The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will be providing free ride to all seafarers at the Light Rail Transit (LRT)-2 and the Metro Rail Transit (MRT)-3 in celebration of the Day of the Filipino Seafarer on Tuesday, June 25. In a statement, the DOTr said the free ride will be from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m....
The owner of the MV Tutor has committed to continue the search for the lone Filipino seafarer who is still missing after the vessel was hit by two missiles allegedly fired by Houthi rebels on June 12 in the southern part of the Red Sea. Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo...
House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez and his wife, Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie K. Romualdez, on Monday, June 17 extended a P150,000 cash assistance for each of the 21 Filipino seafarers who were rescued from the MV Tutor hit in the Houthi missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea....
Migrant Workers Secretary hans Leo Cacdac meets the 21 Filipino seafarers rescued from the MV Tutor, a bulk-carrier that was hit by two missles in the Red Sea, after their arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Monday, June 17, 2024. (photo: DMW) The Department of...
Combined international forces rescued 21 of the 22 Filipino seafarers from a ship that was hit by two missiles allegedly launched by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed on Saturday, June 15. DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said the rescue operation was...
President Marcos assured Filipino seafarers aboard MV Tutor, the vessel allegedly attacked by Houthi rebels, that the government was doing everything to ensure their safety, particularly by bringing them to Djibouti. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said this...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Facebook) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo is determined to further enhance the protection of seafarers by institutionalizing messures against what's termed in the industry as "ambulance chasing". "The...
All the 13 Filipino seafarers on board a bulk carrier were safe after four missiles launched by Houthi rebels hit the ship on Tuesday, May 28, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said. While the ship sustained some damage after the attack, the DMW said the 13 Filipino and a Ukrainian crew were...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (PPAB) Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas lauded the deletion of the execution bond--a provision she calls “anti-worker and unconstitutional”--in the second bicameral version...
(Maritime Industry Authority) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo says the approval of the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers by the House of Representatives is a historic step for the country’s maritime sector. “The ratification of the Magna...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, May 23 welcomed the deletion of the controversial provision that would have mandated the payment of the execution bond as a victory for seafarers. Such move, Hontiveros said, would benefit all seafarers, especially those whose finances are strained due to...
Iranian authorities have released one of the four Filipino seafarers who were among the 25 crewmen of container ship MSC Aries that was seized by Iran naval authorities at the Strait of Hormuz last month, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed on Friday, May 10. Following the release,...
