Surmounting Challenges In Filipino Seafarers- Voyage

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Surmounting Challenges In Filipino Seafarers'
Voyage
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INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization (IMO)
Secretary-General Kitack Lim is inviting every
seafarer to look back to "Your voyage then and
now, and share your journey," as a way of
marking the International Day of the Seafarer on
June 25, 2022.
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For Filipino seafarers, their collective voyage
in the last two years was inarguably the best
years of their lives as seafarers
notwithstanding the global pandemic that
triggered an unprecedented crew change crisis and
other serious challenges to their employment.
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Notable among these lingering challenges was the
threat posed by the European Maritime Safety
Agency (EMSA) the deterioration in the quality
of maritime education and training in the
country the reported resurgence of bogus
certificates and last, but certainly not the
least, the rampant illegal practice of ambulance
chasing.
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Amid all these challenges, the Filipino
seafarers' journey in the last two years, under
Maritime Industry Administration (Marina)
Administrator VAdm. Robert Medina and STCW Office
Executive Director VAdm.
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Rene Medina, have never been easier than before
for many decades due to their lasting reforms at
Marina.
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News Source Manila Times
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