AN uninterrupted upgrading of Philippine maritime schools has been proposed by House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. in light of the looming audit to be conducted by the European Union this October.

Belmonte underscored that passing the EU audit would save the jobs of at least 80,000 Filipino seafarers who are employed in European-flagged commercial vessels.

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