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Filipinos Urged To Strictly Follow Escalator Etiquette | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 6/10/2016 0:00 | Change has indeed come to the Philippines under the administration of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte which marks exactly 100 days today.No drugs. No corruption. No tanim bala. No riding in tandem. No road rage. Above all, a more disciplined citizenry.During the previous Aquino administration, people in crowded malls were clogging up escalators talking or texting on their smart phonesNot anymore.Beginning immediately, mall security will strictly enforce a new escalator etiquette. Violators will be fined or asked to leave the building.It’s a simple rule when using mall escalators: stay on the right to stand, keep left to walk, and use the shiny railing to slide down.“Sa ika-uunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan.” (Discipline is key to nation-building) | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/06/filipinos-urged-to-strictly-follow-escalator-etiquette/?share=email |
Let us Teach our Children | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2016-11-21 11:26:56+00:00 | I am for educating our youth about history. To be effective, it has to be a COMPLETE education, and not a politicized spoon-feeding. Teach them about the Cold War and how Asia was carved into spheres of influence. Teach them about the Oil Crisis and hyperinflation of the 1970’s. Teach them about Marcos, but also about Suharto, Mahathir and Park Chung-hee.I am a Martial Law baby. As a child, I remember seeing the almost daily riots of the First Quarter Storm. The first corpse I saw was the body of a student demonstrator lying face down on the road after Fidel Ramos’s PC Metrocom clashed with a huge red phalanx of them shouting “Marcos, Hitler, Diktador, Tuta!”I lived through the economic crisis when my family could not afford meat everyday even if we were solidly in the middle class. I can sing you the propaganda jingles of Kit Tatad. The songs and slogans. The New Society. Pulong-pulong sa Kaunlaran. Masagana 99. The metro aides. I remember riding the Love Bus to Escolta. There was no traffic then.I was at EDSA in 1986. There was Chito Gascon and Rissa Hontiveros, then just student activists from UP and Ateneo, with megaphones giving instructions. We followed them, the leaders of our student government.My history teacher told us that Marcos, like any other president, had some good points and bad points. She left it at that. So we had to decide for ourselves. This being the Ateneo, we sniggered and thought, “Marcos loyalist pala si Ms. A.”Later on, after much reading and studying, travelling and living, I still remember what that history teacher said. I just hope my children can make up their own minds, not be slaves to politicians’ purposes, think critically and be able to use different lenses to view the world. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/11/let-us-teach-children/ |
LOOK: This boy offers cleaning service to earn money for his project | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-07-16 20:19:02+08:00 | It’s so inspiring to read stories about students who made their own ways to finish their studies.In a very young age, Kervy James Villarejo, a grade five student of Jose Catolico Elementary School in General Santos, Philippines made a way to earn money for his school project without seeking help to his parents.Netizen Chriszel Singco Vicente, an office employee recounted how they met the hardworking and resourceful kid who knocked at their company’s door to offer a cleaning service in exchange of little amount of money.According to Vicente, Kervy James offered a cleaning service to earn some money for their school project.When she asked what Kervy James wanted to be when he graduated, the boy answered: “Pilot po”Because of the office employees who met Kervy James was amazed by the boy’s intention to earn money for his studies, they rejected his offer to clean the office, instead they gave him what the student needed for his project.Kervy James vowed that he’s would show the school project that he made to the people who helped him.Vicente shared a video of Kervy James being interviewed by the office employees.“Ako po ay isa ding single mom ginagawa lahat para maprovide ang pangangailangan ng anak ko, masakit para sa amin na ganito kalagayan ng batang si kervy pero Nakaka proud talaga siya!” Chriszel Vicente said in her post.Some netizen who read the story of Kervy James expressed their will to help the student soon.Louie Vail, a netizen who read the story of the hardworking student said that when she’s going to surprise Kervy James before he leave the Philippines.Several netizens also wanted to give a little help to Kervy James.Being a pilot which Kervy James wanted to be is an expensive and hard dream. But because of the perseverance and hard work that he showed even he’s still a kid, it’s not impossible that he can achieve his dream.To the people who wanted to help Kervy James, you can contact Chriszel Singco Vicente | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/look-boy-offers-cleaning-service-earn-money-project/ |
Inn That Was Site Of Stonewall Riots To Stop Serving Alcohol, Thanks To President Obama | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 25/06/2016 0:00 | President Barack Obama announced Friday he was designating the Stonewall Inn in New York City and surrounding areas as the country’s first national monument to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights.“This week I’m designating the Stonewall National Monument as the newest addition to America’s national park system,” Obama said in a video released by the White House. “I believe our national parks should reflect the full story of our country — the richness and diversity and uniquely American spirit that has always defined us, that we are stronger together. That out of many, we are one,” Obama said.The White House said the monument would encompass Christopher Park, the Stonewall Inn and the surrounding streets and sidewalks that were the sites of the 1969 Stonewall uprising.A police raid on Stonewall Inn made history in 1969 when patrons fought back. The arrest of many Stonewall patrons that day prompted people to protest outside the bar for weeks, leading to the first march for gay and lesbian rights in July of 1969. Those protests are credited as the turning point for LGBT rights in the United States.Following the Obama announcement, Stonewall Inn and Bar informed its patrons that it will stop serving alcohol immediately in deference to it being designated as a national monument.National Parks Service rules prohibit the consumption of alcohol in designated national parks and monuments.Non-alcoholic drinks will still be served, according to Stonewall Inn. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/06/25/inn-that-was-site-of-stonewall-riots-to-stop-serving-alcohol-thanks-to-president-obama/ |
PHILIPPINE SENATOR BONG REVILLA A CHANGED MAN AFTER HOLY LAND ENCOUNTER | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 13/04/2017 0:00 | are about to face plunder and graft charges for allegedly pocketing their pork barrel funds in an elaborate scheme supposedly masterminded by businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles who is now in detention.Senator Revilla is on a different level of Lenten tradition, one that low to medium-income people don’t usually get the chance to experience. Revilla, his wife and children, are in the Holy Land on a religious pilgrimage to what is believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.In a skype call with Revilla’s wife, Cavite Representative Lani Mercado-Revilla, she indicated that immediately upon their arrival in Jerusalem, she saw a transformation with the Senator. “His physical appearance and demeanor totally changed. He seemed like he was at peace, like he just came out of the confessional box. In fact, throughout our flight from Manila to Tel Aviv, Bong was very calm and kept on listening to a video recording of “My Way,” sung by Rose Fostanes, the Filipina caregiver and winner of the first “X Factor Israel.”Mrs.Revilla denied that the family was planning to seek political asylum in Israel, adding: “when we return to the Philippines after the pilgrimage, Bong will make an important announcement.” She didn’t say whether that announcement would be “guilty” or “not guilty.”Meanwhile, Senators Enrile and Estrada, appear to be observing the Lenten season in solitary confinement in their respective mansions, perhaps praying for divine intervention. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/04/13/philippine-senator-bong-revilla-a-changed-man-after-holy-land-encounter/#respond |
Angry Netizens said that the De Lima’s witness testimony “scripted” and full of “hearsay” | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-09-15 11:11:04+08:00 | Angry Netizens attacked social media after Edgar Matobato a self proclaimed member of DDS who became a witness on 2015 appeared again at the Senate Inquiry on Extrajudicial killings to testify against President Rody Duterte.According to the supporters of President Duterte, the testimony of Edgar Matobato was full of hearsay and there’s he didn’t present any physical evidence to prove his testimony.The witness admitted that he killed people for Duterte and he was tortured by his colleague when he planned to retire as a member of Davao Death Squad.They said that Sen. De Lima is using the senate investigation to only discredit the President.The netizens also questioned the Senate hearing because the purpose of the hearing was to investigate the alleged extrajudicial killings happening during President Duterte’s term and not the killings happened during Duterte’s term as a Mayor of Davao City.Even muslims were not convinced of the testimony of Edgar and they believed that President Duterte who carried a moro blood cannot do that.Meanwhile, Senator Trillanes suggested to put Edgar Matobato under the witness protection program, but Senate President Koko Pimentel must approve it first. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/angry-netizens-said-de-limas-witness-testimony-scripted-full-hearsay/ |
‘ALOHA’ DIRECTOR CAMERON CROWE TO CRITICS: WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL? | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 30/05/2018 0:00 | Cameron Crowe, director of ‘Aloha,’ is finally breaking his silence and is responding to the long list of criticism regarding the absence of Asians and Pacific Islanders in this newly-released film set in Hawaii.Native Hawaiians are protesting the use of their most sacred and revered word as the title of the film which had nothing to do with the local culture. Asian Americans have also criticized the fact that the stellar cast of ‘Aloha’ does not include a single Asian American actor. The most recent criticism of the film is that a white actress (Emma Stone) was cast as Allison Ng who is supposed to be part Hawaiian and part Chinese.Crowe did not address the choice of the film’s title but mentioned that Stone’s character was supposed to be also part Swedish. More importantly, Crowe said that “No Hawaiians or Asians were harmed during the filming of ‘Aloha,’ so what’s the big deal?” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/30/aloha-director-cameron-crowe-to-critics-whats-the-big-deal/ |
In New SWS Survey, Filipinos Tell Duterte: “You’ve Gone Too Far” | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 18/12/2016 0:00 | In a new Social Weather Stations (SWS), the Filipino people are showing grave concern about President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, telling him, “You’ve Gone Too Far.”Eight five percent of survey respondents agreed that the controversial leader needs to slow down.“We can’t take it anymore,” the Filipinos said, “having free health insurance, free medicines, free education, free irrigation for our farmers, free nutritious food for our poor kids, increased pension and more work security. Please give his some time to breath before you come up with more good news for us. We’re not used to this.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/12/18/in-new-sws-survey-filipinos-tell-duterte-youve-gone-too-far/?share=email |
Mariel De Leon to her online bashers: “Mag move on na nga kayo!” | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-11-27 13:15:49+08:00 | “Don’t you guys have anything better to do? Mag move on nga kayo.”This is what Binibining Pilipinas Miss International 2017 Mariel De Leon said to her online bashers after she read a fake news against her.The fake news item wrote by yexeltoyhouse.altervista.org against De Leon was read and shared by thousands of Netizens on social media.“Dont you guys have anything better to do? Mag move on nga kayo hahaha” she tweeted, while attaching a screen grab of the fake news thumbnail on her.Don’t you guys have anything better to do? Mag move on nga kayo hahaha#FakeNews pic.twitter.com/kl9pUQNoUw — Mariel de Leon (@mariaangelicadl) November 25, 2017She also noticed the grammatical error and crappy editing of the article and wished the author of the yexeltoyhouse to have a better luck next time in writing another fake news against her.De Leon also attached a screen cap of the fake news item against her. In the article, the Binibining Pilipinas International 2017 noticed that the author also created a fake and edited Facebook post using her name to made it more believable.Wasted effort on your part. Crappy editing and grammar. Better luck next time! pic.twitter.com/3TbRurBEjz — Mariel de Leon (@mariaangelicadl) November 25, 2017In her third tweet about the fake news, she addressed the owner of the yexeltoyhouse blog and its author Karenina Saulo to stop spreading lies against her because they can face legal consequences.She also said that she can talk with Miss Universe Philippines 2017 Rachel Peters in private if she wanted to gave an advice to her colleague.“Rachel is doing so great and I’m so proud of her so why would she need advice in the first place? And we do talk, but in private.” De Leon said.I googled “yexeltoyhouse blog” and it explained so much. I don’t even know if Karenina Saulo is a real person or a fake name. #FakeNews pic.twitter.com/mrsfzArhFK — Mariel de Leon (@mariaangelicadl) November 25, 2017Yexel Sebastian, owner of famous toy house named after him didn’t own the website or even connected with the author of the libelous article against De Leon.“Ito po ay Hindi ko pag aari at hindi po kami connected sa Org o yexeltoyhouse na ito nagkakalat po ito ng mga FAKE NEWS.” Yexel said in his post.Mariel De Leon received online attacks from Duterte supporters and even from Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte because of being critical on the policies of the current administration.Note: yexeltoyhouse is using the Altervista platform so we also want to clarify that we are not connected with that blog. Altervista is being used by thousands of bloggers around the world because of different purposes. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/mariel-de-leon-online-bashers-mag-move-na-nga-kayo/ |
Duterte got votes in Camarines Sur that not counted in the final tally – PET revisors | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2018-05-16 02:51:36+08:00 | There’s a possibility that the 16 million votes that brought President Rodrigo Duterte to Malacañang might not the final number as the revisors of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) discovered something during their recount in Camarines Sur.According to the report of Manila Bulletin, PET revisors said that they found votes casted to President Duterte but were not counted.However, they didn’t focus on counting the uncounted votes because their main task is to manually recount the ballots in the vice presidential position.PET revisors checked the votes cast for the presidency after they found inconsistency in the results of the vice presidential election.Several rumors circulated that President Rodrigo Duterte really got more than 20M votes during the last presidential election, however its remained unconfirmed because of the lack of efforts to investigate it.The latest discovery of the PET revisors may add a credence that the former mayor of Davao City gained more than what the people knew.National Youth Commissioner Ronald Cardema is one of the supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that the President was cheated during the election.Because of this discovery, Cardema seek to disqualify Smartmatic as technology provider in the next election.“We want to show that Smartmatic used an additional server during the 2016 elections which was not included in the approved government election flowchart/system,” Cardema told the press.“The computer experts from the Philippine Computer Society will show the patterns that direct to the angle the votes were shaved from Mayor Duterte and other presidential candidates just to boost Mar Roxas to second place,” he added.Duterte won the 2016 election with more than 6.6 million votes against former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/duterte-got-votes-camarines-sur-not-counted-final-tally-pet-revisors/ |
Sex, Lies, Videotape, Uson And De Lima | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 14/10/2016 0:00 | What do blogger Mocha Uson and Senator Leila De Lima have in common? Sex, lies and videotape.The outspoken senator has been facing accusations about her alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison while being constantly subjected to rumors about her sexual escapades with her personal driver and even with some jail inmates. There are alleged sex videos pointing to the lady senator.Uson, on the other hand has been accused of being a paid spokesperson for President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and has been the subject of attacks by critics and the jealous media like Rappler for her popular political blog.Now, the enemies of Uson are spreading “Throwback Thursday” photos of the former singer, dancer and nude model.“Inuungkat yung nakaraan ko. Pinapakita yung mga hubad kong larawan na lumabas po sa mga magazine,” Uson said in an interview on Friday. (They’re digging into my past. They’re showing my nude photographs that have appeared in magazines.)While she maintains that she’s unaffected by the bashing she receives in social media, Uson wants netizens to stop making personal attacks against her.De Lima has demanded the same.Now it remains to be seen whether women and human rights groups will come to the defense of Uson like they did for De Lima in condemning slut-shaming which we all agree has no place in a decent society like ours. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/14/sex-lies-videotape-uson-and-de-lima/ |
Queen Elizabeth To LGBT Brits: Don’t Travel To U.S.A. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 22/04/2016 0:00 | As she celebrated her 90th birthday, Queen Elizabeth had a message to Great Britain’s LGBT community: don’t travel to the U.S.A.The gay-friendly queen mother was reportedly pissed at the growing anti-LGBT sentiment in America, particularly in two states which recently passed discriminatory legislation against those who pledge allegiance to the rainbow flag.But it was not only the Royal Palace that cautioned lesbian, gay, bisexual and transagender citizens about travel to America. The British Foreign Office also issued — for the first time — a travel advisory specifically addressed to the LGBT community. It warned travelers to be aware of controversial new laws in North Carolina and Mississippi before visiting the United States.Although the advisory was directed at North Carolina and Mississippi, organizers of Pride celebrations across the U.S. — from San Francisco to New York — are weary that there will be less attendance in their respective celeberations this June.Moral of the story: you can piss off the Prime Minister, but you’d better not piss off the Queen! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/04/22/queen-elizabeth-to-lgbt-brits-dont-travel-to-u-s-a/ |
MICROSOFT’S BILL GATES: “I’M STRAIGHT!” | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 31/10/2017 0:00 | What a ‘National Coming Out Month’ October was! First, Apple CEO Tim Cook officially came out as a proud gay man, confirming what many in his inner circles already knew about the successor to the late Steve Jobs. Today, Microsoft’s founder and chairman Bill Gates announced at a developers forum in Seattle that he was ‘straight.’ “Most everyone already knows that,” Gates said, ” but I wanted to make it official in the hope of inspiring young people who are unsure of their sexuality to come forward and categorically state their preference. Being straight should not be a barrier to success.” While Cook has become the first openly gay leader of a major U.S. company, Gates’ announcement makes him the richest man in the U.S. to come out. Now, there is hope for young gay or straight men and women to break the glass ceiling and become billionaires — thanks to role models Cook and Gates. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/10/31/microsofts-bill-gates-im-straight/#respond |
BLOGGER RAISSA ROBLES HAS THE PERFECT ANSWER TO NEW BILIBID PRISON DRUG DEALING MYSTERY | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 20/09/2016 0:00 | Blogger and self-confessed journalist Raissa Robles claims to have the perfect answer to the mystery involving drug dealing inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), or national penitentiary of the Philippines.Robles’ suggestion came just after Day One of the House of Representatives’ hearing on the proliferation of the drug trade inside the NBP where witness after witness testified that drug lord inmates have been engaged in illegal activity duiring the tenure of then Secretary of Justice Leila De Lima.Robles took to her Twitter account to suggest that “if someone like Dayan goes in and out of maximum security prison to collect money, shouldn’t his name come out in visitor logs?” (Dayan is the alleged lover and driver of De Lima.)Shame on the Department of Justice, Congress and investigators for not thinking about this brilliant theory in the first place! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/09/20/blogger-raissa-robles-has-the-perfect-answer-to-new-bilibid-prison-drug-dealing-mystery/?share=email |
