Angelica Remegio is desperate. She is alone with her two young children while her partner is at sea on a Chinese fishing vessel. He’s been away for four months. In all that time, his family has not seen him – nor a single peso of his pay, a portion of which is supposed to be sent to them by Angelica’s partner’s ‘manning agent’.
We have two kids who need milk and diapers and other basic items,” she told the International Transport Workers’ Federation.
“But we have not received an allotment and...