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Seafarers and skewed vaccination priorities
Michael Grey | Jul 20, 2021 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/opinions-analysis/seafarers-and-skewed...

Seatrade Maritime News columnist Michael Grey mulls the differing rights of port workers, cruise ship, and merchant crews when it comes to Covid-19 vaccinations.

PH says 3 crew members of COVID-hit vessel disembarked before getting test results
Jul 21 2021 https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/21/21/covid-vessel-from-indonesia-disem...

MANILA (UPDATE) - Three crew members of a COVID-hit vessel from Indonesia disembarked in Butuan before getting their COVID-19 test results, an official said Wednesday.

SOS: Stranded and shattered seafarers threaten global supply lines
Jonathan Saul,Roslan Khasawneh July 20, 2021 https://www.reuters.com/world/sos-stranded-shattered-seafarers-threaten-...

LONDON/SINGAPORE, July 20 (Reuters) - "I've seen grown men cry," says Captain Tejinder Singh, who hasn't set foot on dry land in more than seven months and isn't sure when he'll go home.

These 15 companies have the biggest footprint from cargo shipping
Adele Peters 07-20-21 https://www.fastcompany.com/90655410/these-15-companies-have-the-biggest...

As disasters multiply, container ship insurers face troubled seas
Ben Dyson 19 Jul, 2021 https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news...

No disembarking yet as vessel from Indonesia anchors in Albay; govt to check for variant
Jul 20, 2021 https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/7/20/Vessel-Clyde-Claude-Indonesia-...

Fatal ‘lambing’
Philippine Daily Inquirer / July 20, 2021 https://opinion.inquirer.net/142245/fatal-lambing

The Philippine National Police has announced that it considers the recent death of 19-year-old Jonash Bondoc, a cadet at the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA), a closed case after it filed homicide charges against another cadet who admitted to having punched Bondoc as a “farewell gesture.”

PH Coast Guard stops China navy incursion near Palawan resort town
Frances Mangosing - July 19, 2021 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/197820/ph-coast-guard-stops-china-navy...

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recently expelled a Chinese navy ship near Marie Louise Bank, which is about 309 km off El Nido town in Palawan province.

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.