Pinoy seamen bravest in the world – Bello

ARIEL FERNANDEZ NAIA STORY SEPT. 19, 2020 Two Filipino seamen survivors onboard a ship reported missing in Japan, arrived in Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminal 2 onboard via Philippine Airline flight PR-427 from Narita Saturday afternoon.The two survivors identified Chief Officer Edwardo Sareno and Jay Nel Rosales welcome by Labor Sec. Silvestre Bello 111 and OWWA Admin Hans Leo Cacdac. seaman chief officer Edwardo Sareno, said the accident happened 1 o clock midnight and he was washed out when the ship hit the big wave until he managed to survive when he handed off wood and 18 hours he floated at the sea until he found adrift at sea by the Japanese coast. Labor Sec. Bello said, the Japanese Coast Guard continues to search for other missing crew but now only boat no helicopter.base on the report September 2 2020 reported cargo ship sailing 185 kilometers west of Amami Oshima, Kagoshima prefecture, The ship identified Panama Gulf Livestock 1 has 43 crew members, including 39 Filipinos, two New Zealanders, one Australian and one Singaporean. The ship was loaded with cattle and left port of Napier in New Zealand and was heading to the port of Tangshan in China when the typhoon hit Japan territory. PHOTO:ARIEL FERNANDEZ

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Sunday extolled Filipino seafarers as “one of the bravest in the world.”

He said it is for this reason why many employers prefer their company at sea.

The labor chief said this as he led officials in the warm welcome for Chief officer Eduardo Sareno and deck crew Jay-nel Rosales, the two survivors of the ill-fated cargo ship that sank off the turbulent waters of southern Japan early this month.

Sareno and Rosales were flown home Saturday via Philippine Airlines from Tokyo after undergoing medical checkups and spending weeks in hotel quarantine in accordance with health protocols in Japan to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The two were rescued by the Japanese Coast Guard days after Panamanian-registered M/V Livestock 1 experienced engine trouble in high seas amid one of the strongest typhoons to hit Japan in years. The rest, except one, in the 43-man crew of the cargo vessel remain missing without a trace, according to Coast Guard of Japan.

The remains of Filipino crewman Joel Canete Linao were flown home Friday. (Leslie Ann G. Aquino)