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS POUR IN FOR PACQUIAO RELIEF | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 27/11/2016 0:00 | immediately set up a special relief fund for the boxer so that he can fulfill a promise he made earlier to personally help those affected by the super typhoon. As of this writing, the Manny Pacquaio Relief Fund has raised Two Million Dollars which is equivalent to over Eighty Million Philippine pesos. Offcials at the BIR are reportedly fuming because by law, they cannot touch a single centavo of funds designated for relief.Double taxation has made a double champion of Pacquiao! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2013/11/27/millions-of-dollars-pour-in-for-pacquiao-relief/?share=email |
Why NOT Mar Roxas? | [] | 2016-04-27 04:49:34+00:00 | The question of whether or not one should vote Mar Roxas President of the Philippines can be answered quite simply: DO NOT. Why? Because he fails to live up to his own platform of governance. According to a meme being distributed by his supporters, Roxas and his side-kick Leni Robredo supposedly live by a simple three-point campaign platform.Here is why Mar Roxas fails to be consistent with each of these three points.* * *Hindi bara bara“a systematic approach to governance”Part of being systematic in the way one governs — or, for that matter, even just manages — is to delegate tasks. Clearly, Mar Roxas cannot delegate. In various instances he is shown personally directing traffic under the rain, carrying around sacks of onions in a marketplace, motorbiking into the eye of a storm without a helmet, and even awkwardly attempting to hammer a nail into a school desk.A chief executive who needs to personally oversee day-to-day tasks is not an effective manager. It indicates a lack of an ability to trust people under his administration who are charged with specific areas of responsibility.Hindi patsamba“strategies and plans based on accurate data and facts”In the aftermath of the devastation wrought by super-typhoon Haiyan in late 2013, Roxas (who was, again, a cabinet secretary-level exec personally overseeing relief and recovery operations at Ground Zero) was interviewed by CNN International correspondent Andrew Stevens. Stevens had observed that days after the exit of Haiyan, decomposing bodies of its victims remained scattered all over the disaster area. Despite evidently being ignorant of the facts at hand, Roxas responded in an ill-informed and, worse, an arrogant manner…Stevens pointed out that every day, he sees the same decomposing bodies when he passes by the same road on the way to the city. But Roxas vehemently denied they were the same bodies, stopping short of calling Stevens a liar.Roxas failed Management 101 at several levels. For one thing, instead of being on top of the situation, he preferred to be at ground level where things were a bit more dramatic for the cameras. This is what, for another thing, likely kept him in the dark. Commanders usually oversee their armies from a high vantage point while their foot soldiers on the battlefield each work on a need-to-know basis. In that instance, Roxas positioned himself at the wrong level of the situation and therefore did not have the right information to make the right decisions, take the right actions, and give Stevens the right answers.Hindi pakitang-tao“authentic, compassionate service to the Filipino people”There really is no need to elaborate on this one. The hundreds of memes circulating the Net depicting Mar Roxas in various pretentious poses (to add to those cited earlier, posing on a block of ice, distributing relief goods to typhoon victims, personally attending to a scene-of-crime situation at an SM Mall) is proof that he suffers from that renowned Filipino condition, pakitang tao-itis. He just can’t help it. Perhaps because he lacks any real management chops he focuses instead on drama and, as an outcome of that, delivering small-time results.Indeed, the assertion that he is “compassionate” in his “service” itself is debatable if one takes into account his behaviour towards staff of the presitigious Wack Wack Country Club where he was suspended in 2014 for viciously abusing a staff member there.A club member, who asked not to be identified, said the board met Monday night and voted to suspend Roxas for two months after an investigation of the April 6 incident when Roxas purportedly screamed at club employees who insisted that he pay the green fee of a guest. “Five [directors] voted to suspend him for two months while only one voted to simply reprimand him. Three [other directors] abstained from the vote while one was absent from the meeting,” the member said.* * *Why NOT Mar Roxas? Simple. If, as a mere cabinet secretary, Roxas already fails to lead by example and deliver significant results, then Roxas as President will almost certainly be a disaster for the Philippines.So to all who plan to vote for Mar Roxas, isip isip muna. Do not participate in these critical democratic exercises the way certain non-thinking sectors of Philippine society do. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/04/not-mar-roxas/#comments |
Lacierda To Duterte: None Of Your Impromptu Speeches Are Memorable | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 4/8/2017 0:00 | Ex-President NoyNoy Aquino’s chief spokesperson Edwin Lacierda took to his Twitter account to defend his former boss.In his tweet, Lacierda said that none of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “impromptu speeches” are memorable unlike NoyNoy.The Adobo Chronicles dug into our archives to look for even just one NoyNoy speech that was memorable.We found one: when he promised to let himself run over by a train if problems of the MRT were not addressed by a certain deadline.Unfortunately, that memorable speech remained just that — memorable. NoyNoy never acted on his promise, even to this day.The Filipino people are still waiting. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/08/04/lacierda-to-duterte-none-of-your-impromptu-speeches-are-memorable/#respond |
Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook’s ‘Partnership’ With Rappler is (Fake) News To Me | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 13/04/2018 0:00 | The Adobo Chronicles caught up with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as he arrived in Denver for a much-needed R&R after being grilled in the U.S. Senate this week.We asked him about Rappler’s announcement that Facebook was partnering with the online news source as well as with Vera Files to fact-check news on social media.”That’s news to me. I don’t remember signing a Memorandum of Agreement with either organization for a partnership in fact-checking news on social media.Zuckerberg added:”How can I partner with Rappler when its CEO Maria Ressa blamed Facebook for political division and the proliferation of fake news in the Philippines? I also know tht Rappler is also guilty of publishing fake news, so there’s no way I would allow Facebook to partner with them.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/04/13/mark-zuckerberg-facebooks-partnership-with-rappler-is-fake-news-to-me/#respond |
Kanye West Launches 2020 Presidential Bid Four Years Early | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 20/11/2016 0:00 | He did it in San Jose, then again in Sacramento, California: launch his 2020 bid to become president of the United States.Sure, Donald Trump hasn’t even taken his oath of office as the 45th president, but West already announced his 2020 candidacy.All that ranting and cutting short his concert are aimed at gaining the attention of the American voters. It’s a strategy that worked well for Trump: the more controversial, nonsensical and annoying you are, the bigger the chance you will gain the support of voters. Anything but being perceived as the status quo or business as usual will get you the electoral votes.Speaking with The Adobo Chronicles after cutting his Sacramento concert short with just two songs, West said he likes to plan ahead — way ahead.In fact, he and his wife Kim Kardashian are already designing the new presidential office when he moves to the White House. It will be in West Wing! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/11/20/kanye-west-launches-2020-presidential-bid-four-years-early/?share=email |
Lacson notices that there’s no Vigilante killings happens overnight after Bato orders the halt of War On Drugs | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-02-01 05:19:07+08:00 | Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson commended the “coincidence” happened when Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa ordered the halt of war against illegal drugs on Monday,In his tweet, Senator Lacson wondered why no vigilante killings happened when the PNP dismantled its all anti-illegal drugs group.“After the CPNP ordered a halt to all anti-drugs operations by the police, no vigilante killing occurred overnight. Commendable coincidence.” Senator Ping Lacson said in his post.The former PNP head also said that the PNP must clarify the decline of the killings when the War On Drugs was halted.“Kailangan ipaliwanag ng PNP bakit ganoon… And the irony of it all, magpapaliwanag sila dahil walang namatay? Whereas before, nang active ang Tokhang and active ang PNP sa anti-drugs operation, we’re averaging 10 to 11 a day or overnight,” Lacson said during an interview with the reportersIn the past, Opposition of Duterte administration and Human Rights groups released statements that they believed that the War On Drugs of President Rodrigo Duterte is the reason why the alleged vigilante killings rose.Bato said that there still more killings happened even after the drug war.Data shows that there were four drug suspects killed in police operations after he ordered the suspension of War On Drugs.PNP Chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said that the sudden decline of the killings during the halt of War On Drugs doesn’t mean the cops was the real involved in alleged vigilante killings.He explained that the vigilantes may knew that they will got exposed if they continue the killings despite of the half of drug war.Bato said that the vigilantes will easily be caught if they still continue their crime.“Ibig sabihin, nag-stop na mga vigilantes sa kanilang gawain dahil kapag ngayon tuloy tuloy sila sa ginagawa nila, pumapatay sila wherein nag-declare na ako na stop our anti-drugs operations, mayroon pa ring namamatay na gano’n, eh ‘di madali na silang habulin at ma-identify kasi sino pang gumagawa niyan.”PNP data also shows that four was killed in police operations | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/lacson-notices-theres-no-vigilante-killings-happens-overnight-bato-orders-halt-war-drugs/ |
BREAKING: Twitter To Test 280-Character Limit, Starting With Trump | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 26/09/2017 0:00 | For years, Twitter account holders have been frustrated about the 140-character limit for tweets. It’s just not enough to finish a thought or express an opinion.No one was more frustrated than Donald Trump, who even as president of the United States, relies on Twitter to communicate with the American people — followers and critics alike.Well, today, the San Francisco-based social media giant announced it would be rolling out a beta version of a 280-word Twitter that doubles the original character limit.In respect for the Office of the President, Twitter said that Trump will be among the first account holders to avail of the new, improved and doubled tweet.Heaven bless us! And God bless America! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/09/26/breaking-twitter-to-test-280-character-limit-starting-with-trump/ |
BRITS CRY FOUL: ‘LEBRON JAMES WAS INAPPROPRIATE WITH KATE MIDDLETON’ | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 9/12/2017 0:00 | The Brits are furious over the fact that American basketball player LeBron James acted inappropriately with Kate Middleton in New York Monday night.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended an NBA basketball game in Brooklyn and James broached royal etiquette by putting his arm around Middleton in a post-game selfie.Royal etiquette expert William Hanson said James was too touchy feely with the British royalty and that it even made it worse that he appeared in a sweaty top. ” A shower would have been preferable,” Hanson said.Earlier in the game, Prince William and Kate met Jay-Z and Beyonce and shook hands.The Adobo Chronicles contacted Hanson in London and asked him why the uproar over James when in the past, First Lady Michelle Obama put her arm around Queen Elizabeth during a visit to the royal palace. “Well, that’s different,” Hanson said, “Michelle Obama is First Lady which is practically the U.S. equivalent of British Royalty. Besides, I’m sure Mrs. Obama had showered before meeting with the queen,” Hanson pointed out.Good point. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/12/09/brits-cry-foul-lebron-james-was-inappropriate-with-kate-middleton/#respond |
Is the Duterte presidency fated to be a wasted opportunity? | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2017-05-07 13:45:23+00:00 | What happens if President Rodrigo Duterte is toppled?Easy. Things revert to the status quo. The Liberal Party (LP) – the no-results, hypocritically decent, group of politicians whom Filipinos have had to bear with for the past thirty years – will be back in power. The drug problem, which has been the cornerstone of Duterte’s anti-crime campaign, will go away. Mainstream media, long perceived to be favorable towards the LP and the Aquinos, will make it disappear from the public consciousness. Crime and corruption will go back to pre-Duterte status. The economy will be deodorized, but the poor will indefinitely remain poor. Plus, they will be safely ignored until the politicos need their votes again for re-election. Expect any political opposition to clam up. The LP will once again get away with prioritizing their self-interests over those of the Filipino people.Filipinos will, once again, live in ignorant bliss.But why suggest that the Duterte presidency is capable of being toppled?Because the support of the people who voted for him is hardly enough against a persistent, well-organized, and well-funded group of people. A group of people who have grown comfortable, and used to, calling the shots. They will not hesitate to take down and silence all who get in their way, by any means necessary. As we have seen, they will resort to propaganda, to calling in foreign intervention, and to blaming their blunders on Duterte. Who knows, we may just be surprised (or not) to find out one day that they could be actually funding armed conflict and terrorist attacks in the Philippines!What happens if he isn’t?The Duterte government is in a precarious position, more so than it likes to think. Inertia is its greatest enemy.On the political and economic fronts, all the LP-led opposition has to do is to provide enough of a roadblock to Duterte’s “change”, such that he will be rendered inutile. It will simply end in a war of attrition; which will endure, faith in Duterte, or the opposition’s skullduggery? With all the resources at its disposal, the LP is more than capable of doing that, and winning. Furthermore, because the Filipino people allowed enough of the opposition, as well as clowns like Tito Sotto, to be voted into the Senate and Congress, Duterte will have to deal with a legislative branch that doesn’t and won’t do its job properly, and keep on bypassing deserving cabinet members like Judy Taguiwalo, who, unfortunately for her, won’t pander to their self-serving interests.A comment I read on social media states that president Duterte’s being too soft on his enemies is perhaps a big, even debilitating, weakness of his. Perhaps Duterte is allowing them to make fools of themselves, but no one, or very few at best, outside the pro-Duterte sphere of influence seems to think that way. Instead, sentiment outside of the sphere, that Duterte is a madman, a despot who must be stopped, persists, and is perhaps even growing unstoppably stronger.Well, since the opposition is branding him a dictator, he should have just crushed them decisively anyway. But that’s just me.On the socio-cultural front, because Duterte had made outrageous promises during the election (who didn’t), Filipinos have seemingly found no reason to go outside their comfort zone, where they expect their leaders to change everything for them. They have yet another hero, whom they can put on a pedestal, and whom they expect to magically make their problems disappear.Perhaps it is too ambitious to expect Filipinos to go beyond being “inspired” by Filipinos like Duterte, who stand out. Every time their idols are in the news, they will shout Pinoy Pride, associate themselves – however possible – with the personality, and will regard any criticism of the idol as a personal affront.The “pent-up sentiment” that pro-Duterte supporters like to use as their excuse to act the way they do, in the face of criticism of the president, is starting to grow tired, old, and frankly, quite embarrassing. Common sense: you can’t expect people to keep listening to you if you keep being “angry” all the time. What is the use of the “scholars” and “erudite thinkers” on their side, then?If Filipinos don’t take advantage of Duterte’s leadership, and collectively come together to change their public affairs and spaces (outside kinship and clan lines), then that is the big wasted opportunity. For all their talk of “we want change”, their actions seem to betray that they don’t want it hard enough, all because they’re simply not willing to put in the collective work needed from their end.Wasting an opportunity to do things differently is perhaps a bigger tragedy, than voting dumb bags of nails into office and expecting things to be different. Perhaps this is why, it has been said, that Filipinos don’t deserve good things. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/05/duterte-presidency-fated-wasted-opportunity/#comments |
Binibining Pilipinas Charities Sued by Diamonds International Corp. Over Miss Universe Crown | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 25/01/2016 0:00 | PRAHA, Czech Republic (The Adobo Chronicles) –Diamonds International Corporation (DIC), the Miss Universe sponsor that created the $300,000 crown of the Philippines’ Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach is suing the Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. (BPCI) for patent violation.The Czech Republic-based DIC told reporters in Praha that it is suing BPCI, the local franchisee for the Miss Universe Pageant in Manila for unauthorized replication of the bejeweled Miss Universe crown.BPCI built a float for Wurtzbach for use in the welcome and homecoming parade held yesterday in Metro Manila. The float had a giant canopy which basically re-created the crown.DIC declined to state the amount that it is suing BPCI for. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/01/25/binibining-pilipinas-charities-sued-by-diamonds-international-corp-over-miss-universe-crown/#respond |
‘SHOCK AND AWE’ : MANILA HIT BY GROUND AND AIR STRIKES (VIDEO) | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 1/1/2018 0:00 | Forget the ‘shock and awe’ that Baghdad experienced when the U.S. launched its first airstrikes that began the war on Iraq. It is no match to what Manila saw on New Year’s eve: widespread ground and air strikes.‘Shock and awe’ (technically known as rapid dominance) is a military doctrine based on the use of overwhelming power, dominant battlefield awareness and maneuvers, and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy’s perception of the battlefield and destroy its will to fight. The doctrine was written by Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade in 1996 and is a product of the National Defense University of the United States.Filipinos were getting ready to wish family and friends a happy and peaceful New Year when at the strike of midnight, the whole metropolis was hit with shock and awe a hundred times the intensity that Baghdad experienced in 2003.The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police were unprepared for the invasion and were unable to pinpoint exactly where the strikes started or who the perpetrators were. But it was a chaotic scene that lit Manila’s sky for seemingly endless minutes.But as usual, the calm and peace-loving Filipinos took the attack in stride then proceeded to partake of their Media Noche, the family midnight meal that is the tradition on New Year’s eve. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/01/01/shock-and-awe-manila-hit-by-ground-and-airstrikes-video/ |
Duterte places second on Pulse Asia Survey, defeats Binay and Roxas. Poe got the top spot. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-03-16 02:53:41+08:00 | The election is near and Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is climbing the top spot on the survey slowly but surely. According to the March 2016 survey of Pulse Asia, Grace Poe got the number one spot by getting 28% worldwide, following by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte who gained 26%.The supporters of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is very happy to the results of the survey and promised that they are going to work harder to convince more people to support the Davao Mayor. The survey was conducted from March 1-6, 2016.Jejomar Binay got the highest decrease in the survey, he is now statistically tied with Liberal Party Presidential bet Mar Roxas.Duterte Swarmed by Taclobanon supporters:Surprisingly, thousands of people attended the rally of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in Tacloban City, two years ago, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is one of the first public official who visited the place after the devastating typhoon Yolanda that destroyed many households and killed many people.According to the supporters of Mayor Duterte, the Punisher is going to win the Tacloban City because many people saw him personally responding in the victims when the Yolanda attacked the city. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/duterte-places-second-on-pulse-asia-survey-defeats-binay-and-roxas-poe-got-the-top-spot/ |
