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Supreme Court upholds seafarer's right to post-employment medical checkup

Wed, 01/22/2020 - 23:12 — helmsman

SC upholds seafarer's right to post-employment medical checkup
January 22, 2020 https://www.rappler.com/nation/249950-supreme-court-decision-right-seafa...

The High Court grants the $62,000-disability claim of seaman Apolinario Zonio Jr – who developed diabetes mellitus at work – against his employers

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BIMCO Issues Update On Persian Gulf Tensions And Sanctions Clauses

Wed, 01/22/2020 - 23:08 — helmsman

BIMCO Issues Update On Persian Gulf Tensions And Sanctions Clauses
22/01/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/bimco-issues-update-on-persian-gulf...

Overview

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Masterful control of the ship in a dangerous situation

Wed, 01/22/2020 - 23:06 — helmsman

Masterful control of the ship in a dangerous situation
Mikhail Voytenko January 22, 2020 https://maritimebulletin.net/2020/01/22/masterful-control-of-the-ship-in...

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IMO sec-gen Kitack Lim hails ‘successful’ implementation of IMO 2020

Wed, 01/22/2020 - 23:05 — helmsman

IMO sec-gen hails ‘successful’ implementation of IMO 2020
Marcus Hand | Jan 22, 2020 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/regulation/imo-sec-gen-hails-successfu...

The IMO 2020 regulation has been “implemented successfully” says IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim, with just 10 cases of compliant fuel being unavailable reported in the first 20 days.

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Eight countries support European-led maritime mission in Strait of Hormuz

Wed, 01/22/2020 - 23:03 — helmsman

Eight countries support European-led maritime mission in Strait of Hormuz
21/01/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/eight-countries-support-european-le...

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PDI Editorial: Misplaced solicitousness

Tue, 01/21/2020 - 21:39 — helmsman

Misplaced solicitousness
Philippine Daily Inquirer / January 21, 2020 https://opinion.inquirer.net/126775/misplaced-solicitousness

A sight familiar to Philippine Coast Guard personnel and Filipino fishermen docked at the Manila port last week: a China Coast Guard (CCG) ship with the tell-tale blue and red streaks painted on its white hull.

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ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO: Asserting seafarer’s right is not insubordination

Tue, 01/21/2020 - 08:35 — helmsman

Asserting one’s right is not insubordination
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO | January 21,2020 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/282899/asserting-ones-right-is-not-in...

Asserting one’s right is not tantamount to insubordination in dismissal cases.

This was the principle used by the Supreme Court when it ruled that the seafarer was illegally dismissed in Transglobal Maritime Agency, Inc. , v. Vicente Chua, Jr. ( G.R. No. 222430, August 30, 2017).