Sen. Richard Gordon, Philippine Red Cross chairman, talks to Thomas Wiersing, Charge d’ Affaires ad interim of the Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines, during a blood donation drive by EU ambassadors and diplomats at the PRC Headquarters in Mandaluyong City on July 7, 2020. The campaign was launched to address the scarcity of blood supply because of the quarantine against the spread of Covid. The EU is known to be a long-standing partner of the Red Cross organization in the Philippines. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO