| Filipino workers assist during the arrival of the US naval hospital ship Mercy as it docks at Manila's south pier on Sunday. The Mercy's gentle diplomacy has won hearts in the Philippines, where the US military has been providing combat training and weapons to the underfunded military since 2002. (AP Photo)
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MANILA (Updated 12:37 p.m.)-- The kidnappers of ABS-CBN broadcast journalist Ces Drilon, her cameraman and a university professor have demanded a P15-million ransom to be delivered Tuesday noon, an ABS-CBN News Channel report says.
According to the television report, Indanan Mayor Alvarez Isnaji, who is acting as negotiator in the kidnapping crisis, said the kidnappers set Tuesday as the deadline for the P15 million ransom for Drilon, ABS-CBN cameraman Jimmy Encarnacion and Professor Octavio Dinampo of the Mindanao State University.
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