MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Sunday that it was assisting the 14 Filipino seamen who survived an attack while their vessel, MT SIDR, was transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
Two Filipino seamen died in the attack last Aug. 31.
The DMW said it continued to work for the repatriation of the remains of the two seamen.
It provided assistance to the survivors through the Migrant Workers Office (MWO) in Oman and in coordination with the Philippine Embassy in Muscat.
"Upon the directive of Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac, an MWO-Oman team led by Labor Attaché Alice Q. Visperas traveled to Khasab, Musandam, where the survivors are safe and temporarily staying at a hotel," the DMW said in a statement.
"The team assessed survivors' immediate needs, met with the shipowner's representative to discuss concerns and arrangements for their return to the Philippines, and provided each seafarer with on-site financial assistance," the department said.
It added that MWO-Oman was "coordinating with Omani authorities, the hospital, the shipowner and the families of the deceased seafarers to complete the requirements for the earliest possible repatriation of their remains."
