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China, Korea, Taiwan help sought in search for missing Pinoy seafarers

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 12:24 PM

The government has sought help from China, South Korea and Taiwan to search for 36 Filipino seafarers who have been missing for over 3 weeks after their typhoon-battered ship capsized off Japan, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said Thursday.    Read more »

Life raft saved second Pinoy from typhoon shipwreck off Japan: fiancée

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 07 01:26 PM

A life raft saved a second Filipino whose typhoon-battered ship capsized off Japan last week, his fiancée said Monday.    Read more »

2nd Filipino survivor from capsized freighter rescued off Japan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 02:40 AM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday night confirmed a second Filipino survivor was found from the cattle ship that capsized off Japan. Read more »

Man found unresponsive after ship sank in typhoon off Japan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 04 10:57 AM

Japan's coast guard said Friday they found a man floating face-down and unresponsive at sea as they searched for survivors from a ship that sank during a typhoon with 43 crew on board.   Read more »

Families cry for info on missing Filipino seamen

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 04 10:28 AM

The wives of 2 of the 38 Filipino seafarers who went missing after their ship capsized off Japan cried Friday for information on their loved ones. Read more »

Filipino survivor recounts how cattle ship capsized off Japan; dozens of seafarers still missing

Mike Ives and Makiko Inoue, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 04 08:47 AM

The cargo ship, longer than a soccer field, lost an engine as it traversed choppy seas off the coast of Japan. Then a wave flooded its deck in the dark of night, according to a survivor, forcing the vessel to list at a precarious angle. Read more »

Cargo ship with 43 crew and 6,000 cows sank off Japan in typhoon: Filipino survivor

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 03 03:03 PM

A cargo ship carrying 43 crew and about 6,000 cows sank at sea after transmitting a distress signal during a typhoon off Japan, according to a survivor rescued by the country's coast guard. Read more »