Published June 14, 2021, 1:21 PM Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Monday directed the DFA’s Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs (OUMWA) to do “whatever it takes” to repatriate the 13 Filipino seafarers who have been left stranded for 17 months onboard their vessel in Southern China. Screengrab from the video footage of stranded Filipino crewmembers of MV Angelic Power appealing for government help to repatriate them back to the Philippines. (via Twitter/CNN Philippines) The 13 Filipino seafarers are crewmembers of MV Angelic Power, a Greek-flagged bulk carrier reportedly abandoned by its owners as an offshoot of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak last year.