FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin According to the Philippine Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), approximately 1,200 Filipino seafarers have now safely exited the Strait of Hormuz. The DMW said that two vessels, Omicron Nikos and Nord, successfully cleared the strait on 25 April 2026 after becoming temporarily affected by disruptions in the Persian Gulf linked to the ongoing Middle East conflict. The ships, sailing under Russian and Liberian flags, carried 36 Filipino crew members, bringing the total number of Filipino seafarers who have safely transited out of the Strait to nearly 1,200. RelatedNews South Korea condemns attack on HMM vessel “in the strongest terms” JMIC: Security remains highly volatile across key regions var jnews_module_21371439_0_6a01de925200a = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21371439","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4346,220,2610,2647","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tab