A lawmaker on Thursday urged the Department of Health to look into the additional medical examination fee worth P1,040 being imposed on Filipino seafarers aiming to work aboard Panamanian-registered vessels.
A party-list lawmaker on Thursday called on the Department of Health to investigate the additional P1,040 medical examination fee that is being imposed on Filipino seafarers who will work aboard Panamanian registered vessels.
London - Seafarers and shipowners have been warned against relaxing their counter-piracy precautions following new evidence of continuing high risks of attack in many parts of the world.
Oil price increases in recent months have not kept BP from carrying out further cost reductions. Over 500 employees will be dismissed this year.
UK oil company BP will fire up to three percent of employees within production this year, reports Financial Times.
