Senate says ‘no’ to escrow provision in the Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers
There will be no escrow provision in the Senate version of the Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers.
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There will be no escrow provision in the Senate version of the Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers.
Many Filipino epics narrate how souls go to the next life, aboard boats, and pass through the rivers and seas.
The debate on the proposed escrow in the pending Magna Carta for Seafarers revolves around the issue of alleged dwindling numbers of deployed seafarers that are usually misleadingly blamed by employers and manning agencies on the increasing number of litigated cases sweepingly associated with ambulance chasing.
For the third time in the history of the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, an acting award is given to an ensemble this year for the socio-political film “Duyan ng Magiting” by Dustin Celestino.
I first saw the film “Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros” when it premiered in 2005 at the First Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).
The requirement of posting an execution bond under the proposed escrow provision of the pending Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers is another manifestation of its anti-labor character.
The Filipino merienda turon or deep-fried banana rolls was my comfort food during the breaks of the Citizen’s Military Training (CMT) sessions at the University of the Philippines.
I was the president of the Maritime Law Association of the Philippines (MARLAW) when the five-member Arbitral Tribunal released its July 12, 2016 decision in favor of the Philippines on most of its submissions on the West Philippines Sea (WPS) issue.
A study by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) noted that from 2015 to 2019, it took 7.2 years on average for an OFW money claims case to go through the entire judicial process, from the date of filing of the complaint in the labor tribunals up to the time the Supreme Court decides on it.
Filipino seafarers deployed in 2023 reached 489,852 with the corresponding dollar remittances amounting to $6,715,880,000.
Rainbow themed tarpaulins can be seen placed in courts nationwide “to acknowledge and honor the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA++) community.”
Music, literature and social activism are intimately linked with each other due to their complementary nature.
This year’s 30th Manggahan Festival of Guimaras coincided with the release of the country’s first registration for geographical indication (GI) for Guimaras mangoes.
Labor is winning in the Supreme Court as affirmations of favorable decisions outweigh reversals on seafarer’s compensation cases.
The current debate on the escrow provision of the pending Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers basically revolves around ambulance chasing linked with the proliferation of labor cases that pose a threat to international employment.
IT is a known fact that Filipinos take their festivals and fiestas seriously as part and parcel of our culture.
“How can you own that which will outlive you?” is the most often quoted famous line of Kalinga martyr Macli-ing Dulag in relation to issues affecting the indigenous peoples.
The 3,992 law graduates who successfully passed the 2022 Bar exams should be reminded that membership in the Bar is a privilege bestowed by law through the Supreme Court burdened with conditions.
A seafarer’s coronary arterial disease is work-related and compensable due to the “aggravation” principle in disability claims.
Boac, Marinduque—The first time that I saw Moriones was in Holy Week of 1996, a month after one of the country’s worst environmental mining disaster happened when more than 2.5 million metric tons of mine tailings were discharged to the Boac River from the MarCopper’s Tapian pit.
“Seafarers’ claims for disability benefits should not be considered unreasonable and impelled by nothing but greed but rather, justified by their health considerations and a natural desire of every person to preserve his life for as long as possible. For being human, seafarers should not be penalized.”
People wonder why we have a lot of stuff in our house that my father did not want to dispose, especially the shoes.
“WE do not want war. If there is war, what we experienced may also happen to the future generations,” said Filipina comfort woman Lola Estelita Dy of Lila Filipina.
Execution pending appeal of labor claims is in consonance with the wisdom of the Supreme Court in cases where “the judgment becomes illusory.” (Corona International Inc. vs. Court of Appeals, 343 SCRA 512) as labor litigation takes years before it reaches the Supreme Court.
Maritime lawyers play crucial roles in the Philippines because “our nation’s collective destiny, as an archipelago, is deeply tied to the sea.”
IN the guise of protecting mariners, the inclusion of an escrow provision in the proposed Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers is unconstitutional and anti-labor.
Time and again, the Supreme Court has held that cardiovascular disease, coronary artery disease, and other heart ailments of seafarers are work-related and, thus, compensable.
The Pasinaya Open House Festival of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is still an effective platform in showcasing various cultures in the Philippines that have been made more beautiful and vibrant because of folk dances and music.
Japan’s report during the Fourth Cycle of the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights is incomplete due to its silence on the comfort women issue.
Mahjong is a Chinese tile-based game of skill, strategy, and luck, which can be fun but can also be deadly.
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