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Stakeholders raise concerns over rising discrimination against women in shipping
Tola Adenubi June 1, 2023 https://tribuneonlineng.com/stakeholders-raise-concerns-over-rising-disc...

AMID calls for gender parity in the global shipping industry with women participation at just two percent, there are concerns that the existing nomenclature massively discriminates against women’s participation in the sector.

ILO, IMO Chiefs Vow Ongoing Support for Seafarers
31 May 2023 https://www.miragenews.com/ilo-imo-chiefs-vow-ongoing-support-for-seafar...

IMO Secretary-General Mr. Kitack Lim welcomed International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General, Mr. Gilbert Houngbo, to IMO Headquarters (22 May) to discuss matters impacting seafarers and intensify the already close cooperation between the two UN agencies.

Health and nutrition must be positioned top of the table, says MCTC following declining happiness levels in seafarers
31/05/2023 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/health-and-nutrition-must-be-positi...

Shortage of ships affecting maritime sector, say seafarers
Anozie Egole 1st June 2023 https://punchng.com/shortage-of-ships-affecting-maritime-sector-say-seaf...

The dearth of ships in the country is affecting the maritime sector, seafarers have stated.

Supreme Court affirmations of favorable decisions outweigh reversals on seafarer’s cases
Atty. Dennis Gorecho June 1, 2023 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/06/01/supreme-court-affirmations-of-f...

The inclusion of an escrow provision in the Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers will go beyond its benevolent objective at the expense of curtailing labor rights.

Media reporting of a maritime nation
Malou Talosig-Bartolome June 1, 2023 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/06/01/media-reporting-of-a-maritime-n...

Challenges facing shipping’s ‘green transition’ and the training of seafarers
David Hughes, May 30, 2023 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/challenges-facing-shi...

Escrow insertion in draft seafarers law is unconstitutional
Louis 'Barok' Biraogo May 27, 2023, https://manilastandard.net/opinion/columns/citizen-barok-by-louis-biraog...

Currently pending before the bicameral committee of both houses of Congress is a draft of a new law, the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers.

That draft has an insertion which is patently unconstitutional.

CHED, MARINA to release new maritime education curriculum
Tristan Nodalo, May 21, 2023 https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/5/21/ched-marina-maritime-curri...

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 21) — Following the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) will be rolling out a new maritime education curriculum soon.

PH shipping exodus seen sans escrow protection
Alden M. Monzon - May 30, 2023 https://business.inquirer.net/403187/ph-shipping-exodus-seen-sans-escrow...

MANILA -Stakeholders have warned of an exodus of key shipping operators without the escrow provision that provides protection for seafarers in the proposed magna carta for seafarers.