FILIPINO seafarers and the challenges hounding their profession 'was barely' in the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last July 22.
FILIPINO seafarers and the challenges hounding their profession 'was barely' in the State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last July 22.This was the observation made by the Association of Licensed Manning Agencies Maritime Group in a message to its members two days after the SONA . ALMA stated that the Magna Carta of Seafarers was notably absent from the President's speech.
Section 59 replaced an equally controversial escrow provision which allows manning agencies and their principals to recover the money they awarded to seafarers, once a higher court reversed the earlier ruling in favor of the latter.Section 59, however, was removed from the Magna Carta.ALMA promptly expressed its disappointment through a letter addressed to the President, the Senate president and the speaker of the House.
SONA Overlooked Filipino Seafarers ALMA
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