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Ambassador Benavidez with Ms Lorel Guevarra, Mr Larry Acosta, Ms Cely Obuela, Virgilia Pinpin and Riza Isagunde. Also seen are Dr Colin David Reynolds, Elizabeth O Recio and Norlita P Lugtu. The Philippine Embassy through its Philippine Overseas Labour Office recently held a Recognition Ceremony for the First Aid and Basic CPR Training participants at “Ang Bahay,” the residence of the Philippine Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam. Among the guests at the ceremony included Dr Colin David Reynolds and his medical staff of Riverview Clinic, namely Renee Parejado, Joel Garcera and Hershey Gatapia. Dr Reynolds emphasised the need to refresh their learning on the subject through practice. Class President M Lorel Guevarra, on behalf of the participants, extended her gratitude to the Philippine Embassy and to the resource speakers for conducting the training which they have found highly useful and is of great help to them at work, at home or in other future workplaces.

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The death of Anthony F. Skane on Sunday left behind a legacy of first-aid training that spanned a generation, some of his longtime protégés recalled Wednesday. Skane, who was 90 when he died, was born in Egypt and came to the United States when he was 4. As an adjunct professor at Mohawk Valley Community College, Skane instructed emergency medical technicians and taught CPR classes, his obituary states. .