Filipino seafarers to undergo antipiracy training

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines has incorporated anti-piracy modules in the training of Filipino seafarers, who are expected to reach 400,000 by the end of 2011, according to Ambassador Enrique Manalo, the country’s permanent representative to the London-based International Maritime Organization(IMO).Speaking before the 27th IMO regular session in the United Kingdom capital, Manalo also reported last weekend that Manila had “dispatched a naval liaison officer to Manama (Bahrain) to

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