74 Pinoy seamen flown home from Belgium, also Belgian sailor married to Pinay

More OFWs from Kuala Lumpur and Brussels return home
Roy Mabasa July 24, 2020 https://mb.com.ph/2020/07/24/more-ofws-from-kuala-lumpur-and-brussels-re...

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An additional 425 stranded and displaced Filipinos were successfully flown home in two separate chartered flights from Kuala Lumpur and Brussels, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.

111 stranded Filipino seafarers from China repatriated — DFA

111 stranded Filipino seafarers from China repatriated — DFA
July 24, 2020 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/189724/111-stranded-filipino-seafarers...

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 111 stranded Filipino seafarers and the remains of two Filipino seamen were brought home by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday.

As pandemic stretches on, concern for stranded seafarers grows: Some workers have been stuck on cargo ships for up to 15 months, says inspector

As pandemic stretches on, concern for stranded seafarers grows: Some workers have been stuck on cargo ships for up to 15 months, says inspector
Emma Smith · Jul 23, 2020 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/seafarer-international-transp...

45 passengers, crew rescued as ship catches fire off Binongkalan Point

45 passengers, crew rescued as ship catches fire off Binongkalan Point
Noreen Jazul July 24, 2020
https://mb.com.ph/2020/07/24/45-passengers-crew-rescued-as-ship-catches-...

Charterers urged to play their part in getting seafarers home: There is little appetite on the charterers’ part to share in the problems that the industry is facing

Charterers urged to play their part in getting seafarers home
July 23, 20202 https://splash247.com/charterers-urged-to-play-their-part-in-getting-sea...
July 24 2020

Cargo ship on fire in Java sea, 26 crew members rescued X

Cargo ship on fire in Java sea, 26 crew members rescued
Xinhua| 2020-07-22
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-07/22/c_139232086.htm
JAKARTA, July 22 (Xinhua) -- A cargo ship caught fire on Tuesday afternoon in Java sea north of Jakarta while leaving from the capital city to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province, state news agency Antara reported on Wednesday.

TÜV Rheinland partners with blockchain platform to help unemployed seafarers impacted by COVID-19

TÜV Rheinland partners with blockchain platform to help unemployed seafarers impacted by COVID-19
23 July 2020 https://www.ledgerinsights.com/tuv-rheinland-blockchain-unemployed-seafa...

'There are in the Philippines as many dumb people as in any other place of the planet...' - P. Murillo Velarde

The Filipino people according to Murillo Velarde
Jorge Mojarro July 21, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/07/21/opinion/columnists/the-filipino-p...

Stranded seafarers make direct appeal for more action on crew changes

Stranded seafarers make direct appeal for more action on crew changes
Michelle Wiese Bockmann 21 Jul 2020

‘We don’t want sympathy, we just want recognition,’ seafarers tell Lloyd’s List as part of our campaign to give a voice to more than 300,000 crew unable to sign off and return

Crews tell their stories of resilience, missing families and not stepping on land for nearly six months as coronavirus pandemic leaves them stuck at sea

Just 40% of cruise ships operating in American waters since mid-April tested crew members for the coronavirus — and it's a red flag for those eager to hit the water

Just 40% of cruise ships operating in American waters since mid-April tested crew members for the coronavirus — and it's a red flag for those eager to hit the water
Rachel Premack 22 July 2020 https://www.businessinsider.com/cruise-cdc-report-coronavirus-testing-20...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals a worrying view of life aboard the few US cruise ships that have been sailing since mid-April.

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