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Minutes after the country welcomed the first hours of 2023, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Operations Center received reports of four fire incidents that occurred almost simultaneously in the National Capital Region (NCR). The PRC immediately deployed its firefighting and emergency medical services to help put out the fire that broke out in residential areas […]
A month after his visit to General Santos City to see the COVID-19 βBakuna Busβ operations, the vice president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Gilles Carbonnier sent his commendations to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and its chairman and CEO Dick Gordon for the foremost organizationβs innovative crisis response and community-level […]
As the world celebrated International Volunteers Day recently, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) honored its chairman and CEO, Dick Gordon, as a volunteer. Gordon started volunteering at the Red Cross at a young age, in 1968. He marks 54 years of being a Red Cross volunteer this year. Volunteerism probably runs in Gordonβs family. He […]
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As the Philippinesβ health department reports an increase in hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) cases, Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and CEO Dick Gordon advised the premier humanitarian organizationβs network of barangay-based volunteers to be vigilant. HFMD is a highly contagious viral infection that is common among infants and children. Gordon stressed that greater […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Malabon City Chapter recently held its 6th Chapter Assembly at the Rotary Club of Malabon Civic Center with the theme βHarvesting Opportunity for a Prepared and Engaged Community.β The event is an annual opportunity to honor, highlight, and report the powerful contributions of volunteers to the Malabon City Chapterβs activities […]
The University of the Philippines Childrenβs Rights Advocates League in Diliman caps off its celebration of National Childrenβs Month with the launch of an exciting raffle and, as its partner, an upcoming outreach program for children. UP Childrenβs Rights Advocates League, otherwise known as UP CRAdLe is a non-profit, non-partisan, cause-oriented, university-wide recognized organization that […]
The spirit of volunteerism defines the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). The PRC celebrates International Volunteer Day by honoring the unwavering commitment and efforts of Red Cross 143 (RC143) volunteers to serve the most vulnerable. PRC Chairman and CEO Dick Gordon, who has been volunteering his time to serve the most vulnerable for 54 years, expressed his […]
The stringent COVID-19 lockdown rules halted blood donation activities, precipitating a blood shortage for medical transfusions in the country. The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), in partnership with the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), conducted a bloodletting activity in LRT-2 AranetaβCenter Cubao Station from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM to help replenish the blood reserves in […]
In a letter to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, National Center of Electric Cooperative Consumers, Inc. or NCECCO submitted its proposals and recommendations for short- and long-term workable solutions that should address increasing costs of electricity. The consumer group appeals to the President to βaddress the plight of electricity consumers amidst the unstoppable energy price hikes […]