I was having my car washed at around 10 a.m. today (March 28) when I got this text message from Engr. Mon Ramirez, webmaster of Arkibong Bayan:
Wow! Frnt page pala sa inqr times gmanews tv. N 2 thnk na ala pang 20 katao.
My very loose translation of Mon’s text message: Wow, the activity got front-page treatment in the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI), Manila Times (MT) and GMANews.TV. And to think that there were less than 20 people at the picket.
I immediately looked for a copy of today’s issue of the PDI. Feel free the read the online version of the front-page article titled “Protesters hound Neri at UP meeting.”
When I arrived at UP, I looked at the front page of today’s issue of the MT and my friend Mon was right.
As regards today’s issue of the Philippine Star (PS), an article on page 5 titled “Neri jeered at UP” had an interesting source.
Yes, we thank our friends in the media for covering the event even if they were informed only at the last minute.
Of course, I should mention that Mon had been quick to upload the pictures of the activity to Arkibong Bayan. Here’s one of them.
That’s all for now. Thank you for reading!