{"id":275187,"date":"2020-11-12T22:59:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T03:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=275187"},"modified":"2025-01-08T18:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T23:39:14","slug":"plan-prepare-for-disasters-gordon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/12\/plan-prepare-for-disasters-gordon\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan, prepare for disasters: Gordon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_262158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262158\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gordon-says-10-of-his-staff-are-positive-for-coronavirus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262158\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gordon-says-10-of-his-staff-are-positive-for-coronavirus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gordon-says-10-of-his-staff-are-positive-for-coronavirus.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gordon-says-10-of-his-staff-are-positive-for-coronavirus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gordon-says-10-of-his-staff-are-positive-for-coronavirus-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-262158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philippine Red Cross (PRC) chairman and chief executive officer, Senator Richard Gordon has urged everyone to plan and prepare for disasters. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/senatorgordon\/photos\/a.10151695724247831\/10157776752997831\">File photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/senatorgordon\/\">Dick Gordon\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Philippine Red Cross (PRC) chairman and chief executive officer, Senator Richard Gordon has urged everyone to plan and prepare for disasters.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe have to act as people with foresight.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lipitor online <a href=\"https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/lipitor.html\">https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/lipitor.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> If we don\u2019t use our foresight, no government is big enough\u00a0<em>na kakayanin iyan<\/em>\u00a0(that will confront that),\u201d Gordon said during the Laging Handa public briefing on Thursday aired over state-run PTV4.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Gordon said mayors, barangays and people must get ready for disasters.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said people should have been evacuated before a typhoon arrives.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cymbalta online <a href=\"https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cymbalta.html\">https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cymbalta.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201c<em>Iyong property mababawi iyan, pero iyong buhay hindi na mababawi &#8211;iyon ang unang-una<\/em>\u00a0(Properties may be regained but not the lives lost &#8211;that should be the priority),\u201d he added, urging them to cooperate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Gordon said those who live in the coastal areas should be automatically evacuated early, thus they should not wait for the government to bring them to dryer grounds.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Gordon also shared disaster preparedness undertaken by PRC.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe are always prepared volunteers.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy robaxin online <a href=\"https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/robaxin.html\">https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/robaxin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<em>Marami tayong volunteers, sumama kayo para makatulong kayo.<\/em>\u00a0(we have many volunteers, join us so you could help),\u201d he said, adding it is equipped with the necessary logistics like trucks, amphibians, and payloaders.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Gordon said the organization serves first the \u201cmost vulnerable, those who have really been affected, the poorest of the poor.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said the PRC is busy with rescue and relief operations in Marikina City, and in the towns of Rodriguez and San Mateo in Rizal province.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Gordon said its chapters in Central Luzon, Metro Manila, and Southern Luzon are also on alert for the possible overflow of Laguna de Bay when dams start to release water.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Philippine Red Cross (PRC) chairman and chief executive officer, Senator Richard Gordon has urged everyone to plan and prepare 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