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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...

Stella Maris survey reveals impact of Covid-19 on seafarers
12/06/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/stella-maris-survey-reveals-impact-...

Putting food on the table, paying household bills and loans and ensuring job security are among the top concerns faced by seafarers as they cope with the impact that Covid-19 is having on their lives and that of their families.

Seafarers rejected at ports, stranded at sea, tell of physical and mental exhaustion
Nabilah Awang 13 June, 2020 https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/seafarers-rejected-ports-stranded-...

V.Group repatriates over 7,000 seafarers, crew change number one issue
Marcus Hand | Jun 12, 2020 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ship-operations/vgroup-repatriates-ove...

Ship management group V.Group has managed to repatriate over 7,000 seafarers in the last three months but says that crew change remains the number one challenge facing the maritime industry

Act on seafarer crew changes to avert humanitarian crisis
13/06/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/act-on-seafarer-crew-changes-to-ave...

COVID-19: 300,000 seafarers need flights for crew changes, says UNCTAD estimate
Shagun Kapil 11 June 2020 https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/economy/covid-19-300-000-seafarers-n...

About half the seafarers will have to travel home by air for repatriation, while the other half will need to join ships for work

Inter-island travel pass no longer required
DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA June 12, 2020 https://www.panaynews.net/inter-island-travel-pass-no-longer-required/

BACOLOD City – Officials in Western Visayas have agreed to reopen their borders for inter-island travel, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson of Negros Occidental announced yesterday.

CBCP official saddened by death of Pinoy seafarer, calls authorities to prioritize OFWs welfare
Leslie Ann Aquino June 12, 2020 https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/06/12/cbcp-official-saddened-by-death-of-pin...

The death of Filipino seafarer Mariah Jocson saddened an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People.

Filipina cruise ship worker dies by suicide while awaiting repatriation
Sofia Tomacruz June 11, 2020 https://www.rappler.com/nation/263543-filipino-seafarer-dies-by-suicide-...

Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr says the 28-year-old Filipina died in her cabin in a cruise ship 'where she's had to stay because repatriation flights back to the Philippines have been suspended again'

Cabin steward becomes grill king to earn income amid quarantine
June 11, 2020 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/hobbiesandactivities/742257/ca...