The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it will resume visits to detainees in Myanmar’s prisons next week after a hiatus of more than seven years, the latest sign of reform in the once-pariah nation.
SIXTEEN military personnel from the 302nd Brigade and members of the Civilian Auxiliary Force Geographical Units donated a total of 7,200 cc of blood to the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) in Dumaguete City.
Help is on the way. Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle and other Church officials on Thursday offered their condolences and assistance to victims of Typhoon “Pablo.”
It is a universal organization that revels in helping people in need and whose humanitarian mission transcends the figures who run it.
The Red Cross relief agency said Saturday it was stepping up efforts to help those struck by Hurricane Sandy, amid fears a new storm could hit the US East Coast next week.
DISASTER relief needs do not always come in small packages. Volunteers of the Philippine Red Cross came with “surprise” guests—a party clown and a magician—when they visited an evacuation center in Calamba City early this month.
THE Aboitiz Group, together with the Philippine Red Cross – Cebu Chapter and Banilad Barangay Council in Cebu City, held a blood letting and blood typing activity last July 28 at the Banilad Sports Complex.
Responding to appeals for help, the Philippine Daily Inquirer has teamed up with the Philippine Red Cross to extend relief to victims of this week’s deadly floods, as the government mobilized various agencies to rush aid to 2 million people affected by the disaster.
Emergency workers and troops Wednesday rushed food, water and clothes to nearly 850,000 people displaced and marooned by floods brought on by 12 straight days of monsoon rains that sank Metro Manila and nearby provinces.
MORE than 150 blood bags were collected during the grand bloodletting day conducted by the Department of Health, in partnership with Philippine Red Cross on July 28 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cebu City Sports Complex.
THE FIFTH edition of the Philippine Red Cross-Cebu Chapter’s annual fun run dubbed Humanity Run will be held today at the Sumilon Road of the Cebu Business Park.
THE Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is partnering with five hospitals in Mactan, Cebu to strengthen their disaster preparedness efforts.
The Philippine National Red Cross has received a fresh infusion of funds—P32,000 in coins seized in police raids against illegal gambling operations in Laguna province, officials said Tuesday.
