The latest news about the abduction of ABS-CBN host and reporter Ces Drilon has reached a tipping point. Updates sent in indicate a ransom demand was made:

The abductors of journalist Ces Drilon have set a noontime deadline tomorrow Tuesday for the payment of P15M as board and lodging fee in exchange for their release of Drilon, her cameraman Jimmy Encarnacion and professor Octavio Dinampo, according to Jolo radio broadcaster Zeny Masong.

Ces Drilon and two of her camera men were reported missing in Mindanao a week earlier. It has been confirmed that they were kidnapped by an Abu-Sayyaf faction.