It has been so long since I posted! Lots of things have happened I will try to update lots this week. Manila suffered a terrible tragedy this weekend. On Friday the 19th of October there was a bomb in a shopping centre in Makati. Glorietta 2 was one of four ajoining upscale shopping malls in Makati,with shops, restaurants, cinemas etc. We were there the night before for dinner and drinks and we had actually been in a nightclub dancing 12 hours before the blast. There were 8 people killed and around 90 injured it was terrible. No organisation has taken responsibilty for it yet. The press and Government work differently here. In Ireland when these things used to happen, the public used to get lots of information quickly. The Government officals are very tight lipped here and still haven't relaesed much info. The press aren't very pushy with their interviews, and won't push the officals, especially on TV. This is a quote from Wikipedia;
Press Freedom
The fifth annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index released by the international press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF)has ranked the Philippines among the worst-ranked countries for 2006 at 142nd place. It indicates the continuing murders of journalists and increased legal harassment in the form of libel suits as part of the problem in the Philippines.[6] Between 1986 to 2005, 52 journalists have been murdered.[7]
I will post pictures from my diving weekend later, my computer at school won't let me anymore. Gotta run kids coming in 2 mins!
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