Pope Francis Proclaims Australian Nun Sister Patricia Fox Another Living Saint | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 4/11/2018 0:00 | Yesterday, we reported that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was proclaimed by Pope Francis a Living Saint, second only to the late Mother Theresa of Calcutta.Well, it looks like the Pope is on a roll about naming living Saints.Today, The Vatican announced that Francis has proclaimed Sister Patricia Fox as another living Saint.Fox is the Australian nun who has just been deported from the Philippines for violating the terms of her travel visa to the country.The Vatican said that Fox has been designated the Patron Saint of deportees. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/11/04/pope-francis-proclaims-australian-nun-sister-patricia-fox-another-living-saint/?share=email |
FILM ACTORS, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: WHO WOULD YOU VOTE FOR? | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 5/5/2017 0:00 | The Adobo Chronicles has come up with a short list of film actors who could be president (and in one case, president again). Who would you vote for? Participate in our worldwide poll. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/05/05/film-actors-presidential-candidates-who-would-you-vote-for-2/#respond |
Netizens slam PDEA for shaming the drug suspects caught in a sex party in Taguig | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-11-28 17:51:06+08:00 | Netizens on social media criticized the treatment of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to the eleven drug suspects who got arrested during a sex party in BGC, Taguig City yesterday.The outrage started when PDEA revealed the names of the drug suspects and disclosed that one of them is positive with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).According to them, the rights of the suspects were violated by the authorities and they didn’t gave a chance to defend themselves on court before posting their mugshots on social media.Drug suspects arrested in a raid in Taguig City on Monday Photo: FacebookMedia outlets uploaded the mugshot photos of the drug suspects which angered several members of the LGBT community.However, several anti-drug advocates said that PDEA only did the right thing and the drug suspects deserved what they got.Twitter users questioned the recent actions by PDEA:According to @PrettyBoiPos, PDEA committed harassment on the drug suspects if it was proven that they were forced to undergo medical test.True. Bakit kailangan ipost. And was the test taken with consent from the patient or was it forced by PDEA? This is harassment — PrettyBoi (@PrettyBoiPos) November 28, 2017According to @lezacro_jeff, PDEA made an unethical move for disclosing the medical condition of one of the drug suspects.He also reminded the agency that their job is to only arrest drug suspects and not to publicly shame them.PDEA is being unethical to the alleged HIV positive person for exposing his status publicly. Your job was to address the drug problem but it is not your job and responsibility to publicly shame the identity of a person. (1/3) — Orzel Jefferson Yana (@lezacro_jeff) November 28, 2017PDEA do your anti-drugs advocacy is good but exposing one's sickness is unethical — Orzel Jefferson Yana (@lezacro_jeff) November 28, 2017Aside from PDEA, the media was also slammed by @mnugaspar for making the situation worse for the LGBT community to spread awareness on HIV and homosexuality.Shameful act – by PDEA, yes, but also – by the media, which knows that people are lazy and will settle with the slippery slope that homosexuality is connected to promiscuity and HIV and drugs and then, finally, to death because they deserve hell, now. — ˗ˏˋ mánu ˊˎ˗ (@mnugaspar) November 28, 2017Blogger @gideonlasco described the action of PDEA as ‘FOUL’ and the media should not include the medical condition of the suspect in their reports.The disclosure of the HIV status of one of the persons involved in a recent drug-related incident is FOUL and should never have been included in any reportage either by the PDEA or the media. — Gideon Lasco (@gideonlasco) November 28, 2017@Red1Prada wrote an open letter to PDEA and ABS-CBN Bandila and condemned them for broadcasting the HIV status of the drug suspect.He also pointed out that PDEA violated RA 8504 or Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998.Excuse me lang PDEA at @bandila . Pakisagot nga at medyo clueless ako sa ginawa ninyong disease shaming!!! pic.twitter.com/t6bbTxh808 — MirandaP (@Red1Prada) November 27, 2017@factboigalen admitted that five of the guys arrested by PDEA are his friends and regardless of what they have done, the authorities should respect their rights to privacy.I'm friends with 5 of those guys busted in PDEA raid. Regardless of their transgressions, they still deserve their right to privacy. Shame on PDEA, news media, and social media for revealing their identities. — Galen (@factboigalen) November 27, 2017Even Pro-Duterte Blogger Sass Rogando Sasot questioned the move of PDEA.Meanwhile, Filipino human rights lawyer and Dinagat Islands Representative Kaka Bag-Ao condemned PDEA for disclosing the HIV status of the man that they arrested.The congresswoman was also ‘worried’ how the media exposed the HIV status of the drug suspect.“Una, ang drug-related crimes ay hindi maaaring gamiting dahilan para sa compulsory testing ng sinumang nasasangkot. Pangalawa, matapos nilang i-test ang mga ito, ang tanong ko ay: Bakit kailangan itong ibunyag sa publiko? Ano po ang relevance ng pagiging person living with HIV (PLHIV) sa kaso nila?” she said in an official statement posted on her Facebook page.“Ang punto ko ay simple lang: Huwag nating ipagpatuloy ang pagbibigay ng stigma sa pagkakaroon ng HIV. Hanggang ngayon ay kailangan pa rin nating palawakin ang isipan ng mga tao tungkol dito. Napakarami pa ring misconceptions at misinformation ang kumakalat. Binigyan pa ng mga ulat na ito ng pagkakataon ang mga taong kulang sa kaalaman na husgahan kaagad ang mga PLHIV sa social media.” she added.However, several netizens also defended PDEA for what they had done to the drug suspects.According to @NoCareBear07, the reactions of some netizens to what PDEA has done might be considered as ‘double standards’He pointed out that if the drug suspects arrested were not good looking, the twitter world would make fun of them.Double Standards… once again, they were ALL OVER THE NEWS kasi sa ginawa nila. kapag pangit mga yan malamang nagawan nyo pa ng mga memes. Why care about their reputation and dignity?did they? throwing stones at PDEA while defending the suspects is not an intelligent move. smh — NoCareBear (@NoCareBear07) November 27, 2017@BenedictCo also congratulated PDEA for their successful operation and he said that the people must suffer the consequences for possessing illegal drugs, even if they are rich or poor.Rich or poor… You break the law. You suffer the consequences… Good job to PDEA for finally catching drug addicts from the upper class! More to come please… — Ben Co (@BenedictCo) November 28, 2017After getting thousands of negative reactions from the netizens and HIV advocates, PDEA asked for apology and explained that they did not intend to disclose the medical status of the suspect.According to PDEA Spokesperson Dir. Derrick Carreon, Director General Aaron Aquino only read the report in front of the media and they didn’t intend to shame the HIV positive suspect.“Kami po ay humihingi ng paumanhin dun sa ‘di sinasadyang pagkakabanggit ng pangalan ng isang pasyente na umaming siya ay HIV positive.” Carreon said.“It was spontaneous. Nagbabasa po ang Director General from the report at nagkataon na nahapyawan. There was no intention to shame, much less single out one person.” he added.PDEA also clarified that they didn’t named the HIV positive suspect and they only disclosed that there’s a HIV patient in one of the 11 suspects so the people would be aware and more careful in attempting to join orgies.Orgy Philippines (@OrgyPH) a Twitter page posting about sex parties also released a statement and clarified that they discouraged their members to avoid using illegal drugs while doing orgies.“We would like to reiterate and stress that we have never nor will ever tolerate illegal drug use and abuse in any and all of our events.” Orgy Philippines said in a tweet.We are deeply saddened by the recent raid that happened in Taguig this weekend and pray for everybody affected by this. We at @OrgyPh , however, would like to reiterate and stress that we have never nor will ever tolerate illegal drug use and abuse in any and all of our events. — Orgy Philippines ™ (@OrgyPh) November 28, 2017On Monday night, the social media was disrupted by the shocking news that eleven men consisted of doctor, engineer, student, former actor, manager and other young professionals were caught by the agents of PDEA during a sex party in Taguig City.40 tablets of ectasy, several sachets of shabu and GBL worth more than ₱300,000 were confiscated by the PDEA.According to them, their main target during the operation are Edmond Remegio and Pedrito Coronel Jr. who allegedly selling party drugs.Both of them were arrested together with other nine men.The agency said Remegio and Coronel will be charged with violation of Section 5 (sale of dangerous drugs) in relation to Section 26 (conspiracy to sell), Section 11 (possession of dangerous drugs) and Section 12 (possession of drug paraphernalia), Article II of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.While the other drug suspects would face charges for using illegal drugs. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/netizen-slams-pdea-shaming-drug-suspects-caught-sex-party-taguig/ |
Military sniper kills the Maute sniper who killed his ‘kumpare’: “Nakaisa na ako para sa iyo, pare” | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-07-01 09:12:55+08:00 | Military sniper instructor ‘Black Eagle’narrated how he lost his best buddy because of the war in Marawi CityBlack Eagle was deployed in Marawi City after his friend was killed by a Maute Sniper.Surprisingly, one of the Maute Sniper that Black Eagle killed in Marawi City is the person who killed his kumpare.A touching story was shared by a veteran military sniper who lost his friend after being caught by a bullet from Maute Terrorist sniper.In the report of GMA News, the military sniper who’s using his code name: Black Eagle, a sniper instructor of AFP, narrated how he took revenge for the death of his ‘kumpare’ Marine TSgt. Aldrin Dinglasan and killed the sniper who ended the life of one of his best buddies.Black Eagle said that he doesn’t affected anymore if he killed an enemy, but killing terrorist in Marawi is something totally different for it had become a personal crusade for him.He recalled his conversation with Dinglasan, before his buddy deployed to Marawi City to fight against terrorist group, “Pag namatay ako sa Marawi sundan mo ako, ibawi mo ako.”But after being deployed to Marawi, Dinglasan was unfortunately hit by the Maute Sniper.Black Eagle said that he had the chance to talk to him on the phone while sniper fire rang in the background.After the death of Dinglasan, a godfather to his eldest child, Black Eagle was deployed in Marawi to reinforce ground troops.Black Eagle claims four ‘confirmed kills’ during his mission in Marawi City and remembers every detail of the first one because it was the promise he had made to his kumpare.He also shared that he was position at one of the buildings in Marawi’s business district, trying to spot and kill members of the Maute group.After patiently waiting for a target, he finally noticed some movement. A Maute fighter carrying a sniper rifle rushing out of a building and quickly crossing the street.Black Eagle relaxed himself and took a deep breath while zeroing in on his target. After he pull the trigger of his sniper rifle, the spotter informed him that he successfully hit the target and killing him from a distance of 400 meters.“Hit!” said the spotter beside him.Black Eagle was surprised when his comrade informed him that he killed the sniper who ended the life of his best buddy.“Ang sabi ng tropa, yung nadale ko – yun yung (Maute sniper) na nakapatay sa kumpare ko,” he said.In silence, he reflected, “Sabi ko sa sarili ko, nakaisa na ako para sa iyo, pare.”Now, Black Eagle already fulfilled the promise he made to his fallen comrade. He’s still in Marawi City to witness the end of the crisis and the fall of the Maute Terrorist Group. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/military-sniper-kills-maute-sniper-killed-kumpare-nakaisa-na-ako-para-sa-iyo-pare/ |
OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS DITCHING THE BALIKBAYAN BOX IN FAVOR OF SUITCASES TO AVOID CUSTOMS TAX | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 27/08/2018 0:00 | The Philippines’ Bureau of Customs (BOC) has come under very intense fire in recent weeks from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) because of its recent announcement that balikbayan boxes will be opened and inspected to determine whether any of the items contained inside are subject to tax.Balikbayan boxes are those corrugated cardboard boxes used by overseas Filipinos to ship gifts and household items for their families back home. Until recently, balikbayan boxes were free of inspection and customs tax.In order to avoid inspection and customes duties, many OFWs have ditched the balikbayan box in favor of huge suitcases. They would rather bring their gifts with them when they travel back to the Philippines than have them sent through shipping companies and vendors. This way, they would be physically present when their luggages are inspected by Customs upon their arrival in Manila.The new modus operandi is causing huge problems for the airlines because the multiple checked suitcases are creating long lines at airport counters. Airlines are also concerned about potential overloading of the aircraft.It has also resulted in long lines at the arrival lounges at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and has prompted BOC to deploy more customs inspectors.Well, BOC has brought this upon itself. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/27/overseas-filipino-workers-ditching-the-balikbayan-box-in-favor-of-suitcases-to-avoid-customs-tax/#comments |
Leni Robredo On The Case of Chief Justice Sereno: “She’s Still Under Warranty” | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 8/5/2018 0:00 | Vice President Leni Robredo came to the defense of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, criticizing efforts to oust the latter through the quo warranto case now pending in the Supreme Court.“Being a lawyer, I know that the Constitution provides for a continuous term for any sitting Chief Justice until he or she reaches the retirement age of 70.””She’s only 57 years old, so she is still covered by warranty,” Robredo said.It takes a brilliant VP to point this out to our Constitutional experts! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/05/08/leni-robredo-on-the-case-of-chief-justice-sereno-shes-still-under-warranty/#respond |
UP Alumnus writes open letter to Jim Paredes: “lalo mong pinakita ang tunay na kulay ng uri at brand mong elitista” | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-02-27 09:58:57+08:00 | Netizens reacts on the attitude showed by Legendary OPM Artist Jim Paredes during the rally for the anniversary of EDSA People Power Revolution on February 25.Mr. Paredes, confronted a group of youth who supported Duterte and tried to intimidate them. The artist also said that he was disrespected by the presence of the group despite of his tweet that everyone was invited in the said event.A Netizen Raffy Gutierrez, writes an open-letter to Jim Paredes after he analyzed the video of the confrontation between the Pro-Dutertes and Anti-Dutertes.Mr. Guiterrez also thanked Mr. Paredes after he showed his attitude that made the anti-dutertes more unpopular.He also asked Paredes why he didn’t criticized the problem on illegal drugs despite of the many innocent victims killed by its users and pushers.He wrote:Yung pinakitang ugali ni Jim Paredes kanina is exactly the reason why EDSA 86 failed. Kasi yang mga p——— elitista na yan lalong naging mayabang at feeling kaya nilang duru-duruin ang mas maliliit sa kanila. Akala nila sila ang may-ari ng Pilipinas.Balikan natin ng kaunti si former President Abnoynoy. Di ba walang kasing yabang din at kasuklam suklam na ugali? Sino bukod sa pinaka elitistang tukmol ang magsasabi sa mga pamilya ng mga sundalong namatay, “Namatay din magulang ko kaya patas na tayo.” Tapos nakatawa ang tukmol buong time nandun siya sa wake ng mga SAF44.Salamat Jim Paredes dahil today lalong lalakas ang puwersa ng mga taong pigang piga na sa mga tulad mong tukmol na elitista. Malakas lang loob mo kasi marami kang pera. Alisin ninyong mga elitista ang pera ninyo kahit lamok at langaw di kayo gagalangin.Galit ka sa mga namatay dahil sa drug war ni President Duterte. Pero di ka galit sa lumobong problema ng illegal na droga na naging dahilan kung bakit naging Haven of Drug Syndicate itong kawawa nating bayan. Siguro adik ka rin tulad ng marami sa inyong mga dilawin. Hindi kaya?Grabe ibang level ka brother. You could have conducted yourself in a way that would be respected by even the staunchest Pro-Dutertes like me. But you’ve shown the world what a fucking asshole you are.Salamat at lalo mong pinakita ang tunay na kulay ng uri at brand mong elitista. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/alumnus-writes-open-letter-jim-paredes-lalo-mong-pinakita-ang-tunay-na-kulay-ng-uri-brand-mong-elitista/ |
Why Disneyland Is Not Coming To The Philippines | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 4/3/2016 0:00 | It would have been an iconic proof of foreign investor confidence in the Philippines as has been constantly touted by the Aquino administration, but alas, Disneyland is, after all, not coming to this country in Asia.In the past few weeks, Filipinos were filled with great excitement after hearing the news that Disney investors have agreed to build a Disneyland resort in the province of Pampanga, former site of the U.S. Clark Airforce Base.Today, however, Disney told The Adobo Chronicles that the multi-billion company has nixed the idea of a Disneyland in Pampanga.It has been reported that President Aquino has been wooing Disney as part of his administration’s campaign to increase foreign investment and promote world tourism in his country.The Chronicles learned that Aquino gave Disney two conditions that needed to be met before it can build the theme park in the Philippines:1. That the park be built in Tarlac, instead of Pampanga. Tarlac, of course, is the hometown of Aquino, while Pampanga is the hometown of his nemesis, former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.2. That the park be named NoyNoy Aquino Disneyland. It was Aquino’s last-ditch effort to seal his legacy, and in keeping with major infrastructure being named after his family, including the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and the 22-kilometer paved road network, the Cory Aquino Highway, which will connect the Cagayan Valley to Ilocos Region via Solsona town in Ilocos Norte.Disney, however, said that Tarlac, unlike Pampanga, was not an ideal site for the theme park because of the presence of the controversial Hacienda Luisita (owned by the Aquinos). It also said it didn’t want to politicize its business ventures by naming its park after political dynasties.So for now, Filipinos can visit Disneyland in the U.S. — if they can get a visa — or Japan, where it is much easier to get one. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/04/why-disneyland-is-not-coming-to-the-philippines/#comments |
KIM DAVIS’ SON NATHAN WILL SOON BE REUNITED WITH HIS MOTHER IN JAIL | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 4/9/2018 0:00 | Much of the media focus has been on Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk who is now in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, in violation of a high court order.But in the same county clerk office, there is another Davis, Nathan, a deputy clerk who has also been refusing marriage license applications to same-sex couples.You guessed it right, Nathan is Kim’s son and subordinate.Nathan continues to uphold his mom’s decision to refuse to issue licenses to gay men and women under “God’s authority.” So he will soon be reunited with Kim. In county jail.Now that this mother-son conspiracy is out, the older Davis is facing a new, additional charge: nepotism.How did anyone miss that? Including CNN. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/04/kim-davis-son-nathan-will-soon-be-reunited-with-his-mother-in-jail/ |
Robredo Petitions Supreme Court For Partial Credit of 25% Shaded Ballots | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 9/5/2018 0:00 | In a desperate effort to regain lost votes as a result of the ongoing recount of the 2016 Vice Presidential Elections, Leni Robredo has petitioned the Supreme Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), for partial credit of 25% shaded ballots.Earlier, PET denied Robredo’s petition to consider partly-shaded votes, including those that are shaded just 25%, as votes in her favor.In a new petition filed before PET, Robredo asked for a compromise: that ballots cast for her that were shaded just 25% be credited as a 1/4 vote (0.25).”The number would still be significant,” Robredo spokesperson Georgina Hernandez told The Adobo Chornicles. “It means that 4 ballots that were each shaded just 25% would equal to one full vote for the Vice President.”The math may be correct, but the logic is, well, illogical! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/05/09/robredo-petitions-supreme-court-for-partial-credit-of-25-shaded-ballots/#respond |
DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT: ‘CELEBRITY APPRENTICE,’ MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT ON HOLD | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 30/05/2018 0:00 | Most people think that the idea of Donald Trump running for president of the United States is a big joke. But for the real estate mogul, it’s serious business.Donald Trump has put off agreeing to an extension of his “Celebrity Apprentice” reality television show while he weighs a 2016 U.S. presidential bid. He told NBC yesterday he could not commit to a three-year contract extension for the series until he decides whether he’s running. From all indications, the Donald is throwing his hat in the ring.Trump, speaking at an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Palm Beach, also said that he is putting off next January’s Miss Universe Pageant so he could focus on his presidential campaign. Trump is the owner of the Miss Universe Pageant.Upon hearing the news, Miss Philippines-Universe Pia Wurtzbach, broke into tears, saying she has waited for years to be on the Miss Universe stage. Wurtzbach finally won the title this year after several attempts at the crown.Meanwhile, The Adobo Chronicles learned that the Philippines’ richest man, Henry Sy, is seriously considering buying the Miss Universe franchise from Trump.Sy owns the SM Investments Corp, the largest retailer in the Philippines with over 200 individual outlets around the country. The firm is one of the country’s largest conglomerates with interests in real estate development, shopping malls and banking. One of his more recent ventures, the City of Dreams Manila resort and casino, which opened in December 2014, cost $1.3 billion to develop.A spokesperson for Sy said that if the Filipino billionaire succeeds in acquiring the Miss Universe Pageant, he plans to make the Philippines the permanent venue for the annual beauty competition. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/30/donald-trump-for-president-celebrity-apprentice-miss-universe-pageant-on-hold/ |
