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Rigodon In The Lower House, House Majority Leadership Up For Grabs | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2018-07-25 13:57:56+00:00 | With congressman Pantaleon Alvarez out and former President now congresswoman Gloria Arroyo in as House Speaker, the rest of the Lower House’s leadership is expected to undergo changes and among the positions to be filled with be the Majority Floor Leadership.Not a few people on my timeline both on Facebook and Twitter celebrated the rise of Congresswoman Arroyo as House Speaker, with some saying that it indicated that the country’s body politic had rediscovered its dormant balls and predicted the speedy passage of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s priority bills.These include charter change and shift to federalism; ban on contractualization; TRAIN 2; rice tarrification; national land use act; the creation of the department of disaster management; coconut levy trust fund; and universal health care.With the interim election season looming fast along with the deadline for registration of candidates for national and local posts, the administration and its allies in legislature has three or four months to make any progress towards the passage of these bills before their focus is shifts to the political campaigning.While there is no doubt that House Speaker Arroyo can wield the mace and ably lead the Lower House, she will need the support of able colleagues.Along with Deputy Speakers, the House Majority Leader fulfills a pivotal role in managing the conduct of legislation proceedings.The Majority Leader is the spokesman of the majority party and directs the deliberations on the floor. He or she is also concurrently the Chairman of the Committee on Rules.According to my source at the House of Representatives, three congressmen are being considered for this position and these are:Davao City 1st District Representative Karlo Alexi Nograles, son of former House Speaker Prospero Nograles.Capiz 2nd District Representative Fredenil “Fred” Castro, who is the interim House Majority Leader.Camarines Sur 1st District Representative Rolando “Nonoy” Andaya, who also led former President Arroyo’s Department of Budget and Management from February 15, 2006 to February 24, 2010.My source notes that Nograles, although quite able, may need to mature just a little more to lead on the floor and Castro, while experienced, seems a bit tentative about filling the position. Among the three, it seems only Andaya is seasoned yet energetic and at his prime.This was seen in the hours after President Duterte’s SONA when Andaya directed the course of the proceedings of the session where 180 of the 292 members of the House of Representative reaffirmed their support for the House Speakership of Congresswoman Arroyo through House Resolution (HR) 2025.Andaya rallied support for House Speaker Arroyo even as Ilokos Norte 1st District Representative Rodolfo Farinas tried to block the passage of HR 2025.According to one account, Farinas insisted that he was still the house majority floor leader and chairman of the committee of rules, at the same time questioning whether HR 2025 passed his committee.Andaya shot back telling Farinas that Deputy Speaker Fred Castro was elected as the interim majority leader and that this meant Farinas was no longer majority leader.“Yes. The majority of the members elected an interim majority leader in the person of Deputy Speaker Fred Castro and that was agreed upon by the majority members of the House,” said Andaya.After which Castro made a motion to move that HR 2025 be put to a viva voce vote.Shouts drowned out Andaya as he proceeded with the voting. He then slammed the gavel and announced the approval of HR 2025.Andaya immediately suspended the session.Supporters of the Duterte administration who observed the proceedings noted Andaya’s fiery zeal and expressed the hopes that the same fierceness would be employed in passing the President’s legislative agenda.No matter how this turns out, it seems we are in for very exciting times in the next few months. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2018/07/rigodon-in-the-lower-house-house-majority-leadership-up-for-grabs/ |
CHICAGO VISIT: PRESIDENT AQUINO LEAVES THE U.S. EMPTY-HANDED | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 8/5/2018 0:00 | In his speech before a small group of Filipino Americans in Chicago this week, President Aquino touted his administration’s programs to improve the economic standing of the Philippines, calling his country the new “Darling of Asia.”Aquino’s trip to Chicago was meant to attract U.S. companies to invest in the Philippines.ABS-CBN News is reporting that Aquino left Chicago empty-handed, except for a pair of signed jerseys of the Chicago Bulls amd Boston Celtics, top teams in the American National Basketball Association (NBA).The Adobo Chronicles spoke with representatives of some of the U.S. companies Aquino was trying to woo. They were one in saying that they had already previously invested a lot of money in the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, and lost. “We can’t risk more investments in the Philippines at this time,” they said.Aquino is now in Canada. Maybe he’ll have better luck there. Or maybe not. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/08/chicago-visit-president-aquino-leaves-the-u-s-empty-handed/#respond |
