Former Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Sunday, May 26, welcomed the ratification of three important priority measures that aim to stem corruption, prevent smuggling of agricultural goods and protect the rights of Filipino seafarers. Both the Senate and the House of...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (PPAB) Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas lauded the deletion of the execution bond--a provision she calls “anti-worker and unconstitutional”--in the second bicameral version...
(Maritime Industry Authority) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo says the approval of the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers by the House of Representatives is a historic step for the country’s maritime sector. “The ratification of the Magna...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, May 23 welcomed the deletion of the controversial provision that would have mandated the payment of the execution bond as a victory for seafarers. Such move, Hontiveros said, would benefit all seafarers, especially those whose finances are strained due to...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) is urging seafarers to aim for a minimum of 10 years' worth of monthly contributions in order to qualify for a lifelong monthly pension after retirement. Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, SSS president and chief executive officer, said that seafarers are entitled to...
Iranian authorities have released one of the four Filipino seafarers who were among the 25 crewmen of container ship MSC Aries that was seized by Iran naval authorities at the Strait of Hormuz last month, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed on Friday, May 10. Following the release,...
Filipino seafarers will no longer be allowed to be deployed on passenger and cruise ships that would sail through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden which were earlier declared as high-risk areas and war-like zones amid missile attacks on passing ships in the past months. In an order it issued, the...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (left), Iranian Ambassador Yousef Esmaeil Zadeh (Rep. Salo's office) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has received assurance on the safety of the four Filipino seafarers who are among the crew members of MSC...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez is calling for a quick and peaceful resolution to the recent capture of a Portuguese-flagged container ship that has four Filipino seafarers on board by Iranian...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) believes that the four Filipino crewmen of Portuguese-flagged container ship MSC Aries will soon be released by the Iranian government. DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Eduardo de Vega said during the Bagong Pilipinas briefing that the...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Facebook) The chairman of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs has expressed his deep concern over the recent capture of the Portuguese vessel MSC Aries--which has four Filipino seafarers on board--by...
Four Filipino seafarers were on board a Portuguese container ship MSC Aries when it was seized by Iranian authorities near the Strait of Hormuz, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed on Sunday, April 14. “The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirms the seizure by Iranian...
