The light of Truth and the EMSA report
Why is the EMSA (European Maritime Safety Agency) report on the Philippines being treated like some State secret? The EMSA is right not to disclose its full contents. No physician, after all, goes around telling everyone what ails his patient (the report is really a diagnosis of what’s wrong with the Philippines’ maritime education, training and certification system). But the Philippine authorities are wrong not to make the document public. Doing so has deprived the MET and manning community of the chance to help cure the sickness and is utterly unfair to Filipino seafarers. So, in the interest of Truth if nothing else, we have decided to share the document with our readers. (more…)
