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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.
Caracas, May 6 (EFE), (Camera: Jackdwin Sáez).- Thousands of Venezuelans are suffering the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic since they see themselves at home without any job. FOOTAGE OF CARACAS. SOUNDBITES OF:-EVELYN MARTÍNEZ:"My husband and my brother have the Homeland card (I don't have it) and they get some vouchers but they're not enough.""Lately, some announced vouchers haven't arrived here (in Easter, for example) and my husband didn't get anything. My brother, with Down syndrome, didn't get any benefits at all. -GIOVANNI OJEDA:"I can't go back to work due to lockdown. Because of the lockdown, my customers don't let me in their houses to work. I work in private homes, apartments, gardens...and now I'm unemployed."
Asylum seekers in Hong Kong are at the heart of a heated debate in the city state, ahead of World Refugee Day. Yiming Woo reports.
In the streets of Dakar, Senegal's capital, the police patrol the streets, following calls to protest by the country's opposition ahead of parliamentary elections. Rubble burns in the street as heavily clad police officers patrol and crowds can be seen tentatively gathering. IMAGES
Images of people in the streets of Madrid as the outdoor mask mandate is lifted in Spain. The government has eased restrictions as Covid-19 infection rates in the country drop and hospitals report lower admissions. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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