ILOILO CITY – Three Ilonggo seafarers who survived the July 18 drone attack on their cargo vessel in the Black Sea during the Russia-Ukraine war arrived home on Wednesday, Aug. 5. The seafarers from Miag-ao and Dingle as well as Iloilo City were fetched at the Iloilo Airport by Public Employment...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Provincial Public Employment Service Office (PESO) continues to monitor the status of three Ilonggo seafarers rescued from the sunken Singaporean-flagged cargo ship in the West Philippine Sea. They are from the towns of Barotac Viejo, Estancia and Janiuay, Iloilo....
Senator Raffy Tulfo stressed the need to have closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed in ships boarded by seafarers as a means to expedite solving cases of disappearance among seamen. Sen. Raffy Tulfo presides over the Committee on Migrant Workers to discuss stricter monitoring...
Senator Raffy Tulfo hailed the signing into law of the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers which institutionalizes the rights that will protect Filipino seafarers. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. signs into law the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers during a ceremony at the Malacañan Palace...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has announced Easter good news following the safe return to Manila of 18 Filipino seafarers initially held in Iran. All Filipino crew of MV St. Nikolas, a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker that was seized by the Iranian navy in the Gulf of Oman, were...
Senators want continuous skills training for Filipino seafarers in order to increase their viability, keep them onboard ships, and maintain their status as the preferred choice of employers in the European Union (EU) region. Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said the European Commission’s...
The European Commission's decision to continue recognizing the certificates for seafarers issued by the Philippines speaks well about the competence and efficiency of Filipino seamen. Thus, said KABAYAN Party-list Rep. Ron Salo, chairman of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs. “The...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez imparted inspiring words Friday, Dec. 2 to future seafarers who graduated during the 20th commencement exercises of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP). House Speaker Martin Romualdez (2nd from left) graces the 20th commencement exercises of the MAAP...
The proposed Magna Carta of Seafarers should cover all types of seamen, Marino Party-list Rep. Sandro Gonzalez insisted on Monday, Nov. 21. Marino Party-list Rep. Sandro Gonzalez This, after the Philippine Coastwise Shipping Association, Inc. (PCSA) members appealed to exclude domestic seafarers...
The Philippines, the leader in international seafaring, should maintain this acknowledgement by making sure that its own local vessels are seaworthy and not outdated. Ang Lacson-Sotto presidential tandem Reporma presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo Lacson said this is what Filipino seafarers and...
The maritime partylist group Angkla on Wednesday, Nov. 3 urged President Rodrigo Duterte to reserve universally-accepted vaccine brands to overseas Filipino workers for them to avoid encountering any vaccination issue in the countries where they will be deployed. Seafarer group Former Rep. Jesulito...
About 100 Filipino seafarers went missing over the last three to four years, and the Philippine government is still clueless as to what happened to them. OWWA Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) administrator Hans Leo Cacdac revealed this Thursday, July 29, at the resumption of the House...
