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Efforts step up to free hostages from hijacked Manx-owned ship

The president of the Philippines has cancelled a trip to the UN's climate change summit in Dubai to ty to free 17 seafarers taken hostage when a Manx-owned ship was hijacked.

The Galaxy Leader, owned by Manx-registered company Ray Car Carriers, was seized by Houthi rebels on November 19.

17 Filipino seamen were taken prisoner, although the hostage-takers said they would be unharmed.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says he's sending a delegation to Iran this week to negotiate their release.

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