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OWWA eyes Seafarer’s Hub, OFW Lounge in Cebu
Kristine Erika Agustin 4 September 2024 https://filipinotimes.net/latest-news/2024/09/04/owwa-eyes-seafarers-hub...

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is planning to set up a Seafarer’s Hub and OFW Lounge in Cebu to better serve the needs of both land and sea-based overseas Filipino workers.

Filipino seafarer arrested for child abuse at NAIA
Anthony Ching Aug 31, 2024, https://tribune.net.ph/2024/08/31/filipino-seafarer-arrested-for-child-a...

Marina: Sharks prey on maritime students
Raffy Ayeng Aug 30, 2024 https://tribune.net.ph/2024/08/29/marina-sharks-prey-on-maritime-students

OPINION: Where is the government’s support for seafarer welfare funding?
Paul MacGillivary | 28th August, 2024 https://www.thedcn.com.au/region/australia/opinion-where-is-the-governme...

Crew wages inspection campaign kicks off this weekend
Sam Chambers August 29, 2024 https://splash247.com/crew-wages-inspection-campaign-kicks-off-this-week...

Seafarers Hospital Society Launches Pilot Project To Support Women At Sea
MI News Network August 28, 2024 https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/seafarers-hospital-society-l...

A watered down Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO - August 27,2024 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/592236/a-watered-down-magna-carta-for...

“Fairness and social justice demand that we give them all that they are due—as a Filipino seafarer who sacrificed and as a human being.”

Coast Guard rescues 72 after vessel’s rudder failure
Glazyl Y. Masculino August 24, 2024 https://dailyguardian.com.ph/coast-guard-rescues-72-after-vessels-rudder...

BACOLOD CITY — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) successfully rescued 72 individuals aboard M/V Weesam Express 6 after the vessel experienced a mechanical issue shortly after departing from the Bacolod Real Estate Development Corp. (Bredco) port on Friday morning.

Argentina quarantines crew of cargo ship over suspected mpox outbreak
Agence France-Presse Aug 22, 2024 https://tribune.net.ph/2024/08/21/argentina-quarantines-crew-of-cargo-sh...

An Indian seafarer aboard had cyst-like skin lesions on the chest and face

Health authorities in Argentina have placed the crew of a cargo ship in the Parana River under quarantine after it reported one of them as having symptoms of possible mpox infection.

Red Sea transits risk crew lives as well as ships
Lloyd’s List 23 Aug 2024 https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1150343/Red-Sea-transits-risk-crew-lives-as...

If anything has to take a hit, let it be a company’s bottom line rather than its seafarers

LONDON’S Tower Hill Memorial pays tribute to the British merchant seafarers who gave their lives in two world wars and know no grave but the sea.