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More than 300 Filipino seafarers from Italy, Portugal back in the Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 07:29 PM

The newly repatriated Filipino seafarers will undergo a mandatory 2-week quarantine to avoid any possible infection of the coronavirus disease 2019. Read more »

More than 120 Filipino seafarers from virus-hit Spain return home

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 01:02 AM

More than 120 Filipinos seafarers from ships docked in virus-stricken Spain returned home Thursday, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.   Read more »

520 Filipino crew aboard cruise ship held off in California due to suspected COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 09:36 PM

Some 500 Filipino crew members are among thousands stranded on a cruise ship off California due to suspected cases of the novel coronavirus, its local recruitment firm said Thursday. Read more »

Pinoy found dead in cruise ship engine room: report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 11:15 AM

A 54-year-old Filipino crew member was found dead in the engine room of the Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas last Saturday, WNBC reported. Read more »

Fleet company di muna magde-deploy sa mga lugar na sakop ng virus travel ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 08:14 PM

Pansamantalang sinuspende ng isang fleet company sa Maynila ang deployment ng mga seaman galing at papunta sa mga lugar na sakop ng ban. Read more »

SC orders P3.2-million compensation for seaman over work-related illness

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 22 07:48 PM

MANILA— The Supreme Court has ordered a recruitment firm to pay a Filipino seafarer some $62,024 (P3.2 million) in permanent disability benefits and sickness allowance over a work-related illness due to strenuous workload at sea. Read more »

The lonely and dangerous life of the Filipino seafarer

Aurora Almendral, The New York Times
Updated as of Dec 04 01:41 PM

For Filipino seamen,, perhaps the only thing worse than the repetitive drudgery of their harsh labor was the boredom that came when they were done, any romance with the sea long since faded. Read more »

Search for 7 seamen missing in Atlantic to be scaled down

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 05 07:30 PM

The Luxembourg-flagged Bourbon Rhode ran into difficulty some from Martinique on September 26 as it sailed into hurricane Lorenzo, and was later confirmed to have sunk. Read more »

3 miyembro ng 'dugo-dugo' gang na nambibiktima ng mga seaman, OFW timbog

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 07:22 PM

Target ng mga suspek na mambiktima ng mga nangingibang bansa at kaanak ng mga ito dahil hindi raw madali para sa mga ito na magberipika ng impormasyon, ayon sa pulisya. Read more »

Pinoy seaman patay nang mahulog sa dagat sa Italy

Jackie B. de Vega, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 03:27 PM

Patay ang isang 26 anyos na seaman matapos mahulog sa dagat habang naglilinis ng bintana ng barko noong Setyembre 5 sa Livorno, Italy. Read more »

Pinoy on seized British-flagged tanker 'well, in good spirits': DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 02:46 PM

The Filipino crew member of a British-flagged tanker seized by Tehran's Revolutionary Guards is "well and in good spirits," the Department of Foreign Affairs said Sunday. Read more »

Seaman ninakawan ng pera, cellphone; 2 'kasabwat' arestado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 09:15 PM

Naaresto ang mag-asawang umano ay kasabwat sa pagnanakaw ng $500 cash at cellphone sa isang seaman sa Maynila.   Read more »

Subsidiya alok sa mga seafarer na sasailalim sa training

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 06:50 PM

May alok na subsidiya ang Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) sa mga seafarer na nais magsanay sa mga kursong rekisito sa pagta-trabaho sa barko.  Read more »

7 seafarers na napawalang-sala sa kasong oil smuggling sa Libya, balik-Pinas na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 01:42 AM

Matapos ang 2 taong pagkakulong sa Libya, nakabalik na sa bansa ang 7 seafarers na sangkot umano sa oil smuggling. Read more »

7 Pinoy seafarers cleared of fuel smuggling in Libya homeward bound

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 11 12:17 PM

Seven Filipino seafarers acquitted of fuel smuggling in Libya are en route to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday. Read more »

Right after promotion: Seaman goes missing off Laguindingan Coast

Angelo Andrade, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 11:10 AM

The Philippine Coast Guard in Northern Mindanao is continuing its search and rescue operation to find a seaman reported missing since January 15. Read more »

Recruiter na nambibiktima ng mga nais mag-seaman timbog

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 23 09:04 PM

Sa imbestigasyon, lumalabas na hindi lisensiyado ang nagpanggap na recruiter. May dala pa siyang pekeng ID para ipakitang isa siyang marine engineer.  Read more »

Kaanak ng 7 seamen na nakakulong sa Libya, humihingi ng tulong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 11:14 PM

Labingpitong buwan nang nakakulong ang 7 seaman na pinaghihinalaang sangkot sa oil smuggling.  Read more »

Families of Pinoys detained in Libya appeal to Duterte for help

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 08:11 PM

The seafarers were taken into custody in August 2017 by the Libyan Coast Guard on suspicion of fuel smuggling. Read more »

2 cellphone natangay sa di na-lock na kotse

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 09:44 PM

Sa pagmamadaling bumaba ng seaman, hindi niya nai-lock ang sasakyan niya, dahilan para matangay ang dalawang cellphone na naiwan sa loob. Read more »