06 March 2010 - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported today that the 17 Filipino seafarers aboard the Taiwanese-flagged FV Win Far 161, which was released from captivity off the coast of Somalia on February 11 (Philippine time), will arrive in Manila tomorrow morning from Kaoshung, Taiwan.

Expected to welcome them at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport are representatives from the DFA Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs (DFA-OUMWA), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), and their manning agency.