IKOT.PH
Following the pronouncement of a World Health Organization (WHO) official that the novel coronavirus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID 19 could become endemic like the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Senator Dick Gordon again raised the need for testing. Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), said that until a […]
As the country confronts the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a group of doctors from government hospitals thanked the Philippine Red Cross, headed by Senator Dick Gordon, for proposing that frontline health care workers be regularly tested for the coronavirus. Gordon, PRC chairman and CEO, has proposed that all medical workers, who are at the forefront […]
Senator Dick Gordon, chairman of the Blue Ribbon Committee, expressed confidence that the proposed higher penalties for the crime of perjury will deter persons from imputing or incriminating other individuals. During the amendment period for Senate Bill No. 1354 which seeks to give more teeth to the Revised Penal Code provisions for perjury and false […]
On the occasion of the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day this year, Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Dick Gordon is recognizing the work done and the significant role volunteers and staff of the 191 national societies of the Red Cross have played in the fight against the […]
Senator Dick Gordon reiterated the urgent need to implement Republic Act No. 11235 or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Law following the assassination of 48-year-old radio reporter Rex Cornelio Pepino, who was shot dead recently in Barangay Daro, Dumaguete City by unidentified motorcycle riding-in-tandem gunmen. Gordon, the principal author of the law, once again called on […]
The Senate has adopted a resolution declaring October 26 and April 20 of every year as bloodletting drive days in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross in honor of former Senator Heherson Alvarez who died of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Senator Dick Gordon, who introduced and sponsored Senate Resolution 390, said Alvarez’s daughter Herxila […]
Amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the outbreaks of other communicable diseases in recent years, Senator Dick Gordon is proposing the creation of an independent and competent Center for Disease Control and Prevention. In filing Senate Bill No. 1440, or the Philippine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Act (Philippine CDC Act), Gordon […]
More coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing machines, kits, and reagents were acquired by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). Senator Dick Gordon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the PRC said the the organization will be chartering a Philippine Airlines plane or a C-130 aircraft to bring the critical materials from Changsha City in China. “We […]
Following the appeal made by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) for blood donations amid the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, Senator Dick Gordon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the PRC said the Department of National Defense (DND) has pledged to support the organization by conducting a mass blood donation of some 1,200 cadets […]
After opening a COVID-19 testing center in its national headquarters along EDSA in Mandaluyong City to help prevent the spread of the disease, Senator Dick Gordon, Philippine Red Cross (PRC) chairman and CEO, announced that several other PRC testing centers will be opening soon. “The PRC is working very hard, round the clock, and with […]