Ces Drilon
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Ces Orena-Drilon or more commonly known as Ces Oreña-Drilon is an award winning Filipino
broadcast journalist. She graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman with a degree of Bachelor of Arts major in Communication Research. She has presented several news and public affairs programs for the News and Current Affairs division of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, which she had joined in 1989.
She was the recipient of the highest honor given by the KBP Golden Dove Awards which is the "Ka Doroy Broadcaster of the Year" which was held last November 25, 2010 during the 19th KBP Golden Dove Awards and also included on the Top 7 mothers honored by Working Mom Magazine as today's most exemplary career women.
Franklin Drilon
; they have four children.
(later renamed People's Television 4) as a news reporter. Her reporting on the capture of Army renegade Col. Gregorio Honasan caught the attention of ABS-CBN Network, which hired her in 1989 to cover the Philippine Senate
. Ces would appear regularly on The World Tonight
as the program's business correspondent.
Together with Cathy Yap-Yang (now with Bloomberg Television Network), Ces Oreña-Drilon was assigned to host Usapang Business, a weekly business-oriented show which was soon cancelled due to budget cuts. She later presented several news and current affairs programs for the ABS-CBN Network and for the ABS-CBN News Channel
, including Pipol and The Correspondents
. Since the 2000s, Oreña-Drilon has served as a co-anchor of the ABS-CBN flagship nightly news programs ABS-CBN Insider
and Bandila
, and alternate anchor for TV Patrol.
In 2007, Ces Oreña-Drilon was among several Filipino journalists covering the Manila Peninsula rebellion
who were briefly detained by the Philippine military
shortly after the mutiny was quashed.
Drilon's team was invited by Professor Octavio Dinampo, an academic at the Mindanao State University
, Sulu. Dinampo, a Muslim, was also missing. Oreña-Drilon and news cameramen Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderrama were abducted in Maimbung
, Sulu, Jolo
, by al-Qaeda
-linked Abu Sayyaf
militants. The militants were led by Albader Parad, an Abu Sayyaf leader and Gapur Jundain, former member of the Moro National Liberation Front
.
Chief Superintendent Joel Goltiao, police regional director for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, announced that:"Pinapakain naman sila [They are being fed well], they are well and alive, hindi sila nakatali [they are not tied] and nakakalabas sila [they are able to move around] but they are being escorted." Ransom
were allegedly asked, ranging from P 10 million to P 30 million (227,000 and 454,000 dollars). Drilon is the third local journalist to be kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf since 2000.
A documentary on Drilon's kidnapping was made and is set for airing by ABS-CBN
on July 13.http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=124460
payment of 100,000 pesos ($2,250). Negotiator Isnaji Alvarez stated that the abductors gave Drilon’s family until June 17 to pay 1.12 million dollars ransom, for her safe release, but a deadline for the other two hostages was unclear. Xinhua
, however reported that the “militants has set a deadline of Tuesday noon for a ransom of 15 million pesos (337,079 U.S. dollars), local media reported Monday.” Isnaji earlier said “the abductors demanded 20 million pesos (US$450,000) in ransom.” Minutes before the deadline the kidnappers extended "Indefinitely" the deadline for the release of Drilon and her companions, the abductors are requesting livelihood products in exchange for their freedom.
Ces Oreña-Drilon and her companions were released on June 17, 2008 at 11 pm Manila Time following negotiations with Philippine security and government officials. Drilon, Jimmy Encarnacion and Octavio Dinampo were picked up in Talipao
, Indanan
, Sulu island, by Mayor Alvarez Isnaji at about midnight.
After eating noodle
s for 9 days, under more than 20 abductors, Ces and her crew met Grechie and Frank Oreña, Drilon's siblings, with Loren Legarda
and Maria Ressa
on June 18 in Zamboanga City
La Vista del Mar Beach Resort. They arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
from Zamboanga City around 2 p.m., for short press conference and underwent a medical checkup at the Medical City Hospital in Pasig City
.
