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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1234 -
DIRECTING THE WELFARE FUND TO PAY THE BENEFICIARIES OF DECEASED SEAMEN
BURIAL EXPENSES OF P5,000.00 |
The Board of Trustees, Welfare Fund for Overseas
Workers (WELFUND)
WHEREAS, the Seafarers portion of the WELFUND, was established for the protection and welfare of Filipino seamen employed overseas in recognition of their valuable contribution to the national development effort;
WHEREAS, one of the broad programs of the WELFUND is the development, financing and provision of support to specific projects for the benefit of Filipino seamen;
WHEREAS, due to the risks involved in the seafaring job, death usually comes at a time least expected;
WHEREAS, there is a clamor from the seafarers to set up more welfare schemes utilizing the Seafarers portion of the WELFUND;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby direct as follows:
1.
The WELFUND shall pay to the beneficiaries of every deceased seaman who
has been a bona fide member of the Fund the sum of P5,000 or burial
expenses.
2. The payment
of such burial expenses shall be without prejudice and in addition, to
such other benefits that the deceased seaman may be entitled by virtue
of law, contract or employer policy.
Done in the City of Manila this 1st day of May in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.
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