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Crew of rescued vessel ‘crime suspects in China’
Frances Mangosing - March 11, 2023 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/211859/crew-of-rescued-vessel-crime-su...

Group slams 'anti-seafarer provisions' in new Magna Carta bill
Cristina Chi - March 10, 2023 https://www.philstar.com/business/2023/03/10/2250715/group-slams-anti-se...

NegOcc lawmaker files anti-oil spill bill
Nanette Guadalquiver March 9, 2023 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1197054

BACOLOD CITY – A legislator from Negros Occidental province has proposed a measure seeking to strengthen the regulation of ships in the country to prevent oil spills and the discharge of harmful substances into the sea.

Strict enforcement of shipbuilding guides sought after oil spill
Zaldy De Layola March 8, 2023 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1196947

Call for help: UP experts ask public to report oil spill sightings
Catalina Ricci S. Madarang - March 9, 2023 https://interaksyon.philstar.com/politics-issues/2023/03/09/245291/call-...

Experts from the University of the Philippines asked the public for help in reporting sightings of the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro.

Green group seeks urgent action on oil spill to protect Verde Island Passage
CBCP News - March 9, 2023 https://interaksyon.philstar.com/politics-issues/2023/03/09/245247/green...

IWD 2023: Leaders strive for ‘equal opportunities’ in the maritime industry
Charie Mae F. Abarca March 8, 2023 https://mb.com.ph/2023/03/08/iwd-2023-leaders-strive-for-equal-opportuni...

Seafaring has no gender.

In time for the International Women’s Day (IWD), Filipino leaders expound the life of women seafarers and the challenges that they continue to face.

Women on board

Boom placed to contain oil spill in Oriental Mindoro
Gaea Katreena Cabico - March 8, 2023 https://www.philstar.com/headlines/climate-and-environment/2023/03/08/22...

POLA, Oriental Mindoro — An oil spill boom has been placed around the possible location of MT Princess Empress on Wednesday, over a week after the tanker sank off the coast of Oriental Mindoro.

Why not a maritime education and training law?
Atty. Brenda V. Pimentel March 8, 2023 https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/03/08/business/maritime/why-not-a-marit...

WE are one with Congress in pushing forward the enactment of a Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers to afford full protection of the country's present-day heroes (bagong bayani).

Tolentino: Mindoro oil spill endangers diverse marine ecosystem, peoples’ lives
Mario Casayuran March 7, 2023 https://mb.com.ph/2023/03/07/tolentino-mindoro-oil-spill-endangers-diver...

Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino has raised alarm over the recent maritime incident which threatened to affect the ecosystem of the country.