Senator Loren Legarda
, a negotiator, said "the refusal of ABS-CBN and the government to pay a ransom, and the deployment of troops around Indanan, prompted the release. Al Jazeera
's reporter Veronica Pedrosa stated "a military offensive near the kidnappers' camp had apparently helped free the hostages." Ces, a mother of 4, whose face was scarred by mosquito
bites, stated that she was betrayed by someone who delivered her to the kidnappers and the Abu Sayyaf militants threatened to behead them: "We came close to losing our lives; There was some betrayal involved and that is why we were kidnapped; I thought I was so reckless. I didn't think of my family who I put through a really terrible ordeal in the past 10 days. I would like to thank everybody - words are not enough to thank those who prayed for the professor, and Jimmy and Angel and myself. I put the lives of my team in danger so it was really a very sobering experience to me.” AFP
reported that ransom
was paid "following talks between the Abu Sayyaf and Senator Loren Legarda, who is expected to contest the 2010 presidential election." The Canadian Press stated that "There were speculations that as much as $337,000 in ransom was paid for their release. Drilon condemned the abductors, who tied them and slapped her during the dire detention." AHN
, however reported that the release was made in exchange for livelihood assistance instead of a $338,000 ransom. Philippine National Police
Chief Avelino Razon stated: "Sabi niya pasensya na General, pati ikaw ay nadamay. Sabi ko trabaho lang ito, kami talagang tutulong para sa inyong pagbalik (She told me, General I'm sorry you were dragged into this. I told her, it's not a problem, it's our job to ensure your safe return)."
of P 5-million (112,500 dollars). Isnaji's lawyer, Ernesto Francisco, however, said his clients were innocent and prosecuted for political reasons: "If you examine the background of Mayor Isnaji, there is no instance in the past that he was involved in any criminal activity." Raul M. Gonzalez
said "Isnaji was a highly respected politician in Jolo
who plans to run for governor of the Muslim autonomous region, which includes the island, in August." Gonzalez and PNP Director General Avelino Razon Jr. affirmed that Isnaji "kept to himself P 3-million (67,568 U.S. dollars) and paid the kidnappers P 2 million (45,045 U.S. dollars) (from the Drilon family)." Razon, Jr. showed pictures of Isnaji, his son, Haider, and Sulu Vice-Governor Lady Ann Sahidulla gathered around the P 5-million ransom, with Senior Superintendent Willy Quidato. Meanwhile, Dinampo and Sulu provincial police director Senior Superintendent Julasirim Kasim said that guide Juamil "Mameng" Biyaw betrayed the ABS-CBN team.
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) filed the complaint before the Department of Justice (DoJ) on June 20 against Isnaji, his son Haider and 14 Abu Sayyaf members, for the kidnapping
. Ces Drilon, Jimmy Encarnacion and Angel Valderama personally signed the complaint. The pre-trial conference was set for 1 p.m. on Monday. They are currently detained at the PNP Crame headquarters. Razon, Jr. further implicated at least 3 relatives of Isnaji: "Three of the suspects are relatives of the mayor, di natin alam sino yan (At least three of the suspects are relatives of the mayor but we have not identified them by name)." Also, Razon affirmed inquiry into a supposed 2nd payoff / ranson concerning 2 duffel bag
s flown into Sulu via a South East Asian Airlines
(SEAIR) flight hours before the hostages' release. DILG Secretary Ronaldo Puno
also said that Isnaji (and his son) may have masterminded the abduction: "The kidnappers themselves were double-crossed."
