Cebu Daily Newscast: Yacht sinks in Tubbataha after Cebu departure

May 01,2023 - 06:00 AM

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4 missing, 28 rescued: Dive yacht sinks within Tubbataha after departing from Cebu

M/Y Dream Keeper that sank off the waters within Tubbataha, Palawan | Photo courtesy of PCG

Search and rescue operations are ongoing in Tubbataha, Palawan after a dive yacht sank within the waters there on Sunday. At 10:40 a.m. on Sunday, the Philippine Coast Guard managed to rescue 28 people while four have been reported missing.

Shortage in driver’s licenses blamed on poor foresight

A senator says the shortage in plastic ID cards for driver’s licenses was caused not by a lack of funds, but a “lack of smarts and foresight.”

House deputy speaker Rep. Ralph Recto said the Land Transportation Office (LTO) should remember its own advice to motorists—to anticipate possible problems on the road.

Negros labor groups to demand P750 national minimum wage on Labor Day protest

Labor groups on Negros Island are uniting under the banner of the United Labor Alliance – Negros (ULAN) to demand for a P750 across-the-board national minimum wage during a protest in Bacolod City on Monday afternoon, May 1.

The workers will hold a Labor Day protest march starting at 1:30 p.m. on Monday towards the Bacolod City Government Center replica at the Bacolod Public Plaza for a rally, said Noly Rosales, Kilusang Mayo Uno secretary general.