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Eight Filipino seafarers on the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier M/V Breadfan have returned to Manila after their vessel was hit by a drone while approaching the Port of Novorossiysk in Russia on Aug. 7.

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Twenty-one Filipino seafarers affected by separate maritime incidents overseas involving three vessels returned to Manila on Saturday.

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Two Filipino seafarers who were injured after a drone strike hit the Panama-flagged tanker M/T Gas Lisbon in the Black Sea arrived in Manila on Monday, according to the Department of Migrant Workers.

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The Philippines welcomed the call by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, for urgent action to protect thousands of seafarers facing a grave humanitarian and human rights crisis around the Strait of Hormuz.

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Twenty-one Filipino seafarers affected by drone strikes on vessels in the Black Sea were successfully rescued, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday.

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Six Filipino seafarers aboard the Liberia-flagged oil tanker M/V Al Bahyah arrived in Manila on Monday after the vessel was involved in a security incident while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

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President Marcos has ordered the Department of Migrant Workers to provide assistance to the families of the two seafarers killed in the Black Sea drone attacks.

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 Two Filipino seafarers were killed while 12 were injured in drone attacks on vessels navigating the northern Black Sea, the Department of Migrant Workers announced yesterday.

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Two Filipino seafarers injured during a drone attack on Cameroon-flagged oil tanker M/V Blue returned to the Philippines on Wednesday night.

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Around 2,500 Filipino seafarers are still stranded in the Persian Gulf as the Middle East war between the US and Iran flared up anew. 

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Eight Filipino seafarers on the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier M/V Breadfan have returned to Manila after their vessel was hit by a drone while approaching the Port of Novorossiysk in Russia on Aug. 7.

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Two Filipino seafarers who were injured after a drone strike hit the Panama-flagged tanker M/T Gas Lisbon in the Black Sea arrived in Manila on Monday, according to the Department of Migrant Workers.

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The Philippines welcomed the call by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, for urgent action to protect thousands of seafarers facing a grave humanitarian and human rights crisis around the Strait of Hormuz.

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Twenty-one Filipino seafarers affected by drone strikes on vessels in the Black Sea were successfully rescued, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday.

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Six Filipino seafarers aboard the Liberia-flagged oil tanker M/V Al Bahyah arrived in Manila on Monday after the vessel was involved in a security incident while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

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President Marcos has ordered the Department of Migrant Workers to provide assistance to the families of the two seafarers killed in the Black Sea drone attacks.

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 Two Filipino seafarers were killed while 12 were injured in drone attacks on vessels navigating the northern Black Sea, the Department of Migrant Workers announced yesterday.

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Two Filipino seafarers injured during a drone attack on Cameroon-flagged oil tanker M/V Blue returned to the Philippines on Wednesday night.

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Around 2,500 Filipino seafarers are still stranded in the Persian Gulf as the Middle East war between the US and Iran flared up anew. 

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