On October 11, 2008, Al-Qaeda
members linked ASG
Asma Awang, Makambian Sakilan, and Tagayan Sakilan, all from Talipao
, Sulu, including Marcial Totoh Jabarot, alias Abu Cesar, were arrested by the Sixth Marine Battalion Landing Team in Jolo
. Also, suspect Adjili Sakilan was killed and 4 fled. Meanwhile, the Sulu Philippine National Police
and Task Force Comet announced probe of Asma Awang and relatives Makambian Sakilan and Tagayan Sakilan in Drilon's abduction. Further, Lt. Colonel Ernesto Torres Jr said Devaro is an Abu Sayyaf
member from 2000 under Kumander Tahil Salih.
on Drilon's kidnapping was made and set for airing by ABS-CBN
on July 13.http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=124460 However, the Department of Justice per government prosecutors warned ABS-CBN
against airing any video footage, alleging that it would affect the pending preliminary investigation's outcome.
on July 5, 2008 punished Ces Oreña-Drilon with 3 months suspension
as news anchor of Bandila
and as Senior Correspondent
, for disobeying orders not to go to Indanan, Sulu (violation of Standards & Ethics Manual). Earlier, Ces apologized "for unwittingly endangering lives." Maria Ressa
noted the “grave consequences of her error in judgment.” On October 6, 2008, Ces Orena-Drilon returned as co-anchor of ABS-CBN's “Bandila” after the suspension's lapse. She announced the airing of a segment on the physical and psychological effects of the Mindanao conflict on Armed Forces of the Philippines
's soldiers.
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
broadcast journalist. She graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman with a degree of Bachelor of Arts major in Communication Research. She has presented several news and public affairs programs for the News and Current Affairs division of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, which she had joined in 1989.
She was the recipient of the highest honor given by the KBP Golden Dove Awards which is the "Ka Doroy Broadcaster of the Year" which was held last November 25, 2010 during the 19th KBP Golden Dove Awards and also included on the Top 7 mothers honored by Working Mom Magazine as today's most exemplary career women.
Personal life
Ces Oreña-Drilon is married to painter Rock Drilon, a nephew of former Senate PresidentPresident of the Senate of the Philippines
The President of the Senate of the Philippines, or more popularly known as the Senate President, is the presiding officer and the highest ranking-official of the Senate of the Philippines. He/she is elected by the entire body to be their leader...
Franklin Drilon
Franklin Drilon
Franklin Magtunao Drilon is a Filipino politician who served as President of the Senate of the Philippines in 2000 and from 2001 to 2006. Drilon currently serves his third term in the Senate...
; they have four children.
Career
Ces Orena-Drilon began her career in television journalism in 1985 when she joined the Maharlika Broadcasting SystemNational Broadcasting Network
People's Television is the flagship government television network owned by the Philippine Government through People's Television Network, Inc. . Its head office, studios and transmitter are located at Broadcast Complex, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City .-History:The country's government...
(later renamed People's Television 4) as a news reporter. Her reporting on the capture of Army renegade Col. Gregorio Honasan caught the attention of ABS-CBN Network, which hired her in 1989 to cover the Philippine Senate
Senate of the Philippines
The Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress of the Philippines...
. Ces would appear regularly on The World Tonight
The World Tonight (ABS-CBN)
The World Tonight is an English-language newscast of ABS-CBN. It is anchored by Angelo Castro, Jr. And Tina Monzon-Palma on weekdays, and by Gigi Grande on Saturdays and Ron Cruz on Sundays.-Airing history:...
as the program's business correspondent.
Together with Cathy Yap-Yang (now with Bloomberg Television Network), Ces Oreña-Drilon was assigned to host Usapang Business, a weekly business-oriented show which was soon cancelled due to budget cuts. She later presented several news and current affairs programs for the ABS-CBN Network and for the ABS-CBN News Channel
ABS-CBN News Channel
ABS-CBN News Channel or better known as ANC is the Philippines first 24-hour news channel broadcasting both in cable television domestically and in satellite television internationally via The Filipino Channel, owned and operated by the ABS-CBN Corporation under its ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs...
