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KUWENTONG KULE: Activism is not terrorism
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO - | June 16,2020 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/318536/kuwentong-kule-activism-is-not...

Activism is not terrorism.

Despite the gloomy weather, people flocked to the UP Diliman campus last June 12 for a “Grand Mañanita” protest to celebrate the country’s 122nd Independence Day, notwithstanding law enforcers’ warnings on violations of quarantine regulations.

ITF Tells Seafarers to Stop Work as Crew Change Deadline Passes
Mike Schuler June 15, 2020 https://gcaptain.com/itf-tells-seafarers-to-stop-work-as-crew-change-dea...

The International Maritime Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has taken the unprecedented move of telling the world’s seafarers to stop working if their employment contracts have expired and they are awaiting repatriation home.

Stranded at Sea in The Time of Corona
Laura Millan Lombrana, Laura Hurst and Jack Wittels June 14, 2020 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-14/stranded-at-sea-in-th...

Spanish fisherman Josu Bilbao boarded a Qatar Airways flight headed for the Seychelles in January, just as he had done for the past 15 years. Ahead of him, four uninterrupted months of hauling tuna out of the glistening Indian Ocean.

Crew change sham exposed
Mikhail Voytenko June 12, 2020 https://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/06/12/crew-change-sham-exposed/

Seafarer is 2nd COVID-19 case in Davao del Sur town
Eldie S. Aguirre - June 13, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1291210/seafarer-is-2nd-covid-19-case-in-d...

DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur, Philippines — A 40-year-old seafarer who arrived from the United States mid-April and then went to his hometown last week became the second COVID-19 case in Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur.

UN warns of looming crisis as coronavirus strands ship crews at sea
Agence France-Presse / June 13, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1291028/un-warns-of-looming-crisis-as-coro...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Friday for countries to relieve ship crews stranded at sea for long periods due to lockdowns imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

Most Asymptomatic Coronavirus Cases Stay That Way, Cruise Ship Data Shows
E.J. Mundell June 12, 2020 https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-06-12/most-asympto...

FRIDAY, June 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- There's been a lot of talk recently about the transmission dangers posed by people who are infected by the new coronavirus but show no symptoms.

Covid-19 slows the spread of environmental regulation
Sam Chambers 12 June 2020 https://splash247.com/covid-19-slows-the-spread-of-environmental-regulat...

Thousands of Used Cars Are 'Melting' in Ongoing Cargo Ship Fire in Florida-That's not great for resale value.
Peter Holderith June 11, 2020 https://www.thedrive.com/news/34041/thousands-of-used-cars-are-melting-i...

DFA confirms second suicide among OFWs awaiting repatriation
Bella Perez-Rubio - June 11, 2020 https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/06/11/2020207/dfa-confirms-secon...