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With more than 300,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) expected to arrive over the next three to four months, Senator Dick Gordon reiterated his call for the Department of Transportation to open up the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) and divert OFW flights there to facilitate their testing so they can immediately return to their respective […]
As the bio-molecular laboratory of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) inside the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga formally opens, the PRC’s capacity to test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is expected to increase. According to PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Dick Gordon, the laboratory in Clark, which was built in partnership with the […]
Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), lauded the Australian government for its large contribution to the humanitarian organization’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response operations. “We thank the Australian government for partnering with the Philippine Red Cross in our operations aimed at ensuring victory over the virus. It was among the […]
Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross, has authorized the delivery of consumables to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) to ensure that the health research facility will continue testing for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) without delay. “The more people are tested quickly, the sooner we would be able […]
Senator Dick Gordon congratulated the Department of National Defense on the completion of the beaching ramp at Pag-asa Island, as well as the Department of Transportation and the Palawan provincial government for the construction of a shelter for Filipino fishermen. Gordon said the completion of the ramp on the island, two days before Independence Day […]
Amid the rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive cases, Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), welcomed the accreditation of the PRC’s bio-molecular laboratories in Subic and Clark as the additional facilities will boost the PRC’s testing capacity. Gordon said the two laboratories will be formally opened since they […]
With the world commemorating World Blood Donors’ Day recently, Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), has renewed his call for more blood donors, reiterating the need for blood amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Gordon stressed the need for blood donors because as country faces a shortage of […]
Concerned about the 7.3 million Filipinos who lost their jobs amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Senator Dick Gordon is pushing for the use of bicycles to help create jobs. “That’s why I am pushing for bicycles. Sinabi ko they must be accompanied by infrastructural support because it would create jobs. Aside from that, […]
With families of medical frontliners who died in the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) already starting to receive the P1-million assistance from the government, Senator Dick Gordon thanked the Department of Health (DOH) for immediately acting on the matter after he had revealed the delay in the release of the said assistance. Gordon made […]
To expedite the process of testing for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), especially on some 500,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) expected to arrive until December, Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross, met with officials of concerned agencies to further fine-tune the testing process. “We have to make sure that we […]