After thoughts on the Ces Drilon and Company Kidnap Story
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
The highly respected news anchor Ces Drilon and 2 of his cameramen of ABS-CBN were kidnapped last June 8, 2008 in Sulu and were released after almost 10 days.
Until now the story is not yet finished and had become more unclear, with succeeding events such as the arrest of Mayor Isnaji and his son being suspected as the mastermind of the kidnapping and then the issues of the ransom money that was given. And nobody knows when and how will this story ends.
I am just wondering why would some people have to lie knowingly during some press interviews regarding the ransom money. They even emphasized that it was our governments policy not to give any ransom and then in the end the truth will just come out that there was indeed a ransom money.
Should they just shut up their mouth and avoid answering questions from the press when they know that they are just consciously lying to the people.
I guess I am just really so naive in believing everything I hear on the news, and expecting people to be truthful to what they are saying to the public. And - I am only realizing that after the kidnap of Ms. Drilon… ![]()