A Bureau of Immigration (BI) agent asked a seafarer at least P150,000 in exchange for an escort service to help him board his plane, according to Chino Gaston’s report on "24 Oras" Thursday.
MANILA, Philippines—While the recently approved draft of the Magna Carta of Seafarers was seen as “a much-needed development” in advancing and protecting the rights of Filipino seafarers, groups cautioned against a provision in the proposed measure.
Ambulance-chasing lawyers swindle seafarers. They hang out in hospitals, airports and offices where seamen gather, there to offer crooked deals. They even advertise online in breach of ethics.
The chairman of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs assured labor groups on Thursday that the House-approved Magna Carta of Seafarers bill is designed to protect seafarers.
A Norwegian watch officer was found guilty yesterday and sentenced to a two-month suspended jail sentence for negligence leading up to a collision between a warship he navigated and a Tsakos aframax tanker in which the military vessel sank. The defendant was the officer in charge on the bridge of the naval ship at the time.
THIRTY-NINE seafarers, icluding five Filipinos, are missing after their Chinese fishing vessel capsized in the central Indian Ocean, state media reported Wednesday.
A.P. Moller-Maersk has started upskilling Filipino seafarers with its groundbreaking order of 19 state-of-the-art methanol-enabled vessels aimed at "greening" its entire operations.
The Philippines and Indonesia, which are home to just under 21% of the world’s crew members, are taking action to support their seafarers in developing modern skill sets as shipping decarbonizes.
