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Unconstitutionality of escrow provision in the Magna Carta

Monday, January 14, 2019, 3:20 p.m. By Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho The escrow provision in the proposed Magna Carta for Filipino seafarers violates the constitutional guarantee on equal protection. The Joint Manning Group is pushing for the inclusion of an escrow provision which is a mere dilatory tactic in the execution of the seafarers’ monetary awards.…

Philippine Passport Application

Jan 31, 2017P OAdmiralty Newsadmiralty others, application, department of foreign affairs, DFA, passport, philippine seafarers, Philippines

11:18 am Tuesday, January 31, 2017 By: Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho A Philippine passport is both a travel document and a primary national identity document issued to citizens of the Philippines since there is no national identity card system in the Philippines. It is issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Philippine diplomatic missions abroad, with certain exceptions. The new biometric Philippine passport costs 950 pesos (approximately $21) in the Philippines…