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PhilHealth debt to Red Cross hikes to P623 million - Gordon

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 02 10:52 AM

State insurance agency PhilHealth owes the Philippine Red Cross some P623 million for COVID-19 testing as this amount balloons per day, the humanitarian organization's chief said Wednesday. Read more »

Red Cross urges PhilHealth to settle P571-m debt as cheaper test kits secured

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 29 12:09 PM

The Philippine Red Cross on Sunday urged PhilHealth to settle its P571 million remaining debt as it secured COVID-19 tests from China at a lower price. Read more »

PH Red Cross opens COVID-19 testing lab in Isabela

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 10:15 AM

The Philippine Red Cross has opened a coronavirus testing laboratory in Isabela province that will service the entire region of Cagayan Valley, its chairman Sen. Richard Gordon said Sunday. Read more »

'Mabilis at mas mura': Red Cross still waiting for gov't nod on use of saliva test

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Posted at Nov 19 09:43 AM

MANILA - The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has yet to get government approval for the use of its saliva COVID-19 test, Sen. Richard Gordon said on Thursday.  Read more »

Climate change bigger threat than COVID: Red Cross

Agnès Pedrero, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 17 03:11 PM

The world should react with the same urgency to climate change as to the coronavirus crisis, the Red Cross said Tuesday, warning that global warming poses a greater threat than COVID-19.   Read more »

Red women: Angel Locsin, Catriona Gray amplify Red Cross programs for typhoon victims

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Posted at Nov 16 08:16 PM

Angel Locsin and Catriona Gray, celebrities known for their civic work and advocacies, continued Monday their respective efforts to extend aid to victims of Typhoon Ulysses. Read more »

PH Red Cross sends aid to Cagayan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 12:16 PM

The Philippine Red Cross has deployed to submerged Cagayan province 17 of its personnel and sent rescue boats, a water tanker, food truck, food and other non-food aid such as tarpaulins, its chairman said Sunday. Read more »

PhilHealth, Red Cross debt row briefly affected PH testing capacity: DOH

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 07 02:52 PM

MANILA— The country's testing capacity for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases was briefly affected when the Philippine Red Cross suspended testing for repatriated overseas Filipino workers because of government debt, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said. Read more »

Gordon blames Duque after Duterte calls PH Red Cross 'greedy'

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Posted at Nov 07 12:00 AM

Philippine Red Cross chairman Sen. Richard Gordon came to the defense of the organization after President Rodrigo Duterte called it greedy. Read more »

'Mukhang pera': Pangulong Duterte, binatikos ang Philippine Red Cross

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 07:50 PM

Hindi nagustuhan ng Pangulo ang pagpapatigil ng Philippine Red Cross sa ginagawa nilang COVID-19 testing.    Read more »

Duterte tinawag na mukhang pera ang Red Cross; Gordon 'di na-offend'

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Updated as of Nov 07 04:44 AM

Maikli pero maanghang ang naging patutsada ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Philippine Red Cross noong Huwebes.    Read more »

PRC to receive nearly P100M in donations for Typhoon Rolly victims: Gordon

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 08:20 PM

A foreign government and several non-profit organizations have committed to donate nearly P100 million to boost the Philippine Red Cross' (PRC) relief efforts in provinces hit by Typhoon Rolly earlier this week. Read more »

Duterte's 'mukhang pera' comment vs Red Cross 'not really presidential': Gordon

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 08:26 PM

Philippine Red Cross (PRC) chair Sen. Richard Gordon on Friday said he was not offended by President Rodrigo Duterte's "mukhang pera" comment, but noted that the remark was "not really presidential." Read more »

'Mukhang pera' remark unpresidential? Let Duterte say what he wants - Palace

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 12:05 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte should be able "to say what he has wants to say," his spokesperson said Friday, after the Philippine Red Cross criticized the Chief Executive's accusation of greed against the group that ran about a quarter of the country's coronavirus tests.   Read more »

'Mukhang pera': Duterte blasts PH Red Cross for suspending COVID-19 tests amid PhilHealth debt

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 05 11:41 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday criticized the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) after being told that it stopped conducting COVID-19 tests due to the government's P1.1 billion debt.   Read more »

PhilHealth pays P100 million more to PH Red Cross for COVID-19 testing dues

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 05 09:35 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) on Thursday announced it released another P100 million in partial payment to its debt to the Philippine Red Cross for COVID-19 testing.  Read more »

Officials deny OFWs 'overcharged' up to P20,000 in airport swab testing for COVID-19

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Posted at Nov 04 07:00 PM

Several transport officials on Wednesday denied returning migrant workers were overcharged for the coronavirus tests they were required to take upon their arrival in the country's airports. Read more »

Typhoon Rolly's damage to infrastructure estimated at P5.7 billion

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 11:20 PM

Typhoon Rolly's damage to Philippine infrastructure has reached nearly P6 billion. Read more »

UK to donate £1-M for those affected by typhoon and flooding in PH, Vietnam

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 09:13 PM

The government of the United Kingdom on Tuesday said it is allotting £1 million (around P62.8 million/$1.2 million) to help victims of Typhoon Goni (Rolly) in the Philippines, as well as those affected by the recent flooding in Vietnam. Read more »

PhilHealth urged to pay Red Cross on time for disaster response funds

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 03 04:15 PM

Embattled state insurer PhilHealth is urged to make timely payments to the Philippine Red Cross for coronavirus testing as it needs funds for disaster response after erstwhile Super Typhoon Rolly's onslaught, Sen. Richard Gordon said Tuesday. Read more »