Topic: ABS-CBN: Official Statement on Ces Drilon

[~Muska~]

    OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF ABS-CBN ON CES DRILON:

    Three members of our ABS-CBN news team, Ces Drilon, Jimmy Encarnacion, and Angelo Valderama, are in Sulu to pursue a story. As they have been out of
    communication with our Desk for some time, we are now trying to determine their exact location.

    The safety of our team is our utmost concern and we appeal to the public to avoid speculation until we ascertain the facts.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=121192

MANILA, Philippines — Well-known television reporter Ces Drilon and two of her crew have been abducted while pursuing a story in the southernmost province Sulu by armed men believed to members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Group, police officials said.

ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. said in a statement that Drilon, Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderama were “missing in Sulu” and that “all efforts are underway to find them and bring them home.”

Chief Superintendent Joel Goltiao, police regional director for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said Drilon and the two crew members were intercepted Sunday in Maimbung, a township in the Sulu capital Jolo, by armed men under Albader Parad, an Abu Sayyaf leader in the area.

Goltiao said the TV news team flew to Mindanao on Saturday on the invitation of Mindanao State University Professor Octavio Dinampo "to cover a special event."

Drilon was to interview the Abu Sayyaf, Philippine National Police Director General Avelino Razon told INQUIRER.net.

Goltiao said that Dinmapo picked up Drilon and her crew from a university hostel and that armed men, identified as being under Parad's command, intercepted them as their vehicle passed through Kulasi village.

"Along the way in Kulasi, Maimbung, Sulu, they were intercepted by an armed group and now they are held in captivity,” said Goltiao. He said the group was brought to Indanan town in Sulu.

He initially identified the abductors as Albader Parad, an Abu Sayyaf member, and Gapur Jundain, a former member of the erstwhile separatist Moro National Liberation Front who recently joined the extremist group.

"We are closely monitoring with ABS-CBN as well as the military commander and the PNP Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao Regional director," said Razon.

"We are assisting them for the safe return of Ces that's why we don't highlight the situation," he added, noting that they had no idea yet of Drilon's whereabouts.

Goltiao said ABS-CBN management would not say why Drilon and her crew went to Sulu. He added, “Outsiders must coordinate with police for security."

Goltiao said officials of the airplane Drilon and her team boarded had offered her security but the broadcast journalist refused, citing the "confidentiality" of the trip.

Goltiao said he was not aware of any ransom demand. He said he was trying to reach ABS-CBN in Manila for more details.

The ABS-CBN statement said, “Until we learn more details, ABS-CBN News requests other media to report on this matter with utmost consideration for the safety of our news team. ABS-CBN News is in touch with the families, and asks that their privacy be respected.”

The Abu Sayyaf is estimated to have 380 fighters, compared with more than 1,000 eight years ago. It has been weakened by US-backed military offensives that have led to the killing and capture of many of its leaders and members.

Police say the militants have continued to plot attacks, including against US soldiers who have been giving counterterrorism training to Filipino troops in Jolo and nearby provinces.

Washington has blacklisted Abu Sayyaf as a terrorist group for bombings, kidnappings and beheadings, such as the 2001 abduction from a resort island of 21 people who included three Americans.

Philippine military and police officials say the group has received training and funds from al-Qaeda militants in the past

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080610-141793/TV-reporter-crew-kidnapped-in-Sulu-police-say

[madredrive2]

wah.. pati ang mga media pakikialaman pa ng mga gagong abusayaff.. bad naman nila.. terroristang walang magawa.. 

[salbakulawlaw]

eh kase nga naman bakit kailangan pang pumunta doon ng reporters alam na nga nilang hazzard zone doon. parang sunog lang yan alam mo na nga na may apoy papasok ka pa para lang makakuha ng scoop. masysado na kase ang ang press freedom dto sa atin. tapos sa gobyerno nanaman i-sisisi ang abduction na yan.