, including Pipol and The Correspondents
The Correspondents
The Correspondents was the longest-running investigative documentary show of ABS-CBN in the Philippines. It brings an in-depth look at the lives of people as they are living it, going through hardships, and celebrating their joys. It is journalism with a heart. "Ang Huling Pagtatanghal" served as...
. Since the 2000s, Oreña-Drilon has served as a co-anchor of the ABS-CBN flagship nightly news programs ABS-CBN Insider
ABS-CBN Insider
ABS-CBN Insider was a late-night news program anchored by Atty. Dong Puno and Ces Oreña-Drilon. The show was aired on ABS-CBN until June 30, 2006 and was replaced by Bandila....
and Bandila
Bandila (TV program)
Bandila is an International Emmy-nominated late night news broadcast of ABS-CBN in the Philippines. The newscast is anchored by Julius Babao, Karen Davila, Ces Oreña-Drilon and Boy Abunda...
, and alternate anchor for TV Patrol.
In 2007, Ces Oreña-Drilon was among several Filipino journalists covering the Manila Peninsula rebellion
Manila Peninsula rebellion
The Manila Peninsula rebellion occurred on November 29, 2007 at The Peninsula Manila hotel in Makati City, Philippines. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Brigadier General Danilo Lim, and 25 other Magdalo officers walked out of their trial and marched through the streets of Makati City...
who were briefly detained by the Philippine military
Armed Forces of the Philippines
The Armed Forces of the Philippines is composed of the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force...
shortly after the mutiny was quashed.
Kidnapping
In June 2008, she was held for ransom for nine days after being abducted together with two ABS-CBN cameramen while in Sulu.Drilon's team was invited by Professor Octavio Dinampo, an academic at the Mindanao State University
Mindanao State University
Mindanao State University is a public coeducational institution of higher education located in the Islamic City of Marawi, Philippines...
, Sulu. Dinampo, a Muslim, was also missing. Oreña-Drilon and news cameramen Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderrama were abducted in Maimbung
Maimbung, Sulu
Maimbung is a 5th class municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 24,982 people in 3,920 households.-Barangays:Maimbung is politically subdivided into 27 barangays....
, Sulu, Jolo
Jolo
Jolo may refer to:* Jolo Island* Jolo, Sulu* Jolo, West Virginia* Jolo is also the nickname of Swedish author Jan Olof Olsson....
, by al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
-linked Abu Sayyaf
Abu Sayyaf
Abu Sayyaf also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several military Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern Philippines, in Bangsamoro where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups have been engaged in an insurgency for an independent province in the country...
militants. The militants were led by Albader Parad, an Abu Sayyaf leader and Gapur Jundain, former member of the Moro National Liberation Front
Moro National Liberation Front
The Moro National Liberation Front is a political organization that was founded by Nur Misuari in 1969. The MNLF struggles against the Philippine Government to achieve independence of the Bangsamoro Land...
.
Chief Superintendent Joel Goltiao, police regional director for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, announced that:"Pinapakain naman sila [They are being fed well], they are well and alive, hindi sila nakatali [they are not tied] and nakakalabas sila [they are able to move around] but they are being escorted." Ransom
Ransom
Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved.In an early German law, a similar concept was called bad influence...
were allegedly asked, ranging from P 10 million to P 30 million (227,000 and 454,000 dollars). Drilon is the third local journalist to be kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf since 2000.
A documentary on Drilon's kidnapping was made and is set for airing by ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
on July 13.http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=124460
Release and deadline
The militants released Angelo Valderama on June 12 after a ransomRansom
Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved.In an early German law, a similar concept was called bad influence...
payment of 100,000 pesos ($2,250). Negotiator Isnaji Alvarez stated that the abductors gave Drilon’s family until June 17 to pay 1.12 million dollars ransom, for her safe release, but a deadline for the other two hostages was unclear. Xinhua
Xinhua News Agency
The Xinhua News Agency is the official press agency of the government of the People's Republic of China and the biggest center for collecting information and press conferences in the PRC. It is the largest news agency in the PRC, ahead of the China News Service...
