Manning exec warns of massive job loss due to ambulance chasing

By Yashika F. Torib

Nov 23, 2022 12:04 am

FOREIGN shipowners and ship managers have replaced Filipino seafarers with other nationalities because of the ambulance chasing problem in the country that is costing them millions of dollars.

This was revealed by Jessie Rex Martin, president and operations manager of Anglo-Eastern Crew Management Philippines, in an exclusive interview with The Manila Times.

Shipowners are prepared to pay awards for genuine cases to the crew who contracted illness or injury while on duty but get frustrated if awards are given to fraudulent claims. PHOTO by DUNCAN TORRES

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