PRC pours P1 billion worth of emergency, recovery assistance to Cebu

Wenilyn Sabalo 07/01/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Over the past ten years, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has poured P1 billion worth of emergency and rehabilitation aid in Cebu. PRC Chairman and CEO Richard “Dick” Gordon, in a press conference…

PRC lends 25 cot beds to Barili, Cebu to aid LGU’s typhoid fever response

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 07/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) provided 25 cot beds to the Barili Infirmary and Barili District Hospital (BDH) to aid in the typhoid fever response of the local government unit (LGU). In a…

Medical tents, food trucks from Red Cross arrive in Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – To help Cebu City’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, medical tent units and mobile food trucks from the Philippine Red Cross (Red Cross) were deployed on Sunday, August 15, 2021. Councilor Dave Tumulak…

MVCs to boost Lapu-Lapu’s war vs Covid

Futch Anthony Inso 05/18/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Health Department (LCHD) has inspected today, May 18, 2021, a bus that will be utilized as Mobile Vaccination Clinic. The project is in partnership with the city and the Philippine…

400 Mandaue residents receive P3.5K aid from Red Cross

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/10/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — More than 400 residents from Barangays Ibabao-Estancia, Maguikay, Alang-Alang in Mandaue City received cash assistance worth P3,500 from the food- and cash-based humanitarian assistance program of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) held at…

Saliva testing for COVID-19 now available at PRC laboratories

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/05/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has started conducting saliva testing here for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Friday, February 5, 2021. Ariel Mañago, the laboratory supervisor of the PRC Mandaue Laboratory in barangay…

PhilHealth’s debt to PRC for COVID-19 tests rises to P800M — Gordon

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 01/02/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The standing debt of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) for COVID-19 tests now amounts to P800 million, the organization’s chairman said Saturday. “Ayaw ko sanang pinag-uusapan yan…

Philippine Red Cross chief to Duterte: ‘Hindi kami mukhang pera’

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 11/06/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Richard Gordon on Friday said that President Rodrigo Duterte should avoid being impulsive in issuing comments after the latter called the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), which Gordon chairs, “mukhang pera” (greedy). In an…

PRC donates medical tents as expansion of Lapu hospital

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Red Cross Lapu-Lapu/Cordova chapter has donated two medical tents to serve as an expansion of the COVID-19 beds of the city government-owned Lapu-Lapu City Hospital. On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, Lapu-Lapu…

Red Cross’ largest molecular lab in the Visayas opens in Mandaue

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Thursday, July 16, 2020, inaugurated its largest molecular laboratory in the Visayas dedicated to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tests. PRC launched a 207-square meter molecular lab in…

Free parking for health workers in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Health workers in Cebu City no longer need to worry about parking spaces while they continue to man the front lines in the fight against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19). The Cebu City…

Million Volunteer Run on Sunday: No road closures in Lapu-Lapu but more cops, traffic enforcers to be deployed

Norman V. Mendoza 12/05/2019

  LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The City Traffic Management System (CTMS) of Lapu-Lapu City announces no road closures for the Million Volunteer Run of the Philippine Red Cross Lapu-Lapu/Cordova Chapter this Sunday December 8. Mario Napuli, CTMS…

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