Courtesy: DMW
MIGRANT Workers (DMW) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) senior officials led by Assistant Secretaries Levinson Alcantara and Jerome Pampolina welcome 14 Filipino seafarers who arrived past midnight on Dec 2 at the NAIA Terminal 1.
The seafarers are part of the crew of the marine vessel KMAX RULER which was struck by a Russian missile in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Pivdennyi last month.
The crew’s manning agency shouldered the costs of their return to the country as well as transit and accommodations on their way home to their respective provinces.
25 crew members of the KMAX RULER were Filipino seafarers. Three of them were injured during the missile attack but are recovering well. All three were able to return last weekend to the country and are now reunited with their families.
All crew members were provided initial medical check-up, psychosocial assessment, and an initial amount of P10,000 in financial assistance from the OWWA. They are also due additional insurance and other benefits from their manning and shipping agencies.
