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Medical attention on board ship

1:50pm February 10, 2017 By: Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho The experience of a Korean seafarer posted by Humans at Sea focused on inaction of the owner after he suffered an accident while on board the vessel during the effectivity of his employment contract. The owner refused to send him to a doctor despite…

Standard Cadet Training Agreement

Feb 6, 2017P OAdmiralty Newsadmiralty others, cadet, cadetship, Death Benefits, disability, philippine seafarers, pinoy seafarers, POEA Contract, seafarer welfare, seafarers rights, seaman

2:37 am Monday, February 6, 2017 By: Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho Newspapers reported that a 19-year-old cadet from India died last March 29, 2017 on board a merchant ship in Brussels, Belgium. Earlier, MV Starlite Atlantic sank the morning of December 26, 2016 off Tingloy, Batangas due to the onslaught of Typhoon Nina. Fourteen of the 33 crewmen onboard…