Antique, March 11 -- The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has assured assistance for the family of the Antiqueno seafarer, one of the two killed during the March 6 missile attack of the Houthi rebels in the Gulf of Aden.

Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) officer in charge, Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac, coordinated with Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao after his visit to the family of the seafarer whom he declined to identify, in Barangay Madrangca, San Jose de Buenavista on Monday.

"Our (DMW) assistance starts with the ongoing salvaging effort," he said in an interview.

He said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. had instructions to do everything to help the family until the remains of the seafarer arrived.

Cacdac said the retr...