The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines has received letters of support for press freedom.
Here in the US, the State of Emergency has had its fair share of news coverage.
Use yahoo? Notice that tool bar on the right side that says In the News? The Philippines has barely left that tool bar for the last three weeks. First it was the Wowowee stampede tragedy, then came the Leyte landslide, now the State of Emergency. The State of Emergency was even mentioned (albeit fleetingly) during a local news broadcast here in California. Because of the State of Emergency, the Philippines has continued to remain a mainstay on the World News section and the splash pages of the major dailies here in the US.
There’s a saying that all kinds of publicity, whether good or bad, is still publicity. Or something to that effect. But our country has been hammered over and over again with really bad publicity. The Philippines has become a nation of chaos and turmoil and disorder. Everything has come down to this.