, however reported that the “militants has set a deadline of Tuesday noon for a ransom of 15 million pesos (337,079 U.S. dollars), local media reported Monday.” Isnaji earlier said “the abductors demanded 20 million pesos (US$450,000) in ransom.” Minutes before the deadline the kidnappers extended "Indefinitely" the deadline for the release of Drilon and her companions, the abductors are requesting livelihood products in exchange for their freedom.
Ces Oreña-Drilon and her companions were released on June 17, 2008 at 11 pm Manila Time following negotiations with Philippine security and government officials. Drilon, Jimmy Encarnacion and Octavio Dinampo were picked up in Talipao
Talipao, Sulu
Talipao is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines.The Municipality of Talipao’s total area coverage is pegged at approximately 38,057.00 hectares...
, Indanan
Indanan, Sulu
Indanan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 53,425 people in 9,132 households.-Barangays:Indanan is politically subdivided into 34 barangays.* Adjid* Bangalan...
, Sulu island, by Mayor Alvarez Isnaji at about midnight.
After eating noodle
Noodle
The noodle is a type of food, made from any of a variety of doughs, formed into long thin ribbons, strips, curly-cues, waves, helices, pipes, tubes, strings, or other various shapes, sometimes folded. They are usually cooked in a mixture of boiling water and/or oil. Depending upon the type, noodles...
s for 9 days, under more than 20 abductors, Ces and her crew met Grechie and Frank Oreña, Drilon's siblings, with Loren Legarda
Loren Legarda
Loren Legarda is a Filipino broadcast journalist, environmentalist, and politician of Visayan ancestry, notable as the only female to top two senatorial elections . During the 2004 Philippine general election, she ran for the position of Vice-President as an Independent with Fernando Poe, Jr...
and Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa
Maria A. Ressa is a Filipino journalist, and author of Seeds of Terror, a book published by Free Press that contains blow-by-blow account of the hideouts of Al-Qaeda in Asia....
on June 18 in Zamboanga City
Zamboanga City
The City of Zamboanga : is a highly urbanized, independent and a chartered city located in Mindanao, Philippines....
La Vista del Mar Beach Resort. They arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
Ninoy Aquino International Airport
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport or NAIA , also known as Manila International Airport , is the airport serving the general area of Manila and its surrounding metropolitan area...
from Zamboanga City around 2 p.m., for short press conference and underwent a medical checkup at the Medical City Hospital in Pasig City
Pasig City
The City of Pasig is one of the city municipalities of Metro Manila in the Philippines and was the former capital of the province of Rizal prior to the formation of this grouping of cities designated as the National Capital Region...
.
Senator Loren Legarda
Loren Legarda
Loren Legarda is a Filipino broadcast journalist, environmentalist, and politician of Visayan ancestry, notable as the only female to top two senatorial elections . During the 2004 Philippine general election, she ran for the position of Vice-President as an Independent with Fernando Poe, Jr...
, a negotiator, said "the refusal of ABS-CBN and the government to pay a ransom, and the deployment of troops around Indanan, prompted the release. Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera is an independent broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar through the Qatar Media Corporation and headquartered in Doha, Qatar...
's reporter Veronica Pedrosa stated "a military offensive near the kidnappers' camp had apparently helped free the hostages." Ces, a mother of 4, whose face was scarred by mosquito
Mosquito
Mosquitoes are members of a family of nematocerid flies: the Culicidae . The word Mosquito is from the Spanish and Portuguese for little fly...