[xtian1205]

dapat patubos sya k faeldon kasi para makabawi sa kanya ng patakasin nya si faeldon heheheh

[rioter1013]

eh kase nga naman bakit kailangan pang pumunta doon ng reporters alam na nga nilang hazzard zone doon. parang sunog lang yan alam mo na nga na may apoy papasok ka pa para lang makakuha ng scoop. masysado na kase ang ang press freedom dto sa atin. tapos sa gobyerno nanaman i-sisisi ang abduction na yan.

Tama ka... You have a point there pre. Hmmm... Bakit pa kaya pinapunta ng ABS-CBN sa Sulu yung tatlo? Pwera na lang kung wala na talaga silang maibalitang maganda kaya gumagawa na lang sila ng paraan para sumikat sila kapalit ng buhay ng tatlong news team nila. Sang-ayon kaya yung tatlo sa pinapagawa sa kanila o sarili nilang decision na pumunta ng Sulu? Sana lang makonsensya kung sino man yung nagpadala sa kanila duon.

[Bopol]

Goltiao said the TV news team flew to Mindanao on Saturday on the invitation of Mindanao State University Professor Octavio Dinampo "to cover a special event."

inimbitahan sila mga tol

[The Dark Knight]

thats the hazzard of being reporter...safe talaga pag-newscaster...studio lang...unless tamaan ka ng kidlat sa studio dahil sa maling binabalita...

maybe true (abduction)..or just to generate more buzz...i think hindi pa nman 24hrs nawawala..maybe a case of bad signal...dapat SMART gamit nila...

but they are people, so i hoping for the safe return..

[indemnified]

@salbakulawlaw

Goltiao said the TV news team flew to Mindanao on Saturday on the invitation of Mindanao State University Professor Octavio Dinampo "to cover a special event."

Ndi ko rin po ma gets baket maxado na yung press freedom satin. AFAIK hindi lang mga journalists natin ang pumupunta sa mga so-called Danger Zones. Mga journalists na pmpunta ng Iraq, Afghanistan are examples.

@Topic
Accdg to that article, they were supposed to interview Abu Sayyaf. Pero baket sila bigla kinidnap? [o.O]

[MiKeDaCuTe]

a township in the Sulu capital Jolo, by armed men under Albader Parad, an Abu Sayyaf leader in the area.

o alam naman pala nila kung nasaan yung leader ng abu sayyaf, e bakit di pa nila sinusugod yun.... hinihintay pa nila may ma-abduct bago sugudin...

[Bopol]

a township in the Sulu capital Jolo, by armed men under Albader Parad, an Abu Sayyaf leader in the area.

o alam naman pala nila kung nasaan yung leader ng abu sayyaf, e bakit di pa nila sinusugod yun.... hinihintay pa nila may ma-abduct bago sugudin...

baka antay mag barter from both sides.. eehehehe...

[2fear!]

baka gobyerno pakana nito ... kasi mainit masyado si ces drilon nung time ni faeldon....

para naman makaganti ang administrasyon...

gobyerno rin naman ang may kontrol at pakana ng abu sayyaf na yan!

kung talagang totoong mga terorista yan... daming pwede pangbabarilin o kikdnapin dyan sa lugar na yan....

hindi naman yan gagawa ng kalokohan yang mga abu sayyaf na yan kung hindi utos ng gobyerno!

[2 Witness 3]

baka publicity lng yan para patok Mag kano romzom 0-2 milyon palit nalng cla ni papi baka style lng ng Abs cbn yan para malimutan ang pandaya nila sa meralco

[Boy Abunda]

kawawa naman sila. sana lang hindi ma galaw si ces drilon. may bali balita din kase na si maan macapagal daw dati ginalaw eh. 

[john]

pautot lang yan ng abs-cbn. kailangan nila bumawi sa ratings e.

