SVBB conducts paralegal lecture on seafarers’ rights nationwide
The Philippines is considered as the major supplier of maritime labor globally. Per POEA data, there were 330,404 Filipino seafarers deployed abroad comprising almost 30 percent of the global maritime labor force. The number of deployed Filipino seafarers has decreased from 2006 (274,497), 2007 (266,553) to 2008 (261,614) but increased in 2009 (330,404) while the…