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Coast Guard readies raps vs HK cargo ship crew
Jovic Yee - July 04, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1301558/coast-guard-readies-raps-vs-hk-car...

The Philippine Coast Guard is preparing criminal charges against the crew of Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship Vienna Wood as search efforts continue for the 12 fishermen and two passengers aboard the fishing vessel Liberty 5 nearly a week after it sank off the coast of Mamburao town in Occidental Mindoro province.

BARMM, Al-Amanah Bank explore maritime modernization
PNA July 4, 2020 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1107954

BARMM CENTER, Cotabato City – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim (BARMM) Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) and Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines explored opportunities in modernizing the region’s maritime industry.

ASEAN summit fails to deliver on South China Sea flashpoint
Sandy Milne 2 July 2020 https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/maritime-antisub/6383-asean-summit-fai...

PH laws to prevail in ship collision case
PNA July 01, 2020 https://www.manilastandard.net/index.php/news/national/327540/ph-laws-to...

The collision between a Philippine fishing boat and a Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel off the coast of Occidental Mindoro last June 28 is “an issue of enforcement of Philippine laws,” Malacañang said on Wednesday.

Philippines opens ‘Green Lane’ for seafarers and crew change
Marcus Hand | Jul 02, 2020 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/regulation/philippines-opens-green-lan...

Call Attention to Seafarers by Sounding Your Horn on July 8
07-01-2020 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/call-attention-to-seafarers-b...

Is Hambantota an unwitting pawn in the new political order?
Andre Wheeler July 2, 2020 https://splash247.com/is-hambantota-an-unwitting-pawn-in-the-new-politic...

Cases of suicide at sea leap as details of key crew change summit emerge
Sam Chambers July 1, 2020 https://splash247.com/cases-of-suicide-at-sea-leap-as-details-of-key-cre...

The post-coronavirus cruise? Not ready to sail
Frances Robles/The New York Times | Jul 01, 2020

W. Bradford Gary spent 10 days trapped inside a cruise ship cabin off the coast of Brazil in March while health authorities in several countries scrambled to figure out what to do with a vessel full of older people who had potentially been exposed to the coronavirus.

But when faced with the question of whether he’d ever cruise again, he didn’t hesitate.

PH authorities probing boat collision with Hong Kong vessel: DFA
Willard Cheng 1 Juy 2020 https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/01/20/ph-authorities-probing-boat-colli...

WASHINGTON, US -- Federal Reserve policymakers are looking at reviving a Great Recession-era promise to keep interest rates low until certain conditions are met, in a bid to deliver a more rapid recovery from the recession triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.