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Crew members detained as they leave cargo ship to buy food in CDO
Froilan Gallardo - April 7, 2020 8:40 pm

The five crew members of M/V King Evaristo arrested by Cagayan de Oro police. Photo courtesy of the Cagayan de Oro Police Office
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 7 April) – Five crew members of a cargo ship who disembarked to buy food here were arrested by authorities for allegedly violating protocols of the community quarantine.

PH stands with Vietnam after China sinks Hanoi fishing boat
Apr 08 2020 https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/08/20/ph-stands-with-vietnam-after-chin...

MANILA - The Philippine government on Wednesday stood with Vietnam after a Chinese ship sank a Vietnamese vessel in the disputed South China Sea last week.

French shipowners urge Macron to enact a shipping Marshall Plan
Sam Chambers April 8th, 2020 https://splash247.com/french-shipowners-urge-macron-to-enact-a-shipping-...

2 'quarantine' ships for returning OFWs now in Manila
Raymond Carl Dela Cruz April 6, 2020 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1098941

MANILA – Two passenger ships, volunteered by a private shipping company for conversion into "quarantine ships", have arrived at Pier 13 in South Harbor, Manila on Monday.

Filipino seafarers lament lack of government assistance amid COVID-19
Menchani Tilendo April 6, 2020 https://www.bulatlat.com/2020/04/06/filipino-seafarers-lament-lack-of-go...

Filipino seafares on board the Grand Princess Cruise Ship. (Photo courtesy of Migrante International)

Japan bans Filipino seafarers from entering the country
Sam Chambers April 6th, 2020 https://splash247.com/japan-bans-filipino-seafarers-from-entering-the-co...

Crew changes and ship deliveries in Japan just got a whole lot more challenging with the government issuing extraordinary travel bans on Friday covering 73 nations, including the Philippines.

Seafarers locked down in pandemic add to strain on supply chains
Apr 7, 2020 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/07/world/stranded-seafarers-pa...

Coping with Covid-19 at sea
Jerra Mae Librea Sunstar6 April 2020 https://ph.news.yahoo.com/coping-covid-19-sea-060700215.html

MOST of the public transportation was temporarily suspended as more and more gets infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), but some have just to continue to keep the life flowing.

Seafarers continue to cross borders and transport goods to different ports in the world just so everybody gets what they need to fight this pandemic.

COVID-19, extension and early termination of seafarer’s contract
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO - April 07,2020 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/300559/covid-19-extension-and-early-t...

Seafarers have a right to return home at the end of their contract at no cost to themselves.

Filipino seafarers face discrimination, anxiety amid Covid-19 pandemic
6 April 2020 https://ph.news.yahoo.com/filipino-seafarers-face-discrimination-anxiety...

AS TRAVEL and labor on land slowed down due to measures imposed by governmment to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), seafarers of the shipping industry are still hard at work transporting goods to different ports around the world.