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OWWA gets notice of violation for possibly polluting Manila Bay
February 24, 2019 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/685984/owwa-gets-notice-of-vi...

Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) headquarters in Pasay City is among 12 establishments recently issued with notice of violation for "polluting" Manila Bay, amid intensified efforts at rehabilitating the historic and busy bay.

Crew members compensated for reporting shipping company’s ocean dumping
21/02/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/crew-members-compensated-for-report...

A federal judge in Portland has awarded nearly a quarter million dollars to a Czech seaman who reported a German shipping company for covering up illegal dumping of oily water.

Selling Sailing
Jovee Marie de la Cruz -February 24, 2019 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/02/24/selling-sailing/

Government revisits 16-year-old Roro program—assessing traffic and demand, reviewing costs and pitching new routes to interested private operators

10-hour fire hits BOC building
Evelyn Macairan, Marc Jayson Cayabyab February 24, 2019 - https://www.philstar.com/nation/2019/02/24/1896187/10-hour-fire-hits-boc...

MANILA, Philippines — A fire raged for 10 hours and gutted a building of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) before it was put out yesterday morning.

According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire that reached fifth alarm started at around 9 p.m. Friday and was put out at past 7 a.m. the next day.

The Importance of Psychological Safety Precautions in Maritime
Dimitrios Lyrakos 2019-02-23 https://maritime-executive.com/blog/the-importance-of-psychological-safe...

Saudi-Chinese pact to enhance maritime industry
February 23, 2019 http://www.arabnews.com/node/1457101/saudi-arabia

JEDDAH: Minister of Transport and Chairman of the Public Transport Authority Dr. Nabeel Al-Amoudi, said that the agreement on cooperation in maritime transport between Saudi Arabia and China aims at enhancing the maritime transport industry.

Japan to continue training PH maritime instructors
Aerol John Pateña February 21, 2019 http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1062544

MANILA -- Japan will continue giving training courses to maritime instructors, in line with its commitment to support the improvement of maritime education and training in the Philippines.

Protests grow against Korea’s mega yard merger
Jason Jiang February 22nd, 2019 https://splash247.com/protests-grow-against-koreas-mega-yard-merger/

Hyundai Heavy Industries’ (HHI) plan to take over Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) is hitting a bump with strong opposition from both shipyards’ worker’s unions.

PINOY MARINO RIGHTS: A seafarer as a Mama’s boy and psychological incapacity
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO |February 20,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/218077/pinoy-marino-rights-a-seafarer...

A marriage may have failed because a seafarer acted as a mama’s boy, but it cannot be declared void ab initio on the ground of psychological incapacity.

Sailors’ Society Responds To Shocking Image Of Seafarer’s Suicide
February 20, 2019 https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/sailors-society-responds-to-...

Sandra Welch, the deputy CEO of Sailors’ Society, a charity which supports seafarers, said, “This tragic image is a wake-up call to the maritime industry.