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COVID cases found on Norwegian Cruise ship returning to New Orleans

Reuters
Posted at Dec 06 07:37 AM

A cruise ship set to dock in New Orleans with over 3,000 passengers has detected 10 cases of COVID-19 among its crew and guests. Read more »

This library won PH its first award at Venice Biennale

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Sep 06 08:26 PM

The structure was founded on the ideas and needs of a community in Angat, Bulacan Read more »

Record 55 million people internally displaced worldwide

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 20 01:14 PM

Conflicts and natural disasters forced someone to flee within their own country every second of last year, pushing the number of people living in internal displacement to a record high, monitors said Thursday.    Read more »

Rising hopes, lingering questions in cruise sector comeback

John Biers, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 14 12:33 PM

After more than a year of frustration, diehard American fans of cruise vacations at last sense an end to their Covid-imposed stranding, and many are booking trips as soon as they can. Read more »

Norway says cargo ship secured, no longer at risk of grounding

Terje Solsvik, Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 07:03 AM

OSLO - A Dutch cargo ship that was abandoned at sea during a storm off the coast of Norway this week has been attached to two large tugboats and is no longer at risk of running aground, local officials said late on Wednesday. Read more »

Norwegian na dumaan ng bundok para lumusot sa quarantine, kinailangan ng rescue

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 01:05 PM

Nasagip ang isang Norwegian national na sinubukang lusutan ang kanilang quarantine protocols sa pag-ski sa mga kabundukan pabalik ng Sweden.  Read more »

Norwegian natagpuang patay sa bahay sa Biliran

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 03:08 PM

Iniimbestigahan ngayon ng mga awtoridad ang pagkamatay ng isang lalaking Norwegian sa bayan ng Naval, Biliran. Read more »

World's biggest wealth fund puts Japan's Kirin Holdings on watch list over Myanmar link

Terje Solsvik, Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 12:17 PM

The Norwegian central bank said on Wednesday it had put Japan's Kirin Holdings Ltd Co on a watch list for possible exclusion from its $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund over the beverage giant's ties to a business owned by Myanmar's military. Read more »

4 Filipino crew of Norwegian cruise ship contract COVID-19

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 12:41 PM

Four Filipino crew onboard a cruise ship docked in Tromsoe, Norway have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday.   Read more »

Norwegian salmon was not source of coronavirus at Beijing food market, says Norway minister

Reuters
Posted at Jun 17 05:07 PM

OSLO - Chinese and Norwegian authorities have concluded that Norwegian salmon was likely not the source of the novel coronavirus that was found at cutting boards in a Beijing food market, the Norwegian fisheries and seafood minister said on Wednesday. Read more »

Some 700 overseas Filipinos more return home as world reels from coronavirus pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 08:43 PM

More than 700 Filipino workers abroad returned home on Thursday, adding up to thousands of others who have been repatriated as the world reels from the impact of the new coronavirus pandemic, the Philippine government said. Read more »

Over 800 Filipino seafarers from cruise ships docked in US are back, quarantined

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 11:50 PM

Over 800 Filipino seafarers from the cruise ships Dawn and Encore as well as the MV Magica and MV Favolosa docked in the US are back home.    Read more »

Airlines strive to stave off calamity as coronavirus locks down Italy

Hyunjoo Jin and Jamie Freed, Reuters
Posted at Mar 10 10:32 PM

Airlines around the world sank deeper into crisis on Tuesday as the worsening coronavirus epidemic and Italy's lockdown hammered passenger numbers, forced the cancellation of thousands of flights and led to the delaying of plane orders. Read more »

Cruise ship passenger causes coronavirus scare in Sydney

Colin Packham and Paulina Duran, Reuters
Posted at Feb 14 12:54 PM

SYDNEY - Australian health officials tested a passenger onboard a cruise ship docked in Sydney harbor for a "respiratory illness" on Friday, causing passengers to fret about the potential of another shipboard outbreak of the coronavirus.   Read more »

Norwegian Shipowners Association: Industry recovering from oil prices, trade war

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 04:50 PM

The Norwegian Shipowners Association says the trade war and slowing global economy are capping growth in the industry. NSA CEO Harald Solberg, however, believes the sector has bottomed out in 2018 and is on its way to recovery. Technology could also shake up hiring requirements for seafarers.    Read more »

Luxury cruise ship lost engines due to low level of lubricating oil: Norway govt

Reuters
Posted at Mar 28 02:12 AM

OSLO - The engines of a luxury cruise ship that narrowly escaped disaster during a storm off Norway on Saturday failed because of relatively low levels of lubricating oil in the engines, the Norwegian Maritime Authority said on Wednesday. Read more »