A fisherman from Barangay Maybato North, San Jose de Buenavista town has safely returned home after drifting at sea for days and being stranded on an island for nearly a week following a fuel shortage and the onslaught of successive storms. Danilo Cabataña, 47, left his home around 6 p.m. on July 5 to go fishing. He had not anticipated that the weather would worsen or that he would run out of fuel while at sea. According to Cabataña, his fishing boat was carried by strong currents and waves, eventually reaching the waters near Palawan. He later drifted toward Batbatan Island in Culasi, Antique, where he stayed for five days.

Defacto, L. C. (2025, August 2-3). Antique fisherman survives sea ordeal, returns home after 24 days. Panay News, pp. 5, 15.