2004

February 26, 2004 – Super Ferry fire.  Sent staff and volunteers after hearing the tragedy to piers 14 and 15 providing first aid and transporting the injured to various hospitals.  Set up welfare desk to help trace missing persons and provide psychological support to 515 survivors.

April 14, 2004 – While on the campaign trail in Nueva Ecija, personally led the Chapter disaster response team in rescuing the people when a fire broke out a house at the area.  Administered first aid to those injured, comforted the families whose house were burned and gave them food and relief assistance.

August 27, 2004 – Joined the local Red Cross chapter in Tarlac during the Culibangbang Dike Collapse in Paniqui and resulted to the massive floods in Tarlac, Pangasinan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija and Pampanga.

24 December 2004 – Christmas Eve and 31 December 2004 – New Years Eve – spent with evacuees providing Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation serving food and non-food items to 50,000 families throughout the 13 affected provinces of Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Quezon, among others by the mudslides.

In response to his international appeal for assistance, PNRC raised a record-breaking PhP 200 Million in donations from foreign as well as local donors intended for 2004 typhoon disaster victims.

It was during his term as PNRC Chairman and CEO that, for the first time, the PNRC became not just receiving organization but an international donor when we sent $35,000 cash contribution and disaster experts to help in the relief and rehabilitation of Tsunami-stricken areas in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

2005

February 2005 - Flare-up of fighting outside Sulu in Mindanao that displaced hundreds of families from their villages

14 February 2004 - Valentine’s Day bombings that killed 11 people and wounded 130 others in the cities of Makati, Davao and General Santos.

March-April 2005 after receiving a call from radio station DZRH, immediately sought assistance from the US Pacific Command for planes to spot and assist Philippine Navy and Coast Guard Search and Rescue of four missing fishermen from Zambales who where adrift for 19 days at sea.

10 March 2005 Food poisoning in Bohol province that claimed the lives of 27 school children and caused 105 others to be hospitalized.

14 March 2005 immediately deployed five Disaster Response Teams composed of 50 staff and volunteer first aiders during the 6-hour Camp Bagong Diwa Jailbreak and Stand Off in Bicutan, which ended in a bloody firefight.

24 May 2005 airlifted the five-day old female conjoined twins from Masbate Province to the Philippine General Hospital for proper diagnosis of their condition and to make plans for interventions that may be necessary for their survival.

Initiated Strategic Partnerships with the Association of Volunteer Fire Chiefs and Firefighters, Inc. (AVFCFI) and the Philippine Canine Search and Rescue Association (PhK9SAR).

2006

4 February 2006 was the first on the ground to instill order in the chaotic rescue effort and recovery of bodies at the ULTRA Stampede of the Wowowee anniversary show.

17 February 2006 while in Geneva attending a IFRC conference he made an appeal and made known to the world the St. Bernard, So. Leyte landslide that affected 977 families (or almost 1000 families).

August 2006 intervened on behalf of the Filipino government to secure the safety and safe passage and pushed for evacuation by land, air and sea of Overseas Filipinos Working in Southern Lebanon in harms way during the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict.

21 August 2006 once again, for the third time, led the relief efforts for at least 3,000 evacuated families when Mt. Mayon showed alarming signs of volcanic activity.

07 October 2006 was the first to initiate relief and rehabilitation efforts of 8,000 families affected by Typhoon Milenyo in Southern Tagalog and Bicol regions, especially Sorsogon which received scant attention as the media focused on billboard incidents in Metro Manila.

November 2006 while attending an IFRC conference in Geneva received a text from Khazakstan OFWs caught in the middle of a conflict between Kazakhs and immigrant workers. He was the first to sound the alarm and call the attention of DOLE and POEA that led to the evacuation of at least 500 workers traumatized from the battle-torn country.

01 December 2006 was the first on the ground in Albay and Catanduanes a day after Typhoon Reming battered Southern Tagalog and Bicol provinces anew.  Leading ongoing relief and rehabilitation efforts for 15,000 (and counting) evacuees. (p.s. This number includes Senyang victims. DMS can’t provide separate figures since most families have been affected by both typhoons.)

5 December 2006 launched Project 143 I Love Red Cross on International Volunteers Day to prepare and train communities to be self-reliant and ready in the face of calamities and typhoons.

December 2006 made an international appeal to USAID and international governments in the light of twin typhoons with Senyang in a span of two weeks affecting 10 provinces and 62,728 families (again, this figure includes families affected by Reming).

2007

11 and 27 September 2007 – provided economic linkage for farmers in Sulu and Northern Cotabato via Fruits of Hope to market mangostine, lanzones, etc to Manila supermarkets Rustans and SM Shopwise.

19 October 2007 - among the first to respond at the Glorietta Blast and conducted search and rescue and retrieval of missing victims Maureen de Leon and Ranier Tan who’s bodies were recovered in the debris

8 November 2007 - first to respond and recovered the body of Francis Luis Avian,fifth fatality in the blast at Sorrento Townhomes, Barangay Panapaan, Bacoor,Cavite

14 November 2007 Batasan Bomb

19 November 2007 Typhoon Lando

21 November 2007 - assisted in securing Flight Ambulance International medical crew in moving comatose Romulo del Rosario via ambu-plane from Irkustk Russia to the PGH.

24 November T- yphoon Mina

29 November 2007 Manila Pen Stand-off

2008

9 February  –   led rehabilitation Program for Barangay Hall and health station in Brgy. Sugangon, Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte in cooperation with the Japanese Red Cross Society.

7 March  – led Typhoid Outbreak Operation and Medical Mission in Brgy. Bucal, Calamba, Laguna.

18 April  – led Turnover Ceremonies Housing Project in Maslog, Legazpi City .

25 April  –  signed Abucay, Bataan REACT and PNRC Partnership for Red Cross 143.

8 May  – RCY Supercamp, “World Red Cross Day”, in Camp Capinpin , Tanay, Rizal.

16 May – Climate Change Forum, World Red Cross Day, Manila Hotel.

21 June  – MV Princess of the Stars Tragedy

23 June – Rescue and Relief Operations, Leganes Gym, Jaro, Iloilo and Panay.

24 June – helped survivors of the MV Princess of the Stars and facilitated reunion with their families.

27 June –  Relief Operations in Kalibo, Aklan. (Typhoon Frank)

29 June – Relief Operations in Iloilo with Ambassador Kristie Kenney. (Typhoon Frank)

1 July – Relief Operations in Iloilo and NDCC Cabinet Meeting. (Typhoon Frank)

2 July – Relief Operations in Cadiz City of fishermen whose fishing vessel sank due to Typhoon Frank.

3 July  – Relief Operations in Romblon,  installed Water Sanitation facility.

4 July – Subic Bay , Hanjin Donation for Typhoon Frank victims.

11 July – Relief Operations in Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and in Cotabato City.

12 and 13 July  – (Typhoon Frank) Relief Operations in Iloilo, installed Water Sanitation facilities with the Swedish Red Cross.

Through his effort, a total of 15,000 houses were repaired and built from 2004-2008 in Southern Leyte, Albay, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Laguna, Marinduque, Mindoro Oriental, Quezon, Aurora, Isabela, Nueva Ecija, Quirino, Sorsogon and Lanao del Norte, devastated by Guinsaugon landslide, typhoons Reming, Milenyo, Yoyong, Unding, Violeta and armed conflict in Mindanao.