BRIAN NELSON, CNN ANCHOR: It's Monday morning in the Philippines, and freedom could come for another hostage there. On Sunday, captors released five people. Four of them had been hostages since April. They were held on Jolo Island in the southern Philippines. And CNN's Maria Ressa reports: For some, the release is bittersweet.</s>QUESTION: How does it feel to leave a son behind?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What a question.</s>RESSA: The release isn't bittersweet for him alone. Sonia Wendling from France leaves her boyfriend Stephane, while South African Monique Strydom leaves behind her husband Callie. These four were part of the group of 21 tourists and workers kidnapped from a Malaysian diving resort on April 23rd. Released with them is French journalist Maryse Burgot, kidnapped with her television crew on July 9th. The hostages were met by their ambassadors. Together, they boarded a Libyan plane, which has been waiting for their release for the past two weeks. The hostages will fly to Tripoli, where they are expected to meet with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Libya has played a key-role in the negotiations, at first offering what it called development aid. Reports put that sum at about $25 million. Negotiators say Libya paid one million dollars for each of the five hostages released Sunday. But although the ordeal may be over for these five, seven more Western hostages wait in the Abu Sayyaf camp hoping their turn will come soon. Maria Ressa, CNN.
Philippines: Five More Abu Sayyaf Hostages Released