President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says his administration will do everything to address all other issues faced by the local maritime industry so that the Philippines can produce more world-class seafarers.
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Sunday, April 2, welcomed the European Commission’s decision to continueissued by his country for Filipino seafarers, saying it averted job losses for roughly 50,000 sailors.
The Philippines, among the world’s biggest suppliers of maritime labor, has since made serious efforts to comply with the requirements, particularly in key areas like the monitoring, supervision, and evaluation of training and assessment, the EC announced on Friday, March 31.Marcos had met with EC President Ursula von der Leyen in December, when he attended the ASEAN-EU summit in Brussels, to discuss the 15-year-old issue involving Filipino seafarers.
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