” Game!

This event will not be made possible without our generous sponsors: The Legend Villas, Lola Maria Restaurant, Get Go PH, Thumbprints Trading Inc., PhotoBook Worldwide, Climb Central Manila, Ortius International Inc., LifeKit, Zalora Philippines, Vivo Lumio Your To-Go Kit, and Pisig Ad Network.

TravelBook.ph is the fastest growing Online Travel Agency (OTA) in the Philippines which boasts more than 2,700 hotel listings all over the country. If you are a blogger and you want to earn more with your blog and attend exclusive events, trainings, seminars, and blogger getaways to different Philippine destinations, please sign up at affiliate.travelbook.ph. (VerGarciaBlogs)

TravelBookPH BLOGGER AFFILIATES AT THE LEGEND VILLAS IN MANDALUYONG CITY, PHILIPPINES

TravelBookPH First Blogger Affiliate Get Together Event At The Legend Villas

By: Pia Bernaldo

The first ever TravelBook.ph Blogger Affiliate Get Together has been a huge success! From the event proper, to The Legend Villas Hotel Tour, and Buffet Lunch of Lola Maria Restaurant , TravelBook.ph’s Blogger Affiliates surely enjoyed the rest of the day!

True to its word, with the event’s fun and interactive contests, games, raffles, and networking opportunities, the blogger affiliates together with TravelBook’s Business Development Team had a great and exciting day to remember.

The Legend Villas toured the blogger affiliates around the hotel to check their elegant Function Rooms, and different hotel room types.

TravelBook.ph Blogger Affiliates in action as The Legend Villas Staff toured them around the place.

Buffet Lunch at Datu Room by Lola Maria Restaurant.

Here are some of the experiences of some of our Blogger Affiliates who attended the Get Together at The Legend Villas:

“The event was fun and at the same time informative. I was able to get to know other bloggers through the different fun activities and gained more information about TravelBook.ph, its Blogger Affiliate Program and about The Legend Villas as well.” – Carl Dizon, www.runtraveldiscover.com

“Yesterday was a milestone for me as a blogger. For twenty-two months, my introverted self was alone in "my blogging world". Finally, I found the courage to go out there and meet like-minded people (who turned out to be really nice, by the way). Thank you TravelBook Philippines and The Legend Villas and to all other sponsors for my first ever official blogger event!” – Katrina Singson, www.mommykay.com

"One of the most interactive and fun Bloggers Affiliate events I had attended. A simple forgetting other stuff in blogging and just enjoy the laughter and fun during the event. Everyone is accommodating. Looking forward for a more fun and exciting events, and to be part of TravelBook Blogger Getaways. Kudos to the Team!" – Leomy Sanchez, leomyc.blogspot.com

Merci Beaucoup to TravelBookPH Get Together. A day of journey full of fun, games, prizes, learning, warmth, and sumptuous feast. Cheers! Till the next journey!” – Ma. Victoria Cruz, www.pilipinason-line.blogspot.com

“Travelbook.ph Affiliate Get Together has been a delight! Meeting and interacting with the other affiliates was fun. Awesome venue as well, very warm welcome, accommodating TravelBook.ph Ladies, always wearing their smiles!” – Rey Esteves, www.boyraket2.blogspot.com

'The event was fun and so exciting. Aside from enjoying the activities and sumptuous food, I was able to meet and mingle with other bloggers too!” – Kerwin Lawrence Octavo; www.mrpogitips.com

Blogger Affiliates with “Paint Me A Picture” Game!

This event will not be made possible without our generous sponsors: The Legend Villas, Lola Maria Restaurant, Get Go PH, Thumbprints Trading Inc., PhotoBook Worldwide, Climb Central Manila, Ortius International Inc., LifeKit, Zalora Philippines, Vivo Lumio Your To-Go Kit, and Pisig Ad Network.

