09/08/2026
๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA โ The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), in coordination with Philippine government posts abroad, provided welfare, financial, and travel assistance to 23 Filipino seafarers affected by recent incidents in the northern Black Sea. Ten seafarers from MV Christina B were assisted upon their arrival at Constanta Port in Romania on August 7, 2026, and 13 seafarers from MV Asia received assistance in Istanbul, Tรผrkiye, on August 8, 2026.
The DMW-OWWA team in Constanta provided food and financial assistance to 10 seafarers and helped them complete processing with the Border Police before transferring them to a hotel near the airport and departing for Manila. The operation was led by Assistant Secretary Augusto B. San Diego, with Labor Attachรฉ Geraldine Mendez, Dr. Amelito Adel, and Nurse Kate Loren Ignacio of OWWA. In Istanbul, DMW personnel provided airport and financial assistance to 13 MV Asia seafarers for their onward journey to the Philippines. The assistance was led by Labor Attachรฉ Adam Musa and Hamdan B. Sayedy of the Migrant Workers Office-Lebanon, together with Ms. Kristina Oliveros of the DMW Regional Office in Legazpi.
Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac also engaged foreign governments and relevant authorities to help expedite the process for the Filipino seafarers affected by the incidents, in compliance with the directives of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. The 10 seafarers from the MV Christina B were assisted with their departure for Manila and are expected to arrive in the Philippines today, August 9, 2026.
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