Marcos set to sign landmark law protecting rights of 500,000 Filipino seafarers

TIna Santos 09/23/2024

MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos is set to sign a bill on Monday that will protect the rights and welfare of about 500,000 Filipino seafarers, Senate President Francis Escudero said. “This law ensures that no Filipino seafarer…

Honoring Filipino seafarers, reservists  and the Philippine flag

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 09/04/2024

Filipino seafarers are “sailing ambassadors”  fordemonstrating the best traits of the Filipinos before the international maritime community. The Philippines is considered as one of the major supplier of maritime labor globally as it is estimated that there…

Filipino seafarers: Raise the flag for them!

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 06/26/2024

A special  flag raising ceremony was held last June 25, 2024 at the Rizal Monument in Luneta in celebration of the Day of the Seafarers in honor of all the hard working Filipino mariners. The 2010 Conference of Parties to…

Drown-proofing the Maritime Filipino

Segundo Eclar Romero - @inquirerdotnet 01/03/2023

It’s another year! The first urgent problem of this maritime nation is the impending ban on Filipino seafarers on ships flagged in the European Union for not meeting the training standards set by the European Maritime Safety…

Filipino seafarers as Philippine’s gifts to the world

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 09/28/2021

“Filipino seafarers are our gifts to give to the world and to the Church.” Words that became part of the homilies of Masses for the 26th National Seafarers Day (NSD)  last Sunday, September 26, 2021. Former president Fidel V.…

Mutiny as ground for dismissal 

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 05/26/2021

Mutiny has become a common plot for blockbusters like the 1997 American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film centered on the 1839 revolt aboard the Spanish-owned ship La Amistad during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain…

Owner of Gulf Livestock 1 has stopped paying salary of missing Filipino seafarers — DOLE

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 12/17/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III claimed Thursday that the owner of the capsized Gulf Livestock 1 has stopped paying the salaries of the 36 missing Filipino seafarers, a matter opposed by the Philippine government.…

38 Filipino seafarers lost at sea

Dona Z. Pazzibugan 09/04/2020

Thirty-eight Filipino seafarers remained missing in chilly waters off southwestern Japan a day after their cargo ship capsized on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, as Typhoon “Maysak” smashed into the Korean peninsula. The Panamanian-flagged Gulf Livestock 1 had…

Over 4,000 Filipino seafarers set to arrive in PH ports by May 17

Cathrine Gonzales 05/05/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 4,559 overseas Filipino workers from different cruise ships are expected to disembark at the country’s ports by May 17, according to the Bureau of Immigration (BI). Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said…

More than 1,200 stranded seafarers sent home to PH from LA

Jun Nucum - INQUIRER.net 05/02/2020

LOS ANGELES — More than 1,200 Filipino seafarers have so far been assisted by the Philippine  Consulate General Los Angeles (PCG LA) and Philippine Overseas Labor Office – Los Angeles and sent off at Tom Bradley International Airport for their…

440 Filipino cruise ship workers from US repatriated amid COVID-19

Ian Biong - INQUIRER.net 04/10/2020

  MANILA, Philippines— At least 440 Filipino seafarers of the Norwegian Pearl, Sky, and Sun cruise ships from the United States were repatriated Friday morning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They are the first of five batches of…

Filipinos among 23 crew of oil tanker seized by Iran

07/20/2019

  Filipino seafarers were among the  23 crew members aboard the British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran Friday in the Strait of Hormuz for allegedly violating international laws. There were no reports any of the crew members…

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