Filipino seamen - updates

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Pinoy sailors send home record $6.1B in 2018

Mar 03, 2019 - 11:00 AM

Money sent home by Filipino sailors account for about 19% of all remittances of overseas Filipino workers in 2018

MORE REMITTANCES. Filipino sailors manning the forecastle of a container ship in Bilbao, Spain. Photo by Joachim Affeldt/Shutterstock

Cash remittance of Filipino seafarers may exceed $6B this year – lawmaker

Jun 25, 2018 - 9:40 PM

'We expect the enlistment of Filipino sailors to increase along with international ship traffic, as the global economy continues to expand,' says ACTS-OFW Representative Aniceto 'John' Bertiz

PH to help 20 Filipino seafarers detained in Libya

Aug 30, 2017 - 10:35 AM

This comes after the 20 Filipinos vessel the Liberian flagged tanker Levant was apprehended on suspicion that it was smuggling oil

TOP DIPLOMAT. Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano speaks at the closing ceremony of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. File photo from ASEAN media pool

Filipino seafarers found in Papua New Guinea waters now safe

May 27, 2015 - 8:26 PM

All 6 crew members of F V Champeon 17 were on a life raft when a Taiwan registered China Steel Growth ship found and rescued them at sea near Wewak

Aquino steps in to save 5,000 Pinoy seafarers

Feb 09, 2014 - 1:30 PM

Up to 5 000 Filipino seafarers stand to lose their jobs if the European Union implements a blacklist

2 Filipinos dead as cargo ship sinks in North Sea

Dec 06, 2012 - 10:11 PM

Rescuers have plucked 13 survivors but 6 are still missing The crew include Polish Filipinos Bulgarians and Ukranians