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Filipino mariners: sailing on turbulent seas

August 26th, 2011
Posted in migrants and itinerant people . migrants' rights and welfare . news analysis . news features . seafarers
By Noel Barcelona

(A special report on Seafarers’ Week) With the world economic crisis still there, the 24/7 piracy attacks in key waterways in the world, and the continued human rights violations on-board, the Filipino mariners and seafarers had no other hope but to stand, struggle and fight for their rights as human beings and as workers. By: [ READ MORE ]

Seafarers, called to unite on fight for their rights and welfare

June 25th, 2011
Posted in business and trade . capitalism . human rights issues . labor . labor export . migrants and itinerant people . migrants' rights and welfare . migration . news features . seafarers
By Noel Barcelona

MANILA, June 25, 2011—The International Seafarers’ Action Center (ISAC) calls on different mariners’ and seafarers’ groups to intensify its struggles for their rights and welfare, as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) declares June 25 as the 1st Day for the Seafarer. In a statement, ISAC said that seafarers face myriad of problems, which solutions remain [ READ MORE ]

NZ OFWs tell presidentiables: Bare plans on migration, labor

January 30th, 2010
Posted in business and trade . elections . international/foreign relations . land reform . local economy . migrants and itinerant people . migrants' rights and welfare . national polls . new features . news . seafarers
By Noel Barcelona

Migrante’s local chapter in New Zealand (NZ) challenges presidential aspirants to reveal their programs for labor and the migrant workers, saying that they want to know whether, like past administrations, the country will depend heavily on labor export and remittances to keep the Philippine economy afloat[ READ MORE ]

OFWs will be Philippines’ biggest export in 2010

January 3rd, 2010
Posted in business and trade . editorial . human rights issues . international/foreign relations . labor . migrants and itinerant people . migrants' rights and welfare . politics and governance . seafarers
By Noel Barcelona

Government data showed that there are an average of 2,952 OFWs deployed daily (POEA 2007 Overseas Employment Statistics www.poea.gov.ph). With such average daily OFW deployment, it is no wonder that the Arroyo administration is meeting its 1-M yearly deployment of OFWs. It is estimated that there are now almost 10-M OFWs working abroad practically with presence in almost every country in the World[ READ MORE ]

Migrants’ group to file petition on SC for poll bid

December 31st, 2009
Posted in democratic space . elections . human rights issues . migrants and itinerant people . migrants' rights and welfare . news . politics and governance . public office and ethics . seafarers . women and children's issues . youth and students' issues
By Noel Barcelona

Migrante International and its party-list, Migrante Sectoral Party is not giving up on its goal to represent the migrant sector in Congress and was scheduled to file a petition on the Supreme Court to allow them to join the 2010 congressional bid[ READ MORE ]

Seafaring industry faces economic crisis, decline in competent crew

September 17th, 2009
Posted in business and trade . flags of convenience . labor . migrants and itinerant people . seafarers
By Noel Barcelona

Notwithstanding bail-out packages from the world’s greatest economies like the US and the UK, the maritime industry has begun to feel the effects bof the global financial crunch[ READ MORE ]

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