MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) vowed to extend full support to the two rescued Filipino crewmen of the ill-fated cargo/cattle ship that sank off southern Japan earlier this month. The same support will be extended to the families of the missing Filipino seafarers and the lone recovered fatality. “They will get help from the government in the form of livelihood assistance and other benefits,” Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in a statement Sunday. The DOLE has already started coordinating with foreign employers who are in need of overseas Filipino workers, according to Bello. Meanwhile, the remains of crewman Joel Canete Linao who was also rescued from the waters but died while being treated at a hospital were flown home on Friday.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 20, 2020 05:48 UTC