Paralegal lecture on seafarer’s rights, TIP Manila February 26, 2015. Aristotle once said: ”Those that know do. Those that understand, teach”. Our law firm Sapalo Velez Bundang Bulilan ( SVBB) believes that the best way to afford legal protection to seafarers is for them to be properly educated of their legal rights.
Aristotle once said: ”Those that know do. Those that understand, teach”. Our law firm Sapalo Velez Bundang Bulilan ( SVBB) believes that the best way to afford legal protection to seafarers is for them to be properly educated of their legal rights. As part of our law firm’s advocacy for seafarers’ right, we conduct weekly…
The Philippines is considered as the major supplier of maritime labor globally. Per POEA data, there were 330,404 Filipino seafarers deployed abroad comprising almost 30 percent of the global maritime labor force. The number of deployed Filipino seafarers has decreased from 2006 (274,497), 2007 (266,553) to 2008 (261,614) but increased in 2009 (330,404) while the…
Our Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho, head of the seafarers’ department, accompanied delegates from the Apostleship of the Sea (AOS) -Philippines in the recent Regional East Asia Conference of the International Christian Maritime Association(ICMA) held last September 21-24, 2010 in Penang, Malaysia. During said regional conference, Fr Victor Labao was elected as the new regional coordinator…