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Repatriated Filipino seafarers face uncertain future due to pandemic

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Manila, May 7 (EFE/EPA).- After working for 17 years as a cruise ship crew member, Filipino Jan Deleon faces an uncertain future with the global tourism industry paralyzed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 crisis.Deleon is currently in quarantine in Manila’s port aboard the same vessel he was supposed to work on until August."Maybe I will have a small barbecue take-out shop back home with my savings, until resuming cruise operations," Deleon told EFE by phone from his cabin. (Camera: FRANCIS MALASIG).SHOT LIST: AERIAL VIEW OF CRUISE SHIPS IN FILIPINO WATERS AND STRANDED FILIPINO CREW MEMBERS UNDER QUARANTINE ABOARD A SHIP AT A MANILA PORT.SOUNDBITES: FLORENCIO CONSUELO, CREWMEMBER (IN TAGALOG); AND PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD COMMANDANT ADMIRAL JOEL GARCIA (IN ENGLISH).TRANSLATIONS: 1.) Florencio Consuelo (03:15-03:50): It has been ten years now working as a sailor. I am about to join another assignment on a ship in Buenaventura , Colombia, but our flight was cancelled last February 27. I have been stranded hear in Manila since Febrauary 19. I am waiting for when the pandemic is over. Our situation here under quarantine is fine, but my concern is my family in the province that needs financial assistance. Here I pay daily rent to stay in a small bed. My family in the province is waiting for help from the government. I have small amount of savings that they can spend until it runs out. If the government can send some (finanacial) help, at least they can survive.

Added on the 07/05/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés

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