This is the sort of stuff that just happens in the movies. I can't believe it's happening here in the Philippines of all places.
It has been confirmed today that ABS-CBN News journalists Ces Drilon, Jimmy Encarnacion, and Angelo Valderama have been kidnapped for ransom. Suspects are the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu.
Apparently, Drilon, cameramen Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderama, and Prof. Octavio Dinampo were seized by armed men in Barangay Labbah, an isolated area, Maimbung Mayor Najib Maldisa said Tuesday.
Unfortunately ABS-CBN News will abide by its policy not to pay ransom because this would embolden kidnap for ransom groups to abduct other journalists, putting more lives at risk. I know the principle is right somehow but imagine being friends and/or family of these journalists. I'd pay anything to get a loved one back.
Who thought becoming a journalist could get so dangerous?
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