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OWWA releases cash assistance to seafarers
Genivi Factao April 22, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/04/22/business/maritime-business/owwa-r...

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has started releasing the $200 or P 10,000 financial assistance to seafarers who were displaced due to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

Pinoy seafarer shares lessons from Covid-19
Yashika F. Torib April 22, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/04/22/business/maritime-business/pinoy-...

Unseen, unsung, everyday heroes – helping developing world seafarers on the frontline
21/04/2020 https://theloadstar.com/unseen-unsung-everyday-heroes-helping-developing...

Philippines: Seafarers receiving food packages – photo credit: courtesy of ISWAN

Captain of cargo ship due in Newcastle Sunday nearly died of suspected coronavirus this month in Philippines
Ian Kirkwood April 18 2020 https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6727390/not-ashore-but-reassured/

CORONAVIRUS concerns over a ship headed for Newcastle have eased after confirmation that its original captain - rushed to hospital in the Philippines with a respiratory illness - tested negative for COVID-19.

Cyber criminals target shipping with coronavirus-themed emails
Sam Chambers April 22nd, 2020 https://splash247.com/cyber-criminals-target-shipping-with-coronavirus-t...

Hackers are getting more and more precise with their shipping targets, using real vessel names and the coronavirus in recent subject lines of malicious emails tracked by Dryad Global’s cyber security partners, Red Sky Alliance.

Crew of container ship 'kidnapped by pirates' off Benin
Apr 22, 2020 https://www.straitstimes.com/world/africa/crew-of-singapore-owned-contai...

BERLIN (AFP) - Eight crew members of a Singapore-owned container ship are missing and thought to have been kidnapped after it was stormed by pirates off Benin, the ship's German management firm said on Tuesday (April 21).

Master, crew plead guilty to attempted murder of two stowaways
21/04/20 https://safety4sea.com/captain-crew-plead-guilty-to-attempted-murder-of-...

Seven seafarers onboard the bulker Top Grace have pleaded guilty to the charges of attempted murder for abandoning two stowaways on a makeshift raft off the coast of South Africa.

102 OFWs repatriated from Côte d’Ivoire and USA arrive in Manila
April 22, 2020 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/news/735052/102-ofws-repatri...

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said 102 overseas Filipino workers from Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa and California, USA were repatriated and arrived in Manila on Tuesday.

Probe of Chinese mining ships in Semirara sought
Joey Gabieta, Nestor Burgos Jr. - April 22, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1262549/probe-of-chinese-mining-ships-in-s...

Legarda wants to know if health, security protocols followed as coal firm continues operation on Antique island

New £2 Million Fund from Seafarers UK to Help Seafarers Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
20 April 2020 https://www.cobseo.org.uk/new-2-million-fund-from-seafarers-uk-to-help-s...