THE 17 Filipino crewmen of an oil tanker seized by Houthi rebels in Yemen in November 2023 have been released. The release of ...

THE family of a missing cadet was brought to the attention of pertinent government agencies primarily those mandated to ...

Some 108 states have signed up to the Maritime Labour Convention, known as the seafarers’ “bill of rights”, which is supposed to guarantee compensation to seafarers and their families in the ...

THE Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers is now ready to be enforced as the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) signed its Implementing Rules and Regulations ...

Seafarers on board a Rio Tinto bulk carrier docked in the Pilbara have shared their sadness after their crewmate went missing. A chaplain from the Mission to Seafarers spent one night on the ...

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Loren Legarda pins her hopes for better working conditions for Filipino seafarers, after the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of their Magna Carta was ...

MANILA, Philippines — More than three months after the enactment of Republic Act 12021, or the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers, the government has released a more detailed legal framework for ...

Marcos signed Republic Act 12021 or the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers in September last year. Marcos said the signing of the IRR – only three months after it was enacted – reinforces his ...

The group meticulously reviewed the IRR to ensure comprehensive coverage of the law’s critical provisions. The Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers, signed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on ...