TravelBook.ph is the fastest growing Online Travel Agency (OTA) in the Philippines which boasts more than 2,700 hotel listings all over the country. If you are a blogger and you want to earn more with your blog and attend exclusive events, trainings, seminars, and blogger getaways to different Philippine destinations, please sign up at affiliate.travelbook.ph.
(VerGarciaBlogs)

PRES. RODRIGO DUTERTE AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW OF ALJAZEERA MEDIA NETWORK

PRES. RODRIGO DUTERTE AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW OF ALJAZEERA MEDIA NETWORK BASED IN DOHA, QATAR IN MIDDLE EAST AS INTERVIEWED BY.. Jamela Aisha Alindogan (Broadcast Journalist).. Pres. Rodrigo R. Duterte said in his fight on drugs he will take care of the law abiding and God fearing, young citizens of the country. The drug problem reaches around 4 million when I was campaigning as President. It was a serious problem that needs to be address. When I became the President.. there's nothing left for me (money) to build for the rehabilitation facilities. It was already allotted in different departments. In addition..To clear.. Pres. Duterte guarantees and said he will not give up any claims for China and nobody in the constitution can give up claims in West Philippines Sea or the Scarborough Shoal and it was China who invited him to visit their country, he avers..

An exclusive interview with Pres. Rodrigo R. Duterte.

Secretary Teo To Boost Tourism in Bacolod City, Philippines

President Duterte Graces The 37th Masskara Festival 

Tourism Secretary WandaTeo

Stakeholders are rallying behind the Department of Tourism (DOT) to boost 'inclusive tourism' in Bacolod City and other localities in the area, in the spirit of the 37th MassKara Festival graced by President Rodrigo Duterte recently.

Travel and tour operators, hoteliers, restaurateurs, and community leaders joined officials of DOT, as well as local government unit officials in affirming their support for the government’s 'tourism-for-all' program spearheaded by Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo.

During the colorful festivities, the stakeholders pledged not only to work for the benefit of the poor rural folk but to make tourism more accessible to persons with disability, handicapped, elderly and pregnant women.

The consensus dramatizes yet the Filipino resiliency that gave birth to the MassKara festival almost four decades ago when economic depression hit the sugar capital of the country, said DOT Asst. Sec. Gwen Cads-Javier.

City of Bacolod in Negros Ocidental where the famous Masskara is being held.

Javier lauded the local tourism sector, as well as the Bacolod City Council, for the successful staging of the MassKara festival, which has become a tourism icon that caters to international and domestic tourist.The DOT official assured that a wide array of projects will reach Bacolod City, known as the City of Smiles.

'These projects include infrastructure along destination routes, ecotourism, agri-aqua tourism, adventure, river boat tours and international cruise tourism in Bacolod, Silay, Talisay and Bago,' Javier said. She also encouraged tourism-related local establishments to get accreditation by the DOT-Negros Island Region to assure tourists of world-class standards.

'MassKara festival reflects our never-ending spirit of optimism. We anticipate the festival for more color, pageantry and excitement. The festival has likewise become an occasion to reminisce and to reunite as a people here and from other countries,' Bacolod City Mayor Evelio 'Bing' Leonardia.

Pres. Duterte is the only President ever to grace the spectacular MassKara opening rites.

'I had visited Bacolod when I was mayor of Davao City. I believe MassKara has evolved into one of the more colorful festivities in the country.  It has its own identity different from other festivals,' Duterte said.

CNN has recognized MassKara as 'One of the 12 Best Things to Do in the Philippines” while National Geographic proclaimed it as “One of the 10 Must-Do Festivals for the Month of October in the World.' (VerGarciaBlogs)

AN AMAZING SURGERY CALLED TRANS-ORAL ENDOSCOPIC THYROIDECTOMY VESTIBULAR APPROACH AT THE CGHMC, PHILIPPINES

Amazing Breaktrough In Thyroid Operation
By: Dr. Ver M. Garcia, N.D., h.c.P.Adm. 