bites, stated that she was betrayed by someone who delivered her to the kidnappers and the Abu Sayyaf militants threatened to behead them: "We came close to losing our lives; There was some betrayal involved and that is why we were kidnapped; I thought I was so reckless. I didn't think of my family who I put through a really terrible ordeal in the past 10 days. I would like to thank everybody - words are not enough to thank those who prayed for the professor, and Jimmy and Angel and myself. I put the lives of my team in danger so it was really a very sobering experience to me.” AFP
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse is a French news agency, the oldest one in the world, and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters. It is also the largest French news agency. Currently, its CEO is Emmanuel Hoog and its news director Philippe Massonnet...
reported that ransom
Ransom
Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved.In an early German law, a similar concept was called bad influence...
was paid "following talks between the Abu Sayyaf and Senator Loren Legarda, who is expected to contest the 2010 presidential election." The Canadian Press stated that "There were speculations that as much as $337,000 in ransom was paid for their release. Drilon condemned the abductors, who tied them and slapped her during the dire detention." AHN
All Headline News
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, however reported that the release was made in exchange for livelihood assistance instead of a $338,000 ransom. Philippine National Police
Philippine National Police
The Philippine National Police is the national police force of the Republic of the Philippines. It is both a national and a local police force in that it does provides all law enforcement services throughout the Philippines...
Chief Avelino Razon stated: "Sabi niya pasensya na General, pati ikaw ay nadamay. Sabi ko trabaho lang ito, kami talagang tutulong para sa inyong pagbalik (She told me, General I'm sorry you were dragged into this. I told her, it's not a problem, it's our job to ensure your safe return)."
Arrest and investigation
Octavio Dinampo on June 20 stated that Mayor Alvarez Isnaji alias "Larin-Larin," pocketed much of the "first" ransomRansom
Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved.In an early German law, a similar concept was called bad influence...
of P 5-million (112,500 dollars). Isnaji's lawyer, Ernesto Francisco, however, said his clients were innocent and prosecuted for political reasons: "If you examine the background of Mayor Isnaji, there is no instance in the past that he was involved in any criminal activity." Raul M. Gonzalez
Raul M. Gonzalez
Raúl Maravilla González, was the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and was the Former Secretary of Justice of the Philippines. He was replaced by Agnes Devanadera in 2009 from the orders of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.-External links:****...
said "Isnaji was a highly respected politician in Jolo
Jolo
Jolo may refer to:* Jolo Island* Jolo, Sulu* Jolo, West Virginia* Jolo is also the nickname of Swedish author Jan Olof Olsson....
who plans to run for governor of the Muslim autonomous region, which includes the island, in August." Gonzalez and PNP Director General Avelino Razon Jr. affirmed that Isnaji "kept to himself P 3-million (67,568 U.S. dollars) and paid the kidnappers P 2 million (45,045 U.S. dollars) (from the Drilon family)." Razon, Jr. showed pictures of Isnaji, his son, Haider, and Sulu Vice-Governor Lady Ann Sahidulla gathered around the P 5-million ransom, with Senior Superintendent Willy Quidato. Meanwhile, Dinampo and Sulu provincial police director Senior Superintendent Julasirim Kasim said that guide Juamil "Mameng" Biyaw betrayed the ABS-CBN team.
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) filed the complaint before the Department of Justice (DoJ) on June 20 against Isnaji, his son Haider and 14 Abu Sayyaf members, for the kidnapping
Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority...
. Ces Drilon, Jimmy Encarnacion and Angel Valderama personally signed the complaint. The pre-trial conference was set for 1 p.m. on Monday. They are currently detained at the PNP Crame headquarters. Razon, Jr. further implicated at least 3 relatives of Isnaji: "Three of the suspects are relatives of the mayor, di natin alam sino yan (At least three of the suspects are relatives of the mayor but we have not identified them by name)." Also, Razon affirmed inquiry into a supposed 2nd payoff / ranson concerning 2 duffel bag
Duffel bag
A duffel bag is a large cylindrical bag made of cloth with a drawstring closure at the top....
s flown into Sulu via a South East Asian Airlines
South East Asian Airlines
Southeast Asian Airlines , Inc. operating as SEAir is an airline based in Pampanga, the Philippines. It operates domestic services and its main base is Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, with hubs at Godofredo P. Ramos Airport, Malay, Aklan.- History :The airline was established in 1995...
