Over 600 Black Nazarene devotees receive Red Cross assistance

Adrian Parungao 01/09/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Red Cross reported that as of 6 p.m. Tuesday, its personnel stationed along the route of the Traslacion 2024 for the Feast of the Black Nazarene attended to 643 individuals who required medical…

Cebu City’s cadaver van now ready for use

Dyrecka Letigio 08/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak announced on August 31, 2021, that the cadaver van at the Department of General Services (DGS) compound at the South Road Properties is now ready for use. Tumulak…

Mobile freezers to provide free storage for bodies in Cebu City

Dyrecka Letigio 08/17/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City is set to receive from private donors, including Senator Richard Gordon’s Red Cross, two mobile freezers for storing deceased bodies. Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak said they are seeing this as…

Cebu City gov’t sets up medical tents to assist hospital admissions

Dyrecka Letigio 08/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City government is setting up medical tents outside major hospitals catering to COVID-19 patients to assist in the admission triage.  Councilor David Tumulak said the city received six medical tents from Red Cross,…

Red Cross mobile clinic to bring ‘vaccination sites’ nearer to Cebu’s residents 

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/15/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Cebuanos especially those living far from the cities’s capital and want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 may no longer need to go to the vaccination sites once the Philippine Red Cross would launch…

Quarterly blood donation drive eyed in Lapu-Lapu

Futch Anthony Inso 03/14/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government plans to conduct a quarterly blood donation drive. Cindi Chan, chairperson of the City Tourism Cultural and Historical Commission, said that this would be done to cope with the…

PRC most likely to suspend COVID-19 testing due to PhilHealth’s debt

Darryl John Esguerra - Reporter / @DJEsguerraINQ 08/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) will “most likely” suspend its COVID-19 testing due to the failure of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to pay its remaining balances to the humanitarian organization’s coronavirus testing…

PRC to open a bio-molecular lab in Cebu City

Doris C. Bongcac 05/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – To help prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Central Visayas, Senator Richard J. Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), said they will soon be opening…

Red Cross in Southern Leyte comes up with ‘drumvatory’

Jani Arnaiz 04/09/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – Since washing of hands is the first line of defense against the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19),  frontliners like the Philippine Red Cross came up with an innovative “drumvatory” project…

Red Cross conducts bloodletting in Lapu, collects 87 blood bags

Norman V. Mendoza 08/14/2018

A TOTAL of 87 blood bags were collected during the bloodletting activity and Zumba foam party conducted by Philippine Red Cross Lapu-Lapu/Cordova Chapter in Lapu-Lapu City. The event, held on the ground floor of the Mactan Convention…

Hundreds join Red Cross fun run in Lapu

Norman V. Mendoza 10/26/2017

HUNDREDS of runners joined the “Million Volunteer Run 4” initiated by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Lapu-Lapu–Cordova Chapter last Sunday at the Hoops Dome in Lapu-Lapu City. The activity was simultaneously conducted by 102 Red Cross chapters…

Wars without limit and end

12/10/2016

By Pascal Porchet Syria. Iraq. South Sudan… The number of conflicts rose over the past decades, as did the numbers of displaced people. Every day, we hear of civilians being killed or injured, too often in violation of…

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