Many were asked for bribes even as people were looking down on them as an inferior class of mariners,” Donato recalled. There is no respect to the nobility and significance of our profession. They must understand that ours is second to none when it comes to nobility. This is the oldest profession in the world and we have been instrumental in all of the nations’ economic progress and human survival. He is technically retired, but practically never will be as he continues to be the lighthouse of OSM.

Source: Manila Times December 24, 2019 16:44 UTC