Surmounting Challenges In Filipino Seafarers- Voyage
                     Surmounting Challenges 
In Filipino Seafarers' 
Voyage
INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-
General Kitack Lim is inviting every seafarer to look back 
to "Your voyage — then and now, [and] share your 
journey," as a way of marking the International Day of 
the Seafarer on June 25, 2022.
For Filipino seafarers, their collective voyage in the last two 
years was inarguably the best years of their lives as seafarers 
— notwithstanding the global pandemic that triggered an 
unprecedented crew change crisis and other serious challenges 
to their employment.
Notable among these lingering challenges was the threat 
posed by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA); the 
deterioration in the quality of maritime education and 
training in the country; the reported resurgence of bogus 
certificates; and last, but certainly not the least, the rampant 
illegal practice of ambulance chasing.
  
Amid all these challenges, the Filipino seafarers' journey 
in the last two years, under 
Maritime Industry Administration (Marina) Administrator 
VAdm. Robert Medina and STCW Office Executive Director 
VAdm. 
Rene Medina, have never been easier than before for 
many decades due to their lasting reforms at Marina.
News Source: 
Manila Times
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