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Belo Medical Group expands Davao branch, celebrates in grand style

March 12, 2024 - 1:30pm

Last week, Belo strengthened its presence in another major Southern market by launching their beautifully expanded and renovated...

Freeman Cebu Lifestyle

Exploring Malaysia: Beyond the skyscrapers, a rising destination for healthcare and education

By Jap Tobias | October 2, 2023 - 7:55am

Amidst the bustling urban landscape, the Southeast Asian country has been emerging as a hotspot for healthcare services and...

Travel and Tourism

Philippines seen as 'attractive' medical tourism destination

By Rosette Adel | May 5, 2022 - 8:53am

With many untapped potentials in the health and industry, the Department of Tourism said it sees the Philippines as an "attractive medical...

Headlines

Medical tourism remains an untapped ‘gold mine’

By Ehda M. Dagooc | February 20, 2020 - 12:00am

The medical tourism market could be a real gold mine for the Philippines, if only the country would take developing needed infrastructure and retaining good medical practitioners seriously.

Freeman Cebu Business

DOT eyes Philippine brand for wellness

By Catherine Talavera | January 2, 2020 - 12:00am

The Department of Tourism is eyeing to create a Philippine wellness brand, in line with efforts to expand the country’s...

Business

Cebu as medtourism hub still needs a lot of work

By Ehda M. Dagooc | July 30, 2019 - 12:00am

Despite intensified efforts to promote Cebu as an alternative medical tourism destination for foreign nationals, a lot of ‘homework’ still needs to be done for the industry to fully take off.

Freeman Cebu Business

Belo leads the path for medical tourism

By Johnny Litton | June 10, 2019 - 12:00am

The inspiring Belo Medical Group CEO and founder Dr. Vicki Belo sat in a pan- el with other in- dustry blazers at a tourism...

Business As Usual

Medical tourism

By Boo Chanco | March 6, 2019 - 12:00am

Let me clarify once more.

Business

Resort emergency medicine

By Boo Chanco | February 25, 2019 - 12:00am

My column last week on resort medicine elicited a number of responses that also promoted the concept of medical tourism. The two are not the same thing even if the two concepts share the need to change mindsets in...

Business

Reaction to Fidel Abalos' article

By Dr. Clarissa Mae Derecho, MD | May 15, 2014 - 12:00am

A scatterbrain. He lacks congruence and organization.

Freeman Opinion