The Philippines, like many other countries that participate in seafaring, has had enough of the sea pirates that seemed to be getting greedier and is asking transportation ministers in the Pacific Rim to give our Filipino seafarers equal treatment in terms of security in the said region.
Regardless of the fact that Philippines is under "Category E" in the priority level in terms of getting naval escorts around Somali waters, transportation secretary Leandro Mendoza asked the member countries of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to address the growing threat of sea pirates because the vessels that are being run by the Filipino seafarers are owned and operated by many of business residing in member countries of APEC.
She also gave credit to neighboring China, Germany, and the US for their assistance in the Philippine Tanker M/T Stolt Strength and 23 of its crew after having been released by their sea pirate captors of Somali.
The country is said to service around 30% of the world's merchant sailors and it is no surprise that among the captives of Somali pirates are Filipinos.
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