And one of the top producers of world class seafarers is the Maritime Academy of Asia Pacific (MAAP) at Kamaya Point in Alas-asin in Mariveles, Bataan. Since graduates are globally competitive, seamen receive high salaries of not less than $3,000 monthly and treated well by their foreign employers.

MAAP students are all scholars who are entitled to free tuition, board and lodging. They are commissioned as officers of the Philippine Navy and are assured of employment upon passing the government's board examination. [via]