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More videos on Rappler: www.rappler.co... Follow Rappler for the latest news in the Philippines and across the globe. MANILA, Philippines - For more than a decade, T.M. Kalaw St. in Manila has been the center of the seafaring industry. Kalaw is where the waiting sailors bunk at night, where cd's of singing sailors moaning about unfaithful women are sold, where booths manned by recruiters, trainers and government agents crowd the small plaza and spill into the sidewalk.
In a season of unemployment, Kalaw is where business still booms, and ship captains with Rolexes are hunted down by agencies to the tune of eight thousand dollars a month. The Philippines is among the top producers of maritime professionals in the international labor market, making up about a fifth of the 1.2 million seafarers worldwide. PRC chairperson Teresita Manzala says that the number of marine engineers rose from 47,000 in 2005 to 58,000 in 2010, while that of marine deck officers was up from 47,000 in 2005 to 63,000 in 2010. In 2011, 60, 121 registered Marine Engineers and a total of 69,015 registered Marine deck officers. Filipino sailors continue to be in high demand, but it is not the case for the hundreds of new cadets who march out of maritime school. Experience is key, and so are relationships.
The dream of every new sailor begins with an apprenticeship in a reputable liner, and it is only after the 6 month to a year service as a deck cadet that a sailor can hire on as a Ship's Officer with a salary of about a thousand dollars. On April and May every year, Kalaw floods with young men who march down the length of the sidewalks, carrying signs for job openings issued by their agencies. The cadets act as errand boys, recruiting for agencies, hoping for good will, while their backers--uncles, family friends, maybe a cousin or a brother in the industry--push with their contacts to take on their bright-eyed boys.
The cadet
Without a backer, says 22-year-old Jay Halongong, the P200,000 his family spent on his education would not matter, neither will the money he has spent for additional training. According to the Mariners Polytech training center, new graduates who undergo training spend from 4,300 to 6000 pesos. This increases depending on the type of training a seaman is required to undergo by a company. Most of the applicants are middle class, because of the investment necessary for a sailor's training.
Halongong's uncle has been his backer for years, encouraging him and his brother to choose maritime school because of the possibility of large future salaries. Halongong is the son of a former security guard and a seamstress. His father has been laid off, his mother is the family breadwinner. On 2010, after his graduation, Jay Halongong headed to Kalaw St. the same as all the other new cadets. He is of average height, and lanky, unlike the other more muscled seamen. He failed his medical exam that year, and decided to stop applying for apprenticeships.
Instead, Halongong too a job as a data encoder, bringing home five thousand pesos every fifteen days, an amount smaller than the allowance he would have received as an apprentice on a ship. His parents and uncles eventually told him to resign and return to Kalaw, where he now walks the length of the street, hoping to recruit a willing captain he could deliver to the agency door. He has been waiting months, and will probably wait more, but he has been promised a place, although his backer is hounding the agency. His uncle says he better be on a ship by the time his own makes for shore. Halongong hopes for an apprenticeship soon, before he hits 25 and is too old to be a Ship's Officer.
The nurse
Don Saavedra took up nursing because of the high demand while he was in college. That demand fizzled out when he graduated, and he never bothered to take his boards. Instead, Saavedra decided to be a seaman. He was rejected once because of his inexperience, pushing him to take the variety of recommended training programs available along Kalaw. Now he is back, fresh from his first international trip. It was easy to get his place, he said, once he had the training. His backer was a family friend. In two months, he will be back on the waters. For now, he hangs out in Kalaw, goes out with friends, and has showered his family with gifts. He saved a hundred thousand on this first trip, and he plans to make more.
The street
This is Kalaw, where sailors wait for their ship to come. The job is brutal, the risk is death, it is stark and lonely and has driven sons from their mothers and wives from husbands. But in a season of unemployment and rising costs, it is Kalaw where men come to hope. - Rappler.com Follow Rappler for the latest news in the Philippines and around the world.
