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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 149 - FURTHER
AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 396, SERIES OF 1997, ENTITLED “PROVIDING
THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STANDARDS OF
TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND WATCHKEEPING FOR SEAFARERS IN THE
PHILIPPINES”
WHEREAS,
there is an urgent need to strengthen the institutional framework for
the administration of the 1978 Standards of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) Convention, as amended, in order to
effectively implement the provisions of the Convention, thereby
ensuring the compliance by the Filipino seafarers with the above
standards;
WHEREAS, the status of the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) as the
lead agency and the Administration for the implementation of the 1978
STCW Convention, as amended, has to be firmly and unequivocably
established, affirming the government’s commitment to the International
maritime Organization;
WHEREAS, there is a need to clarify certain responsibilities of the
Administration (MARINA) under international conventions in the light of
Republic Act No. 8544 otherwise known as the “Philippine Merchant
Marine Officers Act of 1998.”
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order the amendment of Executive Order Nos. 396, as amended,
providing for the institutional framework for the administration of the
1978 STCW Convention, as amended, in the Philippines.
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Sec. 6. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 7th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and ninety-nine.
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