Senator Francis Tolentino has filed Senate Bill (SB) 1388, known as the proposed “Good Samaritan at Sea Law”.
Senator Francis Tolentino has filed Senate Bill 1388, known as the proposed “Good Samaritan at Sea Law”.
If the violation was committed within internal waters or within the territorial sea, an additional penalty of imprisonment of not less than six months but not more than one year shall be imposed. This incident was a subject of a diplomatic protest filed by the Philippines after a Chinese vessel had reportedly collided and sunk a Philippine fishing vessel, and then abandoned the sinking ship’s crew to drown in open waters. The 22 Filipino fishermen were only later rescued by a Vietnamese boat and received assistance from the Philippine Navy patrol ship dispatched to the area.
As a legislator and a lawyer with a masters in public international law, Tolentino pointed out that the country is a key player in the global maritime industry.
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