Banca with 4 people missing off Palawan as Seniang nears area

Search efforts are ongoing for a banca with four passengers, after it went missing off Palawan province on Wednesday.

The four were heading for Cuyo from Araceli in Palawan, RGMA Palawan's James Viernes reported on dzBB radio.

FLASH: 4 katao na sakay ng isang bangka na bumiyahe pa-Cuyo mula Araceli, Palawan, nawawala. | via James Viernes, RGMA Palawan

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) December 30, 2014

Palawan was placed under Storm Signal No. 2 while Cuyo was under Signal No. 1 as of 5 a.m. Wednesday.

State weather agency PAGASA had said Seniang could make landfall over Palawan Wednesday afternoon or evening. — Joel Locsin/LBG, GMA News