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                    [Title] => Remittances from Pinoy seamen to hit $5.5B
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Remittances from Filipino seafarers on board foreign vessels are expected to reach $5.5 billion by the end of the year as the country deploys more seamen to Europe.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1286981 [Title] => Exam cheating scandal hits Navy nuclear force [Summary] =>

In a new twist to a widening tale of ethical lapses in the military, the Navy is investigating cheating allegations against about one-fifth of its trainers at a school for naval nuclear power reactor operators.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-05 16:40:36 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1702728 [AuthorName] => Robert Burns [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/196/x7xk.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 926856 [Title] => US Navy relieves 4 from grounded minesweeper [Summary] =>

 Four officers of a U.S. Navy minesweeper that ran aground on coral reef in the Philippines are being relieved of their duties.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-04 11:15:21 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/7062/shipthumb.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 918864 [Title] => Filipino sailor killed in Sri Lanka; 6 arrested [Summary] =>

Sri Lanka police say a Filipino sailor was hacked to death in a ship anchored at the Colombo port and six fellow sailors have been arrested over the killing.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-12 18:27:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 891257 [Title] => US sailors sue Japanese utility over radiation [Summary] =>

Eight U.S. sailors are suing the Tokyo utility that operates the Fukushima nuclear power plant, charging that the company lied about the high level of radiation in the area where they were carrying out a humanitarian mission after the tsunami that triggered the reactor crisis.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-29 10:39:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 823892 [Title] => Pinoy sailors urged to test for HIV [Summary] =>

 Rep. Arnel Ty of the party-list group Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers Association yesterday urged sexually active Filipino sailors to test for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to safeguard their partners here at home.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 821038 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Sailing ambassadors [Summary] =>

Last year an estimated 400,000 Filipino sailors on foreign merchant ships remitted over $4.3 billion in earnings.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img843/4219/startoonthumbt.gif ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 730594 [Title] => Sea-based OFW inflows seen at over $4 billion this year [Summary] =>

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said it expects Filipino sailors’ remittances to surpass $4 billion this year “amid resilient global demand for their services.”

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 685410 [Title] => Indonesia offers massive work opportunity in marine, fisheries sectors overseas [Summary] =>

The Indonesian government will offer at least 7,000 job opportunities in the marine and fishery sector to job seekers to work in the country and overseas, Antara news agency reported Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-13 17:11:18 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 644287 [Title] => Somali pirates abduct Filipino, Algerian, Ukrainian crewmen near port of Oman [Summary] =>

An unidentified number of Filipino crewmen of an Algerian bulk carrier were seized by ransom-seeking Somali pirates yesterday near the port of Oman, said European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) today.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-02 16:00:29 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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