WATCH: Duterte to build a 9,000-hectare new city | [] | 2018-01-26 13:43:58+08:00 | A 9,450 hectare metropolis is about to rise a city resilient to major catastrophes and a solution to Manila’s traffic, congestion, and deterioration of life. The government is now on its phase 1 – The National Government Administrative Center. Watch the video belowThe P13.16B Phase1A of the project will also be of great significance to the 2019 Southeast Asian Games which the Philippines will be hosting.A world-class Sports Complex with an Aquatics and Athletics Center will be completed in less than two years and will serve as a venue for the athletics and water sports event of the 30th SEA Games scheduled on the last quarter of 2019.The Stadium shall have a seating capacity of 20,000 while the Aquatic Center shall have a seating capacity of 2,000.Once completed in 2019, the project’s Phase1B will commence for the construction of additional government office buildings, government housing units, and support service facilities on a 20-hectare land.Aside from this, small-scale retail and services facilities including banks, health centers, and hotels will be put up in adjacent zones.MTD Capital Berhad of Malaysia won the bid to build the government hub in Tarlac, after submitting its proposal to the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and undergoing the Competitive Challenge.New Clark City, BCDA’s most ambitious project to date, is a new metropolis that will rise within the Clark Special Economic Zone, in Capas and Bamban, Tarlac. It is envisioned to be the country’s first and only smart and green city, which will feature mixed-use real estate developments, an agro-industrial park, and a food processing terminal.Phase 1 of the 200-hectare National Government Administrative Center involves the development of back-up offices of various agencies to ensure continuous business operations and services for the people in case of disaster or national calamities. There will also be a one-stop-shop for all the businesses located in Region 3. Click to Watch Video BelowWATCH THE VIDEO BELOWThe National Government Administrative Center (NGAC) at the New Clark City broke ground today, January 23, 2018. High-ranking officials of the National Government led by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar and BCDA President Vince Dizon graced the ceremonies together with local officials led by Tarlac Governor Susan Yap and Capas, Tarlac Mayor Reynaldo Catacutan.Also present in the ceremony are Senator Joel Villanueva, Representatives Karlo Nograles, Albee Benitez, Pia Cayetano, PMS Head Ferdinand Cui, Undersecretaries Rene Solidum, Cathy Cabral, Karen Jimeno and Finance Assistant Secretary Paola Alvarez. | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/watch-duterte-build-9000-hectare-new-city/ |
Mocha Uson Tapped To Lecture Filipinos On Federalism, Sets First Event In Naga | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 30/07/2018 0:00 | Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson has been tapped by President Rodrigo Duterte’s Charter change committee to help in the information drive about a proposal for a shift to a federal system of government.Consultative Committee (Con-com) spokesman Ding Generoso said on Monday that Uson’s participation in the committee’s communications campaign would help increase awareness of federalism among Filipinos.The first Mocha Uson lecture on Federalism will be held at the Divine World College of Legazpi located in Naga City, with the beautiful Mayon Volcano serving as backdrop. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/07/30/mocha-uson-tapped-to-lecture-filipinos-on-federalism-sets-first-event-in-naga/ |
Adobo Chronicles Apologizes For Error | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 30/07/2017 0:00 | The California-based online news outlet The Adobo Chronicles has issued an apology for a glaring error it has committed regarding some breaking news in the Philippines.In its haste to beat other news outlets like The Philippine Daily Inquirer and Rappler, The Adobo Chronicles used the wrong photos to accompany the exciting news that House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has announced he was pushing legislation to legalize both divorce and same-sex unions in the Philippines.The Adobo Chronicles inadvertently used photos of Senator Antonio Trillanes and Representative Gary Alejano for the same-sex union story, and of Vice President Leni Robredo and Representative Bolet Banal for the divorce story. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/07/30/adobo-chronicles-apologizes-for-error/#respond |