In  photo shown are participants and speakers of the 2nd International Symposium on Trans-Oral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy, held recently at the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center in Manila, Philippines. The objective of the program is to appreciate the concepts in endoscopic thyroid surgery and to understand the operative indications, techniques and variations in endoscopic thyroid surgery.

Covering and attending the 2nd International Symposium on Trans-oral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach (TOETVA) of the Department of Surgery - Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (CGHMC) Thai general and laparoscopic surgeon who is recognized as the pioneer of TOETVA in the ASEAN region, Dr. Angkoon Anuwong, discussed about the subject matter. 

Proramme Activities.

An amazing surgical procedure was introduced in the 2nd International Symposium held recently at the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (CGHMC) that of  the removal of thyroid gland by oral surgery. Symposium highlights a surgical demonstration of transoral thyroidectomy through vestibular approach and a hands-on basic laparoscopic skills workshop.

The surgical technique of thyroidectomy, as well as adjunct technology, continued to advance. Most recently, various new instruments (ie, harmonic technology) and approaches including video-assisted thyroidectomy and robot-assisted thyroidectomy have emerged. 

It is carried out in varying thyroid cases and benign thyroid disease. Survival of  patients that has  received early this kind of treatment is excellent when they recovered from the post operation.. patients quality of life greatly improved avers Dr. Angkoon Anuwong of Thailand. Dr. Anuwong had perform Trans-Oral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy (TOET) for many years and had performed for almost 500 patients and it was a great success he added.

The traditional method of performing the surgery is through collar incision. This provides a substantial exposure of relevant anatomy. Performing the TOET is not without risks. Possible complications may include injury  to nearby structures, bruising and infection.  

Variations in Thyroid Endoscopic Surgery by. Dr. Sammy C. Cunanan. MD

With the advancements in the medical technology, minimally invasive surgical techniques have been developed and applied. Mostly women got affected by the prevalence of thyroid disease and the benefits of endoscopic thyroidectomy may outweigh the conventional method of treatment because of aesthetic   and natural  outlook and showing no marks or scars in the operation procedures.. 

In addition.. The minimally invasive technique through the trans-axillary route has some flaws wherein there is inadvertent injury to traversed structures. The procedure in itself has some degree of difficulty and learning procedures. The alternative trans-oral vestibular approach gives endoscopic surgeons the chance to decide which method is best applicable for the patient.

Press conference with leading newspapers editors and health journalists were present to ask questions about Trans-oral Endoscopic Throidectomy procedures. Shown in the panel were Dr. Sammy Cunanan, MD, FPALES, FPCS, Dr. Rey R. Mathay, MD, Dr. Angkoon Anuwong, MD, FRCST, Dr. Samuel Ang, MD, FPCS, Dr. Ruby Go, MD, FPCP, Dr. Herbert Z. Manaois, MD, DPSP and many others.

The technique is under the leadership of Dr. Sammy Cunanan, Section Head of minimally Invasive Surgery of the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center. This great endeavor is under the direction of Dr. James Dy and with the active support of Dr. Samuel Ang the Chairman of the Department of Surgery of CGHMC.

Dr. Angkoon Anuwong,MD specialist from Thailand.

The 2nd Interna-tional Sympo-sium is in accor-dance to CGHMC's key principle to maintain excel-lence in medical care through continuous updating of knowledge and performing skills. Resource person is Dr. Angkoon Anuwong of Thailand, pioneer of Trans-oral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy in Southeast Asia lectures on the said topic.

In conclusion, over-all symposium topics and discussions was a great success.. I would like to thank Dra. Hilda Ong, head of the media department of the CGHMC for inviting me on this special occasion. (VerGarciaBlogs)

Photo Gallery at the 2nd International Symposium CGHMC:

For more information about the event and inquiries about the Trans-oral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy. Please contact Dra. Hilda Ong, Head at CGHMC public relations and media affairs office at (02) 743-1470.  (VerGarciaBlogs)