MANILA, Philippines – Filipino seafarers, a top source of manpower in the global maritime industry, have consistently been in the top 5 most abandoned nationalities. Abandoned seafarers are ...

Eight Filipino seafarers on board the container ship MV Solong, which collided with an oil tanker in England on March 10, returned to the Philippines on Tuesday. According to a statement by the ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino seafarer has gone missing following a collision between a chemical tanker and a container ship off the northeast coast of England, the Department of Migrant ...

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has assured the eight repatriated Filipino crew members of the Portuguese flagged ...

MANILA, Philippines – A Filipino ... United Kingdom. The seaman was last seen at the bow of the vessel. This was the same area that caught fire after a massive explosion. The missing seafarer ...

Republic Act No. 12021, ratified in September 2024, sets clear guidelines on the rights and welfare of Filipino seafarers, including provisions on decent working conditions, fair compensation ...

Senator Raffy Tulfo made the call as he inquired about the cases of five missing Filipino seafarers during the continuation of the Senate committee on migrant workers’ oversight hearing on the ...

In a statement, the DMW said the seafarer was onboard MV Solong when it collided with oil tanker Stena Immaculate at the North Sea on March 10, 2025 at approximately 10:00 a.m. (UK local time) in ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino seafarers’ group representative on Wednesday called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend the pre-enrollment period for the overseas online voting for the ...

DMW admitted that it currently face several challenges in providing immediate response to the abandoned Filipino seafarers since they are left in overseas ports. Cacdac noted said they are trying ...

At present, a key point of discussion between the two offices was the implementation of Republic Act No. 12021, or the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers. The law, which was signed by President ...