THE Philippines, the world’s top supplier of seafarers, was reelected to the executive body of United Nations’ maritime agency, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council. The IMO sets the standards for the safety and security of international shipping, overseeing regulations, including labor standards. Philippine Ambassador to London Teodoro Locsin Jr.…
SECRETARY Enrique Manalo of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Ambassador-designate to Beijing Jaime FlorCruz, and Special Envoy to China and Ambassador to London Teodoro Locsin Jr. may not know it yet.
‘MIGRANT workers’ rights are human rights. Diminishing these rights, diminishes us all.” Thus said Susan “Toots” Ople during the meeting of the United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers last March 2023. This was her first and unfortunately became the last address before a UN body composed of experts on migrant…