Seafarer group seeks swift passage of Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers philstar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from philstar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A group of Filipino seafarers has expressed strong opposition to an escrow provision in the proposed Magna Carta for seafarers, saying it is “anti-seaman.”
One of my very first assignments as a rookie journalist decades ago was about the welfare of seafarers. I met some of them and soon learned about their life at sea.