(SEAIR) flight hours before the hostages' release. DILG Secretary Ronaldo Puno
Ronaldo Puno
Ronaldo V. Puno is a campaign manager in Philippine politics. He supported the presidential bids of eventual winners Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada, and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo....
also said that Isnaji (and his son) may have masterminded the abduction: "The kidnappers themselves were double-crossed."
On October 11, 2008, Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
members linked ASG
Abu Sayyaf
Abu Sayyaf also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several military Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern Philippines, in Bangsamoro where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups have been engaged in an insurgency for an independent province in the country...
Asma Awang, Makambian Sakilan, and Tagayan Sakilan, all from Talipao
Talipao, Sulu
Talipao is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines.The Municipality of Talipao’s total area coverage is pegged at approximately 38,057.00 hectares...
, Sulu, including Marcial Totoh Jabarot, alias Abu Cesar, were arrested by the Sixth Marine Battalion Landing Team in Jolo
Jolo
Jolo may refer to:* Jolo Island* Jolo, Sulu* Jolo, West Virginia* Jolo is also the nickname of Swedish author Jan Olof Olsson....
. Also, suspect Adjili Sakilan was killed and 4 fled. Meanwhile, the Sulu Philippine National Police
Philippine National Police
The Philippine National Police is the national police force of the Republic of the Philippines. It is both a national and a local police force in that it does provides all law enforcement services throughout the Philippines...
and Task Force Comet announced probe of Asma Awang and relatives Makambian Sakilan and Tagayan Sakilan in Drilon's abduction. Further, Lt. Colonel Ernesto Torres Jr said Devaro is an Abu Sayyaf
Abu Sayyaf
Abu Sayyaf also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several military Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern Philippines, in Bangsamoro where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups have been engaged in an insurgency for an independent province in the country...
member from 2000 under Kumander Tahil Salih.
Controversy
A documentaryDocumentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
on Drilon's kidnapping was made and set for airing by ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
on July 13.http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=124460 However, the Department of Justice per government prosecutors warned ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
against airing any video footage, alleging that it would affect the pending preliminary investigation's outcome.
Penalty of suspension
ABS-CBNABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
on July 5, 2008 punished Ces Oreña-Drilon with 3 months suspension
Suspension (punishment)
Suspension is a form of punishment that people receive for violating rules and regulations.- Workplace :Suspension is a common practice in the workplace for being in violation of an organization's policy...
as news anchor of Bandila
Bandila (TV program)
Bandila is an International Emmy-nominated late night news broadcast of ABS-CBN in the Philippines. The newscast is anchored by Julius Babao, Karen Davila, Ces Oreña-Drilon and Boy Abunda...
and as Senior Correspondent
Correspondent
A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator, or more general speaking, an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign...
, for disobeying orders not to go to Indanan, Sulu (violation of Standards & Ethics Manual). Earlier, Ces apologized "for unwittingly endangering lives." Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa
Maria A. Ressa is a Filipino journalist, and author of Seeds of Terror, a book published by Free Press that contains blow-by-blow account of the hideouts of Al-Qaeda in Asia....
noted the “grave consequences of her error in judgment.” On October 6, 2008, Ces Orena-Drilon returned as co-anchor of ABS-CBN's “Bandila” after the suspension's lapse. She announced the airing of a segment on the physical and psychological effects of the Mindanao conflict on Armed Forces of the Philippines
Armed Forces of the Philippines
The Armed Forces of the Philippines is composed of the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force...
's soldiers.
External links
- Kidnap Charges Laid Against Mayor Isnaji and Son
- Ces Drilon at Telebisyon.net
- http://www.youtube.com/user/iadorenewscasters