[-=Kurabo=-]

kawawa naman sila. sana lang hindi ma galaw si ces drilon. may bali balita din kase na si maan macapagal daw dati ginalaw eh. 

ano ba itsura ni maan macapagal?.. pati before pumunta sila Ces dun sigurado ako alam na nila kung anong pwedeng mangyari.. kaya yun face the consequences na lang talaga.. delikado nga lang siya kasi kilala ang Abu sa pangrarape ng mga hostage nilang babae

[jg]

lawakan lang natin pagiisip natin mga espiya! sana nakakanuod kayo ng mga documetary tungkol sa bansa natin. hindi ba maigi na may nalalaman tayo tungkol s aibang parte ng pilipinas?

andun sila para ibalita saatin kung ano ang nangyayare, shame on those na iniisip na pautut lang ito. more than 24hrs na syang hindi macontact, friends and family members are worried.
my X who works for abs told me about it.

bakit sila nagpupunta dun kahit alam nilang delikado? isip isip naman pre! syempre para may maibalita saatin! may kung ilan na ngang pinugutan ng ulo sa middle east e panay parin ang punta ng mga journalist.

may tropa nga ako e gusto pumasok sa iraq kahit bawal para lang malaki kitain na pera. ibig sabihin kahit delikado papasukin!

[~Muska~]

Babayaran nila yung ransom kung meron man. Tapos sisingilin satin ng meralco as system loss...   

[Xtremist]

media rin po ako... asa radio lang. pero di am. fm. medyo nasaktan lang ako don sa nagsabi na masyado na ang press freedom dito sa ating bansa. e to think, kung hindi dahil sa mga brave souls tulad nila, eh wala tayong kaalam alam sa mga nangyayari at baka maging mangmang sa mga current events. yun po. pero di po ako nangfflame ha? just an opinion lang po. let's watch what happens...

[presario]

pwede rin nmn n desperate move ito ng lopez owned ABSCBN to divert attention from the meralco issue or to gain people support to boost ratings.  i think this is an old school manuever that the businessman (lopez) is employing to get out of a quick sand but on the other hand who knows there could be a conspiracy theory. its possible na may malaking govt official (presidentiable) na humihingi ng campaign contribution from lopez, in which di pinagbigyan ng negosyante. so kinidnap ung mga reporters nya and ask for campaign contribution este ransom pla." tsaka cnung ASG commander ang susuko eh for sure ma-extradite cla to gauntanamo.... then torture...."   

[2 Witness 3]

Babayaran nila yung ransom kung meron man. Tapos sisingilin satin ng meralco as system loss...   

 

[sweetbayag2]

dapat ipadala si rambo sa kuta ng abu sayyaf para maubos na ang mga yan.!!
yaaaaaaaaa !!!!

[Paprika]

Wala yan baka pinapampers pa nga mga yan eh. Hindi naman ganyan kasama ang ilan sa kanila.

[Idiot]

oo nga manuever lang ito
old game for the business man
They will get sympathy marami manunuod dadami ads tapos may pambayad na sila ng ramson then itataas niya ang singil sa kuryente

Tama din ang sabi nila baka pakana ng isang politiko ito

The point is alam naman natin na delikado dun tapos pupunta ka at wala silang kasamang militar something fishy about it. Alam naman natin infested yun ng rebelde   

[-=Kurabo=-]

The point is alam naman natin na delikado dun tapos pupunta ka at wala silang kasamang militar something fishy about it. Alam naman natin infested yun ng rebelde   

uhmm pwede..

about naman dun sa sobrang press freedom.. ibang issue naman ang nakidnap sa nagalan ng pagbabalita.. yung sa sobrang press freedom is yung sobrang yabang na.. mas mayabang pa sa pulis por que media lang sila.. katulad na lang nung mutiny.. pinakita run ang downside ng press freedom.. hindi na justifiable.. feeling nila palagi silang tama..

[clip]

... tapos sa gobyerno nanaman i-sisisi ang abduction na yan.

i totally agree with this. kulang na lang pati sabong pampaligo, pag naubos, i-sisi sa government eh.