Fisherman rescued after 56 days adrift

SYDNEY: A Filipino fisherman has been rescued in Papua New Guinea after drifting at sea for 56 days, but his uncle died during the ordeal, a report said Saturday.

The men left General Santos in the southern Philippines in and were swept out to sea, the PNG Post Courier reported after Omongos, 21, on March 9.

The newspaper, citing local police, said the pair had no food and the survivor’s uncle died. It said Omongos kept - decompose.

He survived on two five- liter containers of water and was found - dethe Marie which was journeying the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain.

are made for his return home, the Post Courier added, giving no further details.

The Department of Foreign Affairs, as of press time, has yet to