00:00The families of the 17 Filipino seafarers who were captured by Hutu rebels in the Red Sea in November 2023 are now with them.
00:08According to the Department of Migrant Workers or DMW, the seafarers will be with their families while they undergo medical checks in the coming days.
00:16The government is also ready to provide help for the quick recovery of the seafarers who were held hostage by the Hutu rebels for more than a year.
00:24First, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. thanked the government of Oman for negotiating to free the kidnapped Filipinos.
00:54We provided the necessary financial assistance to the families along the way.
00:59We flew everybody in to Manila to meet them personally face-to-face.
01:04Education and scholarship, yes, that will be among the next round of assistance packages we will provide.
01:12ASEC Kiko de Guzman is here, it's our reintegration ASEC, so there are also reintegration livelihood packages in store for them.