IN PHOTOS: Duterte honors Marawi fallen warriors, comforts families | [] | 2017-06-12 16:33:14+08:00 | President Rodrigo Roa honored the fallen Philippine Marine Corps personnel killed in the anti-terror operations in Marawi City during the dignified transfer of the remains at the Villamor Airbase in Pasay City, on June 11, 2017.The fallen heroes are, 1Lt. Raymond M. Abad, 1Lt. John Frederick S Savellano, SSgt. Joven Q. Triston, Sgt. Simeon I. Plares, Cpl. Rolan H. Sumagpang, Pfc Marvin Russel D. Gomez, Pvt. Bernie Jhon B. Lunas and PFC Gener C. Tinangag. Click Below to Watch Video:As their Commander-in-Chief, President Duterte and officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines condoled with the bereaved families. He then proceeded to the Libingan ng mga Bayani, where he joined the funeral of the slain soldiers.LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS BELOW! | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/photos-duterte-honors-marawi-fallen-warriors-comforts-families/ |
Philippine Catholic Bishops Decry Fake News About Manny Pacquiao’s Loss to Jeff Horn | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 2/7/2017 0:00 | Just a couple weeks since it issued a pastoral letter urging Filipino Catholics to be weary of fake news especially on social media, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) denounced the proliferation of Internet lies that Senator Manny Pacquiao lost the fight against Australian Jeff Horn.The WBO welterweight match between the Filipino and the Australian happened today in Brisbane, Australia.“It’s fake news that many on social media are using to discredit the religious senator,” CBCP said.CBCP asked the Catholic faithful to always check their news sources before spreading what could be fake information.“Pacquiao is highly favored with God,” CBCP said, “so there is no way he will lose any fight in his career.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/07/02/philippine-catholic-bishops-decry-fake-news-about-manny-pacquiaos-loss-to-jeff-horn/#respond |
Senate Pres. Pimentel to Sen. Trillanes: Madali ang mag akusa, pero sana merong ebidensiya | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-06-25 02:04:33+08:00 | Senate President Koko Pimentel challenged Senator Trillanes to present an evidence that would prove his new claims against President Rodrigo DuterteTo catch the interest of the public, Trillanes must present a witness, proof or testimony that would support his accusationsTrillanes fired back to his colleague and he accused Pimentel of blocking the investigation of the alleged death squad in the PhilippinesSenate President Koko Pimentel in a radio interview on Saturday urged senator Antonio Trillanes IV to prove his allegations against President Rodrigo Duterte’s alleged newly formed group called ‘Philippine Death Squad”[PDS].Pimentel said that Trillanes must present concrete evidences to prove his claim against Duterte that there’s a group of police officers conducting extrajudicial killings of suspected drug dealers and users nationwide.He also said that the senate would paid attention to the accusation, if senator Trillanes achieved to present an evidence, testimony or witness that would prove the existense of PDS.“Si Trillanes, siya ata nag accuse na may organized group. Mabigat na accusation ‘yan, pero sana back-up din n’ya ng evidence para pansinin natin seriously yung accusation” Pimentel said.“Pero sana meron ding proof, or witness, or testimony para maumpisahan ‘yung interes ng taumbayan dun sa isyu na ‘yan,” he added.But the political nemesis of President Duterte fired back at his colleague and accused Pimentel of blocking the investigation.“Ilang resolution na ‘yung ginawa ko para mag-imbestiga. Pinapatay nila eh. Tineterminate nila ‘yung imbestigasyon,” Trillanes said in a separate radio interview.Trillanes also expressed his disappointment to what the senate did after they immediately terminated the Senate investigation where the self-confessed member of Davao Death Squad, retired SPO3 Arthur Lascañas testified against President Duterte.“Ito ngang kay Lascañas mapapailalim natin imbestigasyon pero isang hearing pa lang tinerminate na,” he said.“Kung magbubulag-bulagan ka eh talagang wala kang makikita. Ayaw niya mag-imbestiga. Paano natin malalaman?” he added.Trillanes also revealed his plan for another senate investigation on July when the Congress resumes its session.According to him, he filed three resolution in the senate that worth to investigate.But he believes that the allies of President Rodrigo Duterte in the senate did nothing to help him to investigate and only keeps defending the Filipino leader against him.“Pero walang action eh, itong mga kaalyado ni Duterte. Dinedepensahan siya. Binabantayan siya,” he said. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/senate-pres-pimentel-sen-trillanes-madali-ang-mag-akusa-pero-sana-merong-ebidensiya/ |
Donald Trump Calls TIME Magazine Poll ‘Very Fake’ | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 2/4/2017 0:00 | U.S. President Donald Trump has called CNN ‘fake news.’ Now he’s calling a TIME Magazine poll ‘very fake.’Trump was reacting to an online poll being conducted by TIME, asking its readers to vote for whomever they think should be included in the magazine’s 2017 100 Most Influential People in the world.Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is No. 1 in the poll and has remained in that spot since the poll first went public. Duterte is leading with 5% of of the votes. The next group of celebrities is trailing with 3% of the votes and includes Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Pope Francis and Canada’s Justin Trudeau.Trump’s standing is at 2% which he shares with 25 other personalities.Of course, the narcissistic president is not happy, saying it is unbelievable that the president of a third world country is topping the poll and that he (Trump) is way below in the ratings.“Don’t believe the poll,” Trump said, “it is faker than fake. Believe in it only when I become No. 1. There is time.”The online voting closes at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on April 16. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/04/02/donald-trump-calls-time-magazine-poll-very-fake/ |
BREAKING NEWS: INDIANA SET TO REPEAL ANTI-GAY LAW | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 31/03/2018 0:00 | The furor that has erupted over an Indiana law that gives businesses the right to refuse service to gay people has prompted the state’s legislature and its governor, Republican Mike Spence to go back to the drawing board to amend, if not totally repeal the law.Sources close to the Republican leadership in Indiana said that there is a growing consensus within the party to pass a fixer-upper law that would all but repeal the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).The fixer-upper will be called the Religious Freedom Restoration Restitution Act (RFRRA).Payback time. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/03/31/breaking-news-indiana-set-to-repeal-anti-gay-law/ |
WHY OBAMA WAS A NO-SHOW AT APEC SUMMIT WELCOME RITES | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 18/11/2017 0:00 | There were only twenty world leaders who showed up at the welcome rites for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit Meeting Wednesday afternoon. There should have been twenty one. Missing was U.S. President Barack Obama.In a statement explaining Obama’s absence, a spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Manila said that a schedule conflict prevented the president from attending the opening rites.The statement said Obama didn’t want to miss seeing the world-famous sunset at Manila Bay, so he stayed in his hotel watching from the balcony (see photo).”He misses his home state of Hawaii and the Manila Bay sunset reminded him of the equally stunning senset of his native islands,” the statement added.Well, even presidents are entilted to be homesick. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/11/18/why-obama-was-a-no-show-at-apec-summit-welcome-rites/#respond |
HAWAIIANS TO MARK ZUCKERBERG: “WHERE’S THE SHAKA BUTTON?” | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 8/10/2017 0:00 | or can better express how you’re feeling!”Many Facebook users have expressed disappointment that the popular social media network still refuses to add a “Dislike” button.In Hawaii, Native Hawaiians and Hawaii residents are clamoring for even more, like a “Shaka” button.Also known as a “hang loose” sign, Shaka is a hand expression of ‘Aloha’ which is more than just a casual greeting.“We need more ways to express ourselves other than just liking or disliking, or letting people know that we’re sad, happy or in awe,” one Hawaii resident said. “We need a button that will allow us to spread the spirit of Aloha.”Facebook has not returned our calls for reaction to the ‘Shaka’ button movement in Hawaii. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/10/08/hawaiians-to-mark-zuckerberg-wheres-the-shaka-button/ |
Leni Robredo’s increasingly desperate bid to win the Vice Presidency | [] | 2016-03-25 22:50:19+00:00 | One recent news headline read: “Leni worried by Bongbong’s surge in surveys”. It is quite understandable why Vice Presidential candidate and Camarines Sur Representative Leni Robredo is “worried”. She must have a lot to worry about now that her rival Senator Bongbong Marcos has a big chance of winning the Vice Presidency. For one thing, it highlights how ill-thought-out her decision was to run for the second highest post in the land.Deep inside, Robredo could be more worried about losing face after losing the election more than the possible return of Martial Law. I mean, if she were smart, she’d know that declaring Martial Law is not that simple. As another Vice Presidential candidate senator Chiz Escudero said during the recent VP debate, there are mechanisms in place now to prevent the President from simply declaring it. Besides, the Vice President does not have the authority to declare Martial Law. Robredo is simply being silly in thinking that Bongbong Marcos would be stupid enough to declare Martial Law considering the senator has benefited a lot from Filipinos who are vocal on the Internet especially people on social media.Why would Bongbong stifle the people’s freedom to speak out against those who vilify him and the rest of the Marcos family, for example? Netizens actually played an immense role in helping expose the truth about EDSA and Martial Law. There is a lot of information coming out now – some new perspective about what transpired before and after both events, which do not paint Marcos Sr as the sole perpetrator of atrocities. For 30 years, the Aquinos and their allies have blamed Marcos Sr and his family for the bad things that happened and keep happening in the country. BS Aquino and his supporters even blame his government’s shortfalls on the Marcoses, if not former President Gloria Arroyo. If Bongbong removes the people’s voice through a repeat of his father’s Martial Law, it would work against him. He doesn’t come across as stupid enough to do something like that.Robredo should worry more about atrocities and anomalies that are happening at present times instead of things that happened 30-odd years ago. If she had any sense of decency, she would speak out against BS Aquino’s lack of accountability for his government’s appalling performance in the last six years. A lot of people have noted how she turns a blind eye to BS Aquino’s string of broken promises, like the passing of the Freedom of Information bill — an initiative she is a strong advocate of. And after voting for the bill to increase pensions paid out by the Social Security System (SSS), she did an about-face after the President vetoed it. Robredo even defended Aquino’s veto decision after he received flak from SSS pensioners and contributors.In another feeble attempt at winning the hearts of the voters, members of Robredo’s public relations machinery are posting photos of her on social media painting her as a “modest” and “humble” public servant. There’s this picture of her taking a bus. It is so trivial to be making a big deal of her taking public transport when, in most progressive countries, it is quite common for public servants to use public transport on a daily basis. Had the current government fixed the country’s public transport system, more Filipinos would take public transport without as much dramas. And it is interesting why there would always be someone who happens to be at just the right time and place to take a photo when she takes the bus!In another photo circulating on social media, she is shown walking through a flooded footpath. This is supposed to come across as more proof that she is “modest”. Some Netizens have noted though, that she was carrying a Louis Vuitton handbag – a very expensive handbag. As social media commentator Leslie Bocobo suggested, she should have carried a bayong instead to complete the hypocrisy.It’s no secret that Robredo didn’t want to run for the Vice Presidency to begin with but she still allowed herself to be bullied by her Liberal Party mates into filling out a certificate of candidacy anyway. That in itself says a lot about her character. She seems to be the type who would compromise her principles just to please other people particularly her allies. If she truly believed that she is not yet ready for a higher post, considering she only just joined congress as her district’s representative in 2013, she should have flatly said no to the offer.One can’t help but wonder what else is Robredo willing to compromise for her party-mates? The absence of a husband or a partner to consult with and confide in could be weakening her defenses against bullies who are putting bad ideas into her head. She could pursue the passing of the unconstitutional Bangsamoro Basic Law just to please her allies. It is the Filipino people who should be worried if she wins the Vice Presidency in that case.Members of the Liberal Party are known for bullying. Robredo’s situation is reminiscent of the time when then senator Benigno Simeon Aquino was also bullied into applying for the Presidency. We recall that BS Aquino also did not have any plans to run for the Presidency back in 2009 but leaders of the Liberal Party talked him into running to take advantage of the Sympathy Vote after his mother Cory died just a few months before to the 2010 Presidential Election. Fast-forward to six years later, they are now using whatever lingering sympathy votes are left for the death of former Department of Local Government and Interior Secretary Jessie Robredo in 2012 to help his wife, Leni win the Vice Presidency. After all, sympathy votes helped her win a seat in congress back in 2013.Truly, Robredo should have been more honest with herself and realized that her Liberal Party mates, especially Presidential candidate Mar Roxas, are casting her for the role of “grieving widow” in a desperate effort to help boost Mar’s poor popularity rating. The idea is ridiculous because they are assuming that whoever votes for Robredo will also vote for Mar. It may work on some gullible and emotional voters but thank goodness, it doesn’t work on the majority of voters. It’s a good indication that people can see through what they are doing.Robredo does come across as someone who can’t stand on her own two feet. First, she relies on her husband’s popularity and shamelessly mentions his previous policies as Mayor of Naga City to add semblance of substance to her own election campaign. She also relies on her Liberal Party mates as if they will always be by her side no matter what. Someone should tell her that these people would drop her like a hot potato when she loses the election. She’ll be cast aside like last month’s flavor of the month. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/03/leni-robredos-increasingly-desperate-bid-win-vice-presidency/ |
Blogger explains how bad news by international media about Duterte resulted to the harrassment of OFWs | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-11-14 05:52:03+08:00 | Sass Rogando Sasot who recently confronted an international journalist belongs to a news network that interviewed a libelous blogger while allegedly badly portraying the supporters of President Duterte in their other articles.In her post, Sasot explained how the international media badly destroyed, not only the image of President Duterte, but also the image of the Philippines.Sasot believes that the portrayal of the international media to the Duterte’s war against illegal drugs made Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) experienced harassment from the foreigners who believed that the President of the Philippines is a ‘mass murderer’.She made the story sent to her by an OFW as an example how our Kababayans were being harassed for their political beliefs.This is the story:A Duterte supporter based overseas was having a conversation with his acquaintance in a conference on security in Las Vegas, a German guy, while in a bus. The DDS OFW was telling the German guy that he supports Duterte and the good things Duterte is doing for the country not being reported by mainstream media. A white girl overheard the conversation. She butt in the conversation and asked what he felt for those people being slaughtered in Duterte’s drug war campaign. The girl created a scene in the bus, shouting that she didn’t want to be in the same bus with the person who supports a mass murderer.Sasot became more worried for the safety of the Duterte supporters in Europe, because some of them were being accused as ‘fascists’ and when you were labeled like that, a group like “Antifa” might target you for assassination.The anarchist and anti-fascist group Antifa, preparing for a riot.I’ve heard stories like these — overseas Filipinos being humiliated and harassed not online but IN PUBLIC SPACES for supporting Duterte. There’s also a real danger to one’s life for being tagged a fascist for supporting Duterte. Alam niyo bang sa Europe ay may mga grupong who find it legitimate to inflict violence against those who are deemed fascists? Yup, the Antifa of Europe (see: http://reason.com/…/antifa-has-backed-its-message-with-viole). For some anarchists groups, fascists are legitimate targets for assassination.The Pro-Duterte blogger believes that the reason why the foreigners harassed the Duterte OFW supporters was the bad portrayal of the media against President Rodrigo Duterte.How exactly these foreigners became this angry towards Duterte supporters? How exactly these foreigners paint Duterte supporters as fascists? Where are they getting their information about what’s going on in the Philippines? The answer is simple: International news sources such as the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera. These powerful global news agencies only narrate a single story about what’s going on in the Philippines. And that story is the one being peddled by the opposition. No, contrary to what Yellowtards, some Philippine mainstream media, and the context-less analysis of a historian in De La Salle, I’m not begging to be interviewed by BBC. By using the Jover Laurio incident, I am highlighting how BBC is complicit in propagating the version of events of the opposition to the world. The biased reporting of powerful global news agencies like BBC help create the consciousness that provoked that white girl to create a scene against a Filipino for simply supporting Duterte. Bago kasi dumakdak about what happened between Jonathan Head and I alamin muna ang KONTEKSTO ng mainit na pag-uusap namin na iyon.Sasot became controversial after she confronted Jonathan Head, a journalist from BBC News for featuring a ‘minor blogger’ like Jover Laurio.Sasot also criticized the articles wrote by Head, which badly portrayed the President and the war against illegal drugs in the Philippines. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/blogger-explains-bad-news-international-media-duterte-resulted-harrassment-ofws/ |
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE NOW LEGAL IN THE ENTIRE U.S.A. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 2/11/2016 0:00 | Both supporters and opponents worldwide have expressed amazement at how quickly same-sex marriage became legal in all of the United States. Immediately after the Hawaii legislature approved the bill legalizing same-sex marriage, the following news flash appeared in almost all media outlets in all continents : “50th U.S. State Approves Same-Sex Marriage.”The International Business Times, Japan Times, Manila Daily Bulletin, The Times of India, The Paris Register, The Berlin Times, The London Enquirer and many other publications were unanimous in applauding the United States for the speed in which the number of U.S. States where same-sex marriage is now legal went from 15 to 50, not including the District of Columbia. It all happened within a matter of months. Illinois was the 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage.Gay rights activists praised Hawaii for “sealing the deal” to make same-sex marriage legal in the entire U.S.A. Many pointed out that it was appropriate for Hawaii to be the state to earn this distinction. “After all,” they said, “the U.S. movement to legalize same-sex marriage all but started in Hawaii when the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled in the early 1990’s that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. It was a landmark case (Baehr vs. Lewin) that set off the marriage equality movement in the U.S. Mainland.Hawaii became the 50th state of the U.S. on August 21, 1959. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2013/11/02/same-sex-marriage-now-legal-in-the-entire-u-s-a/ |
