98 delegates representing 26 nationalities came to the Downtown East Resort in Singapore to participate in the ICMA Regional Meeting (13 & 14 Sept 07), the Ship Welfare Visitor Course (15 & 16 Sept 07), and the ICSW seafarers’ welfare seminar (17 to 20 Sept 07). Mr. Lim Swee Say, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office of Singapore
It is hailed as The Magna Carta for Seafarers. On February 23, 2006 in Geneva, the International Labour Organization adopted the 2006 Maritime Labour Convention, a “super convention” which lays down very detailed labour standards for the world’s maritime sector.
Transport against HIV/AIDS: Continuing the Mainstreaming Effort
28 November 2007
Washington D.C., USA
ICMA Annual General Meeting and Consultative Forum
20-21 October 2007
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Ownership of STI/HIV Prevention among Ethnic Minorities in the Netherlands
5 October 2007
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
ICSW Regional Seminar 2007 for South East Asia
17-20 September 2007
Singapore
8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
19-23 August 2007
Colombo, Sri Lanka
“Civil Society Day” of the Global Forum on Migration and Development
9-11 July 2007
Brussels, Belgium
Annual General Meeting of the International Committee on Seafarers Welfare
14 February 2007
Marseille, France
Seminar on Economic Empowerment of Seafarers’ Families: Reintegration Initiatives & Entrepreneurial Challenges
30 September 2006
Sarrosa International Hotel, Cebu, Philippines
National Forum on the 2006 ILO Consolidated Labour Convention: Implementing the Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers
29 September 2006
Parklane Hotel, Cebu, Philippines
“Time to Deliver”
13-18 August 2006
Toronto, Canada
Conference on Results of the Seafarers’ Welfare Development Programme in the CIS and Baltic Region, 2000-2005
30 May - 1 June 2006
Novorossiysk, Russia
“Tulang Marino”
28 March 2006
Conspiracy Bar & Garden Café, Philippines
“Kuhang Marino: Images of Filipino Seafarers - a photo documentary and poetry exhibition”
23 February 2006 - 9 April 2006
U.P. Vargas Museum, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SEAFARERS WELFARE ELECTS PSAP-PAROLA TO THE PRESIDIUM
26-27 January 2006
London, United Kingdom
ISCW Strategic Review
18-19 August 2005
Moscow, Russia
“Bridging the Gap -Towards Proactivity”
13-15 May 2005
Talisay City, Cebu, Philippines
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
H.E. ROMEO A. ARGUELLES
PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR TO THE NETHERLANDS
Parola, December 2007
It is my pleasure and honor to address - in this message - all the Board members, volunteers, friends and supporters of the Philippine Seafarer Assistance Program (PSAP), all the people behind PAROLA, and all the readers of PAROLA who are mostly, but not limited to, the Filipino seafarers.
First of all, I wish to congratulate PSAP for its continued work in actively and successfully advocating, promoting and ensuring the welfare of seafarers all over the world.
Need emergeny help? Do you know of any pinoy seafarer in distress? Help is just a text away!
The SOS SMS System for OFWs in Distress is a project initiated, conceptualized and developed by OFWs for OFWS around the globe.
PAROLA, the premier publication of Filipino seafarers, is now accepting commercial advertisements.
Parola (the Tagalog word for “lighthouse”) is the bi-monthly newsletter/magazine published by the Philippine Seafarers Assistance Programme (PSAP), a 25-year old non-profit foundation based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Why advertise in Parola?
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PRIDE OF ROTTERDAM
STENA DISCOVERY
CSO ORELIA
A PRIMER ON THE INTERNATIONAL BILL OF RIGHTS FOR SEAFARERS
updated on October 2007
Q & A on the 2006 ILO Maritime Labour Convention- in PDF Format (85 KB)
PSAP-PAROLA HIV/AIDS Campaign for Seafarers
PSAPs The Singing Mate - in PDF Format (1894 KB)
A pioneering HIV/AIDS information material for seafarers, inspired by seafarers, in the maritime world
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