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Article: Facebook, Twitter offer lifeline

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September 29, 2009
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Because of limited news from international media outfits, Filipinos abroad are relying on Facebook and Twitter to get real-time

updates on their loved ones back home who may have been victims of tropical storm Ondoy (a.k.a. Ketsana).

Romar Sese, a Filipino living in Tsukuba, Japan, complained on Facebook that news about the disaster in the Philippines is scarce in major international news networks, unlike the coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

"I don't know about others but I had to rely on FB [Facebook] and Twitter to get updates on the situation there in the country . . . at least [there is something good about] FB and other social networking sites," he said.

Others commented that they ...

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