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Editorial   Perhaps the best thing I ever heard during the 1st International Seafarers Family Convention is to have more women as seafarers not only on cruise ships or luxury liners but on trade ships. While admittedly the seafaring industry is a male-dominated profession, there is always a place for us women in this career and it is only fitting for the top supplier of manpower for the global ships to have a...

Private sector pushes for single agency to lead compliance to the amended STCW Code     The delegates to the STCW Convention Familiarization Seminar held at the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific in July.     M ajority of shipping and seafaring stakeholders is set to lobby for the designation of a single government agency to guarantee the country’s compliance to the new...

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TESTIMONIAL PARADE & REVIEW IN HONOR OF ADML. WILFREDO D. TAMAYO, PCG

 

Editorial: The Pinoy seafarers and the STCW Convention…

The year 2011 will again be a challenge to the Philippines seafaring, manning and crewing industries as a number of mandatory policies sanctioned by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is set to take effect. In less than a year, the amendments to the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) will be imposed which is definitely a boon for Filipino seafarers. The benefits, of course, will...

Round Table Discussion

Dr. Pena, University of Cebu, said that he would like to comment on the statement of Capt. Tormon about having technology without the science of teaching. Capt. Tormon then denied saying that. However, Dr. Pena of UC cited that, that was the impression he got from Capt. Tormon’s statements. Dr. Pena  stated that based from the historical foundation of education, education has been existing without technology; so,...

Filipinos biggest beneficiary of Japan’s anti-piracy program

Of the more than 32,600 sailors who benefited from Japan’s Self-Defense Force’s “anti-piracy operations” in the Gulf of Aden during the past 18 months, at least 10,607 were Filipinos, according to the Japanese Embassy in Pasay City. In a report, the embassy said “Filipino seafarers are by far the biggest beneficiaries of this ship escort operations in terms of crew members’ nationalities.” The mission...