'Ces Drilon, crew alive and well'

Veteran broadcast journalist Ces Drilon and her crew are alive and well despite being held hostage in the mountains of Sulu province, radio dzMM reported Thursday morning.
Correspondent Ruby Tayag reported that the good news was also confirmed by Armed Forces chief of staff Gen. Alexander Yano.
According to Yano, local officials in Sulu, who are also members of the crisis committee handling the case, said there is proof of life.
Yano said they continue to monitor the situation. He declined to elaborate.
He also refused to answer on whether the military is already in contact with the kidnappers of the ABS- CBN News team.
The military's initial findings said it was possible that the bandit group Abu Sayyaf is behind the abduction. He, however, said the military has yet to confirm this.
The AFP said it will implement a "no ransom policy" as the military does not negotiate with terrorists.
Meanwhile, in a related report, correspondent Noel Alamar also said that Drilon, Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderama are well despite being in captivity since Sunday.He added that Drilon, Encarnacion and Valderama are somewhere in the tri- boundary of Indanan, Talipao and Maimbung towns.

SOURCE: ABS-CBN NEWS