MANILA, Dec. 5 -- The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), together with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and in coordination with other concerned government agencies, has mobilized an extensive support system for the nine repatriated crew members of the MV Eternity C.

In a Bagong Pilipinas interview on Friday, OWWA Deputy Administrator Jasmine Gapatan said the seafarers, together with their families, were gathered on Friday at the DMW office in Makati City to celebrate their return to the country after a five-month ordeal in the hands of Houthi rebels in Yemen.

"Nandito sila ngayon, ang ating siyam na marino na nasalba at ang kanilang mga pamilya. May maliit na salu-salo para sa kanila (They are here now, our nine res...