4 Pinoy seafarers on latest vessel seized by Iran–DMW
FOUR Filipino seafarers were on board the container ship MSC Aries, which Iranian authorities seized over the weekend, according to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).
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FOUR Filipino seafarers were on board the container ship MSC Aries, which Iranian authorities seized over the weekend, according to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said the government will try to negotiate with captors of the 17 Filipino seafarers, who were taken hostage in the Red Sea.
SEVENTEEN Filipino seafarers were among the 25 crew on board a Japanese ship that Yemeni naval forces seized in the Red Sea, reports reaching the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
THE near banning of Filipino seafarers from working on European Union-flagged vessels has lent urgency to the passage of the enabling law that will protect the rights and welfare of seafarers, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said, as he pushed for timely approval of the proposed Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers.
THE Philippines is now gunning to remain on the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) whitelist of countries that are compliant with global maritime practices.
A SOLON believes the quality of local maritime education must be improved, amid the European Union’s continued recognition of Filipino seafarers’ certificates.
THE European Maritime Group lauded the decision of the European Commission to continue recognizing Filipino Seafarers’ Certificates, which the group said will ensure the stability of employment for Filipino seafarers.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has shut down 15 maritime programs, which failed to meet international standards, as part of its review of seafarer schools nationwide.
THE European Commission’s continued recognition of the Philippine certification for Filipino seafarers is a political decision and the Philippine government should not be complacent in enforcing international standards in training and educating mariners, a manning industry leader said at the weekend.
OFFICIALS from the Executive branch and Congress hailed at the weekend the European Commission’s decision to extend EU recognition of certificates issued by the Philippines to seafarers, allowing some 50,000 of the latter to keep boarding EU-flagged ships. However, they conceded the need to “seriously heed” the reminder in the notice, to keep addressing six deficiencies earlier flagged in an EC audit.
THE European Commission (EC) has decided to continue recognizing the seafarers’ certification of the Philippines, reversing a threat to ban Filipino seafarers from boarding European-flagged vessels.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is urging relevant government agencies to address recurring “negative” findings of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) on the regulation of maritime higher educational institutions (HEIs) in the country.
REMITTANCES from overseas Filipino seafarers are expected to increase by a third annually through 2022, the chief of the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) said on Wednesday, as the government buttresses efforts to further improve the skills and education of the current and future pool of marine professionals in the coming years.
By Elmer V. Recuerdo / Correspondent
The brain drain that the Philippines is experiencing is a potential problem that has been coming for at least a decade now and will not go away soon. With the combined forces of undervalued employment and a relatively easy infrastructure to work abroad, it was inevitable that the status of OFWs would become higher.
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