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Southeast Asia Detects New COVID-19 Mutated Viral Strain

  • Southeast Asia is facing a strain of the new coronavirus.
  • The strain, earlier seen in other parts of the world and is called D614G.
  • It was discovered in a Malaysian cluster of 45 cases causing a resurgence.
  • The Philippines detected the strain among random Covid-19 samples in its capital.
  • The new viral strain has a higher possibility of transmission or infectiousness.
  • Questions are arising whether new vaccines are effective against these new strains.

According to an article published in...

https://mfame.guru/southeast-asia-detects-new-covid-19-mutated-viral-strain/

Philippines opens the way home for stranded seafarers, but needs global help

The Philippines today opened the first green lane to allow seafarers to travel unhindered across its borders, as measures to relieve the hundreds of thousands of trapped vessel crew members were stepped up.
The country is the largest supplier of seafarers to the shipping industry and the programme is designed to “ensure that seafarers are accorded speedy and safe travel, subject to health protocols mandated by the Philippine government, including safe …

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https://theloadstar.com/philippines-opens-the-way-home-for-stranded-seafarers-but-needs-global-help/

Philippines Freezes Pull-Out From Visiting U.S. Forces Agreement

USS Wasp (LHD-1) makes a port visit to Subic Bay, the Philippines in support of Exercise Balikatan 2019 on April 1, 2019. US Navy Photo

The Philippine government is putting the brakes on its plan to end a critical aspect of its Mutual Defense Treaty with the U.S., but experts say it is too soon to tell whether this decision signals a warming relationship between the two allies.

On June 1, the government of the Philippines notified the U.S. Embassy in Manila that it froze a February decision to...

https://news.usni.org/2020/06/08/philippines-freezes-pull-out-from-visiting-u-s-forces-agreement

Panel: Lessons Learned from the Battle of Leyte Gulf Endure

Japanese battleship Yamashiro under attack in the Sulu Sea on Oct. 24, 2019. US Navy Photo

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Escort carrier USS St. Lo (CVE-63) was the first naval vessel to be sunk by a single precision-guided weapon, a Japanese kamikaze attack, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Since then the danger to surface warships today has “only gotten worse,” the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs said on Friday.

The 1944 clash off the coast of the Philippines was the “culminating naval battle” in...

https://news.usni.org/2019/10/26/panel-lessons-learned-from-the-battle-of-leyte-gulf-endure

U.S. Air Force Chief Stresses Importance Of Freedom of Navigation Operations During Pacific Tour

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein speaks to Airmen during an all call at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Aug. 14, 2019. US Air Force Photo

MANILA — The U.S. Air Force and the Navy will continue a combination of air and sea patrols in the Indo-Pacific region in an effort to keep the waters and skies open to overflight and international navigation, the head of the U.S. Air Force said in the Philippines, his first stopover during a visit to the air forces in the region.

The U.S....

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/20/u-s-air-force-chief-stresses-importance-of-freedom-of-navigation-operations-during-pacific-tour

Philippines Pushing Back Against Chinese Militia South China Sea Presence

Chinese maritime militia vessel in 2009. US Navy Photo

MANILA – The Philippines have begun to push back against the strong and sustained presence of Beijing’s paramilitary ships in the South China Sea, calling the deployment of Chinese militia ships in huge numbers a threat.

Manila filed two diplomatic protests last month against the swarming presence of militia vessels in waters surrounding Pagasa Island (Thitu Island), its biggest occupied island in the South China Sea in the Spratly Island...

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/15/philippines-pushing-back-against-chinese-militia-south-china-sea-presence

DP World gearing up for automotive boom in South-east Asia

DP World is developing its automotive logistics capabilities in South-east Asia, as the region’s preference for four wheels over two shows no sign of slowing.
According to Andrew Hoad, the terminal operator’s chief executive for Asia Pacific, around 5% of all throughput at DP World’s terminals is tied to the automotive sector.
Mr Hoad told The Loadstar: “At the moment, we provide automotive services in Vietnam and in the Philippines. Our ambition is …

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https://theloadstar.com/dp-world-gearing-up-for-automotive-boom-in-south-east-asia/

U.S. And Philippine Militaries Will Increase Security Cooperation in 2019

Admiral Philip Davidson, Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (Indo-PACOM), and General Carlito Galvez, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines signed agreements on security cooperation activities for 2019 at this year’s Mutual Defense Board and Security Engagement Board. U.S. embassy photo.

U.S. and Philippine military leaders pledged increased cooperation and collaboration in 2019 despite past anti-American rhetoric from the Pacific nation’s president and his stated desire...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/03/37054

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