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On Seafarers' Day, maritime group calls for action vs piracy plague PATERNO ESMAQUEL II, GMA News 06/26/2011 | 12:28 PM While marking the first ever Day for the Seafarers on June 25, a group urged the maritime industry to address problems plaguing sea-based workers, such as piracy, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) reported Sunday. The International Seafarers' Action Center (ISAC) particularly noted piracy incidents in the Horn of Africa, victimizing hundreds of seafarers who are mostly Filipinos, an article posted on the CBCP website said. "Aside from the psychological torture that they experience, their lives are also exposed to more dangers and risks as there were reports that pirates now slay their hostages as the ship-owners continue to decline giving ransom for the ship and the crew," ISAC said. Despite these dangers, the maritime industry continues to lure Filipinos because of the promise of high salaries, according to a special report on GMA News' "24 Oras" newscast. ISAC also said it has been busy "handling cases of seafarers that had been duped by their employers about their salaries, the non-payment of benefits for sickness and disability, and many other issues which concern the health, safety, rights, and welfare of the seamen." ISAC, however, noted that a flawed justice system in the country and inadequate international laws continue to deter action on these cases. "The litigation process is difficult, intricate, and not to mention excruciating. Corruption, power play and the deemed inadequacy of the local and international laws play the crucial role in the litigation and execution processes," the group said. Last Saturday, June 25 was declared by the International Maritime Organization, United Nations body, a Day for the Seafarers for the first time. - LBG, GMA News <http://www.gmanews.tv/story/224490/nation/on-seafarers-day-maritime-group-c alls-for-action-vs-piracy-plague> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
