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The Estrada administration has remained firm over Marina's roles on STCW matters. Pursuant to Executive Order 149, according to Estrada, Marina shall remain the "central repository of information, and shall respond to any request for information and clarification from other maritime authorities involving STCW matters.
"As the leading source of seafarers to the world merchant shipping fleet, the contribution of the Philippines to the movement of international trade is a remarkable achievement, which my administration is committed to sustaining. After all there is a Filipino for every six seafarers on board an international trading ship."
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