More seafarers return home
Two flights with 571 Filipino crewmen of the Norwegian Breakaway arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport from Orlando, Florida this morning.
Covid-19 sends 13,000 seafarers back home
The Department of Foreign Affairs said the arrival of 668 seafarers on Monday brought to over 13,000 the number of displaced sea-based workers as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Amid Covid-19 outbreak, thousands of seafarers to lose jobs, albeit temporarily
While Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia believes the coronavirus pandemic would have only a “transitory” impact on poverty numbers, strong headwinds seem to lie before the country’s seafarers and the manning industry in general.
