Two seamen are new pols proclaimed mayors in Bohol

Leo Udtohan 05/11/2022

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Philippines — Two seamen, who were newcomers in politics, were proclaimed mayors of two municipalities in Bohol province on Tuesday. Roman “Amoi” Bullen, 65, was declared mayor of Dauis town. He garnered 14,380 votes against his…

Stuck at sea: Nations urged to help virus-stranded mariners

09/25/2020

PARIS  — Another COVID-19 problem that the U.N. is trying to solve: how to help more than 300,000 merchant mariners who are trapped at sea because of coronavirus restrictions. Describing the mounting desperation of seafarers who have…

Illegal salary deductions due to dubious promissory notes

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 07/21/2020

  Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) must be vigilant against the execution of dubious promissory notes causing excessive deductions from their salaries. The Taiwan Times recently reported that six (6) Filipino fishermen accused Philippine and Taiwanese labor brokers…

MAO BA?

MAO BA? 03/09/2018

WORRIED OVER MISSING SEAMEN Netizens expressed their sympathies to the families of the four remaining crew members, including two Filipino seamen, who remained missing after a serious fire broke out in an international container vessel in the…

Persons of interest in murders of brothers

Benjie Talisic 01/30/2018

CEBU City police have four “persons of interest” in the murders of two brothers at a bar in F. Llamas Street in Barangay Punta Princesa, Cebu City last Saturday morning. SPO1 Winston Ybañez of the Cebu City…

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