A total of 54 Filipino seafarers from Ukraine arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the biggest group of overseas Filipino workers that were repatriated amid the continuing armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. First to arrive on Monday morning, March 14, were 14 seafare
More Filipinos are now out of war-stricken Ukraine, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, March 15.
(Photo courtesy of DFA) As of Tuesday 4 p.m., a total of 370 Filipinos in Ukraine have either returned to the Philippines or are currently awaiting repatriation in nearby safe bord
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HOME. Seafarers of MV Bolten Ithaki, MV Ithaca Prospect, MV Polar Star, and MV Riva Wind arrive in the Philippines on March 14, 2022.The latest arrival brings the total number of seafarers repatriated from Ukraine since February 27 to 247 seafarers.(Photo courtesy of DFA) MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has welcomed 54 seafarers who arrived on Monday, the biggest group to come home so far since the start of evacuation and repatriation from war-torn Ukraine. In a news release issued Tuesday, the DFA said the group consisted of 14 seafarers of MV Bolten Ithaki, seven seafarers of MV Ithaca Prospect, 12 seafarers of MV Polar Star, and 21 seafarers of MV Riva Wind. The DFA, the Philippine Embassy in Budapest headed by Ambassador Frank Cimafranca and Philippine Honorary Consul Victor Gaina of Chisinau, Moldova, have been monitoring 23 ships that are manned by Filipinos in affected areas. Two of these, including the Yasa Jupiter and MV Namura Queen, were both hit by shelling