DOUBTLESS there will be people who will say that it is not the place of a local paper to report and campaign on matters abroad.
Indeed, a couple of our correspondents have already offered that opinion.
However, we urge all our readers to support the Disasters Emergency Committee Appeal for the Philippines, which is experiencing crisis of unprecedented magnitude.
Daily Echo readers have responded magnificently in the recent past to a number of natural disasters across the world.
We ask you to do so again.
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