(Reposting an interesting piece from Marine Insight "10 Professional Mistakes Seafarers Should Never Make Onboard Ships") There is no dearth of stress on board ships. Ask a seafarer and you…
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Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people, into a ship, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations. The verb smuggle, from Low German schmuggeln or Dutch smokkelen (="to transport (goods) illegally"), apparently a…
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The Filipino seafarer is entitled to medical treatment at cost to the employer apart from disability benefits and sickness allowance. Away from his family and working on board vessels sailing non-stop for…
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Tinig ng Marinao Article - March -April 2016 What is the liability of the foreign principal and the manning agent for any and all claims arising out of an employer-employee…
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To promote the protection of its seabased Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) members, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Regional Welfare Office (OWWA RWO) VI recently held a free seafarers’ rights and welfare seminar.…
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"Things past redress are now with me past care" - William Shakespeare. THE EMPLOYMENT relation between the manning agency representing the shipping company as the employer, and the seafarer as…
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"Arava u mayet an namaes u ryes", "There is no strong man when the sea is at its worst", goes the Ivatan proverb. As I traveled around this northernmost part…
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Seafarer’s illegal dismissal Panay News - April 5, 2016 BY ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO UNDER the Philippine legal system, the reason for one’s termination of employment is as important as the manner…
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Unreasonable Non-Deployment Will the unreasonable nondeployment of a seafarer entitle him to payment of actual damages? The most recent case of Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group, Inc. and Chung Gai Ship Management…
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Pinoy seafarers victims of piracy deserve equal protection of law Through the initiative of the SVBB law firm, the Democratic Independent Workers' Association (DIWA) party-list representative is asking the Congress’…
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