DMW wants Filipino fishers be considered as seafarers

THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) made a strong appeal to lawmakers to include Filipino crew working on overseas fishing vessels to be included in the proposed Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers.

DMW Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac made the pitch in favor of Filipino fishers, who inarguably are the most oppressed and exploited among overseas Filipino sea-based workers, during the recent public hearing on the bill conducted by the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs.