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MANILA, Philippines?(UPDATE) The sinking of the Panamanian cargo ship Dany F II off the coast of Lebanon took another Filipino casualty, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
In a report to the DFA, charges d?affaires ad interim Marlowe Miranda said the remains of Filipino seafarer Manuel Calaor was found in Lattakia, a town 375 kilometers off Damascus.
One Filipino casualty was earlier reported, 3rd Engineer Alex Crisostomo.
Miranda added that the embassy is closely coordinating with the manning agency for the shipment of Calaor?s remains, as well as the repatriation of all the Filipino survivors.
The DFA Office of the Undersecretary of Migrant Workers Affairs (OUMWA) also said that Calaor?s family has been notified by the manning agency of the incident.
Efforts to find the remaining six missing Filipino seafarers are also being undertaken, DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Esteban B. Conejos said.
The remaining six missing Filipino seafarers are: Leonardo Tiongson, Fuller Edgar, Manuel Bordas Jr., Benedicto Cruz, Enrico Librada, and Vilter Amit.
Thirteen Filipino seafarers were rescued, with 12 safely housed in Tripoli and one in Tartus. They are: Danilo Policarpio, Wilson Vicente, Lezer Gepulgani, Michel Olivia, Edgardo Pucan, Jonathan Rada, Rafael Tarroza, Erasmo Galanza, Leolen Babao, Rogelio Dequina, Joebert Benoman, Jowey Quinto, and Jason Magsino.
The cargo ship Dany F II was on its way from the Uruguay capital of Montevideo to the Syrian port of Tartus carrying thousands of sheep and cattle when it was hit by a storm in the evening of December 17.
