Good gracious! ABS-CBN news anchor Ces Drilon and two of her companions were finally set free by the Abu Sayyaf. Just as many of the Filipinos anticipate another bloody encounter, the winds of peace prevailed.
A GMA release reads:
Pinalaya na nitong hatinggabi ng Martes mga bandidong Abu Sayyaf ang television reporter na si Cecilia Victoria “Ces" Drilon at dalawang kasama nito sa Barangay Kagay, Talipao, Sulu.
Si Drilon, kasama ang mga cameraman na si Jimmy Encarnacion, assistant cameraman na si Angelo Valderama at university professor Octavio Dinampo ay dinukot noong Hunyo 8.
Si Valderama ay unang pinakawalan noong Hunyo 12 matapos umanong magbayad ng “board and lodging" na nagkakahalaga ng P2 milyon.
Ngunit nilinaw ni Indanan Mayor Alvarez Isnaji, na nagsilbing emisaryo sa negosasyon na “daang-libo" lamang ang ibinayad sa Abu Sayyaf kapalit ng kalayaan ni Valderama.
Pagkaraan nito ay humingi ng P15-milyong ransom ang mga bandido kapalit ng kalayaan nina Drilon. Nagbigay din ng palugid hanggang Martes ng hapon ang ASG upang ibigay ang pera.
Hindi naaibigay ang P15 milyon ngunit pumayag naman ang Abu Sayyaf na palawigin ang deadline at ipagpatuloy ang negosasyon.
Of course, I am happy all of them are still alive. No bloodshed. No killing.
The notorious group is famed for ruthless and cold blooded killings. Good thing Ces and co. belong to those people who have escaped the wrath of the rebels. I hope this scenario would serve a lesson to journalists. Take safety as your primordial consideration.
But one thing bothers me more than other issues....the "No Ransom Policy."
Are you amenable that ABS-CBN and the RP government are pretty serious with their supposed No Ransom Policy? Well, I doubt it.
Do you think a notorious rebel group would kidnap a popular TV journalist for nothing? I don't think so.
Do you think ABS-CBN would allow its name to be besmirched by the repulsive killing of one of its esteemed employee? Of course not.
And do you think the government would accept the fact that it was screwed by the rebels? I think not. Outwitted that is. Iginisa sa sariling mantika, so to speak. The amassed money will soon be used to fight the government.
Ergo, the government paid to be destroyed in the end. Let's watch and see...
The notorious group is famed for ruthless and cold blooded killings. Good thing Ces and co. belong to those people who have escaped the wrath of the rebels. I hope this scenario would serve a lesson to journalists. Take safety as your primordial consideration.
But one thing bothers me more than other issues....the "No Ransom Policy."
Are you amenable that ABS-CBN and the RP government are pretty serious with their supposed No Ransom Policy? Well, I doubt it.
Do you think a notorious rebel group would kidnap a popular TV journalist for nothing? I don't think so.
Do you think ABS-CBN would allow its name to be besmirched by the repulsive killing of one of its esteemed employee? Of course not.
And do you think the government would accept the fact that it was screwed by the rebels? I think not. Outwitted that is. Iginisa sa sariling mantika, so to speak. The amassed money will soon be used to fight the government.
Ergo, the government paid to be destroyed in the end. Let's watch and see...
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