ALGIERI SAYS SCHWARZENNEGER, STALLONE JINXED HIS FIGHT AGAINST PACQUIAO | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 23/11/2017 0:00 | American Chris Algieri failed miserably to unseat World Boxing Welterweight title holder Filipino Manny Pacquiao last night. Pacquiao won the fight with a unanimous decision.In a press conference after the fight, Algieri blamed Arnold Schwarzenneger and Sykvester Stallone for jinxing his chances to grab the title from Pacquiao. The former governor of California and the actor who played Rocky Balboa in the Hollywood film of the same title were both in the audience at the Venetian Macau.At some point during the fight, Stallone took a selfie picture with his smart phone using a flash. Algieri said he was blinded by the flash and got distracted, leading to the first of several knockdowns he suffered from Pacquiao.“I appreciated that they both came to personally witness the fight,” Algieri said, “but their presence proved to be bad luck for me.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/11/23/algieri-says-schwarzenneger-stallone-jinxed-his-fight-against-pacquiao/ |
LOOK: Sasot raised 500,000 pesos to file libel case against PAB owner Laurio, even family friends of Jover wants to raise money against the blogger | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-10-15 19:06:34+08:00 | Pro-Duterte blogger Sass Rogando Sasot successfully raised $10,000 (₱500,000) for the libel case that she’s preparing against Pinoy Ako Blog owner Maria Josephina Vergina “Jover” Laurio.The blogger raised half a million pesos only within 24 hours by using the platform gavagives.com.Screenshot of Sass Rogando Sasot gavagives.com pageAccording to her gavagives description, Sasot said that she need the funds to cover the legal expenses for her battle against the blogger who called her an ‘international prostitute’, an accusation of Laurio which Sasot debunked.Her fellow blogger, Krizette Laureta Chu also shared to her followers that a family friend of the Laurio family even wanted to help the fund raising against the Pinoy Ako Blog owner.“Some people have reached out because “tinakbuhan ng utang,” some because they think she’s very “mayabang,” some told me about Jover threatening somebody with a libel case in Samar, many are launching their own investigations to doublecheck the half truths Jover has been saying on social media.” Ms. Chu said in her Facebook post.Sasot ensured that all the people who wanted their contribution private would remain anonymous.Sasot who recently finished his studies in the Netherlands, said that she’s going to file the case against Laurio on November.“I have just recently finished my master’s (graduating this month). And my current bread-and-butter is my job as an opinion columnist in the Manila Times. I’d be needing help to cover the legal expenses of this legal battle against Jover Laurio who seems to be being backed by the machinery of the Liberal Party of the Philippines.” Sasot said.“I foresee a long battle ahead and I would appreciate any help I could get. The target of filing of the case is next month, November.” she added.Sasot also recounted how she was slandered by Jover Laurio of Pinoy Ako Blog after she exposed the leaked alleged e-mail sent by Imelda Nicolas to the Yahoogroup Global Dispora Council, also known as the “#LeniLeaks expose”Laurio, published the libelous article on June 10, 2017, against Sasot and even posted a photo of the pro-Duterte blogger together with the ‘price rates’ of her ‘service’“The next day, January 5, Jover Laurio of Pinoy Ako Blog posted on her Facebook Page an accusation that I am working as a paid escort. That post was even accompanied by one of my pictures.” Sasot said.“Yet despite that explanation, on January 10, Jover Laurio wrote another post, this time posting another picture of mine with accompanying prices” Sasot added.On January 5, Jover Laurio started to slander Sass Sasot by accusing her of being a prostitute in the Netherlands and posted a photo of Sasot wearing a sexy costume.The owner of PAB said that she understand why Sasot chosen to be a ‘troll’ because that kind of job is easier than being a ‘paid escort’Screenshot of PAB’s post on January 5 against Sass Sasot“Hindi ko alam kung legal ang prostitution sa Netherlands. Legal man o hindi, I will not judge you base kung ano ang hanapbuhay mo noon. Buhay mo yan, pinili mo ang ganung sitwasyon sa panahong yun. Mas naiintindihan ko na ngayon kung bakit mas pinili mong maging troll. Bagamat mali pa din ang pinili mong hanapbuhay hindi ka na masyadong mahihirapan.” Laurio said.