The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said on Sunday the government is “working double time to save the jobs of 49,000 Filipino seafarers aboard European ships and the $7 billion they send home each year”.
THE Department of Transportation said on Sunday the government is “working double time to save the jobs of 49,000 Filipino seafarers aboard European ships and the $7 billion they send home each year,” as it awaits the European Commission’s “impending action” on its 16-year issues with international training standards.
“We may even have to move heaven and earth, if need be, to ensure these European standards are satisfactorily met,” Bautista said. “It’s about time this decades-old issue is resolved and put to rest.” “A lot more work needs to be done” even after Marina had submitted the Philippine Response to the EMSA in March 2022, Bautista said.
Bautista said given the Philippines’ shortcomings, the agency pushed for a “more comprehensive plan or a template to address the EMSA findings and related issues.”
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