Jumping the gun: A vendor holding the newspaper that ran an inaccurate report on Veloso in Manila. — AFP
MANILA: Several Philippine newspapers have been caught out by a last-minute reprieve for a young woman facing execution in Indonesia, running front-page headlines bidding her farewell and accusing the government of failing to save her.
“Death came before dawn,” read the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s dramatic headline, above a large photograph of condemned Filipina maid Mary Jane Veloso, 30, whose plight has captivated the nation.
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