By Dennis Gorecho “The story of our nation began with a boat.” This was the opening statement of historian Xiao Chua — lifted from an essay titled “The Boat as a Metaphor of Nation” on our ancestors’ maritime culture — during a symposium at the Asian Institute of Maritime Studies (AIMS) last year as part of …
Pinoy Seafarer’s Rights
Noise and seafarer’s hearing loss
By Dennis Gorecho Hearing loss is a serious medical condition for a seafarer as it impacts his physical and economic well-being. A seafarer’s hearing loss may be caused or aggravated by his working environment, like noise entitling him to disability benefits. In the case of OSM Maritime Services vs. Nelson Go (GR 238128, February 17, 2021), the medically repatriated seafarer was diagnosed with …