ADVERTISEMENT
Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider National devider 9 freed Filipino seafarers of sunken MV Eternity C coming home

9 freed Filipino seafarers of sunken MV Eternity C coming home

Published Dec 4, 2025 01:50 pm
Ten crew members of MV Eternity C sunk by Yemen's Houthis with Philippine and Omani officials after their release. (Photo from DWM Sec. Hans Leo Cacdac)
Ten crew members of MV Eternity C sunk by Yemen's Houthis with Philippine and Omani officials after their release. (Photo from DWM Sec. Hans Leo Cacdac)
The nine Filipino crew members of the ill-fated MV Eternity C who were released by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have arrived in Muscat, Oman and welcomed by Philippine officials there.
According to Oman TV, the nine Filipinos arrived in Oman’s capital city of Muscat on Dec. 3, and they were received by Philippine officials there, who thanked the Omani government for their intervention for the release of the Filipinos.
The Filipinos are part of the 10 individuals released by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac thanked His Majesty Oman Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman.
“Ipinahiwatig ko po mula sa ating mahal na Pangulo @bongbongmarcos ang pasasalamat kay His Majesty Oman Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, sa ligtas na pagpapauwi ng ating 9 na tripulante sa MV Eternity C na inatake po ng mga Houthis noong ika-7 ng Hulyo, 2025 (Our president @bongbongmarcos wants to thank His Majesty Oman Sultan Haitham bin Tariq for the safe release of nine seafarers of MV Eternity C that was attacked by the Houthis on July 7, 2025),” he said on X (formerly Twitter).
The video from Oman TV showed the Filipino crew alighting from a plane from Sanaa, Yemen.
According to the report, the release of the Filipinos was made possible by Omani mediation, which includes the repatriation of some 35 Yemenis stranded abroad.
They will be handed over to Sanaa while the crew of Eternity C will be handed over to the Omani side.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has deferred the matter to the DMW, saying that the latter is handling the repatriation of the Filipinos.
The Filipinos were held captive since July this year after the Liberia-flagged vessel MV Eternity C was attacked by Houthi rebels as it was passing through.
Some eight Filipino seafarers, who were part of the crew of MV Eternity C, were earlier rescued at sea and repatriated to the Philippines.
To recall, a video allegedly released by the Houthi rebels on social media showed the Filipino seafarers to be “well.”

Related Tags

DMW Houthi Filipino seafarers MV Eternity C DFA
ADVERTISEMENT
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1561_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1562_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1563_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}

{{ articles_filter_1564_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.mb-article-details { position: relative; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview, .mb-article-details .article-body-summary{ font-size: 17px; line-height: 30px; font-family: "Libre Caslon Text", serif; color: #000; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview iframe , .mb-article-details .article-body-summary iframe{ width: 100%; margin: auto; } .read-more-background { background: linear-gradient(180deg, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0) 13.75%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0.8) 30.79%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000) 72.5%); position: absolute; height: 200px; width: 100%; bottom: 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; padding: 0; } .read-more-background a{ color: #000; } .read-more-btn { padding: 17px 45px; font-family: Inter; font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid black; background-color: white; } .hidden { display: none; }
function initializeAllSwipers() { // Get all hidden inputs with cms_article_id document.querySelectorAll('[id^="cms_article_id_"]').forEach(function (input) { const cmsArticleId = input.value; const articleSelector = '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .body_images'; const swiperElement = document.querySelector(articleSelector); if (swiperElement && !swiperElement.classList.contains('swiper-initialized')) { new Swiper(articleSelector, { loop: true, pagination: false, navigation: { nextEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-next', prevEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-prev', }, }); } }); } setTimeout(initializeAllSwipers, 3000); const intersectionObserver = new IntersectionObserver( (entries) => { entries.forEach((entry) => { if (entry.isIntersecting) { const newUrl = entry.target.getAttribute("data-url"); if (newUrl) { history.pushState(null, null, newUrl); let article = entry.target; // Extract metadata const author = article.querySelector('.author-section').textContent.replace('By', '').trim(); const section = article.querySelector('.section-info ').textContent.replace(' ', ' '); const title = article.querySelector('.article-title h1').textContent; // Parse URL for Chartbeat path format const parsedUrl = new URL(newUrl, window.location.origin); const cleanUrl = parsedUrl.host + parsedUrl.pathname; // Update Chartbeat configuration if (typeof window._sf_async_config !== 'undefined') { window._sf_async_config.path = cleanUrl; window._sf_async_config.sections = section; window._sf_async_config.authors = author; } // Track virtual page view with Chartbeat if (typeof pSUPERFLY !== 'undefined' && typeof pSUPERFLY.virtualPage === 'function') { try { pSUPERFLY.virtualPage({ path: cleanUrl, title: title, sections: section, authors: author }); } catch (error) { console.error('ping error', error); } } // Optional: Update document title if (title && title !== document.title) { document.title = title; } } } }); }, { threshold: 0.1 } ); function showArticleBody(button) { const article = button.closest("article"); const summary = article.querySelector(".article-body-summary"); const body = article.querySelector(".article-body-preview"); const readMoreSection = article.querySelector(".read-more-background"); // Hide summary and read-more section summary.style.display = "none"; readMoreSection.style.display = "none"; // Show the full article body body.classList.remove("hidden"); } document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => { let loadCount = 0; // Track how many times articles are loaded const offset = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]; // Offset values const currentUrl = window.location.pathname.substring(1); let isLoading = false; // Prevent multiple calls if (!currentUrl) { console.log("Current URL is invalid."); return; } const sentinel = document.getElementById("load-more-sentinel"); if (!sentinel) { console.log("Sentinel element not found."); return; } function isSentinelVisible() { const rect = sentinel.getBoundingClientRect(); return ( rect.top < window.innerHeight && rect.bottom >= 0 ); } function onScroll() { if (isLoading) return; if (isSentinelVisible()) { if (loadCount >= offset.length) { console.log("Maximum load attempts reached."); window.removeEventListener("scroll", onScroll); return; } isLoading = true; const currentOffset = offset[loadCount]; window.loadMoreItems().then(() => { let article = document.querySelector('#widget_1690 > div:nth-last-of-type(2) article'); intersectionObserver.observe(article) loadCount++; }).catch(error => { console.error("Error loading more items:", error); }).finally(() => { isLoading = false; }); } } window.addEventListener("scroll", onScroll); });
Join Our Newsletters

Sign up by email to receive news.

© 2025 Manila Bulletin The Nation's Leading Newspaper. All Rights Reserved.