PGMA to inaugurate AMOSUP Hospital

Members and dependents of the Associated Marine Officers' and Seamen's Union of the Philippines (AMOSUP) in Western Visayas are invited to the blessing and inauguration of the new AMOSUP Seamen's Hospital in Oñate St., Mandurriao, Iloilo City on June 30, 2005, at 9:00 a.m.

Through the special initiative of Senate President Franklin Drilon to highlight the importance of this event to Ilonggos, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will be the guest of honor in the occasion.

AMOSUP officials led by its president Capt. Gregorio S. Oca and representatives of other stakeholders in the maritime industry are also expected to attend this milestone event. The newly completed AMOSUP Hospital Iloilo City will provide quality medical, dental and secondary hospital services to all AMOSUP members and their dependents here in Western Visayas. AMOSUP, which has about 55,000 members from all over the country, is the largest labor organization of overseas Filipino seafarers.

The construction of the hospital started early last year after groundbreaking ceremonies led by Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas. It is the third AMOSUP Seamen's Hospital in the country with the first two located in Intramuros, Manila and in Mandaue, Cebu.

AMOSUP members and their dependents are invited to attend this important occasion. For more information please contact the Seaman's Hospital Secretariat at 321-35-23.