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Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers
Atty. Dennis Gorecho - Thursday, May 4, 2023 https://www.panaynews.net/magna-carta-for-filipino-seafarers/

“HE WHO has less in life should have more in law” is the wisdom popularized by the late President Ramon Magsaysay as far as the constitutional social justice principle is concerned.

The pending Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers should be the translation into reality of President Magsaysay’s wisdom.

Three crew kidnapped from Eagle Bulk ship off Gabon
Sam Chambers May 3, 2023 https://splash247.com/three-crew-kidnapped-from-eagle-bulk-ship-off-gabon/

Three crew were kidnapped yesterday when the Grebe Bulker, a 2010-supramax belonging to Eagle Bulk, came under attack just after midnight from pirates at the Owendo Anchorage in Gabon.

The ship remains at anchorage with the remaining 17 crew reported unharmed.

Crew of VLCC Detained in Nigeria Released After 9 Months
May 01, 2023 https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2023/41797/crew-vlcc-detained-nig...

After being detained for almost nine months in Nigeria on charges of attempting to lift oil from an offshore platform, the crew of the VLCC HEROIC IDUN has finally been released.

Bulk carrier attacked, 3 crew including Captain kidnapped, Gulf of Guinea
May 02, 2023 https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2023/41805/bulk-carrier-attacked-...

Three crew missing after oil tanker fire off Malaysia
Agence France-Presse May 2, 2023 https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/05/02/news/world/three-crew-missing-aft...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian rescuers on Tuesday were searching for three missing crew members from an oil tanker that caught fire off the country's southern coast.

Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers as translation of President Magsaysay’s ‘He who has less in life should have more in law’
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO - May 03,2023 - https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/502033/magna-carta-for-filipino-seafa...

Maritime security: 2022 year in review
01/05/2023 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/maritime-security-2022-year-in-review/

According to the ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) annual piracy report (2022), global piracy has hit a 30-year low and is declining for the second year in a row.

Chinese militia vessels swarm WPS anew ahead of PBBM-Biden
Malou Talosig-Bartolome April 28, 2023 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/04/28/chinese-militia-vessels-swarm-w...

Ship collision leaves 2 dead, 3 missing
Franco Jose C. Baroña, Dennis Abrina and Ernie Esconde April 30, 2023 https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/04/30/news/ship-collision-leaves-2-dead...

(UPDATE) A FILIPINO safety officer and a Chinese seafarer died when two foreign ships collided off Corregidor Island Friday night, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday.

BARMM's RoRo Maguindanao-Basilan maiden voyage
Dr. Pilar “Lalay” Ramos Jimenez April 30, 2023 https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/04/30/opinion/columns/barmms-roro-magui...