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Barko ginawang pansamantalang tirahan ng mga frontliners ng Iloilo City

Regi Adosto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 06:33 PM

ILOILO CITY - Sinimulang gamitin nitong nakaraang weekend bilang pansamantalang tirahan ng mga fronliners ng Iloilo City government ang isang barko na nakadaong sa Iloilo River. Read more »

9 Pinoy crew ng Costa Luminosa na infected at may sintomas ng COVID-19, dinala sa ospital sa Turin

Maricel Burgonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 11:34 AM

Siyam na Pilipino crew na naka-quarantine sa barkong Costa Luminosa ang dinala sa ospital sa Torino mula sa pinagdaungan ng barko sa Savona, Italy matapos na ilan sa kanila ay nagpositibo at ang iba naman ay may sintomas na ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

As COVID-19 grounds cruise ships, some 10,000 Filipino seafarers need to be repatriated

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 24 09:15 AM

Some 10,000 Filipino seafarers are in need of repatriation after COVID-19 halted the operation of cruise ships worldwide, a crew service agency said Tuesday. Read more »

Princess Cruises suspends voyages for 60 days over coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 10:17 PM

US cruise line Princess Cruises announced on Thursday it was suspending voyages worldwide for 60 days in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Chinese militia presence near Pag-Asa Island surges: AMTI

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 03:11 PM

MANILA – The deployment of Chinese militia boats near Pag-Asa (Thitu) Island continued to surge this year, this time accompanied by Chinese government vessels, a US-based thinktank said in a report published Thursday. Read more »

More than 100 Pinoy crew members opt to stay on virus-hit Japan cruise ship

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 06:17 PM

More than 100 Filipino crew members of the cruise ship quarantined in Japan have opted to say aboard despite being allowed to disembark, according to Magsaysay Maritime Corp.  Read more »

Agency for Filipino crew in virus-hit Japan cruise ship assures seafarers' safety

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 08:41 PM

Magsaysay Maritime Corporation, the management handling the Filipino crew onboard Diamond Princess, a ship of Princess Cruises, said they are in contact with authorities to prevent the seafarers from getting the virus. Read more »

3 sasakyang pandagat mula China, di pinayagang makadaong sa Dumaguete

Marty Go, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 05 12:22 PM

Dumating sa Dumaguete City ang mga sasakyang pandagat Martes ng hapon pero hindi pinababa ang 11 Pilipinong crew members nito dahil kailangan pa silang sumailalim sa 14-day quarantine period. Read more »

PH, China coast guards conduct joint search and rescue exercise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 16 03:31 AM

The Philippine Coast Guard held joint maritime drills with their visiting counterparts from China. Read more »

Indonesia asks Japan to invest in islands near waters disputed with China

Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 03:40 PM

Widodo visited Natuna on Wednesday to assert Indonesia's sovereignty over the cluster of islands and the waters around them, after reports Chinese coastguard and fishing vessels had entered Indonesia's exclusive economic zone several times since last month. Read more »

Indonesia's president visits island in waters disputed by China

Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 04:32 PM

The confrontation began in mid-December when a Chinese coast guard vessel, accompanying Chinese fishing boats, entered waters off the coast of Indonesia's northern Natuna islands, prompting Jakarta to summon Beijing's ambassador. Read more »

Prices of goods could go up amid Middle East tensions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 11:16 PM

Tensions in the Middle East are likely to drive up prices of goods if global oil rates continue to soar.  Read more »

How Indonesia-China spat could toughen ASEAN stance on code of conduct

Kinling Lo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 03 09:09 AM

In another round of diplomatic exchanges, China's foreign ministry rejected Indonesia's accusations that its coastguard vessels illegally entered Indonesian territory at the Natuna islands, inside Jakarta's exclusive economic zone. Read more »

Indonesia rejects China's claims over South China Sea

Reuters
Posted at Jan 02 08:15 AM

Indonesia said on Wednesday it rejected China's claims over a disputed part of the South China Sea as "having no legal basis", after two days earlier protesting to Beijing over the presence of a Chinese coastguard vessel in its territorial waters.  Read more »

6 injured as giant cruise ships collide off Mexico

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 21 09:54 AM

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Six people were injured Friday when 2 enormous cruise ships operated by US-based Carnival collided off Mexico's Caribbean coast, the company said. Read more »

China objects to Malaysia's UN submission on South China Sea- SCMP

Reuters
Posted at Dec 17 02:57 PM

China has protested against Malaysia filing a submission with the United Nations last week seeking to establish the limits of Malaysia's continental shelf in the northern part of the disputed South China Sea, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday.   Read more »

Vietnam hopes for Chinese restraint in South China Sea in 2020

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 17 02:34 PM

Vietnam said it hoped China would show restraint in the South China Sea next year after a Chinese oil survey vessel and its escorts spent months within Vietnam's exclusive economic zone in what Hanoi called a blatant violation of its sovereignty.   Read more »

PH, US officials inaugurate PNP patrol boat facility

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 05:31 PM

The US Embassy in Manila said the nearly P100 million-worth facility includes a boat ramp, pier, armory, offices, barracks, and a laboratory. Read more »

2 dead, 9 missing as fishing boat sinks off Morocco

Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 09:44 AM

RABAT - A boat capsized off the coast of Morocco's port of Tan Tan, 856 km (537 miles), south of capital Rabat, leaving two fishermen dead while at least nine others were still missing, the fisheries department said late on Friday.  Read more »

2 Filipino seafarers kidnapped off Togo, DFA says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 09:30 PM

MANILA — Two Filipino sailors were kidnapped in the waters off West Africa, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Monday, bringing the total number of abducted Filipino seafarers in the region to 11. Read more »