Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista on Monday said the European Maritime Safety Agency would provide €4 million to the Philippine government to help in the training of Filipino seafarers.
Department of Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista on Monday said the European Maritime Safety Agency would provide €4 million to the Philippine government to help in the training of Filipino seafarers.
Bautista said officials from the country's maritime sector would meet with EMSA executives in Belgium next week to discuss how the aid would be utilized. Data from the Department of Migrant Workers indicated that the pre-pandemic deployment of Filipino seafarers was at 505,769 while in 2022, the number decreased to 489,852.
"We can see that, I think projection wise by the end of the year, we will be back to pre-pandemic levels," DMW Secretary Susan Ople said.
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