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                    [ArticleID] => 1514527
                    [Title] => Congress vows to improve quality of Pinoy seafarers
                    [Summary] => 

The House of Representatives will continue to pass legislation aimed at keeping Filipino seafarers the No. 1 choice of global shipping companies, through continued compliance with international standards and enhancement of training programs, leaders of the chamber said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-24 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1298279 [Title] => Speaker sends seafarers’ bill to Noy [Summary] =>

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. has sent to President Aquino a bill seeking to designate the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) as the single agency responsible for the enforcement of the 1978 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch-keeping for Seafarers and related agreements.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 926442 [Title] => Phl, Malaysia set to integrate curriculum in maritime courses [Summary] =>

The Philippines and Malaysia may not be in synch when it comes to the Sabah issue, but somehow something’s good is in the offing between these two countries in another front.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 911345 [Title] => CHED confident Phl can avert EU ban on seafarers [Summary] =>

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) expressed confidence that the Philippines can avert the imposition of a ban by the European Commission (EC) on Filipino seafarers from manning European Union (EU)-registered vessels.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 910884 [Title] => Concerns raised on EC audit of Phl maritime schools [Summary] =>

A ban on Filipino seamen in European vessels looms as the local maritime manning industry is likely to fail a make-or-break audit of the European Commission (EC) on Philippine maritime education and training institutions next month.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/7285/gen10nor.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 910489 [Title] => Editorial - Global standards [Summary] =>

Almost every commercial ship in the world has a Filipino crew-member, and the country continues to be one of the biggest sources of merchant seamen.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img96/5197/startoon.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 910525 [Title] => EU audit of Phl maritime schools set next month [Summary] =>

The European Commission (EC) will conduct a make-or-break audit of Philippine Maritime Education and Training Institutions (METIs) next month, the results of which will determine if Filipino seamen and officers are to be banned from manning European Union-registered vessels.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 887266 [Title] => EDITORIAL- Global standards [Summary] =>

When a cheating scandal involving the nursing licensure examinations erupted a few years ago, the consequences were felt not only by the batch of examinees but by nurses already employed or seeking jobs particularly overseas.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img835/5197/startoon.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 711422 [Title] => Phl seafaring makes IMO's 'white list' [Summary] =>

Good news to Filipino seafarers aspiring to work in foreign vessels.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 590688 [Title] => Filipino seafarers held captive by pirates increasing [Summary] =>

The number of Filipino seafarers held captive by pirates has increased with the latest hijacking of a chemical tanker with 18 Filipino crewmembers on Sunday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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