Nine Filipino seafarers to be freed five months after Houthi ship sinking

The nine Filipino crew members of the ill-fated M/V Eternity C, which was attacked by Houthis in the Red Sea in July, are set to be released, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

In a statement, the DFA said it received information from the authorities of the Sultanate of Oman that the nine Filipino seafarers, held hostage by the Houthis in the Red Sea, will be released and will be transferred from Sana’a, Yemen to Muscat, Oman.

The DFA assured that the Philippine Embassy in Muscat and the Migrant Workers Office-Muscat will make arrangements for the safe and immediate return of the Filipinos to the Philippines.

The Philippine government also expressed its “sincerest appreciation” to the Sultanate