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Pinoy Seafarer's Rights

PINOY SEAFARERS’ RIGHTS | The employers’ joint and solidarity liability

BY DENNIS R. GORECHO Saturday, June 10, 2017     WHAT is the liability of the foreign principal and the manning agent for any and all claims arising...

PINOY SEAFAFERS’ RIGHTS | Suicide

BY DENNIS GORECHO Thursday, June 8, 2017 A UK P&I study noted that suicide is the highest cause of fatalities at sea as a result of...

PINOY SEAFAFERS’ RIGHTS

BY DENNIS GORECHO Thursday, March 23, 2017 RECRUITMENT agencies and foreign principals and employers are prohibited from withholding the travel documents of overseas Filipino workers, including...

PINOY SEAFAFERS’ RIGHTS

BY DENNIS GORECHO Friday, March 3, 2017   THE JOB of a seafarer is not exactly a walk in the park. Seafarers working for companies for long...

PINOY SEAFAFERS’ RIGHTS

BY DENNIS GORECHO Thursday, February 16, 2017 THE EXPERIENCE of a Korean seafarer posted by Humans at Sea focused on the inaction of the owner after...

PINOY SEAFARERS’ RIGHTS

BY DENNIS GORECHO Friday, February 10, 2017 SEAFARERS are not entitled to the benefits given to regular or permanent employees such as the 13th month pay,...

PINOY SEAFARER’S RIGHTS

BY DENNIS GORECHO Thursday, February 2, 2017 A JOB OF a seafarer is not exactly a walk in the park. One with a heart condition is...

PINOY SEAFARERS’ RIGHTS

BY DENNIS GORECHO Disability due to accident IS THE injury suffered by the seafarer the result of an “accident” thereby entitling him to higher disability benefits...

PINOY SEAFARERS’ RIGHTS

BY DENNIS R. GORECHO THE COMPANY-designated physician is duty-bound to timely issue to a repatriated sick or injured seafarer a declaration/ certification on his fitness...