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Alecks Pabico
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Many filipino sailors wind up aboard ‘sweatships’
by Alecks Pabico - July 18, 2003 - 12:00am
(Conclusion) But ITF investigations have revealed a more dismal picture, which is corroborated by other studies, including a five-year-long joint research conducted by the University of Wales in Cardiff and the...
Many Filipino sailors wind up aboard ‘sweatships’
by Alecks Pabico - July 17, 2003 - 12:00am
( Third of a series ) Since the Philippines accounts for most of the seafarers worldwide, a substantial number of them often wind up onboard FOC ships, or those registered in a country other than the country of...
Filipino seamen take their chances in the world’s ‘sweatships’
by Alecks Pabico - July 16, 2003 - 12:00am
(Second of a series) The shift, others say, comes even as the shipping industry remains fraught with health and safety risks. Medical studies show evidence of an increased risk of mortality among seafarers, with...
Despite risks, Filipino seafarers continue to toil in the high seas
by Alecks Pabico - July 15, 2003 - 12:00am
(First of two parts) Most of the 2,100 passengers of the luxury cruise ship SS Norway were probably still asleep when it docked in Miami in the wee hours of the morning of May 25, after a week-long cruise in the...
Small fishers left out of aquaculture projects
by Alecks Pabico - June 19, 2002 - 12:00am
Click here to read Part II (Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism)
Too many fishpens choking coastal ecosystems
by Alecks Pabico - June 18, 2002 - 12:00am
Click here to read Part I Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Too many fishpens choking coastal ecosystems
by Alecks Pabico - June 17, 2002 - 12:00am
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
11 years after Gulf War, Filipino victims still fighting for benefits
by Alecks Pabico - July 30, 2001 - 12:00am
(Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism)(First of two parts) Eleven years ago this month, the life of Martha de la Cruz, a Filipina nurse at a government-run hospital in the Gulf state of Kuwait, changed...
Harsh jail terms make no dent on drug trade
by Alecks Pabico - January 10, 2000 - 12:00am
Mely Cruz (not her real name) is 52 and a mother of three. Up until last week, having anything in common with a former senator's son was probably the farthest thing in her mind. But last Thursday, Hubert Webb,...
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