Ces Drilon of ABS-CBN, 2 cameramen, university professor seized in SuluVeteran broadcast journalist Ces Drilon of the giant ABS-CBN television network and three others were abducted by suspected extremist Abu Sayyaf group (ASG) in Maimbung, Sulu, police officials said yesterday.
Chief Superintendent Joel Goltiao, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) police director, said Ms Drilon and her two cameramen and a companion Octavio Dinampo were seized at Barangay Kulasi in Maimbung town.
The identities of the two cameramen were not immediately known. The lady ABS CBN senior correspondent and her cameramen were in Sulu since Saturday from Zamboanga City when the abduction took place, according to a source from Sulu provincial police office.
Police confirmed they were abducted by Abu Sayyaf militants led by Albader Parad, saying they were taken to the hinterlands of Indanan town.
Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan immediately convened the Crisis Management Committee (CMC)) to address the situation.
Prior to their abduction, Drilon and her cameramen were billeted at the Sulu State College hostel in Jolo town. They left on Saturday afternoon after ordering foods, sources said.
Drilon's team was the second from the ABS-CBN to be kidnapped in Sulu. Reporter Maan Macapagal and her cameraman Val Cuenca were also kidnapped in thew troubled island province while working on exclusive news on the Abu Sayyaf.
Ms Drilon is only among the famous Filipino journalists kidnapped in Sulu. Freelance journalist and Net 25 broadcast anchorwoman Arlyn dela Cruz was also kidnapped in Sulu while covering the Abu Sayyaf.
Another photojournalist Gene Boyd Lumawag of the Mindanao News was shot in the head by an Abu Sayyaf militant while shooting the sunset in Sulu several years ago.
The Abu Sayyaf had also seized foreign journalists covering the group's kidnapping of 21 Asian and Western holidaymakers from Sabah. Most of those kidnapped were freed in exchange for ransom.
ABS-CBN: Official Statement on Ces Drilon
Chief Superintendent Joel Goltiao, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) police director, said Ms Drilon and her two cameramen and a companion Octavio Dinampo were seized at Barangay Kulasi in Maimbung town.
The identities of the two cameramen were not immediately known. The lady ABS CBN senior correspondent and her cameramen were in Sulu since Saturday from Zamboanga City when the abduction took place, according to a source from Sulu provincial police office.
Police confirmed they were abducted by Abu Sayyaf militants led by Albader Parad, saying they were taken to the hinterlands of Indanan town.
Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan immediately convened the Crisis Management Committee (CMC)) to address the situation.
Prior to their abduction, Drilon and her cameramen were billeted at the Sulu State College hostel in Jolo town. They left on Saturday afternoon after ordering foods, sources said.
Drilon's team was the second from the ABS-CBN to be kidnapped in Sulu. Reporter Maan Macapagal and her cameraman Val Cuenca were also kidnapped in thew troubled island province while working on exclusive news on the Abu Sayyaf.
Ms Drilon is only among the famous Filipino journalists kidnapped in Sulu. Freelance journalist and Net 25 broadcast anchorwoman Arlyn dela Cruz was also kidnapped in Sulu while covering the Abu Sayyaf.
Another photojournalist Gene Boyd Lumawag of the Mindanao News was shot in the head by an Abu Sayyaf militant while shooting the sunset in Sulu several years ago.
The Abu Sayyaf had also seized foreign journalists covering the group's kidnapping of 21 Asian and Western holidaymakers from Sabah. Most of those kidnapped were freed in exchange for ransom.
ABS-CBN: Official Statement on Ces Drilon
10 June 2008
ABS-CBN OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON CES DRILON:
Three ABS-CBN journalists Ces Drilon, Jimmy Encarnacion, and Angelo Valderama are missing in Sulu.
All efforts are underway to find them and bring them home.
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.
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