“Medyo naiintindihan ko na kung bakit mas pinili mong ibenta ang iyong konsensya, kapalit naman nito ay ang pagligtas sa iyong katawan sa pang bababoy.” Laurio said.On the same day, Sasot responded on the accusations against her and she said that the photo of her wearing sexy outfits were taken during different events in North America, South America and Manila.However, despite of the explanation, Laurio published the blog on January 10, after her page got unpublished by Facebook apparently because of the mass report that she received from the netizens after she accused Sass Sasot again of being an international prostitute.Screenshot of PinoyAkoBlog Article written on January 10.“Hindi ko sya binastos nor hinarass. As I said, wala akong pakialam kung International prostitute sya dati, or kung anuman ang hanapbuhay niya. My main concern is kung paano sya magpakalat ng kasinungalingan sa social media.” Laurio said in her blog.Sasot said said that she didn’t really mind the tirades of Laurio against her, but the thing that it bothers her the most is when Pinoy Ako Blog called her “Ate Allantroy”. Allantroy is Sasot’s legal name which she’s no longer use.“Since then, Jover Laurio has often targeted me in her blog. I don’t really mind her tirades on whatever I say. Besides the libellous claim that I work as a prostitute here in the Netherlands, what bothered me is the way she has deadnamed me every time she posted.” Sasot said.Until recently, most of her tirades against me starts with “Dear Ate Allantroy.” Allantroy is my birth legal name. A name that I no longer use, save for legal documents, as that name don’t represent the gender I live.” Sasot added.After PAB finally revealed her real identity last week, Sasot quickly made her decision to bring her battle with Laurio in the court.As of writing, 500+ netizens already funded the legal expenses of Sasot and as of writing, the people who are raising funds for Sasot still increasing.According to Sasot, the excess money for her fundraising would be donated for the summit of the United DDS Europe in April. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/look-sasot-raised-500000-pesos-file-libel-case-pab-owner-laurio-even-family-friends-jover-wants-raise-money-blogger/ |
HILLARY PICKS BILL CLINTON AS VP RUNNING MATE! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 15/04/2018 0:00 | is scrambling to challenge her choice of running mate.The final decision may eventually rest with the U.S. Supreme Court.In the meantime, Americans get two “everyday heroes.” Clinton and Clinton. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/04/15/hillary-picks-bill-clinton-as-vp-running-mate/#comments |
MICHELE BACHMANN POISED TO SUCCEED THE LATE FRED PHELPS OF WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 25/03/2017 0:00 | The Adobo Chronicles chanced upon Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN) just outside the Supreme Court today. Wearing a fur coat with a hood, she stood under the snow shower side by side with protesters who were in support of the Hobby Lobby contraception case being heard by the Supremes.Observers have noticed that in rcecent days, Bachmann has been appearing on television and social media, advocating for a “return to the days of our founding fathers, when America was God’s favorite country.”Bachmann told The Adobo Chronicles that the many problems facing America today are a result of too much emphasis on women’s rights, gay rights and immigrant rights. “Our founding fathers were so much into Jesus that America was truly blessed,” she said.It appears that Bachmann has been trying to be more visible after many months of hiatus. This, according to reliable sources, is in preparation for next week’s big announcement that Bachmann has been chosen by the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, to succeed its late founder and pastor Fred Phelps.Bachman refused to confirm or deny her impending promotion, merely saying to reporters: “God bless you and God bless America.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/03/25/michele-bachmann-poised-to-succeed-the-late-fred-phelps-of-westboro-baptist-church/?share=email |
Dilawan’s Vicky Garchitorena Says Only 5 Of 8 Liberal Party Senatorial Hopefuls Are Bright | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 22/10/2018 0:00 | It’s bad enough that the Liberal Party could come up with only 8 candidates for its 2019 Senatorial slate. Only 5 of the 8 are bright, according to Yellow stalwart and cheerleader Vicky GarchitorenaGarchitorena headed the Presidential Management Staff in the early years of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. She now is a ranking leader of the Liberal Party as Vice President for Women. She is also a Twitter addict.In a post on her Twitter account, Garchitorena praised Bam Aquino, Gary Alejano, Chel Diokno, Samira Gutoc and Erin Tañada as the ‘best and brightest’ among the LP Senatoriables. No mention of Mar Roxas, Florin Hilbay or Romulo Macalintal.The unmentioned threesome are reportedly outraged at Garchitorena and have called her a ‘fake’ Yellow (Opposition). | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/10/22/dilawans-vicky-garchitorena-says-only-5-of-8-liberal-party-senatorial-hopefuls-are-bright/#respond |
