{"id":19067,"date":"2026-03-10T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=19067"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:47:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:47:04","slug":"filipino-seaman-missing-amid-middle-east-conflict-dmw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/filipino-seaman-missing-amid-middle-east-conflict-dmw\/","title":{"rendered":"FILIPINO SEAMAN MISSING AMID MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT \u2013 DMW\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A FILIPINO seaman was reported missing amid the escalating tensions in the Middle East.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) they have visited the family of the missing seaman and expressed hope that search and rescue operations will yield positive results.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said they are also monitoring around 6,300 Filipino seafarers on board the ships navigating high-risk areas in the Middle East.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Pinoy seaman reportedly went missing after two missiles hit a tugboat in the Strait of Hormuz, which had come under attack since Iran blocked the strategic waterway in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The family of the 46-year-old seafarer said they were informed by AD Ports Group, the logistics company he works for, that he went missing after the missile attack on UAE-flagged tug Mussafah 2 on March 6.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On Sunday Indonesia announced that a vessel whose characteristics and last known position matched those of the Mussafah 2 sank two days earlier.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jakarta reported three Indonesian crew members missing, one Indonesian survivor injured, and four survivors of other nationalities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A FILIPINO seaman was reported missing amid the escalating tensions in the Middle East. According to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) they have visited<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19069,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19067\/revisions\/19069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}