Drilon reacts on Ozamiz Mayor’s death | [] | 2017-07-30 22:18:57+08:00 | Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, a full blooded member of Liberal Party reacted to the killing of Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog and wife Susan Parojinog during a raid by the CIDG on July 30.The Parojinogs are known to be strong allies of the LPs and the family has been ruling Ozamiz for decades. The Mayor was one of the top list in President Rody Duterte’s drug list.Drilon is bothered of the incident as it according to him, the act was the same with the killing of Albuera Mayor Espinoza in Leyte.“Why are search warrants, served before dawn as in the cases of Mayor Espinosa and now, Mayor Parojinog, result in the deaths of the persons being searched? Both are tagged as drug lords. Too much of a coincidence?” Drilon said in a statement.He added that search warrants are generally served during daytime and court rules state that the issuing judge must specify why it must be served at night, in certain cases.Ozamiz City police chief Senior Inspector Jovani Espenido said Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog was willing to surrender prior to the scheduled raid.“[Nagsabi] siya sa akin na mag-surrender siya pero kalaunan, noong magkasama na sila ni Vice Mayor (Nova Parojinog, his daughter), ‘di na natuloy iyon,” Espenido said in a press conference on Sunday afternoon.Espenido pointed out that he kept on convincing the Mayor to surrender.What can you say about this story? Leave your comments below! | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/drilon-reacts-ozamiz-mayors-death/ |
IMELDA MARCOS: FROM FIRST LADY TO PILGRIM | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 21/01/2018 0:00 | How times have changed. Imelda Romualdez Marcos, former First Lady and once considered the most powerful and influential woman in the Philippines, has turned pilgrim. Thanks to Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines and to Marcos’ home province of Leyte.At last week’s mass celebrated by Pope Francis in Tacloban, Leyte, Marcos was present, not as former First Lady or Congresswoman or Beauty Queen, but as a pilgrim, just like the thousands of people who attended the papal event on a rainy and windy day.Miracles do happen. Marcos was even seen wearing a yellow raincoat, a color closely associated with Cory Aquino (and the current president Noynoy) and the opposition that led to ouster of her husband Ferdinand and the family’s exile to Hawaii.Imelda’s ID tag says it all: “Pilgrim.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/01/21/imelda-marcos-from-first-lady-to-pilgrim/ |
Philippine Newspaper Makes It To Donald Trump’s Fake News Awards | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 18/01/2018 0:00 | It was the most anticipated tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump — his announcement of his ‘Fake News Awards.’Almost all major news organizations in the U.S. were honored: CNN, Newsweek, The New York Times, ABC News, Time, The Washington Post — eleven awards in all.But The Adobo Chronicles has learned that a 12th honoreee — a Philippine newspapaer — was inadvertently cut from Trump’s tweet because his post already exceeded the maximum number of characters.So, here it is, courtesy of sources close to Trump: the 12th Fake News honoree:12. Philippine Star for publishing an unconfirmed news that Donald Trump called Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes, ‘Lil Narco.’ | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/01/18/philippine-newspaper-makes-it-to-donald-trumps-fake-news-awards/#respond |
Filipinos Very Confused About The May 9 Presidential Elections | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 12/4/2016 0:00 | In the U.S., voters are confused about how delegates are awarded to the presidential candidates in the country’s state primaries, caucuses and conventions. In the Philippines, voters are very confused. Period.Earlier, we reported that overseas Filipino voters have complained that they do not recognize two candidates in the official election ballot: Mar Roxas Daang Matuwid for president and Leni Robredo Daang Matuwid for vice president. They don’t recall the Daang Matuwids ever filing their certificates of candidacy before the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).Now, Filipinos participating in the 7-Eleven presidential poll in which soda buyers can vote by picking the cup bearing the name and image of their candidates of choice, are complaining as well.The latest total results show that Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is leading in individual 7-Eleven stores as well as all stores combined, by a very wide margin: 58% compared to the runner-up at 14%.But voters are confused as to who the runner-up in the poll is. His/her name is Undecided. And just like with the Daang Matuwids, Filipinos don’t remember Undecided filing a certificate of candidacy.The COMELEC has a lot of explaining to do these days. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/04/12/filipinos-very-confused-about-the-may-9-presidential-elections/#respond |
Duterte to prioritize health, education through PAGCOR funds | [] | 2016-06-06 12:56:13+08:00 | President-elect Rodrigo Duterte plans to realign funds from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) toward providing more subsidy on medicines and hospitalization as well as education of the people. Speaking before an estimated 500,000 people who attended the “One-Love, One-Nation Thanksgiving Party #DU31” at the Crocodile Park here on Saturday night, Duterte said health and education would be his top priorities to address concerns of the people, especially the marginalized ones who cannot afford to pay hospital bills and medicines.“Ang akong unahon ang (I will prioritize) health from PAGCOR funds which runs into billions. Mao na’y ihatag sa ospital – para sa medisina (That will be given to the hospitals for medicines), hospitalization. I will realign the money towards health and education,” he said, drawing approval from the crowd.In education, Duterte said he is concerned with the problem now from the aberration created because of the K-12 program. He said there are many students that could run to hundreds who cannot enroll for senior high school and the marginalized teachers who will be out of job because they do not know where to go.He said he already talked to incoming Education Secretary Leonor Briones to address the many problems created by the K-12 program.Duterte sees the need to construct schools for senior high school students. If there are 20 to 35 students in a barangay, he aims to construct a school in the area so that students do not have to walk 20 to 30 kilometers to a nearest school.“Ako na mismo ang magdadala ng eskwelahan (I will be the one to bring school to you),” said Duterte, emphasizing that government must keep on spending even on small projects.During the mayorship of Duterte in Davao, the city government has been recipient of PAGCOR funds, especially on health and education, which is also part of the institution’s corporate social responsibility. The city hosts one casino operation.In May this year, PAGCOR remitted the highest contribution to the government coffers — a total of P8.86 billion, of which P1.89 billion accounts for cash dividends for 2015.A PAGCOR press release stated that PAGCOR’s good corporate governance enabled the state-run gaming firm to continuously beat its targets and maintain its position as one of the government’s top-revenue earners.Report said PAGCOR has been remitting cash dividends to the national government from the ₱1 billion dividends remitted in 2012, making it to the GOCC Elite Circle or the Billionaires’ Club. (PNA) | Featured Photo by Edwin BacasmasDo you agree with Pres.Rody? Leave your comments below why! | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/duterte-prioritize-health-education-pagcor-funds/ |
PHILIPPINES DROPS OUT OF MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 5/7/2018 0:00 | The Philippines became the first Asian country to drop out of the Miss Universe pageant in protest over Donald Trump’s comments about Mexican immigrants. It is joining several Latin American countries in boycotting the most popular international beauty competition owned by Trump.Earlier, Mexico dropped out of the pageant, followed by Panama. More Latin American countries are expected to follow suit.The Philippines has close historical ties with Mexico, dating back to the days of the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade which began in the 16th century. The country was also colonized by Spain for more than three centuries.Mexico (1991, 2010) and the Philippines (1969, 1973) each have two Miss Universe title holders, while Panama has one (2002 runner-up Miss Panama took over as Miss Universe after the winner, Miss Russia, was dethroned four months into her reign). All three countries have previously hosted the Miss Universe pageant.So what happens with reigning Miss Philippines-Universe Pia Wurtzbach (who has been romantically linked to President NoyNoy Aquino)? Perhaps, she can become the queen of Malacañang, the presidential palace. But that remains to be just a rumor.Actually, the Philippines has decided to send two representatives to this year’s Miss World Pageant, one of them being Wurtzbach.Double the chances for the crown, eh? | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/07/05/philippines-drops-out-of-miss-universe-pageant/#respond |
Alleged Darren Espanto Scandal is now circulating online | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-01-28 23:13:40+08:00 | There is an alleged scandal of Darren Espanto that circulating on the internet right now. The picture that circulating on Facebook shows the alleged singer Darren Espanto having a romantic relationship with another man.The Netizens who posted the photo claims that this is a leaked photo of Darren Espanto that taken via Webcam.The people who watches it thinks that the man is really similar with the facial features of the singer.But according to the singer, he is not the one who is in the picture. Some fans of Darren Espanto was disappointed after seeing their idol allegedly having a relationship with another man.Many people loves Darren Espanto because of his talent on singing, but some of the people is not quite sure about the real gender of the singer, some of them is suspecting that he is also having a same sex relationship.But the camp of the singer already denied the allegation against him. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/alleged-darren-spanto-scandal-is-now-circulating-online/ |
Adobo Chronicles Exclusive: Mayor Rodrigo Duterte Responds To Critics | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 20/04/2016 0:00 | As the May 9 Philippine presidential elections draw closer, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte seems to be the growing target of his political rivals as well as the media. Duterte has been in front-page headlines locally and internationally in the last several days.Duterte agreed to sit down with The Adobo Chronicles to answer the allegations and criticism hurled against him. Here is a complete transcript of the interview:AC: Your video clip in which you joked about the serial rape and murder of an Australian missionary has been met with strong protest by the Australian government. What do you say to Australian government.DUTERTE: Keep out, Australia, keep out!AC: Liberal Party standard-bearer Mar Roxas has called you a “dictator” and “the biggest and gravest threat to our democracy.” What do you say to him?DUTERTE: Keep out, Mar Roxas, keep out!AC: The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has urged Catholic Filipino voters to reject your candidacy for president. What do you say to the bishops?DUTERTE: Keep out, CBCP, keep out!AC: Your own daughter Sara said that she was raped and was not offended by your video clip. What do you say to her?DUTERTE: Keep out, Sara, keep out!AC: Is there anything else you’d like to say to us, other than “keep out?”DUTERTE: Get out, Adobo Chronicles, get out right now!(End of transcript) | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/04/20/adobo-chronicles-exclusive-mayor-rodrigo-duterte-responds-to-critics/?share=email |
Morning After The Debate: Trump’s Most Pressing Issue: Miss Universe | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 27/09/2016 0:00 | It was the morning after the first U.S. presidential debate, and Republican candidate Donald Trump shows what the most pressing issue is in America today: Miss Universe.Trump called into FOX News to defend what he had previously said about 1996 Miss Universe Alicia Machado.During the televised debate at Hofstra University, Hillary Clinton admonished Trump for his misogynist statements on the campaign trail and beyond. Clinton mentioned that the Donald had called Machado “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping.” She was a Latina beauty who represented Venezuela at the Miss Universe Pageant.Trump owned the Miss Universe Organization before he sold it a few years ago.“Beauty contests will make this country great again,” Trump told FOX News. “I don’t regret what I said about Miss Machado. She was the worst Miss Universe ever. And she really did gain a lot of weight. We can’t let that happen to a beauty queen, not under my watch!”Miss Machado has recently become a U.S. citizen, and we can only guess who she’s voting for this November. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/09/27/morning-after-the-debate-trumps-most-pressing-issue-miss-universe/#respond |
The Adobo Chronicles’ Great Presidential-VP Mix-Up Poll: Who Would You Vote For? | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 8/3/2016 0:00 | Every Filipino knows that he or she doesn’t have to vote for the vice presidential running mate of presidential candidates. Philippine presidential elections are like chop suey, you can mix and match. In fact, incumbent Vice President Jejomar Binay does not belong to the same Liberal Party of President NoyNoy Aquino.So, in the spirit of chop suey, we are conducting a national poll never conducted before by any polling organization. We’re calling it the ‘Great Presidential-VPD Mix-Up Poll.’Here are the rules: we’ve chosen to mix and match the presidential and vice presidential candidates across party lines; all you have to do is vote for your favorite pairing. No substitutions, please!Let the games begin! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/08/the-adobo-chronicles-great-presidential-vp-mix-up-poll-who-would-you-vote-for/?share=email |
IN PHOTOS: World Leaders React To Baguio City’s New Anti-Profanity Ordinance | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 6/11/2018 0:00 | Send to Email AddressYour NameYour Email AddressPost was not sent - check your email addresses!Email check failed, please try againSorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/11/06/in-photos-world-leaders-react-to-baguio-citys-new-anti-profanity-ordinance/ |
OSCAR-WINNING SONG ‘LET IT GO’ CLIMBS TO NO. 1 IN PHILIPPINE MUSIC CHARTS | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 6/3/2017 0:00 | “Let It Go,” the Oscar award-winning best song from the Disney animated film, “Frozen” shot up to number one in the music charts in the Philippines, and this happened in less than 24 hours.The song was composed by Robert Lopez, a Filipino American, and his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez. But that was not the reason the song climbed up the music charts.At a Philippine Senate hearing investigating the 10 Billion-peso pork barrel scam involving detained businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles and implicating three senators, state witness Dennis Cunanan was being grilled by Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago.Santiago repeatedly asked Cunanan, who was the director of the Technology Resource Center (TRC) when the pork barrel scam happened, what he knew about the involvement of the senators. TRC, a government corporation, acted as a conduit for the release of pork barrel funds to fake non-governmental organizations or NGOs. The senators who were allegedly involved in the scam were Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla, Jr.“Wow. I’m very interested in what you have to say,” Santiago told Cunanan at one point of the questioning. When Cunanan hesitated to confirm who he thought was the mastermind of the whole scam, Santiago said, “Let It Go” in a Karaoke-style musical tone.Immediately, the social networks exploded with the Santiago quote and radio stations started simultaneously playing the song from “Frozen.” In just a few hours, “Let It Go,” became the number hit on the Philippine music charts. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/03/06/oscar-winning-song-let-it-go-climbs-to-no-1-in-philippine-music-charts/ |
PRESIDENT AQUINO: “PHILIPPINES IS NOW OFFICIALLY A RICH COUNTRY” | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 17/08/2018 0:00 | President NoyNoy Aquino will have a lasting legacy to leave behind when his term as president expires in 2016.Today, Aquino announced that the Philippines is now officially a “rich country,” thanks to his administration’s economic and social programs over the last five years. “We’re now at par with first world countries in the West,” he said.Aquino made the announcement after receiving a report from the Japanese Cooperation Agency (JICA) confirming that the Philippines is losing 2.4 Billion pesos daily because of the traffic situation in Metro Manila.The JICA report noted that because of daily congested traffic, workers report late to work, business meetings are cancelled, commercial transactions are jeopardized, and delivery of goods and services come to a stand still. In other words, productivity is cut by more than half, which is costing both government and private enterprises huge revenue losses.But Aquino and his technocrat advisers are looking at the positive side to this loss of revenue. The president said that the fact that “our country can afford to lose billions of pesos every single day means we have the money to spare, and only rich countries have that capability.”Is it any wonder then that the government seems disinterested in solving the nightmarish transportation and traffic problems of the country, especially in Metro Manila? | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/17/president-aquino-philippines-is-now-officially-a-rich-country/#respond |
AMAZON GOOFS, SENDS PORN VIDEO TO ONLINE PURCHASERS OF HILLARY CLINTON’S NEW BOOK | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 10/6/2017 0:00 | Amazon, the largest online retailer of books and other commercial products, has issued an apology for an embarrassing shipping error in which it mailed out a 1987 porn movie to customers who ordered Hillary Clinton’s new book, ‘Hard Choices.’ The porn flick, directed by Ron Sullivan who passed away from cancer in 2008, had the exact same title as Clinton’s book.Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos who recently bought The Washington Post for $250 Million, personally called Mrs. Clinton to apologize for what he called a serious computer glitch. Bezos said that an Amazon summer intern typed in the wrong International Standard Book Number (ISBN) when he was generating the bar code for Clinton’s book. The intern apparently typed in the ISBN for the porn video.It wasn’t immediately known how many copies of the video have so far been shipped to customers.Bezos also apologized to Amazon’s customers who received the wrong order, saying Amazon will immediately ship the correct item. He is matching the apology with a $50 Amazon gift card for future online purchases.As for the porn video, Bezos said customers who received it in error can keep it at no charge. “No need to ship it back.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/06/10/amazon-goofs-sends-porn-video-to-online-purchasers-of-hillary-clintons-new-book/ |
WALMART, TARGET, COSTCO RUN OUT OF PLASTIC BUCKETS | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 18/08/2017 0:00 | have all reported that they have fully run out of plastic buckets in their stores and outlets. An independent investigation by The Adobo Chronicles has confirmed the disappearance of the 3, 4 and 5 gallon containers from the retailers’ store shelves across the country.A spokesperson for the Arkansas-based Walmart said that their inventory of buckets began diminishing two weeks ago when the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge started to trend on social media. “Now, our supply is down to zero,” he said.Costco, on the other hand, appealed to its members to stop calling customer service inquiring about the availability of plastic buckets. “There is absolutely nothing to go around and no delivery expected from our suppliers for the next six months,” it said in a statement from its corporate office in Seattle, Washington.Estimates place the number of Ice Bucket Challenge videos posted on the Internet at 1.2 Million. “That’s 1.2 Million buckets purchased in just the last two weeks,” a spokesperson for Target said.That, of course, is assuming each video involves just one individual.Hardware stores are worried that they may also run out of tin buckets very soon. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/08/18/walmart-target-costco-run-out-of-plastic-buckets/?share=email |
HILLARY CLINTON REACTS TO DICK CHENEY INTERVIEW | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 9/4/2018 0:00 | Former Vice President Dick Cheney lashed out at Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton is coming to the defense of the president.In a recent radio interview, Cheney criticized Obama over the Iran deal framework put in place last week.Cheney, who accused Iran of having “one of the most radical regimes in history” and being “sworn to destroy Israel,” told radio host Hugh Hewitt the deal will be a “burden” on the next occupant of the White House. “This is a totally radical regime that is the premiere sponsor of state terrorism in the world, and Obama’s about to give them nuclear weapons,” Cheney said. “I can’t think of a more terrible burden to leave the next president than what Obama is creating here.”Reacting to Cheney’s statement, Hillary Clinton went on the same radio program this morning and said:‘I have some news for Mr. Cheney. As the next occupant of the White House, I can assure the former vice president that what Obama did is not going to be a burden at all to me. What the president did was totally cool!’ | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/04/09/hillary-clinton-reacts-to-dick-cheney-interview/?share=email |
