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Honoring Filipino seafarers
Malaya Business Insight - June 27, 2023 https://malaya.com.ph/news_opinion/honoring-filipino-seafarers/

IF only for the amount of dollars Filipino seafarers are contributing to the national economy every year, these “modern heroes” — as successive administrations called them — deserve the whole nation’s respect and commendation.

International Day of the Seafarers
Atty. Dennis Gorecho June 29, 2023 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/06/29/international-day-of-the-seafar...

Filipino seafarers deployed in 2023 reached 489,852 with the corresponding dollar remittances amounting to $6,715,880,000.

Euro maritime group urges escrow provision reinstatement in Seafarers bill Magna Carta
June 29, 2023 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/06/29/euro-maritime-group-urges-escro...

THE Joint Maritime Committee (JMC) of the Dutch, German, Nordic and Norwegian Chambers of Commerce expresses deep concern over the escrow provision removal in the Senate version of the Magna Carta for Seafarers Bill, or Senate Bill (SB) 2221.

Philippines President Marcos Jr pledges on seafarer training for new fuels
Marcus Hand | Jun 27, 2023 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/crewing/attracting-future-seafarers-an...

Philippines President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr has directed the country’s maritime and education authorities to work closely with the shipping industry to ensure Filipino seafarers have the skills needed for future fuels and digitalisation.

Philippines Sees Its Seafarer Deployment Recovering To Pre-Pandemic Levels By 2023 End
MI News Network June 27, 2023 https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/philippines-sees-its-seafare...

The Philippines, one of the world’s top suppliers of maritime labor, expects its seafarer deployment to recover to the pre-pandemic level by year-end.

Life at Sea report: Stella Maris calls for closer collaboration to support seafarers as Ukraine war continues
Press release 22 June 2023 received via email

Global maritime network Stella Maris has launched the latest version of its Life at Sea report, which focuses on the exceptional work its port chaplains have done and continue to do to support seafarers and families impacted by the war in Ukraine.

Philippines Sees Seafarer Deployment Fully Recovering in 2023
Manolo Serapio Jr., Bloomberg News 26 June 2023 https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/philippines-sees-seafarer-deployment-fully-r...

(Bloomberg) -- The Philippines, one of the world’s top suppliers of maritime labor, expects its seafarer deployment recovering to its pre-pandemic level by yearend, Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople said.

The Future of the Filipino Seafarer
Jerome Carlo Paunan June 26, 2023 https://pia.gov.ph/features/2023/06/26/the-future-of-the-filipino-seafarer

Filipino seafarers are the backbone of the global maritime industry. With over 489,000 Filipino sailors working on ships all over the world in 2022, these workers keep the world's supply chains moving and ensuring the safety of both ship passengers and cargo.

Marcos cites need for more modern ships, highly trained Filipino seamen
June 26, 2023 https://www.bworldonline.com/the-nation/2023/06/26/530861/marcos-cites-n...

THE PHILIPPINES should invest in human capital if it wants to modernize its shipping industry, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said on Monday, citing the need to respond to the global demand for a shift to clean energy and digitalization.

DOTr's Bautista: EMSA to provide €4M to help Filipino seafarers
ANNA FELICIA BAJO, June 26, 2023 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/dispatch/873978/dotr-s-bauti...

Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista on Monday said the European Maritime Safety Agency would provide €4 million to the Philippine government to help in the training of Filipino seafarers.
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