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According to the latest data from the Philippine Red Cross’ (PRC) Operations Center, 30 barangays in Zamboanga City were affected by floods due to shear line-driven heavy rains. The PRC Zamboanga City Chapter distributed Doxycycline, a prophylactic agent used for the treatment of Leptospirosis, to 500 affected individuals in Barangay Guiwan and Barangay Pasonanca, Zamboanga […]
Increased transmission risks of waterborne, influenza, leptospirosis and dengue (WILD) Diseases are unfolding in several provinces of Mindanao as unprecedented flooding continues. In addition to humanitarian aid, the Philippine Red Cross also intensified the implementation of its health campaign across different PRC chapters in Mindanao. To shed light on the nature, risks, symptoms, and prevention […]
Hundreds of thousands of devotees gathered at Quiapo Church and Quirino Grandstand from or the Black Nazarene’s first-ever “Walk of Faith.” In line with this, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) dispatched more than 300 volunteers in 4 first aid stations and welfare desks along the procession route with 17 teams of foot patrollers serving as […]
Amidst preparations for the New Year’s Eve celebrations, the Philippine Red Cross immediately dispatched its firefighting volunteers and two teams of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel when a huge fire broke out at Market 3, Barangay NBBN in Navotas City. The fire broke out around 2:20 PM and immediately blazed through a cold storage facility […]
Following the Christmas Day flooding across several parts of Mindanao, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) deployed a water tanker to meet the needs of communities who lost access to clean and safe drinking water. Five hundred families benefited from 10,000 liters of clean and safe drinking water distributed in Barangay Mansabay Bajo, Lopez Jaena, Misamis […]
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 “Bakuna Bus” 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 organization’s 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 Gordon’s family. He […]
As the Philippines’ 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 organization’s 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 “Harvesting Opportunity for a Prepared and Engaged Community.” The event is an annual opportunity to honor, highlight, and report the powerful contributions of volunteers to the Malabon City Chapter’s activities […]