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Joar Songcuya brings back his nautical art to Manila
John Legaspi January 17, 2022 https://mb.com.ph/2022/01/17/joar-songcuya-brings-back-his-nautical-art-...

The Ilonggo seafarer-artist continues to present his sailor’s life with ‘The Sea Is Not A Quiet Place’ exhibit

Bodies of 3 seafarers missing after 'Odette' recovered
January 14, 2022 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1918178/cebu/local-news/bodies-of-3-s...

THE bodies of three more seafarers who went missing after the onslaught of Typhoon Odette were recovered in separate search and retrieval operations in Cebu and other parts of Central Visayas.

Yemen’s Houthis reject UN call to free UAE-flagged ship
16 Jan 2022 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/16/houthis-reject-un-call-to-free-...

Houthi rebels say the Rwabee was carrying military equipment, accusing the UN of siding with ‘murderers who violate international laws’.

Tianjin forced into greater lockdown as Covid-19 cases spread to Shanghai and Dalian
Sam Chambers January 14, 2022 https://splash247.com/tianjin-forced-into-greater-lockdown-as-covid-19-c...

Cases of Covid-19 are spreading in Tianjin, forcing wider lockdowns, while other Chinese port cities including Dalian and Shanghai reported cases yesterday sparking fears of more supply chain chaos.

Taiwan's Yang Ming Marine gives 12 months of wages as year-end bonus
01/15/2022 https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202201150005

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp., one of the leading container cargo shippers in Taiwan, has decided to raise year-end bonuses for its employees to the amount equivalent to 12 months of wages on average, and has also decided to raise salaries by an average of 4 percent, after a bumper year that saw a significant rise in shipping rates and profit.

Overseas Filipinos’ personal remittances sustain growth in November 2021 — BSP
TED CORDERO January 14, 2022 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/818193/overseas-filipinos-...

Money sent home by overseas Filipinos continued its uptrend in November 2021, a month before the consumption-heavy Christmas season, data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Friday showed.

29 days after Typhoon Odette: M/V Tug Trinity Strong, 12 crew members still missing
Kevin A. Lagunda January 14, 2022 https://ph.news.yahoo.com/29-days-typhoon-odette-mv-034600140.html?gucco...

32 COVID-19-positive seafarers from Manila arrive in Zamboanga City
John Unson - January 14, 2022 https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/01/14/2153869/32-covid-19-positive-...

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Thirty-two passengers of a boat from Manila tested positive for COVID-19 in a local government screening facility in the Zamboanga City seaport.

Foreign seafarers say they were tricked into servitude on Iranian ships
Katie McQue 14 Jan 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iran-shipping-seafarers...

EO adopting ‘integrated approach’ in int’l maritime dev’t signed
Azer Parrocha January 13, 2022 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1165311

MANILA – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has signed an executive order (EO) adopting an “integrated approach” in the ratification and accession to international maritime organization conventions and instruments.