It’s Official: Kris Aquino Announces First Major Hollywood Film Project | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 3/6/2017 0:00 | Many weeks ago, retired talk show host and former presidential sister Kris Aquino hinted on her social media page that she has signed up for a major Hollywood film, which many thought would be ‘Crazy Rich Asians.’But when the cast of the film project was announced, nowhere was Aquino’s named on it.Then, in subsequent tweets, Aquino said she is working on a Hollywood film but was not at liberty to reveal the details.Finally, Aquino announced the much-awaited film project, “Darna Versus Wonder Woman.” She plays Darna while Gal Gadot will reprise her role as Wonder Woman.The film is based on fictional superheroine characters in the Philippines and the U.S., respectively.“Naku ha, I’m super excited about being cast in this monumental film and proud to be the first Filipina to land a leading role in a Hollywood film. Our time has come,” Aquino told The Adobo Chronicles.Asked how her new Hollywood career would affect her reported plans to run for mayor of Quezon City, Aquino said, “Puwede namang sabay di ba? Look at Ronald Reagan and Arnold Swarseneger. Did I spell his name right?”The film is scheduled to open in the U.S. and the Philippines over the Labor Day Weekend this September. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/06/03/kris-aquino-announced-first-major-hollywood-film-project/ |
The iconic soldier who got blind during operation delivered his emotional message to President Duterte | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-08-29 23:50:56+08:00 | The iconic soldier who got blind during the operation that visited by President Duterte in AFP Medical Center was again invited for a dinner in Malacanang to honor them for their sacrifices for this country.Lieutenant Jerome Jacub delivered his emotional message to Duterte and he also shared the story of his struggles and when he personally met the President.“Madalas po ang sasabihin ko Magandang Gabi kahit umaga kasi palagi namang gabi ang pakiramdam ko” Jerome Jacuba said to his speechHe said that before President Duterte visited the AFP Medical Center, he already locked himself for 4 weeks and already fell hopeless. But everything changes when the President personally visited him and comforted him, Duterte also said that he will reinvent Jerome.“Marami pa akong gustong gawin, marami pa akong pangarap sa buhay, yung mga anak ko paano na sila? hindi ko na makikita yung paglaki nila, hindi ko na makikita yung kung gaano sila kagaling mag drawing, kung gaano sila kagaling sumayaw, pero gayon pa man, simula noong bumisita doon si Presidente talagang nagbago ang lahat, at ito’y dahil sa isang panalangin” Jacuba added.He also compared his encounter with Duterte to the story of Bartimaeus in the bible.“Noong iniisa isa niya yung mga pasyente doon, saka noong lumapit siya sakin, yun palang sana yung pagkakataon na makakaharap ko at makikita sa personal ang isang Presidente, pinagkait pa, so simula non, nakita niyo naman sa mga Social Media na maraming salamat sa inyo Sir[Duterte] kasi nag viral ako dahil sayo” Jacuba said to his audience.He also thanked Duterte because after they met, many blessings came from him and for mentioning him in his every speech.“Lahat ng mga blessings sir dumating na sakin sir simula nung dumating ka doon sir, masayang masaya ako sir kasi napansin ako ng karamihan doon lalo na yung mga organization na mga naging daan para magkaroon ulit ako ng pag asa”Jerome is now studying in a computer school for a blind and called Duterte as a Hero of the heroes.“Kung kami man ay isang Bayani sir, ikaw yung Bayani ng mga Bayani, ikaw yung Bayani namin sir, ikaw yung nagbigay buhay, ikaw yung nag lift up ng morale naming mga sundalo, ikaw lang yung Preidente na nagikot lahat ng mga kampo, napaka sinsero yan talaga yung leader talaga na sinsero sa kanyang ginagawa”His speech made the Netizens teary-eyed and he received standing ovation from his audience. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/soldier-blind-operation-message-president-duterte/ |
PRESIDENT AQUINO TO POLITICIANS: CAMPAIGNING FOR 2016 CAN WAIT TILL AFTER CHA-CHA | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 19/08/2017 0:00 | President Aquino on Monday criticized the politicians who are already gearing up for the 2016 Philippine presidential elections.In his speech during the inauguration of a bridge and a connecting road network in Cagayan province, Aquino said talks on the next elections can wait. He said politicians should right now focus on solving the problems of the country.Among the politicians who have been talking with the media about the 2016 polls lately was Vice President Jejomar Binay, the front-runner in the presidential surveys.In an interview with The Adobo Chronicles, Aquino said that Binay and other presidential aspirants should at least wait until a constitutional convention is held to amend the law to allow the president to have a second six-year term.Under the current constitution, the president is limited to one, six-year term which expires in 2016.Aquino’s allies in Congress have been pushing to convene a constitutional convention, more popularly known in the country as Cha-Cha, to amend the law and allow Aquino to stay on as president beyond 2016. Aquino seems to be warming up to the idea.“If the campaigning starts now, it seems I will be at a disadvantage. Let’s wait until after the constitution is amended to allow me to run for another term,” Aquino said.”It’s a matter of fairness,” he added. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/08/19/president-aquino-to-politicians-campaigning-for-2016-can-wait-till-after-cha-cha/ |
Watch: Anti Illegal Drugs Commercial of Duterte administration | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-09-02 15:37:41+08:00 | Presidential Communication of the Philippines finally released two of the the Anti-Illegal Drug commercials that will be aired in some TV Networks and malls for free.This film was created by award-winning director Brillante Mendoza and produced by the Presidential Communications Office in partnership with the MTRCB.One of the commercials that posted on Facebook is about an Overseas Filipina Worker that not aware that her son in the Philippines is already addicted in illegal drugsShe is also not aware that her son is already spending all of her remittances in buying illegal drugs like shabu and ectasy.Until one day her son’s mind was already corrupted by illegal drugs and already killed a person, now he is calling her mother for help but it’s already too late because the police are already chasing him.The second commercial is about a father who missed all of her daughter’s important events because of his addiction to illegal drugs.The commercial is urging everyone to quit using illegal drugs because there is still hope for them to change their lives.The Commercial received positive response from the Netizens especially to our OFW who are afraid that one of their family members that they supported may become a drug addict.<iframe src=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/comment_embed.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpresidentialcom%2Fvideos%2F1428333113863012%2F%3Fcomment_id%3D1429163777113279&include_parent=false” width=”560″ height=”153″ style=”border:none;overflow:hidden” scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″ allowTransparency=”true”></iframe>“Those commercials will help to remind everyone that illegal drugs will only destroy your life and your family” One of the Netizen said to our source. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/watch-anti-illegal-drugs-commercial-duterte-administration/ |
CALIFORNIA SET TO EXECUTE ALL GAY PEOPLE | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 25/03/2018 0:00 | unless, of course, they do it in public (like during San Francisco’s Folsom Street Fair?). Or perhaps requiring all two men or two women who live in the same household to install cameras that would automatically livecast what happens in their bedrooms.A minimum of 365,000 signatures are needed to get any initiative on the ballot in California. So the challenge for McLaughlin is to find 364,999 other nut cases in the golden state which is not necessarily an impossible proposition. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/03/25/california-set-to-execute-all-gay-people/#respond |
FORMER PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO FINDS AN ALLY IN MRS. GEORGE CLOONEY | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 8/3/2018 0:00 | International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, a.k.a. Mrs. George Clooney, has filed a case against the Philippine government before the United Nations over the continued detention of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.Clooney filed the case on Feb 26 before the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD), a body under the UN Commission on Human Rights, Philippine media reported late on Sunday.“The case concerns Arroyo’s protracted detention by the Philippine government despite her age, health condition and the court’s continued denial to grant her bail,” one of Arroyo’s lawyers, Modesto Ticman, told GMA News Online.In filing the case, Mrs Clooney wants the UN to persuade the Philippine government to release Arroyo, who has been under hospital arrest at the Veterans Memorial Medical Centre (VMMC) in Quezon City.Upon hearing of the news, Janet Lim-Napoles, suspected mastermind of the Ten Billion-peso pork barrel scam and who is currently in detention, asked to meet with Clooney. Napoles wants Clooney to handle her case in the Philippines.“My lawyers have not done a good job in defending me in my case. That’s why I remain in detention. I am confident Mrs. Clooney, since we are both women, can do a better job to exonerate me from the charges against me, and negotiate for my release from detention,” Napoles said.“I am willing to pay Mrs. Clooney whatever amount she demands. I have enough funds from the pork barrel scam that I masterminded, so money is not going to be a problem,” Napoles added.Meanwhile, TV host and presidential sister Kris Aquino has reportedly sent an email to Mrs. Clooney, asking if she could help her schedule a one-on-one interview with her husband, George. “I’m a fan of George, and it would be wonderful to interview him for my gossip show,” Aquino stated in her email. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/03/08/former-philippine-president-gloria-macapagal-arroyo-finds-an-ally-in-mrs-george-clooney |
The spectacle of nuns who presume to be politicians’ “guardian angels” | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2017-02-19 12:15:03+00:00 | What is it about nuns and the way they play “guardian angel” to supposedly “oppressed” public figures?Back in 2008, it was star “whistle-blower” Jun Lozada — a key witness in the ZTE broadband deal — making a spectacle of himself hiding behind the skirts of a phalanx of nuns as he emerged from hiding at the La Salle Greenhills campus.Now, in 2017, embattled Senator Leila De Lima reprises the same stunt, as if to show that the Philippines’ Roman Catholic Church still towers above government as a source of legitimacy.The soundbites sound familiar. “They can’t silence me!” crows De Lima. Back in 2008 it was Lozada promising fans during a rally, “dito magpapasabog ng katotohanan!” (“from here will come an explosion of truth!”).Even more familiar — and increasingly trite — is the manner with which Filipino nuns presume to protect a Philippine Senator from the imagined clutches of her own government.Nuns, of course, are no match for state officers who may soon descend upon De Lima to serve an arrest warrant. They will be of no consequence to a judge who will rule on the basis of evidence and not out of deference to the cloth. They will also leave a public long made weary by an institution that promises nothing in life and everything after death utterly unimpressed. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/02/spectacle-nuns-presume-politicians-guardian-angels/ |
“PH don’t need foreign aid because of sufficient funds and uncorrupted government” DSWD Explains | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-10-23 16:54:01+08:00 | Netizens praised DSWD for responding fast to the families affected of Bagyong Lawin in North Luzon.DSWD also explained that foreign aid is not necessary because of sufficient funds. There is also no corruption in the Department of Social Welfare and Development.LGU, members of private sector, and volunteers also joined forces to help the victims of Typhoon Lawin without seeking help in other countries like United States of America.DSWD also said that Filipinos must not beg to other countries because we can stand on our own feet.This is the full statement of DSWD Sec. Judy M. Taguiwalo facebook fanpage.Mga mahal naming kababayan, kaunting paliwanag po: hindi tayo humihingi ng foreign assistance o donations mula sa ibang bansa para sa Karen o Lawin dahil nakitang may sapat na pondo ang gobyerno at mga ahensya nito para saklolohan ang mamamayang apektado.Dahil walang katiwalian at transparent ang ating ipinatutupad na proseso, kitang-kita na may pondong sapat na magagamit para sa kagyat na pangangailangan. Nagtutulungan ang mga LGU, members ng private sector, ang taumbayan at ang pambansang gobyerno sa pamumuno ni Pres. Duterte para maibigay ang saklolong tulong para sa ating mga kapatid na nasalanta. Pagsisikapan natin na paghusayin at linisin ang sistema ng relief and assistance dustribution NANG WALANG HALONG PULITIKA. Hindi madali ang pagbabago –mahirap at matagal din ito, pero kung di natin sisimulan ngayon, kailan pa?Hindi tayo dapat maging pala-asa at pala-hingi sa mga dayuhang gobyerno kung kaya nating tumindig sa sariling paa. Kung sama-sama, lahat makakaya. #KayaNgPilipinasPresident Duterte and DSWD Judy Taguiwalo visited the Typhoon Lawin affected areas in North Luzon and personally gave the aid to the affected families.The affected families of Typhoon Lawin received a box of relief goods. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/ph-foreign-aid-sufficient-funds-uncorrupted-government-dswd-explains/ |
Of Dogs And Men: On The Complacency And Gullibility Of Pinoys | [] | 2016-07-22 14:23:02+00:00 | My grandfather, Heaven keep his soul, died a few weeks ago after suffering a fatal heart attack in the hospital. He died at the age of 90, an age I suppose some of us here can only envy. Anyway, truth be told, he was never really my grandfather by blood. An American from North Carolina, he was simply my great uncle to me although, if you really want to know, he will always be my real father because it was he who raised me to be the man I am today. I wouldn’t be who and where I am today if it wasn’t for him, his firm guidance and gentle support.Anyway, since I don’t want to bore you all with the details of my home and family life when I was a child, I’m going to skip ahead to my point…Now, one of my clearer memories as a young boy was when my grandfather and I sat in our front porch watching our dogs frolicking about on our front lawn. We did this often and in those days my grandfather was a physically imposing figure who towered well over everyone who lived in our house. However, he never tired of talking to me and answering my inquisitive and pointed questions even though I was quite pesky back then and knew little of the ways of the world.This one afternoon however, I decided to ask about our dogs. I asked him why, even though dogs lived with humans and could understand words, why couldn’t they behave like people and be allowed the same rights as normal human beings. My grandfather simply laughed at the thought and explained to me that dogs simply aren’t like people at all. Sure, they could be intelligent and they could be trained, but at the end of the day, they were only animals who were governed by instinct and not rational thought.Even a well-trained dog was only obeying orders to it taught to it by its master. Now, dogs could eventually become valued parts of the family, but even then, they would need to be treated like children since they could not really think for themselves and make conscious decisions like humans do. According to my grandfather, there were only two concepts that governed a dog’s life: animal instinct and obedience to its master. A human being, on the other hand, had other factors to consider such as morality, duty and religion, all three of which are only just a few of the things that humans take into consideration.Dogs, even intelligent ones, require some degree of supervision or support from humans simply because they cannot think and reason for themselves. That is why they can be easily victimized by stupid Pinoys who are intent on eating them. A dog’s mind is very simple, my grandfather explained. A trained dog will probably possess some degree of independence and, most importantly, a sense of loyalty to its master but most dogs have a fairly straightforward method of thinking: people who give food=good, people who deny them what they want=bad.Most dogs automatically assume that people who give them food are good even if said people are actually out to eat them and are simply using food to attract them. Alternatively, people who deny them what they want or shoo them away are bad even though said people might just be warning them away from a dangerous place or have otherwise harmless intent. People, my grandfather said, are different. Or at least should be different.A human being can think and can therefore decide whether or not someone is just giving them goodies to earn their favor but have evil intent. Also, sometimes, authorities will require us to do something we don’t like simply because it’s for our own good. Indeed, as people, we can decipher ulterior motives and decide for ourselves whether or not another person is being true to us or may have something else in mind.I was going to ask more questions but my grandfather dragged me into the house and frantically changed the subject after switching the TV channel to a cartoon show (I think it was Thundarr the Barbarian) when I began asking about the two dogs who were on top of each other…Anyway, during elections and even after them, I cannot help but notice the many dumb voters who simply state that they voted for their candidate simply because said candidate did something for them. Sometimes, they take the form of goodies like free t-shirts and food. Other times, it may be special favors such as getting them in touch with certain important people. Then there are those times when they take a more direct approach by simply giving people money which probably came from the taxes of the people they’re giving the money to.They will often ignore everything else said about candidate in question such as allegations of corruption, general incompetence or an outright bad attitude. As long as said candidate is willing to give them goodies for their troubles, they’re more than happy to vote for said candidate even if it means plunging the nation into abject misery. They also frown upon candidates whom they don’t understand or simply aren’t willing to understand and often assume that candidates whose parties tend to lecture about correcting aspects of society are intellectual tyrants who would deny them of their rights.Ladies and gentlemen, I think that in order for us to truly progress as a nation, it is time that we stopped thinking and behaving like dogs. Let us now learn to reason and weigh options instead of constantly eating the garbage fed to us by the government and media alike. Let us stop barking at our critics in a futile attempt to silence them and instead and at least listen to some of what they may have to say. Most of all, let us stop being beholden to public figures and aiming to please them just because it seems like they will solve our problems for us. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/07/dogs-men-complacency-gullibility-pinoys/ |
WATCH: Failon visits Pnoy’s health centers project, exposes anomalies | [] | 2018-06-25 17:10:15+08:00 | Broadcast journalist Ted Failon visited the Barangay Health Stations (BHS) from Luzon to Mindanao and you would not believe what he discovered in a center that is worth P1.5million each.“Mula Luzon, Visayas at hanggang Mindanao… pinuntahan ng Failon Ngayon ang mga lugar kung saan itinayo ang mga Barangay Health Station na proyekto ng Department of Health noong 2015. Worth 1.5 million pesos ang halaga ng isang BHS na ito. At ito ang aming nadatnan.” from TV Program Failon Ngayon’s facebook page caption.Along with these abandoned and malfunctioned health centers is the growing number of Dengue Vaccine (Dengvaxia) victims that former Health secretary Janet Garin and former President Noynoy Aquino had injected to 800,000 Filipinos. Watch the video below!What can you say on this? Leave your comments below!Video courtesy : ABS-CBNnews Failon Ngayon | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/watch-failon-visits-pnoys-health-centers-project-exposes-anomalies/ |
ALL-MALE NAMES FOR HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS PROPOSED | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 3/6/2017 0:00 | A recent survey showed that Americans are more fearful of hurricanes and tropical storms named after males. As a result, they prepare less for, and ignore warnings about weather disturbances named after females. The result? Greater destruction and more fatalities and injuries.To remedy the situation, the National Hurricane Center in Miami sent a formal proposal to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to name all hurricanes and tropical storms after males. The Geneva-based WMO maintains and manages the official list of names of hurricanes and storms which it rotates and recycles every six years.Upon learning of the Miami proposal, the National Organization for Women (NOW), the powerful national lobby group advocating for women’s rights, issued a strong statement crying ‘discrimination.’ The statement said, “In these times where the equality movement is gaining momentum, the proposal takes us 10 steps backward.”The Adobo Chronicles learned that NOW is planning a million women’s march next week that will begin in Washington, D.C. and end in front of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Barring inclement weather, of course. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/06/03/all-male-names-for-hurricanes-and-tropical-storms-proposed/#respond |