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Matagal na tong ducoment na to.!! Pero hanggang sa ngayong 2018 malapit na mag 2019.. tlgang ganyan padin kalakaran. Mahihirapan talaga makapasok kapag walang backer. Pinsan ko nga hindi naman seaman nkpag barko .. nag 1year fishing vessel then training pag sampa chief cook agad. Iba tlga pag may backer.
kaya marami paring bobo na seaman ngayon dahil sa backer2 na yan e. ok lang nman ang backer na tinatawag kung yung pinapasuk nila e my dsiplina sa sarili at capable sa trabaho nila. 7 years na akong seaman at marami na akong nakasama na mga bata2x nang official and most of them are doing there job unprofessional, wla pang isang buwan ang lalaki na nang ulo kasi nga officer ang nag pasok sa kanila. kung ako ang papipiliin?mas pabor ako sa mga walk in cadet dahil 95% of them are well Disciplined.
Tama tama, tangina nadali mo sir! Salute
Tas mga mindset "di nman mahalaga pagaaral,may backer na ako kelangan ko lang maka graduate" hhahahahaha tangina lang
Tama sir
Dapat sana kumilos na ang gobyerno katulad sa atin na hirapan na tau sumampa dahil sa bucker sistem dapat tangalin na yan bucker sistem sa ibang mga agency kawawa nmn katulad ntin mahirapan tau sumampa dhil sa wala tayong bucker sana ma tulongan tau ni duterte pra sa katulad ntin mga seaman na walang bucker
Wala ih mas lalo kaming pinapahirapan ng marina
harsh reality or being a seafarer
ang baba nman
ganito na ngayon, goes also with the engineers walang electrician na 2,200 USD ngayon nsa 3,000+ USD na
3rd officer USD 3500 - 7500
2nd officer USD 3800 - 8500
Chief Officer USD 6000 - 9000
Captain - USD 10,000 - 15,000
Brown Viking sir 2012 pa po yung vid.
True...mabilis...kung me backer.... start as utility... tyaga lng talaga...
subukan nyo mag local pre muna kayo na sampa kasi pang dagdag credential din yan sa company.
hindi naman siguro lahat..bakit aq try online application lang ininvite aq magsaysay kaya nga lang wala aq sea going service experience at eto kase nga lahat landbase overseas experience q..d ibig sabihin qualification at experience tinitingnan nila..try lang sa iba at samahan ang kilos ng dasal.
Lyndon Pentinio sir mahirap po ba talaga makasampa ngayon?
Sir .. sa interview po ako kinakabahan ee pwede po pabigyan ako ng tip sir
totoo yan chaga lang..
Mga pinsan ko po graduate SA MAAP sa Bataan Hindi po cla nahihirapan makasakay opisina natawag SA kanila para magreport ang bilis lang ng bakasyon alis Na ulit.
Maap po kase eh matik un
Sponsor po ng isang kumpanya yan
basic talaga pag maap matik yan sampa agad pagaagawan kapa ng mga company, pero mahirap lang sa maap at pmma yung traning 4yrs and exam
Nakapasok nakaya sya ngayon??
Pag sinabihan ka ng sir tawagan nlang kayo...wala na finish na...umuwi kna
Wala bulaan yan mga post post jan sa kalaw na yan.. Nd ka naman tatawagan kahit full expirience ka na sa barko.
dami kasing surplus ng mga seaman... lalo na mga MT... hndi lng naman pinoy ang seaman sa mundo eh.. daming kakompetensya.. just like nursing.. daming tambak.
nag sisi daw sya nursing kinuha buti nga nakasakay kana ehh
Hahaha kaya nga eh imbes na laking ipag pa Salamat. Lol 🤣😅🤣
Tiyaga tiyaga lang tlaga sa pg a apply,
For sure messman yung nursing na nka sampa kasi sabi nya hanggan Chief cook o Mayor lang ma abot niyang pinaka mataas na Rank. Kasi hindi siya Graduate ng Nautical,Pero depende kapatid ko nga Messman din 2015 unang sakay niya. Ngayon promoted sya naging O.S na. 😇🙏🚢⚓🛟😊