Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Sunday, September 22 expressed confidence more Filipino seafarers would benefit once the President signs into law the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers. Senate Bill No. 2221 and House Bill No. 7325 or the Magna Carta of Filipino...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (center) (Rep. Salo's office) A pro-overseas Filipino workers (OFW) solon believes that the ratification by the House and the Senate of the Third Bicameral Conference Committee Report on the Magna Carta 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...
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...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Facebook) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has expressed his full backing of the decision of the International Bargaining Forum (IBF) to designate the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden as ‘war-like zones’ in...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (2nd from right) was among the officials who welcomed the returning seafarers. (Rep. Salo's office) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has hailed the safe return of 11 Filipino seafarers who were aboard the...
While the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) respects the decision of President Marcos to delay the signing of Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers, it hopes that the bill will be enacted "right away." DFA Undersecretary Eduardo De Vega (Photo courtesy of PCO) "Any law which will improve the lot of...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Facebook) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has "strongly condemned" the Houthi rebel attack on a merchant vessel in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, which unfortunately led to the deaths of two...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Facebook) The House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs is always open to dialogue with shipping companies regarding the proposed Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers. Thus, said committee chairman, Kabayan Party-list Rep....
President Marcos did not sign the Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers Act despite this being in the original schedule because the bill is still “under further review,” Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Cheloy Garafil said on Monday, Feb. 26. Filipino seafarers (Photos...