BREAKING: HILLARY CLINTON CONCEDES TO BERNIE SANDERS! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 15/08/2018 0:00 | After weeks of campaigning and not getting anywhere close to the large crowds that have marked rival Bernie Sanders’ political stomps, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is finally conceding.Sanders has been attracting crowds of up to 20,000 in his campaign appearances while Clinton has mostly focused on small, intimate conversations with big political contributors.Apparently, Clinton’s campaign strategy has not been working. As a matter of fact, Sanders now leads the former First Lady and Secretary of State in a recent poll in New Hampshire.This morning, as she made the rounds at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Clinton told reporters that she was conceding to Sanders.She is conceding her campaign strategy and will start organizing big, grassroots-style gatherings throughout the country in order to better compete with the senator from Vermont. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/15/breaking-hillary-clinton-concedes-to-bernie-sanders/#respond |
U.S.-North Korea Summit In Singapore: The Calm Before The Storm | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 11/6/2018 0:00 | U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean President Kim Jung-on have arrived in Singapore in preparation for their historic summit which begins tomorrow.On the eve of the summit, both leaders chose to relax and take it easy.Kim will play basketball with NBA legend Dennis Rodman while Trump will play a round of golf all by himself, surrounded of course by U.S. Secret Service agents.It’s the calm before the storm. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/06/11/u-s-north-korea-summit-in-singapore-the-calm-before-the-storm/ |
Donald Trump Blames Sarah Palin For His Second-place Finish In Iowa Caucuses | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 2/2/2016 0:00 | GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump was so confident he would win the Iowa caucuses Monday, but final results showed him trailing Ted Cruz and almost in a statistical tie with Marco Rubio.Trump hasn’t been heard of since Monday. For the first time in many months, he has not reared his ugly head on television and his social media accounts suddently went silent.Until today.In his first public statement since losing to Cruz, Trump said that Sarah Palin’s endorsement cost him the votes in Iowa.It will be recalled that Palin recently publicly endorsed Trump in an Alaskan-style, blabbering speech which made little sense to the smart Iowan voters.Asked by The Adobo Chronicles what he could have done differently to win the Iowa caucuses, he said, “I should have asked Palin to shut up . In hindsight, I really didn’t need her endorsement. It hurt my campaign.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/02/02/donald-trump-blames-sarah-palin-for-his-second-place-finish-in-iowa-caucuses/?share=email |
NoyNoy Aquino Beats Sister Kris To A Hollywood Mainstream Movie | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 6/3/2018 0:00 | All along, we thought that Kris Aquino would debut her acting career in Hollywood via the film, ‘Crazy Rich Asians.’ Kris has claimed that the film is her first major Hollywood acting project although her name is not mentioned in the film’s promos and trailers.Well, it looks like her brother, former President NoyNoy Aquino beat her to it. NoyNoy stars in a Hollywood sequel of the film, “Titanic 2.”Here’s a trailer for the NoyNoy Film: | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/03/06/noynoy-aquino-beats-sister-kris-to-a-hollywood-mainstream-movie/ |
OFWs To Hold Simultaneous Rallies In Middle East To Burn Raissa Robles’ Martial Law Books | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 27/07/2017 0:00 | Tens of thousands of Filipino overseas workers (OFWs) in the Middle East are planning to stage simultaneous rallies in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar this weekend to burn effigies of anti-Duterte blogger Raissa Robles.The OFWs are also gathering copies of Robles’ book on Martial Law to be burned during the rallies.The decision by the Philippines’ modern heroes came just days after Robles posted a tweet challenging pro-Duterte OFWs to leave their overseas employment and come home to the Philippines to enjoy the changes put in place by President Duterte.In a statement issued by the Middle East Coalition of OFWs, the groups challenged Robles “to permanently leave the Philippines if she thinks that the situation in the country is that bad.”Robles has not returned calls from The Adobo Chronicles, requesting for comment. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/07/27/ofws-to-hold-simultaneous-rallies-in-middle-east-to-burn-raissa-robles-martial-law-books/?share=email |
IN THE PHILIPPINES, A ROYAL BABY WATCH BEGINS | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 28/04/2018 0:00 | The pregnant Duchess of Cambridge is now four days past her due date.Kate Middleton, 33, and husband Prince William were scheduled to welcome the second royal baby on Thursday, April 23, but the day came and went with no sign of another little one. This would be their second child. Prince George was born on July 22, 2013.In the Philippines, another royal baby watch has begun.Actors Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera have both confirmed that they are expecting a child. Although not exactly royalty, the couple are looked upon as Prince and Princess after their wedding last December was billed as a “Royal Wedding.”The wedding was the most talked about, expensive and paparazzi-filled event, rivaling that of the British royalty in terms of the wedding gown, bridal car, church ceremony (officiated by eight bishops and seven priests), and life-sized wedding cake, among others. The Best Man was none other than the president of the Philippines.Filipino netizens have started to get involved in the baby naming process, suggesting names for the royal child. An overzealous fan of the couple even created a website that has ‘pictures’ of what the baby boy or baby girl will look like.Fairy tales do come true in the Philippines. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/04/28/in-the-philippines-a-royal-baby-watch-begins/?share=email |
LOOK: Exchange of text message between Sen. Trillanes and the woman that they allegedly tried to bribe | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-04-05 23:59:20+08:00 | Davao Businesswoman Guillermina “Mina” Barrido, who claimed that she was bribed by the camp of Senator Antonio Trillanes and Leila De Lima to testify against President Rodrigo Duterte showed some evidence that would prove her claims against the two senator.The alleged text messages were posted by Edith Ging Z. Caduaya on her Facebook Account and it shows the conversation between Senator Antonio Trillanes and Ms. Barrido.The conversation showed that Senator Antonio Trillanes asked the Davao Businesswoman to send some pictures of her together with President Duterte which he called “Dutirty”.Ms, Barrido also showed the latest text message of Senator Antonio Trillanes threatening her that no one would believe her if she revealed their plans against President Rodrigo Duterte.Trillanes told Barrido that they recorded all their phone conversation that can be used to debunk all her claims, but the davao businesswoman is confident because she carried some documents and emails that would prove all of her testimony.She also showed some of the text messages of Attorney Jude Sabio, lawyer of Edgar Matobato to her. The text messages were the draft of statement created by the lawyer to use against President Rodrigo Duterte in International Criminal Court.Last month, the lawyer of Edgar Matobato said that they would file a case against President Rodrigo Duterte in International Criminal Court.“Mina was paid to be the witness in a case which the Liberal party is building against Duterte before the international Criminal Court (ICC), but when the affidavit was prepared she refused to sign it as she described the document “FULL OF LIES”, Nakonsensya KO,” Edith Ching Caduaya said. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/look-exchange-text-message-sen-trillanes-woman-allegedly-tried-bribe/ |
FACEBOOK’S “DISLIKE” BUTTON IS JUST THE BEGINNING | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 15/09/2018 0:00 | many approving but an equal number fearing that the new button will trigger unnecessary ‘unfriending.’Well that, too, has been taken care of by Facebook.Tonight, Zuckerberg also announced that Facebook will simultaneously release an “unfriend” button along with the “unlike” button.Facebook figured out that the “unlike” button will cause a lot of ill feelings among Facebook friends who would rather unfriend those that disagree with or criticize their posts or photos.To make the process of unfriending easier, Facebook has decided to include an “unfriend” button next to the “like,” “dislike,” “comment” and “share” buttons. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/15/facebooks-dislike-button-is-just-the-beginning/?share=email |
Jover Laurio Arrested For Cyber Crime Charges | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 25/01/2018 0:00 | There is Press Freedom in the Philippines (too much, in fact), but there is also a limit to what one can express, especially on social media.Pinoy Ako Blog’s Jover Laurio learned this lesson well when she was arrested by authorities on charges of cyber crime. Not just cyber crime, but wishing death on President Rodrigo Duterte and his family.Authorities did not need any witnesses to the charges. Laurio herself provided the “resibo” :“A death wish is a death wish is a death wish,” said a spokesperson for the arresting authorities. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/01/25/jover-laurio-arrested-for-cyber-crime-charges/#respond |
List of corrupt officials of NBI will release soon | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-07-07 12:46:00+08:00 | National Bureau of Investigation will release a list containing the names of the corrupt officials of the agency.According to NBI Director Atty. Dante Gierran, they are going to investigate the corrupt officials before filing charges against them.The list of the corrupt officials of NBI who are doing extortion and abusing their powers in the custody of the internal affairs division.Some of them are also having a relationship with the spouse of some prisoners.The newest Director of NBI said that he will clean the agency and he will ensure that all officials who will become members of NBI are all clean and trusted.Netizens lauds the newest director of NBI for being brave to clean the agency.“NBI is one of the most important branches of DOJ because it’s responsible for handling and solving high-profile cases in our country, it must be one of the cleanest” Gerald Parao, a Netizen said to our source. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/list-corrupt-officials-nbi-will-release-soon/ |
Philippine Legislator Wants Con Artists To Be Recognized As Professionals | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 9/1/2016 0:00 | Believe it or not, artists are not considered professionals in the Philippines. But that is going to change soon, if a proposed Congressional bill filed by Iloilo Representative Niel Tupas, Jr. is passed and becomes law.House Bill 6068 seeks the recognition of artists as professionals so they could be accorded the proper rights and privileges due them, according to a report by GMA News.Under the bill, an artist is defined as “any person who creates or gives creative expression to, or recreates works of art, who considers his artistic creation to be an essential part of his life, who contributes in this way to the development of art and culture and who is or asks to be recognized as an artist.”It also includes con artists, whose modus operandi are getting more and more creative and sophisticated.The bill said an accredited artist refers to an artist who is a Filipino, at least 18 years of age, who complies with the requirements for accreditation provided for in the bill, or those members of existing arts guilds duly registered and accredited as provided for by the law.In anticipation of the bill’s passage, Filipino con artists — including pickpockets, manufacturers of fake I.D.s and some scamming personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) — have been registering their creative craft in droves.It’s more fun in the Philippines! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/01/09/philippine-legislator-wants-con-artists-to-be-recognized-as-professionals/?share=email |
CNN VERY DISAPPOINTED THERE WAS NO VIOLENCE WHEN ‘STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON’ OPENED IN MOVIE THEATERS | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 17/08/2018 0:00 | CNN was in full standby mode last weekend, with camera crews and news anchors ready to hit the airwaves at the first sign of violence on opening night of the movie, “Straight Outta Compton.”The film tells the story of the group N.W.A., a group from Compton, California that was highly influential in the early days of hip-hop, and included several members that are still famous today, including Dr. Dre and Ice Cube, who also produced the film.It turned out to be a huge disappointment for CNN as it reported on Monday that there wasn’t violence at movie theaters during the opening weekend of the film.CNN anchor Ashleigh Banfield began the news segment by saying, “Some movie theaters were worried about violence when Straight Outta Compton hit the screen. Instead, it only led to longer lines, ticket lines and some big money, too.”The film earned $56.1 million on opening weekend, a record for an R-rated film.Banfield then brought on CNN law enforcement analyst Cedric Alexander to discuss the reaction to the film and to try to make sense of the non-violence that greeted the film’s opening weekend.All week last week, CNN was reporting that movie theaters were employing extra security while local police were being deployed to quell any riots that might ensue as a result of the film.The uneventful weekend was another missed opportunity for CNN to do what it does best: sensationalized reporting and news analysis. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/17/cnn-very-disappointed-there-was-no-violence-when-straight-outta-compton-opened-in-movie-theaters/ |
ENTRY VISA NOW REQUIRED OF ALL U.S. CITIZENS VISITING AMERICAN SAMOA | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 6/6/2018 0:00 | The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has just ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship does not apply to island territories including American Samoa.Agreeing with the Obama administration’s lawyers, the DC Circuit relied on and even expanded the scope of a set of racially-charged, Colonial-era cases that refer to “savages” and “alien races” to reach their decision.The cited Insular Cases date back to the early 20th century when the US had just won the Spanish-American War and acquired Puerto Rico and the far-flung new territories of Guam and the Philippines. The US acquired American Samoa in two parts in 1900 and 1904 as part of its continued expansion. But American political leaders had a problem: They wanted the United States to become a colonial power, but they didn’t want to extend constitutional protections to the overwhelmingly nonwhite residents of the new territories. (As one of the friend-of-the-court brief in the current case notes, the Democratic Party’s official platform in 1900 argued that “the Filipinos cannot be citizens without endangering our civilization.”)American Samoa is one of U.S. territories that also include Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Northern Marianas.Reacting to the court decision, the American Samoa Fono, the territory’s legislature, unanimously passed an emergency bill requiring all visiting U.S. citizens to apply for an entry visa. The bill was immediately signed by Governor Lolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga.“If the U.S. doesn’t want us to be citizens, then we don’t want U.S. citizens to freely come and go on our beautiful islands,” Moliga said.Related story: Philippines Now Requires Entry Visa For Americans Visiting The CountryHollywood actor Dwayne Johnson, star of the new blockbuster movie ‘San Andreas,’ was scheduled to visit American Samoa over the weekend for some R & R, but had to cancel travel plans. Johnson, a U.S. citizen, is part Samoan. He said he is not upset about the new visa requirement. In fact, he is supportive of it, saying the issue “is not just about fairness or birthright citizenship; it is about U.S. colonial mentality that has no place in our modern society.”You go, Rock! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/06/entry-visa-now-required-of-all-u-s-citizens-visiting-american-samoa/ |
APPLE LAUNCHES MOBILE TV CHANNELS OF THE FUTURE; ‘ADOBO ON AIR’ DEBUTS SEPTEMBER 15 | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 21/08/2018 0:00 | the greatest innovation in mobile television which will be the new feature of Apple TV.Apple is scheduled to unveil the new Apple TV, along with the iPhone 6S, on September 9.The new Apple TV will be independent of existing television and cable channels, and no subscription will be required from customers.The Apple TV, in partnership with Google’s Fiber Network, will make 16 channels (Channels 002 to 0017) available for free on all mobile devices, using bluetooth technology. A special Apple TV app has to be downloaded for a one-time fee of $69.99. The 16 channels can be viewed using either wi-fi or data plans.The Adobo Chronicles® is honored to be among the 16 channels that will be featured on the new Apple TV. “Adobo on Air” will debut on September 15, 2015 on Apple TV’s Channel 0017. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/21/apple-launches-mobile-tv-channels-of-the-future-adobo-on-air-debuts-september-15/ |
PHILIPPINES SENATOR NANCY BINAY PROPOSES NEW FORM OF INCARCERATION: OFFICE ARREST | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 15/03/2018 0:00 | is motivated by politics. He could face contempt charges if he continues to defy the orde of the Ombudsman.Binay’s supporters have been staying outside the city hall since the suspension order was issued and have been given free take-out dinners.In proposing the new legislation, Nancy Binay admitted it was in anticipation of her brother’s eventual arrest.“My brother has been put into office by the people of Makati, so he has the obligation to continue to perform his duties as mayor, regardless of what the Ombudsman says,” the junior senator told reporters. “Office arrest is the most appropriate form of incarceration for Junjun,” she added.Informed sources told The Adobo Chronicles that the Binays’ father, Vice President Jejomar Binay, has offered to pay for the construction of an annex to the Makati City Mayor’s office that would include a bedroom, kitchen and a jacuzzi in order to make his son’s offfice arrest more comfortable. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/03/15/philippines-senator-nancy-binay-proposes-new-form-of-incarceration-office-arrest/#respond |
A CHALLENGE TO PHILIPPINES’ DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 23/08/2017 0:00 | Every so often The Adobo Chronicles veers away from the satirical nature of our posts to bring to the attention of our readers and followers items that are serious and important, like ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. (To learn more about the disease, visit alsa.org)By now the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has reached the Philippines and is starting to gain momentum. But alas, we just learned that the Philippines’ Department of Health does NOT have data on ALS in the country, or to what extent this horrible disease is affecting Filipinos and their loved ones.So here is a different kind of challenge to DOH Secretary Dr. Enrique Ona: | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/08/23/a-challenge-to-philippines-department-of-health/ |
House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez Proposes Magna Carta For Ugly Spouses | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 4/1/2018 0:00 | The Philippines has a Magna Carta for Women, but none for ugly spouses. But that could change very soon, thanks to House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez.Alvarez, who according to reports, has ‘abandoned’ his wife and justified it on religious grounds, is not backing down on his priority legislation that would introduce civil unions in the Philippines.Now, the Speaker says his proposed bill would also benefit “ugly and rich” people who remain married only because of their money.“Ngayon kasi kapag absolute community of property…karamihan ngayon, kung hindi babae or lalaki, kahit na medyo pangit, kapag maraming pera pakakasalan mo,” he said during an interview with Karen Davila.Alvarez said that an amendment to the Family Code would make complete separation of property the default, instead of the absolute community of property, in the absence of a marriage settlement.So if you’re rich but ugly, you’ve got a friend in the Speaker of the House.Isulong ang Magna Carta for ugly people! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/01/04/house-speaker-pantaleon-alvarez-proposes-magna-carta-for-ugly-spouses/#respond |
AQUINO ORDERS RELEASE OF UNSPENT DISASTER FUNDS — AS BONUSES | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 2/11/2017 0:00 | President NoyNoy Aquino today ordered the immediate release of P384 Million in unspent disaster donations following a damning report from the Commission on Audit (COA).The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has kept the donations stashed in its bank account instead of promptly distributing the money to finance the relief and rehabilitation of the victims of calamities and disasters, COA said.In the 2014 report released recently, COA said the funds have been accumulating since 2008 because of its low utilization rate of only 17.39 percent.Financial records showed only P81 million of P466 million was spent during the last six years, thus leaving an unutilized balance of P384 million.State auditors said the biggest chunk of the money totaling P137 million was received by the OCD from various government agencies and other sources for victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda, which devastated the country in November 2013.Angered by the report, Aquino said funds intended for disaster relief should never be held for a long time in the government’s treasury. “We in government are mere custodians of the funds, not the beneficiaries,” he told reporters at press briefing in Malcañang.“Therefore, I am ordering the OCD to surrender the unspent funds to the national treasury which, in turn, will immediately be released in the form of Christmas bonuses (13th month pay) to all elected and appointed government officials and employees who voted for me and the Liberal Party (LP) in the 2010 presidential elections.”“Those who switched political parties and are no longer registered under LP will forfeit their bonus,” Aquino added. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/11/02/aquino-orders-release-of-unspent-disaster-funds-as-bonuses/ |
