Indonesia's Reprieve of Mary Jane Veloso Prompts Widespread Relief

SOLIDARITY. Indonesian activists wearing masks depicting Filipino OFW Mary Jane Veloso who is facing execution attend a candle light vigil outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, 27 April 2015. Photo by Mast 

Bangkok: Mary Jane Veloso had come to accept she was going to be executed. "Don't think that I died because I did something wrong," the 30-year-old Filipina maid told her 12-year-old son Mark Daniel in a cell on Indonesia's Nusakambangan prison island 

STAR POWER. Celebrities express their joy that Mary Jane Veloso has been spared from execution. Photo by Rappler (Angel and Dingdong)/Facebook/Dawn Zulueta/Instagram/@praybeytbenjamin. MANILA, Philippines 

IN SOLIDARITY. Indonesian activists wearing masks depicting Filipino migrant worker Mary Jane Veloso attend a vigil outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 27, 2015. Photo by Mast Irham/EPA.

MANILA – The Philippine government has reached a dead end in its efforts to save the life of Filipino drug convict Mary Jane Veloso who is set to be executed by Indonesian authorities. Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose said the government has