A broad united front consisted of the country's biggest seafarers' union, a global non-government organization, the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina), and five other agencies under the Labor Department, is formed to check on the rampant practice of ambulance-chasing by unscrupulous individuals.

The International Seafarers Welfare Assistance Network (ISWAN) and the Associated Marine Officers and Seamen's Union of the Philippines (AMOSUP) have collaborated with Marina and five other government agencies to launch an information campaign to educate seafarers on the deleterious effects of ambulance-chasing to the manning industry.

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