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ARCHIPELAGO PHILIPPINE FERRIES CORP. VP MARY ANN PASTRANA: Modernizing the face of the domestic shipping industry
YASHIKA F. TORIB April 24, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/modernizing-the-face-of-the-domestic-shippin...

Holy Week has come and gone. Majority of Filipinos had taken time off of work to observe religious practices while making the most of the four-day holiday to spend time with families or travel with friends.

Why Indigenous Shipowners Reject Nigerian Seafarers
23/04/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/why-indigenous-shipowners-reject-ni...

Tuberculosis among seafarers
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO |April 23,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/229804/tuberculosis-among-seafarers

Seafarers by nature of their work are exposed to a variety of occupational hazards making exposure to biological agents and the concomitant risk of communicable diseases extremely high.

SKorea to offer shipboard training for Filipino cadets
GENIVI FACTAO April 17, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/skorea-to-offer-shipboard-training-for-filip...

South Korea‘s government-subsidized Mokpo National Maritime University (MMU) has offered to help in providing shipboard training for Filipino maritime cadets.

Ferries collided in Sunda Strait, damaged, 1 crew missing
NIKOLAY TORKIN April 22, 2019 https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/04/22/ferries-collided-in-sunda-strait...

Hyundai Merchant Marine Desperate to Get Back on Track
23/04/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/hyundai-merchant-marine-desperate-t...

Seafarers can stay put in Cebu to process papers
April 22, 2019 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1802256

SEAFARERS who need to secure or renew their documents to work in domestic or foreign vessels no longer need to go to Metro Manila.

This, after the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) devolved functions to its regional offices.

Abandoned sailors bullied into backing down over pay: Threatening messages were sent to sailors onboard vessels off the UAE coast
Nick Webster April 21, 2019 https://www.thenational.ae/uae/abandoned-sailors-bullied-into-backing-do...

Cargo ship stranded off Panglao Island coast
Dale Israel, Apr 19, 2019 http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/4/19/panglao-bohol-stranded-ship.html

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April, 19) — A cargo vessel carrying 20 people has been stranded off the coast of Panglao Island in Bohol on Thursday evening.

China has more than 40,000 female registered seafarers: MOT
Xinhua| 2019-04-21 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/21/c_137996241.htm

BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- China had a total of 41,115 female registered seafarers as of the end of March, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) has said.

The number of female captains and officers with valid licenses had amounted to 423, according to the MOT.