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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has announced Easter good news following the safe return to Manila of 18 Filipino seafarers initially held in Iran. All Filipino crew of MV St. Nikolas, a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker that was seized by the Iranian navy in the Gulf of Oman, were...

Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo on Monday, Jan. 22, asked for the release of 18 Filipino seafarers currently aboard a detained vessel in the Gulf of Oman. Manalo made the request when he met Iran’s 1st Vice President Mohammed Makber at the sidelines of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit...

The Department of Migrant Workers Affairs (DMW) said on Saturday, Jan. 13, that the 18 Filipino seafarers currently under Iranian custody after their vessel was seized this week in the Gulf of Oman are in “safe condition.” A map showing the region around the Gulf of Oman where the oil tanker...