I'm a european captain of a chemical tanker, i have filipino men on my ship. They are the absolute best crew i could ever ask for. Hardworking, good at their jobs and very motivated. These men do not skip a day without performing their duties 110% and all that with a smile on their face. Only i wish they would be appreciated more economically since they are worth double of every single cent they are given. I could not give more praise to them. Salamat kaayo ug mabuhay❤🇵🇭

I was working in a hotel as roomboy when I was young, I'm happy with my employer because they give me chances to go to school at night meaning I work at day and go to school at night and now I became an electrical Engineer.

Respect from India

This is a hard life, but it says a lot about what people are willing to do to support their families. God bless the Philippines.

🇵🇭Philipino shipping crew helped me really enjoy my sea cruise, what lovely people!

Just think what if all the Filipino merchant marines, nurses, medical staff, engineers, architects and other service oriented workers in the world suddenly decided to stop working for a week all at the same time the world economy will be deeply affected.

Good luck to the Filipino people

A school like this is an excellent idea, however the men who man these vessels must never be used or treated unfairly, some nations like South Korea have a union for their merchant seamen and prefer to crew their ships with nationals, so whatever works best for each nation should be pursued.

Founded in 1820, the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy is the pioneer Merchant Marine Officer institution of the Philippines. And is STILL the premiere maritime Academy of the land.

There are Filipino people that are served in the U.S. navy from the Philippines!!!

I am from the Philippines. it's like we manufacture clones, not just in shipping, but in every other service-oriented job.

Yes Sir...I was once just like these young Filipinos Trying their very Best. I graduated in ILOILO MARITIME ACADEMY,Iloilo City in 1980 and so Fortunate to make it in the U.S NAVY in 1985,when U.S NAVAL BASE was still open in SUBIC BAY,PHILIPPINES .after serving for 20 years,(Retired) I am still Employed By the U.S Navy's MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND, as a CIVMAR(Civilian Mariner) still Working on Board ship as a Second Engineer...Few More years To go...."SAILORS HAVE MORE FUN"...Actually it's not Easy...Take care of yourself my "Brothers at Sea"...God Bless You All...

i,ve seen this system before 1986 in Cypruz Limassol fresh graduate from other Maritime school study and well trained cadet's fm Phil hanse

its a great strategic area in asia... from there you can reach everywhere in asia.... most of the ancestors are pirates and traders and sailors from malay descent...

i'm so proud of michelle.

Im inspired, lets do this!

Why am I hearing Moana singing "I have descended from the voyagers..."

MAAP was located in my hometown Bataan

My father is Filipino and he has a significant amount of German ancestry. I heard about it from my tita so I took a DNA test and I have 22 percent german heritage and 30 percent filipino

Interesting topic, they're called the modern hero of the Philippines. You should have followed their successes in every town they live, many of them have the biggest houses in their towns. It might be the lowest payed in European standard but its a lot of money in Philippines. Next I would suggest follow the Nurse's careers or the Engineers working in the middle East and the US. It's Entertainment and a vacation to the West but for Fillipinos it's Life, the bread and butter to feed those families back home and I'm one of them. I've been gone for 30years, they call us OFW (Overseas Foreign Workers). It's a big sacrifice at the same time a big achievement for us and our families. Cheers to those Filipino Sailors. Without them and the rest of the OFW s Philippine economy would collapse.