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CHR to schools: Ensure students’ safety amid death of PMMA cadet
Gabriel Pabico Lalu July 12, 2021 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1458788/chr-to-schools-ensure-students-saf...

MANILA, Philippines — School administrators must ensure that students are safe within their campuses after a Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) cadet died allegedly due to hazing, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said on Monday.

Seafarer, 2 other Delta variant carriers die - DOH
Katrina Domingo, Jul 19 2021 https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/19/21/seafarer-2-other-delta-variant-ca...

MANILA - The Department of Health on Monday confirmed that 3 Filipinos have died after contracting the Delta variant of COVID-19.

The latest casualty was a 58-year old female from Pandacan, Manila who died on June 28, Health spokesperson Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told reporters in a text message.

Ailing seafarer rescued by PCG in Sarangani
Richa Noriega July 16, 2021, 11:45 AM

Personnel of thePhilippine Coast Guard (PCG) Substation Maasim conducted a medical evacuationfor ailing Filipino seafarer in Maasim, Sarangani on Thursday, July 15, 2021. (Photo courtesy of the PCG)
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) conducted a medical evacuation for an ailing Filipino seafarer in Maasim, Sarangani on Thursday, July 15

Man found clinging to buoy after jumping from ship was seeking asylum in NYC, tugboat crew says
Updated Jul 16, 2021; https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2021/07/tugboat-crew-man-found-cling...

Full steam ahead: Why container ships are racing across the Pacific
Greg Miller, July 16, 2021 https://www.freightwaves.com/news/full-steam-ahead-why-container-ships-a...

Higher speed should bolster carrier profits but it’s no panacea for cargo shippers

Unprepared ship, bad communication were factors in B.C. ship crash, says TSB
July 16, 2021 https://bc.ctvnews.ca/unprepared-ship-bad-communication-were-factors-in-...

RICHMOND, B.C. -- The Transportation Safety Board says poor communication and unprepared equipment played key roles in a crash involving two large ships in the middle of Vancouver's harbour.

Five factors shaping the future of shipping innovation
Richard Meade 16 Jul 2021 https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1137568/Five-facto...

Innovation in shipping requires collaboration, scale, data and entirely new set of business models

New Report Finds Connectivity Crucial to Seafarers’ Future Welfare Needs
July 14, 2021 https://gcaptain.com/new-report-finds-connectivity-crucial-to-seafarers-...

Thetius report, sponsored by Inmarsat, finds digital crew welfare services will be central to shipping’s ability to deliver fairer conditions for global seafarers

Gov't urged to increase inbound flights, quarantine facilities for returning seafarers
July 16, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/07/16/business/govt-urged-to-increase-i...

NBI probe of midshipman’s death sought
Erwin M. Mascariñas - July 15, 2021 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1459792/nbi-probe-of-midshipmans-death-sought

PAINED FAREWELL Crying for justice, the family of 19-year-old Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) cadet Jonash Bondoc brings his cremated remains for burial at a Butuan City cemetery on Tuesday. An upperclassman has been arrested and charged with homicide over Bondoc’s death. —ERWIN MASCARIÑAS