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+ June 06, 2021 MORE exporters and shippers have joined calls for the government to step in and address the current maritime transport issues, including vessel capacity constraints and surging freight prices, which are leading to cargo delays and revenue setbacks.
After the processed food and fresh food exporters, garment and furniture exporters have taken their turn to express frustration and ask for help with the deteriorating container shipping situation in the Philippines.
Robert Young, Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport) trustee for the textile sector and president of the Foreign Buyers Association of the Philippines (Fobap), said the garment industry is incurring millions of dollars in losses due to the supply chain squeeze.
On worsening supply chain, logistics constraints
Exporters are seeking “very urgent” government assistance to cope with worsening supply chain and logistics constraints, including lack of vessel space, soaring freight rates and container shortage, resulting in shipment delays and huge losses.
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Filipino seaman with Indian COVID-19 variant dies
May 24, 2021 | 9:02 pm
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A FILIPINO seaman who got infected with the Indian coronavirus variant died last week, Philippine health authorities said on Monday.
Three of his crew mates were still confined in the hospital and were recovering, while five would be sent home after completing quarantine at an isolation facility, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario S. Vergeire told an online news briefing.
“Their condition is OK,” she said, referring to the three seamen in the hospital.
Two of three more migrant Filipino workers who had tested positive for the Indian variant, have also recovered, she said. The other was being monitored.
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The CSC said CSE-PPT will be held in Regions VI (Western Visayas), VII (Central Visayas), XII (Soccsksargen-South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, General Santos), and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The civil service exam will be the first since the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID) in the country last year.
A total of 12 testing centers in the four regions have so far been identified. The CSC said the number of testing centers “may be subject to change in light of the emerging/evolving COVID-19 situation.”
The application period started on May 14 and will end on June 3, 2021.
In its Examination Announcement No. 01, series of 2021, the CSC has provided the list of qualification or admission requirements.