Seafarers’ financial security guidelines out

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has issued the procedural guidelines on providing financial security to seafarers in case of abandonment, sickness or death while onboard Philippine-registered ships sailing overseas.

In Department Order (DO) 181-B, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd said this financial security must take the form of insurance. An earlier order, DO 181-A, extended the granting of dispensation to ships that do provide this security.