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John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University

Iloilo City, Italy

The John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University (JBLFMU, referred to colloquially by locals as John B) is a private maritime institution based in Molo, Iloilo City, Philippines. It is the first maritime school in the Visayas and Mindanao, first private maritime education and training institution i

n the Philippines, and the first maritime institution in the country to obtain the accreditation of DNV (Det Norske Veritas). It consists of four major academic components provided by the John B. Lacson Foundation, Inc. System; the JBLFMU-Arevalo, JBLCF-Bacolod, JBLFMU-Molo, and JBLF-Training Center — with JBLFMU-Molo being the head office. It is the first maritime institution to earn the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) Level IV re-accredited status. It is also the first to establish a maritime high school in the Philippines; the first to publish a maritime education review; the first to be granted the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency Program (ETEEAP) for Maritime Education in the country; and the first maritime university in the Philippines to become a member of the esteemed International Association of Maritime Universities...

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