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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 »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 4, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 03:01 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. 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 »

LOOK: Japan Coast Guard rescues seafarer from missing freighter

10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters via AFP
Updated as of Sep 04 10:38 PM

This handout picture taken and provided on Friday by Japan's 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters shows a man waving from a life raft, about 2 km north-northwest of Kodakarajima island of Kagoshima prefecture. 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 »

12 dead, 21 rescued as migrant boat sinks off Greek island

Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 09:05 PM

At least 12 people drowned when their boat sank off an island in western Greece on Saturday, Greek authorities said, marking the deadliest toll in months in Greece's migrant crisis. Read more »

400-year-old shipwreck 'discovery of decade' for Portugal

Catarina Demony, Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 02:36 PM

CASCAIS, Portugal - Archaeologists searching Portugal's coast have found a 400-year-old shipwreck believed to have sunk near Lisbon after returning from India laden with spices, specialists said on Monday.   Read more »

Ormoc looks to boost tourism following discovery of WWII shipwrecks in bay

Jenette Ruedas, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 09:05 PM

The city government of Ormoc is looking to boost local tourism and better educate students on local history following the recent discovery of wreckage of Japanese and American warships from World War 2 in the Ormoc Bay.  Read more »

5 Japanese warship, nadiskubre sa ilalim ng Surigao Strait

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 03:08 AM

Nadiskubre sa ilalim ng karagatang sakop ng Surigao Strait ang limang barkong pandigma ng Japan. Read more »

US warship found 650 feet deep in Ormoc Bay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 06 11:45 PM

The team of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has found the wreckage of the first American warship that fired against a Japanese vessel during World War II. Read more »