Remittances and allotment of Filipino seafarers
ALLOTMENT has become a common problem in connection with Filipino seafarers’ remittances which comprise at least 22 percent of the total dollar remittances of...
Visa cost payment as illegal recruitment
BY DENNIS R. GORECHO
SEAFARERS are not required to pay for the expenses incurred in the visa processing as part of deployment fees. Otherwise, the...
Pneumonia as an occupational illness
TO BE entitled to compensation and benefits, it is not sufficient to simply establish that the seafarer’s pneumonia has rendered him permanently or partially...
Seafarers and infections
IT IS A well-known fact that seafaring is one of the most hazardous occupations, in regards to personal health and safety concerns of seafarers.
Apart...
Accident in seafarer’s disability compensation
AN “ACCIDENT” is “an unintended and unforeseen injurious occurrence; something that does not occur in the usual course of events or that could not...
The ‘David and Goliath’ battle for seafarers’ claims
AWAY from his family and working on board vessels sailing non-stop for weeks or months the world’s oceans, he is mentally and emotionally stressed.
Constantly...
Three-day reportorial rule for seafarers’ claims
THE FAILURE of the Filipino seafarer to comply with the mandatory reporting requirement within three days upon arrival must be for a justifiable reason...
Credibility of company doctor’s findings
THE FINDINGS s of the company-designated physician do not always bind the courts in determining the merits of compensation cases filed by Filipino seafarers.
In...
Liabilities of employer when seafarer suffers work-related injury
THE LIABILITIES of the employer when the seafarer suffers work-related injury or illness during the term of his contract include medical treatment apart from...
Certificate of fitness in seafarer’s disability benefits claims
BY DENNIS R. GORECHO
January 20, 2018
THE SUPREME Court warned companies from issuing dubious Certificate of Fitness which it described as “a ploy that aims...