Current VP Leni Robredo’s vanity and delusions of grandeur got her in deep trouble | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2017-04-18 15:04:38+00:00 | We all have that moment when we ask ourselves “What the hell was I thinking?!” after we realise we made a huge mistake and then wish we could kick ourselves on our backsides for doing something we regret. Yes, it happens to the best of us. We are not perfect, after all. In a lot of cases, some of us are lucky enough to avoid getting into deep shit and quickly find a way out of the sinkhole we allowed ourselves into before the situation caused too much damage to our personal lives. Unfortunately, some are not so lucky. While to err is human, some are too human and don’t have enough foresight to see beyond the moment to stop and ponder the consequences of their actions before pushing ahead. One such unlucky person is current Vice President Leni Robredo.Robredo may not realise how deep she is in that sinkhole she managed to get herself into, but a lot of people probably want to kick her on her backside right now. I’m talking figuratively, of course. These people are the same ones who used to support her, but are now regretting their decision to vote for her for VP in the last Presidential Elections. There is even talk that Robredo’s own daughters are getting stressed and want her to resign from her post immediately. They probably want her to cut her losses. We can’t blame them. They didn’t want her to run in the first place.Too bad for Robredo’s children and the Filipino people, their mom did not heed their pleas and was too weak to say no to her Liberal Party mates. She couldn’t resist the attention they gave her, specially when the media allied with the then ruling party produced programs romanticising the life and character of her late husband, former Department of Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Jesse Robredo. One could say it was Robredo’s vanity and self-importance that led her to agreeing to be Mar Roxas’s running mate. It is also her delusions of grandeur that had led her into thinking she can take on President Rodrigo Duterte without damaging their relationship. She is too full of herself but does not realise this even after losing her cabinet post.Surely Robredo must be regretting running for the VP post – a thankless job – especially after the Supreme Court, acting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), required her to pay 15 million pesos for her counter protest in response to former Senator and losing VP candidate Bongbong Marcos. The latter already met half of the payment the SC required him to cough up, which is a total of 66 million pesos. Marcos claims that his friends and supporters helped him come up with the funds. It remains to be seen if Robredo has enough friends with money willing enough to help her fight what seems to be a losing battle.It is really bizarre how the Supreme Court requires complainants to pay huge amounts of money even when the violation was allegedly committed by Smartmatic with the approval of Commission of Elections (COMELEC). They were remiss in their duties to safeguard the ballots, but failed. Now the Filipino people have to suffer without them being answerable for their actions. But I digress.When one is not very smart, one can be easily manipulated into doing something she or he is not willing or even qualified to do. This was the case with former President BS Aquino who was also forced to run for the Presidency by his Liberal Party mates after his mother died. They conned him into thinking they were going to be there for him all the way during his Presidency. They knew he was going to be a good puppet to push around. Some of them even made him think that he could win the Nobel Peace Prize if he succeeds in pushing for the passing of the Bangsamoro Basic Law, which essentially involved giving a big chunk of Mindanao to a rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. But where are his Liberal Party mates now that cases are being filed against him? They are not going to join him in court or prison cells for sure. Just like Robredo, it was vanity that led BS Aquino into thinking he was qualified to for a high post in government even when he was not.What happened to BS Aquino then is happening to Robredo now. Those who forced them to run have disappeared. Indeed, Liberal Party top honchos have this bad habit of throwing their own members under the bus when they are painted into a corner. It remains to be seen if Roxas or any of Robredo’s Liberal Party supporters will help her come up with the funds to pay for her counter protest against Marcos. Perhaps her foreign contributors can help her. In 2013, her rival Nelly Villafuerte alleged that Robredo solicited and received campaign donations from “at least seven American nationals and three American entities” which helped her win as Representative of the 3rd District of Camarines Sur. The American Loida Lewis was one of those who gave her campaign contributions, which her rivals cite was against the law, specifically Section 96 of the Omnibus Election Code.Rappler, a blogssite that has lately been showing their rabid support for Robredo even reported the alleged violation in an article in 2013:In her complaint, Villafuerte also listed at least 3 foreign entities which contributed to Robredo’s campaign: The Unlimited Agency Inc, which was registered as corporation on March 17, 1994 with registration no. 57729554 in the state of Illinois, USA; The Bicol USA of the Midwest, which was registered as a copration in the State of Illinois, USA on Feb 11, 2011, with registration no. 67779959; and Fundrazr, an online website used to raise funds from anonymous donors abroad. Fundrazr, is reportedly the flagship product of a company called Connection Point Systems, a privately-owned and funded Canadian company. Given the facts cited, Villafuerte stressed in her complaint that “there is probable cause to indict defendant Ma. Leonor G. Robredo aka Leni Robredo for the election offense prescribed in Sec. 96 of the OEC in relation to Sec. 262, Sec. 264 and Sec. 68 (d) of the OEC.”It remains a mystery why Rappler editors have turned a blind eye to Robredo’s alleged violation in 2013 and quite possibly in the 2016 elections. Lewis the American is still very much supportive of Robredo and it wouldn’t be surprising if she also gave monetary contributions in the last election. Rappler is rabidly pushing for the removal of Duterte instead, it seems.What the hell was Robredo thinking running for VP anyway? She tries her best to undermine President Duterte so she can replace him because her supporters think she can do a better job than him. But how can she get Filipinos out of trouble when she can’t even get herself out of trouble? | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/04/current-vp-leni-robredos-vanity-delusions-grandeur-got-deep-trouble/ |
(VIDEO) PHILIPPINE PRISON INMATE’S MUSIC VIDEO NOW NO. 1 IN MUSIC CHARTS | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 17/12/2017 0:00 | an original Tagalog song, Pa’no Yon. And boy, isn’t he good!The music video recording had earlier been uploaded to YouTube, but few ever noticed or viewed it. But now that the VIP jail cells are in the headlines, the music video has resurfaced and in just 24 hours has become the No. 1 hit in the country. Many Filipino recording artists are very nervous and recording studios are competing to sign him up for recording contracts.Television host and presidential sister Kris Aquino is desperately trying to book an exclusive interview with Colangco. She needs the interview to help boost her show’s sagging rating. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/12/17/video-philippine-prison-inmates-music-video-now-no-1-in-music-charts/?share=email |
Miss Universe Rivalry Continues: Miss Colombia Wants To Date Sexiest Doctor Alive | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 4/4/2016 0:00 | It’s been over four months since that controversial Miss Universe pageant in which the wrong winner was announced by host Steve Harvey, but the rivalry between Miss Philippines (actual winner) and Miss Colombia (actual first runner-up) continues.Now, Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez, wants a date with America’s “Sexiest Doctor Alive.”But wait, isn’t Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach already dating the doctor, Mikhail Varshavski?Relax, Pia fans. You’re thinking of the wrong doctor.Gutierrez wants to date Dr. Evan Antin, a veterinarian, chosen by People magazine as the “Sexiest Beast Charmer Alive.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/04/04/miss-universe-rivalry-continues-miss-colombia-wants-to-date-sexiest-doctor-alive/ |
ROBERTSON FAMILY SUED OVER CHRISTMAS ALBUM | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 4/11/2016 0:00 | Last week, The Adobo Chronicles reported that Hallmark Greeting Cards was sued for changing the lyrics of the Christmas carol,” Deck The Halls” from “don we now our gay apparel” to “don we now our fun apparel” in a Christmas ornament it was selling on the Internet. The copyright lawsuit was brought on by the estates of the composers of the traditional song.Today, the same estates are suing the Robertson family and Duck Dynasty over the family’s newly-released Christmas album. Duck Dynasty is an American reality TV series on A&E. It shows the lives of the Robertson family, who became wealthy from their family-operated business, Duck Commander, operated in West Monroe, Louisiana which makes products for hunters, primarily the duck call named Duck Commander. The show has broken several ratings records on both A&E and cable television as a whole; the fourth season premiere drew 11.8 million viewers, the most-watched nonfiction cable telecast in history.The Christmas album is titled, “Duck The Halls,” which is also the title of one of the songs in the album. In the song, the lyrics “fa la la la la la la la la” were changed to “quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.”In documents filed with the federal court, the lawyers for the estates said that the new album and song make a mockery of the much-revered Welsh carol penned by their late clients. “It’s a total quackery,” they added.The family is reportedly lining up their ducks right now to face this multimillion lawsuit.Readers can listen to the controversial recording here . | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2013/11/04/robertson-family-sued-over-christmas-album/?share=email |
The Rodrigo Duterte presidency could be besieged by a hostile Congress and power-hungry Leni Robredo! | [] | 2016-05-20 02:01:58+00:00 | President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte won by a landslide in this year’s elections. Most remarkable of all, he won it being true to and consistent with his nature. What we saw in him as mayor of Davao City is what we got during the campaign. Will what we get out of him as president be consistent with what we saw during the campaign? That, of course, remains to be seen. The important thing is that most of his promises were made on the back of the consistency of his character and his approach to governance and administration over the several decades of his career in public service.The trouble is, Duterte is surrounded. In both chambers of the Philippines’ Congress, parties and personalities hostile to Duterte as a person and to his vision for the country as its Chief Executive in the coming six years dominate. For a Vice President, he has equally hostile Leni Robredo, the last bastion of the Liberal Party’s (LP’s) hold on the executive branch of the Philippine government. Robredo who, by her own admission, does not foresee a smooth working relationship with Duterte over their term in office, will likely be snapping at the President’s heels over the next six years.The LP spent billions of pesos in an acutely frantic campaign to put Robredo’s face in front of millions of would-be voters and cement her place at the top of those supposedly “independent” pre-election surveys. Unfortunately for the LP’s financiers, all those billions spent could only deliver a close tie with rival Bongbong Marcos. The desperation observed in the LP campaign has resulted in much greater attention drawn to mounting evidence of electoral fraud both in these elections and in past elections. Most interesting of all, a common denominator had also emerged. Smartmatic, which had likely raked in millions and millions of pesos over almost a decade of “partnership” with the Philippines’ Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to digitise and automate national elections has been caught out tampering with the voting and data transmission systems they had sold to and installed for the COMELEC during critical election operations.Not surprisingly, mainstream media is currently doing their best to bury the electoral fraud issue (as they had successfully done in previous years). The COMELEC, for its part, has all but swept the issue under the rug and is mounting a PR campaign to prop up the notion that these were the best-conducted elections in Philippine history. Smartmatic, for its part, has sought representation from the very glamorous and the very brilliant Karen Jimeno. Jimeno has, herself, become a popular media personality and bagged lucrative product endorsement deals since her gig as spokesperson of the late former Chief Justice Renato Corona’s legal team during his impeachment trial in 2012.This time, however, the awesome firepower of big-capital-funded Mainstream Media and its army of silky-haired product-endorsing celebrities deployed to, once again, bury the issue of ingrained fraud in the Philippines’ election systems and practices is being met by non-traditional opinion shapers emerging from the grassroots. Calls to investigate mounting complaints being raised have strongly resonated across social media and various activists and cause-oriented groups. Back in the 7th May, the Asia Times reported that “hundreds of vote counting machine (VCM) technicians [had] been fired by the Comelec just before the polls” and noted that “the Commission on Elections does not seem to mind having automated poll fraud perpetrated in May.”In his column published on the The Standard the 19th of May, Emil Jurado cited what he believes is “the best example of election fraud” in these times.Indeed, where did the nearly 2.5 -million Iglesia votes for Marcos go? This I think attests to the manipulation of results transmitted to the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting. A Smartmatic project director tampered with the hash code of the transparency server. After this, my gulay, the over-a-million lead of Marcos started disappearing.Jurado makes his point clear as day…The conspiracy between Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista and his Smartmatic friends is too obvious. We need a system audit to find out what truly happened.The COMELEC misses the point by a mile when they defend their prized voting system supplier and insist that a code change implemented by Smartmatic technician Marlon Garcia in the midst of the vote count was only “cosmetic”. The real point here is that an unacceptable security breach owing to an unauthorised system access instigated by a Smartmatic employee had occurred. The Point, in short is built upon this simple principle:Where there is the possibility of fraud, an investigation must be conducted.In that context, one can easily see the awesome mega-bucks being shovelled into the effort to ensure that the siege machinery of Duterte’s opposition is well dug-in not only to block his reform agenda but also mount an attack plan to impeach him during his term. Congress is locked-and-loaded. The only missing piece is the VP sleeper who will replace him following a successful political coup. It is quite evident, in this instance (or, more appropriately, yet again), that the COMELEC, its mercenary vendor Smartmatic, and the Philippine Media have chosen which side of this battle they will be part of.At this point, it is worth noting the most remarkable of all of Duterte’s challenges — one that is self-imposed. He has vowed to eradicate the use of pork barrel funds to bribe senators and House representatives. In short, Duterte has subjected himself and his administration to a challenge unique to his government. Influencing Congress without bribing it with pork will require grit, stamina, determination, political savvy, and, most importantly, innovation. Members of Philippine Congress, after all, see pork as practically the only point in spending mega-bucks on an election campaign to get them a seat there.As such, if there is one thing worth watching (and worth keeping Duterte in office) over the next six years, it would be this — seeing Duterte through on his promise to eradicate pork from Philippine politics. On this alone, if successfully pulled off, Duterte will cement his legacy as the most successful president in the Philippines’ history.[Thumbnail photo courtesy ABC News.] | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/05/rodrigo-duterte-presidency-besieged-hostile-congress-power-hungry-leni-robredo/#comments |
CONFIRMED. Sen. De Lima gets 2,000 threat messages and calls after Colangco revealed her cellphone number | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-09-21 01:04:13+08:00 | Senator Leila De Lima slammed the members of the congress for publicly disclosed her mobile phone numeber and home address during the legislative hearing on the proliferation of illegal drugs inside the National Bilibid Prison on Tuesday.Senator De Lima, faces accusations of receiving money from drug lords inside the prison as a protection during her term as the Secretary of Justice.Herbert Colangco, one of the winesss presented by Department of Justice, revealed that De Lima used a mobile number issued by the justice department to communicate with drug lords inside the prison.The witness reads the mobile number of Sen. De Lima aloud before the committee and many Netizens who watched the live stream immediately tried to call the number of the neophyte Senator.According to Sen. De Lima’s statement, she said that as of 8pm on Tuesday, she has received almost 2,000 text messages and phone calls from random people, threatening and harrassing her.“They have basically destroyed my right to privacy and security in my communications and in my abode. I am now literally a persecuted person displaced from my home. Worse, they have turned people into weapons of destruction,” De Lima said in her statement.De Lima believes that she was trying to destroy by the current administration because she was against them and investigating the alleged abuse of power of the government. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/confirmed-sen-de-lima-gets-2000-threat-messages-calls-colangco-revealed-cellphone-number/ |
SINGER CHRIS BROWN HELD UP IN MANILA, LEARNS HIS LESSON NOT TO MESS WITH FILIPINOS | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 22/07/2018 0:00 | Grammy Award-winning singer Chris Brown has been in trouble many times before, but this time around, he chose to get in trouble in a country that would not put up with his shenanigans. Brown was barred from leaving the Philippines because of a contract dispute, the official Philippines News Agency reported Wednesday.Brown was stopped Wednesday morning while preparing to depart on a private jet from Manila’s international airport on his way to Hong Kong for a concert, the news agency said.The Philippine Department of Justice said that an order had been issued Tuesday night to stop any attempts by Brown, 26, to leave the country.Brown performed in a Manila concert that evening as planned, but the order was put in place to compel him to pay back money that promoters said was owed to them after he failed to appear for a previous appearance scheduled for last New Year’s Eve.Encouraged by the departure hold order, promoters of the New Year’s Eve concert amended their complaint against Brown, asking the Department of Justice that they not only be paid what was owed to them but an additional 50% interest compounded monthly.(We’re not good at math but we suspect that with now almost six months since Brown incurred the “debt,” it could mean lots and lots of money for the aggrieved promoters.)The promoters have the full backing of Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares whose agency is sure to benefit from taxes that will be collected from promoters if and when they get paid by Brown.Rumors are circulating that Brown is currently detained in an airport holding cell and is being fed rice and chicken adobo three times a day. He had earlier requested for a McDonald’s cheeseburger but the request was denied.It wasn’t clear how long Brown will be held in Manila but he certainly has learned the lesson of his lifetime: not to mess with Filipinos! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/07/22/singer-chris-brown-held-up-in-manila-learns-his-lesson-not-to-mess-with-filipinos/ |
Leni Robredo Flunks In Math | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 13/07/2018 0:00 | Not only does Vice President Leni Robredo believe that 25% (ballot shading) should satisfy the 50% threshold in the 2016 Elections, she also thinks that 4 x 10 x 4 = 1,600.It is also rumored that she told reporters that if 88% of Filipinos support President Duterte, the “remaining 120%’” support her. The Adobo Chronicles could not independently confirm that she said this. We’ll let fact checkers Rappler and Vera Files investigate. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/07/13/leni-robredo-flunks-in-math/ |
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