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Solons seek holistic state program for seafarers
Maricel CruzbyMaricel Cruz August 21, 2022 https://manilastandard.net/news/314253405/solons-seek-holistic-state-pro...

A bill seeking a comprehensive state program to protect and promote the welfare and interest of Filipino seafarers and their families has been filed at the House of Representatives.

PMMA will have a Mindanao campus
July 27, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/07/27/business/maritime/pmma-will-have-...

THE Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) in San Narciso, Zambales will have a new campus in Cagayan de Oro (CDO) City in Misamis Oriental soon.

The bill seeking to create the PMMA-CDO campus lapsed last May after former president Rodrigo Duterte stepped down on June 30 without signing the bill together with 25 other bills.

Domestic shipping lines seek reforms in maritime laws
Genivi Verdejo August 17, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/08/17/business/maritime/domestic-shippi...

The Philippine Interisland Shipping Association (PISA) and Philippine Liner Shipping Association (PLSA) have asked for a review and amendments of maritime policies that burden the domestic shipping industry.

Korea to Help Shipbuilders as Industry Leads Orders for Third Month
Aug 19, 2022 https://maritime-executive.com/article/korea-to-help-shipbuilders-as-ind...

Chemical tanker, cargo ship crash near southwestern Japan
YURI KAGEYAMA/AP Aug. 20, 2022 https://www.ctinsider.com/business/article/Chemical-tanker-cargo-ship-cr...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese chemical tanker ship crashed into a cargo ship off the coast of southwestern Japan, the coast guard said Saturday.

Lawmakers file bill instituting Magna Carta of Filipino seafarers
Jean Mangaluz -August 20, 2022 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1650191/lawmakers-file-bill-instituting-ma...

MANILA, Philippines – Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte and Benguet Rep. Eric Yap have filed a house bill that would institute the Magna Carta of Filipino seafarers.

Devotion to Our Lady of Caysasay and Ma-Cho, Chinese patron saint of seafarers
Dennis Gorecho, August 20, 2022 https://www.panaynews.net/devotion-to-our-lady-of-caysasay-and-ma-cho-ch...

PAYING homage to the Lady of Caysasay in Batangas and Ma-Cho in La Union is a confluence of tradition practiced by both Filipinos and Tsinoys in simultaneous Christian and Chinese rituals.

Job alert: Cruise industry opens to Filipino seafarers after Covid-19 hiatus
August 19, 2022 https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/19/job-alert-cruise-industry-opens-to-filipino...

After two years of lay-offs in the cruise ship industry due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) finally announced on Friday, August 19, the reopening of job offers coming from top local manning industries in the country.

PJ Garcia files ‘Passengers’ Rights’ bill
August 17, 2022 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1938113/cebu/local-news/pj-garcia-fil...

REP. Pablo John “PJ” Garcia (Cebu, 3rd) has filed a bill mandating the posting of passengers’ bill of rights in areas in airports and seaports where the public can easily view them.

DOE and ABS Launch New Studies on Nuclear Energy for Commercial Ships
Aug 17, 2022 https://maritime-executive.com/article/doe-and-abs-launch-new-studies-on...

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded ABS a contract to research barriers to the adoption of advanced nuclear propulsion on commercial vessels.