A LAWMAKER is urging the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) to reduce the training fees once a "blended learning program" is introduced among Filipino seafarers.

Marino Party-List Rep. Sandro Gonzalez made a call to officer in charge Executive Director Samuel Batalla of Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) for seafarers in a Facebook Live about "e-learning platform" for the country's seafarers on Saturday.

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