THE nation's biggest manning association, the Filipino Association for Mariners' Employment (FAME), wants the government to play a decisive role in addressing some problems in the country's maritime education and training, including cadetship berths.
The lack of cadetship berths has been a long-standing industry issue and, ever since, it has been primarily the concern of maritime schools. This time, FAME, the eventual end users of Filipino cadets, has called on the government to provide training subsidies to cadets similar to other countries' practices.
Capt. Gaudencio Morales, FAME president FILE PHOTO