DONALD TRUMP SAYS IRAQ WAR WAS AN ACCIDENT | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 19/06/2018 0:00 | Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry characterized the recent shooting in Charleston as an “accident” during an interview on Friday, accusing President Obama of using the massacre, which claimed nine lives, as a pretext for pushing a gun control agenda. “This is the MO of this administration anytime there is an accident like this,” Perry said during an appearance on Newsmax TV. The former Texas governor said the president “doesn’t like guns,” so “he uses every opportunity” to tighten restrictions on gun ownership. Another Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, described the U.S. involvement in the Iraq war as an accident, saying that former President George W. Bush and his Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld accidentally believed that Saddam Hussein was concealing weapons of mass destruction. It seems that Republicans have found the perfect excuse for everything that’s wrong with America and it’s a recurring theme that we will see throughout the presidential campaign season between now and the 2016 elections. Senator Rand Paul is reportedly preparing a major speech this weekend in which he will describe the election of Barack Obama as an accident — twice over. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/19/donald-trump-says-iraq-war-was-an-accident/?share=email |
Sen. Cayetano responded to Sen. Trillanes tirades against President Duterte | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-09-27 02:43:28+08:00 | Senator Alan Peter Cayetano responded to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV tirades against President Rody Duterte Monday, September 26.Trillanes delivered his privilege speech that criticised the President for being the man behind all the killings happening in the Philippines.After he called President Duterte a “mass murderer” Cayetano interpolates his speech and asked him a few question and had a short debate with his colleague.Trillanes also defended Matobato and pointed out that he is a credible witness against the President.Cayetano also tried to schooled him about the legal matters, but Trillanes requested to do that in other time or session because he don’t want to waste his time.The debate between Cayetano and Trillanes was lasted 30 minutes. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/sen-cayetano-responded-sen-trillanes-tirades-president-duterte/ |
VP Leni Robredo Fires Her Spokesperson Georgina Hernandez | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 23/05/2018 0:00 | While Facebook fact-checkers Rappler and Vera Files were sleeping on the job, Inquirer fact-checked Vice President Leni Robredo who expressed alarm over China’s recent military activities in the South China Sea. But she erroneously stated that a Chinese bomber landed in the area claimed by the Philippines.The Chinese H-6K long-range bomber actually landed on Woody Island in the disputed Paracel Islands, which is quite far from the Philippines and is not claimed by the country. (The Chinese-occupied archipelago is actually claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.)It was an “Oops” moment as headlined by the Inquirer.As a result of this gaffe, Robredo fired her spokesperson Georgina Hernandez for feeding her with the fake information. Most of Robredo’s public statements are scripted by Hernandez and her team of propagandists. (It’s the same reason that after reading a prepared statement recently, Robredo, when asked by a reporter to answer an unscripted question, replied, “Walang nang question. Merienda na lang.”Ironically, the Robredo has recently waged an offensive against people, including journalists, who she says are purveyors of fake news.Oops! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/05/23/vp-leni-robredo-fires-her-spokesperson-georgina-hernandez/ |
