Please be guided accordingly on these developments on our dental practice to promote global competitiveness.

For your information and guidance, visit: Updated Guidelines in Practice Management for Dental Practitioners

Dr. Roberto M Tajonera
President

Stronger and Globally-Competitive Philippine Dentistry

We are coordinating with the police and other law enforcement agencies in the pursuit of the early resolution of these cases. We call on all our members to remain vigilant and to secure your respective clinics for your own security and safety. In line with this, we will be sending a memorandum circular to all chapters and affiliates nationwide with regard to the safety measures that they may undertake to prevent occurrence of these incident in the future.

Corollary to this, Public and Personal Safety Seminars will be conducted through the different conventions and conferences nationwide in coordination with the different police agencies.

We strongly urge the cooperation of people who may have any idea about the whereabouts of the suspect/s. Attached herewith is the sketch and the crime prevention and safety tips which were recommended by the local law enforcement agencies.

Dr. Roberto M. Tajonera
PDA President

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Sketch of the Suspect
Initial Safety Measures/Prevention

Stronger and Globally-Competitive Philippine Dentistry

As reported in tri-media, the recent string of cases on robbery hold-up, molestation and to some extent the ruthless killing committed to some member dentists of the Philippine Dental Association and their staff is really very alarming.

The PDA strongly condemns these inhumane and barbaric acts of violence against our members. We have been in constant touch with the police and some law enforcement agencies. We already had a series of meetings with the officers of the NCRPO and the Manila Police District and it is our hope that justice will be served very soon against the perpetrators.

Based from the consultation that we had with Gen. Roberto P. Rongavilla, the Director of the Manila Police District, below are some of the Crime Prevention Tips that he has shared for all our members to follow:

CRIME PREVENTION TIPS

1. Installation of Close Circuit Television (CCTV)
2. Installation of burglar alarm
3. Hiring services of security agency/security guards
4. Should have personally trusted assistant preferably male
5. Know the locations and emergency telephone numbers of police station, fire department, hospitals (Dial 117, Text 2920)
6. Before consulting walk-in patient, be sure to get his personal details and photograph him/her
7. Clinic doors should be double lock and there should be other door to be use in case of emergency
8. Keep your clinic well lighted
9. Have a presence of mind
10. Shout or call for help
11. Report the crime to the police, describe the attacker/suspect accurately

For your information and guidance.

DR. ROBERTO M. TAJONERA
PDA President

Wanted for Robbery and Holdup

103rd Annual Convention and Scientific Meeting

103rd Annual Convention and Scientific Meeting
Theme: Patuloy sa tapat na paglilingkod…Pangakong Dapat Asahan
November 16 – 20 2011
SMX Convention Center, Seashell Drive,
Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City, Philippines

Convention Fee
March 23 – September 15 – PhP 2,500 Included in the Raffle
September 16 – November 2 – PhP 2,500 Not included in the Raffle
On-site Registration – PhP 2,700 Not included in the Raffle

APDC Pre Congress Invitational Golf Tournament

33rd ASIA PACIFIC DENTAL CONGRESS invites you to the APDC PRE CONGRESS INVITATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
“Chairman’s Cup”

We would like to invite all of you to join us and participate in this prestigious Invitational Golf Tournament that the Organizing Committee of the 33rd Asia Pacific Dental Congress has prepared. It will be held at the World class ALABANG COUNTRY CLUB on April 29,2011. Lots of prizes and surprises are in store for you. Php3,000 for non-members, Php2,000 for Alabang Country Club members and $200 for foreign delegates. Inclusive of the GREEN FEE, TOURNAMENT FEE, BUFFET LUNCH, MULLIGAN, RAFFLES and GIVEAWAYS. There will be a fellowship during the awarding. System 36 will be the tournament format. Please see the attachment for tournament rules. For the foreign delegates , transportation shall be provided from your hotel to the country club (vice versa).

Please coordinate with
Dr. Joseph “Jojo” Dandan +639228663683
Dr. Ruben “Jay” Hilario at +639175330342 ; +639228549187
Dr. Steve Almonte +639228349057
Dr. Arleen Reyes at +639153902823 ; +639228480462
Dr. Jose “Joji” Yulo at +639228528779 .

You don’t need to bring your Handicap Certificate

CLASS A
CHAMPION
RUNNER UP
CLASS B
CHAMPION
RUNNER UP
CLASS C
CHAMPION
RUNNER UP
CLASS D
CHAMPION
RUNNER UP
LADIES
CHAMPION
RUNNER UP
OVERALL CHAMPION
LOWEST GROSS
LOWEST NET

FUN HOLES

NEAREST TO THE PIN
MOST ACCURATE DRIVE
LONGEST DRIVE
MOST NUMBER OF BIRDIES
MOST NUMBER OF PARS

For more info visit
APDC Pre Congress Invitational Golf Tournament

The Philippine Dental Association

With the advent of technology, life couldn’t get any better. Information dissemination becomes fast and readily available. A website is considered as the online face of an organization. And what does it mean to a non-profit organization like PDA? I suppose many would agree that the internet is a very powerful tool when it comes to providing an alternative means of communication. The PDA website has been online for the past 5 years or so and as a many people would have noticed, it has been aggressively promoted to the members and the public in the year 2008 when it was re-launched as www.pda.ph. On top of the design and layout, the content and maintenance have all been given serious consideration by the website committee.

One of the primary objectives is to make sure that the information architecture/site structure is properly organized in order that the members and the public will be served the best way possible. As of to date, we are continuously giving close attention in looking for ways to continuously improve the site by knowing key elements that our visitors would benefit from, like effective content organization, improved navigational schemes and dynamic links to make it intuitive, easy to use and secure at the same time. Together with the website, we have also created a very useful tool, which is one of the largest social networking sites, the Facebook Fan Page, where our members could build affinity with other members, thus providing a link between them and the website. It further allows us to aggregate our website content and easily pull it into one central page thus making it easy for members to access the news which are all directly linked to PDA’s online home www.pda.ph. Both activities on Facebook and the website are combined, making the community a two-way street, where we are able to unearth timely topics and conversations around the organization.

Although activities, photos, and events are easily shared in the Facebook fan page, the objective of the website committee is not to undermine the role of the PDA website which is primarily the main source of information. The web presence of PDA will continue to bring new developments to become more efficient in spreading the word, deliver information in a planned and systematic manner, crafting it well enough so that it will really become a handy powerful source of information that members and the general public can benefit from altogether.

The website committee greatly encourages suggestions and comments for the improvement of our online presence. Feel free to email us at secretariat@pda.ph so we could serve you better.