NEWS&UPDATES

• Gordon is re-elected Chairman of the Philippine Red Cross
Richard J. Gordon was re-elected Chairman of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) by the majority of the 27 PRC Board of Governors who attended the first of its monthly meeting 26 January this year at the PRC headquarters on Bonifacio Drive in Manila. PRC has 30 board members all serving in a volunteer capacity for a four year-term.

• Philippine Red Cross plans to double its Typhoon Washi response
As tens of thousands of survivors in Mindanao enter their second month of uncertainty, the Red Cross is announcing plans to drastically increase its support to communities affected by December's Typhoon Washi.

• Red Cross to provide ambulance service on Chinese New Year celebration
The Philippine Red Cross will provide ambulance service and volunteer first aiders during the Chinese New Year celebration on Monday, January 23.

• Red Cross aims to reduce impact of disasters, climate change and other emergency situations
The Philippine Red Cross is set to reduce the impact of disasters, climate change, public health emergencies, illnesses and other situations of violence for affected families and communities within the next five years beginning this year.

• Red Cross acts on various disasters
While Red Cross is still in full swing in its relief and recovery efforts for thousands of families affected by typhoon Sendong last December in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, it continues to respond as well to various disasters that were hitting the country since the onset of the new year.

PHOTO RELEASES

	Jaica Group of Companies, headed by its President Katrina Ponce Enrile (2nd from left) hands over to PRC Chairman Richard Gordon a check donation worth 1 million pesos to help victims of typhoon Sendong.
	TELUS International Philippine Inc. donates Php 640,000.00 to the Philippine Red Cross for the families affected by typhoon Sendong in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan.
	The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) provides immediate assistance to the wounded devotees of the Black Nazarene.
	The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) provides drinking water to the devotees of Black Nazarene who joined the procession today.
	The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) sets up first aid and medical station at the evacuation centers in Cagayan de Oro to attend to the medical needs of the Sendong-affected families.