ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources warned people against consuming shellfish as it reiterated its red tide warning in the Zamboanga Peninsula. The BFAR, in Shellfish Bulletin No. 4, Series of 2026, stated that shellfish collected and tested from Dumanquillas Bay in...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Region 1 (Ilocos) reported on Wednesday that two towns in Pangasinan tested positive for red tide. Laboratory results said shellfish samples collected from the coastal waters of Bolinao and Anda, Pangasinan yielded positive findings. The BFAR advised...
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Shellfish samples collected from the coastal towns of Anda and Bolinao now tested negative for red tide toxin, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Ilocos region (BFAR-1) said. In an advisory issued Thursday night, BFAR-1 said the advisory was based on testing...
Heavy rains caused by the prevailing shear line triggered flooding and a landslide in parts of Mindanao early Friday, February 20, prompting the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to place its chapters on heightened alert and deploy emergency response teams. In a statement, the PRC said its Chairman and...
For decades, the University of the Philippines Los Baños’ (UPLB) February Fair has been known not just as a week of music and festivities, but as a protest fair and a space where students assert that celebration and social responsibility can coexist. Born out of resistance during the Marcos...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC)–Malabon Chapter conducted a Valentine’s Day health caravan that provided free medical services to about 1,500 residents in Barangay Hulong Duhat. The event dubbed “Health is Life,” the caravan was held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in partnership with...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) cautioned hospitals against excessive blood processing charges, with PRC Chairman Richard Gordon flagging reports of possible overpricing in some private facilities and stressing the organization’s commitment to affordable blood services. In a statement issued on...
To strengthen and modernize the country’s blood services, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) officially opened the PRC Blood Summit 2026. The three-day summit, held from February 5 to 7 in partnership with Abbott Laboratories and Transfusion Medicine, brings together blood bank personnel, health...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned the people that all shellfish and alamang harvested from the coastal waters of Bolinao and Anda in Pangasinan remain positive for paralytic shellfish poison or red tide and are not safe for human consumption. The advisory issued on Jan. 29...
TACLOBAN CITY – The shellfish ban remains in effect in Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar and the coastal waters of Leyte, Leyte, after recent laboratory tests confirmed the presence of red tide toxins in shellfish and water samples. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said shellfish...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and local partners, on Friday, January 30, launched a simultaneous nationwide relief distribution to assist...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), with support from international humanitarian and health partners, is backing the government-led Ligtas Tigdas: Measles-Rubella Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-SIA)—a nationwide campaign aimed at protecting millions of Filipino children from measles and...
