Numbers give us the big picture. But are numbers all we need to see the picture clearly? The world has seen the vital role of the maritime industry in keeping the economies of countries afloat. But over the past three months since the onset of the Covid pandemic and the Enhanced Community Quarantine imposed in the country, 50, Filipino seafarers have been repatriated.
In that timeframe, the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency has only recorded 17, outbound or deployed seafarers: 15, male and female seafarers in March, male and 6 female sea-based workers in April and 1, male and 9 female seafarers in May, respectively. If this trend continues, decent work and economic growth, as well as gender equality among maritime workers will be greatly affected. Even the good health and wellness of the seafarers on extended contracts and those struggling to go onboard are threatened in this grim situation.
The reasons they stated for feeling this way are job loss, financial problem, emotional impact of being away from their families and the threat of Covid to them and their loved ones. Like Chuck, many of them are frustrated and helpless. These stranded seafarers are part of the million jobless workers reported by the International Labor Organization.
Other nationalities, if they see there are no spare parts, they will say, 'okay, that's it, we'll wait 'til we're in port,'" the man told McKay. They'll make a new part or fix one.
But their awareness of ready replacements has also made Filipino crew members insecure and hesitant. Industry insiders and other international crew members have interpreted this caution as effeminate, and a signal that they are good disciplined "followers," according to McKay, but not necessarily natural leaders.
That notion, he believes, has stunted their upward mobility. In the mids, 90 percent of Filipinos working on ships served as lower-level crew members, and 10 percent had junior-level officer jobs. Thirty years later in , those numbers had only shifted slightly: 73 percent were still serving in lower-level roles, 19 percent had clinched junior officer titles, and only 8 percent were at the senior level. Filipino captains are still uncommon. Viewed in this context, bolitas is more than just a physical oddity adopted for the benefit of port women.
It's an important element of the Filipinos' larger battle to assert their masculinity and compensate in a rivalry that they can't always win aboard the ship. Apparently, the port competition is one that they feel they can win, and not just because of bolitas.
Filipino sailors take a sort of Pretty Woman tack in their relationships with prostitutes, treating them as more than mere objects in a sexual marketplace -- and above all, the Filipinos think, treating them better than other sailors do. As one Filipino officer told McKay: "'The women prefer Filipinos because we treat them nice, not like other nationalities,'" he said.
But the Filipinos -- we treat them like girlfriends. We pay too, but we're nice, we smile, we even court them. That's what makes the Filipino special. National Regional. Population and Housing Population Projection Statistics.
Reports Technical Notes. Among the data items to be collected in the survey are the following: Socio-Demographic characteristics age, sex, civil status Vessels boarded Trainings attended for officership Career plans Difficulties encountered as a seafarer Source of Filipino Seafarers Factors contributing to the difficulty of recruitment Perception on the shortage of Filipino management level officers A total budget amounting to PHP thousand will be utilized in the survey to cover personal services, maintenance, and other operating expenses MOOE.
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