The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is still verifying reports that three of 21 Filipino crew members aboard MV Eternity C were killed by the Houthi rebels, Undersecretary Bernard Olalia said on Saturday.

Rescuers pulled three more crew members and a security guard alive from the Red Sea on Thursday, maritime security sources

The Department of Migrant Workers is working on verifying reports that Houthi forces may have kidnapped several crew members of MV Eternity C after attacking and sinking the vessel while traversing the Red Sea.

Ten people have been rescued after Yemen's Huthis sank a cargo ship, an EU naval force said Thursday, with three killed and 12 missing in one of the rebel group's deadliest Red Sea attacks.Three Filipino crew and a Greek member of the Eternity C ship's onboard security team were plucked from the sea overnight,

The bulk carrier Eternity C, flagged in Liberia and operated by Greece, was attacked off Yemen, resulting in two fatalities. This marks the second incident on merchant vessels in the Red Sea since November 2024.

European Union naval force says 6 crew recovered and 19 missing from the ship Eternity C, sunk by Yemen's Houthis.