REIGNING MISS UNIVERSE PAULINA VEGA REFUSES TO GIVE UP CROWN UNTIL JANUARY | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 8/12/2017 0:00 | Winning the Miss Universe crown means one has to wear it for a full year until her successor is chosen. For reigning Miss Universe Paulina Vega of Colombia, she is refusing to give up her crown — at least not until January 24, 2016. She was crowned on January 25, 2015 in Doral, Florida.This next Miss Universe will be crowned at the Planet Hollywood resort in Las Vegas on December 20, 2015 — a little more than a month short of a full year’s reign for Vega.Per tradition, the outgoing Miss Universe transfers her crown to her successor during the pageant finals. Since Vega has decided to keep her crown, the Miss Universe organization had to order a second crown for the pageant winner this month.This is the second time this year that Vega has refused to relinquish her crown. Earlier this year, former Miss Universe owner Donald Trump asked her to give up her crown after she had criticized and condemned the Republican presidential candidate for his comments about Mexicans and Mexican immigrants. Trump called her a hypocrite for holding on to her title while condemning the pageant owner.Because Vega refuses to step down as the reigning queen, there will be no traditional farewell walk at the Las Vegas pageant. It would also mean that for 34 days after December 20, there will be two reigning Miss Universes! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/08/reigning-miss-universe-paulina-vega-refuses-to-give-up-crown-until-january/?share=email |
CYBER MONDAY: GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS ARE DOWN! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 30/11/2017 0:00 | There has never been such widespread computer outage in government history as what millions of Americans are experiencing today. There are also reports of computer breakdowns in many parts of the world.If you’re trying to renew your driver’s license online, or signing up for Obamacare, or tracking a shipment on USPS.com, good luck, you won’t be able to get through.Dark screens and failed Internet connections are the order of the day today which happens to be Cyber Monday. You are also most likely to miss your connecting flights on your way back from your Thanksgiving holiday travel.This is not a case of hacking or computer virus attack. It’s just government employees using their work computers to shop online. They don’t want to miss out on all the great deals out there.So be patient. Better still, postpone your online government transactions till tomorrow. Join in and shop till you drop! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/11/30/cyber-monday-government-computers-are-down/#respond |
PRESIDENT AQUINO: ‘PHILIPPINES IS NO. 1 COUNTRY IN THE WORLD UNDER MY WATCH’ | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 5/2/2018 0:00 | from the economy to politics, from infrastructure to transportation, from social welfare to the war on terror.”Aquino cited a new survey which ranks the Philippines No. 1 in the top 25 cities in the world with the most number of homeless people.“We even treat our homeless with respect and utmost care, like when we rounded up homeless children and families in Metro Manila and brought them to a resort during the recent visit of Pope Francis,” Aquino added. “Show me any other country that has done that for its homeless population.”HERE is the list of 25 world cities with the most number of homeless people. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/02/05/president-aquino-philippines-is-no-1-country-in-the-world-under-my-watch/ |
Does President Rodrigo Duterte command an ‘Internet army’? | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2016-08-02 03:31:34+00:00 | According to some pundits, President Rodrigo Duterte is waging not just a “war on drugs” in the streets of major Philippine cities. He is, they insist, also waging a war on social media, commanding an “Internet army” that disseminates content supposedly meant to discredit his enemies.Are these assertions based on fact?For one thing, that other lament of the Opposition, the eruption of a spate of “extrajudicial killings” perpetrated by forces supposedly inspired by Duterte’s “encouraging words” against “drug personalities” has also gained limited popularity but remains starved of factual bases. Reporting homicides on the morning paper is one thing. Proving these are state-sanctioned or “extrajudicial” in nature is another. So far, the Opposition has been unable to prove the latter beyond reasonable doubt. A murder prosecution (much more a conviction), after all, demands stringent standards of quality in the evidence presented by the accuser.That track record of issuing shrieky assertions seems to have extended to the fantasy of this “Internet army” Duterte supposedly commands. From my vantage point, to be fair, clever memes and cutting-edge blogs have been churned out clarifying some matters in a manner not particularly flattering to Duterte’s detractors. And I’ve seen Duterte’s detractors and other prominent members of the Opposition reduced to calling for those who publish that content to just shut the f–k up. That call of last resort likely describes the profound frustration of an Opposition in disarray — whose most prominent thought leaders find themselves overwhelmed by the edge, sharp wit, and unmatched prolificacy of this imagined “internet army”.Unfortunately for the Opposition, the administration of former President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III still casts a long shadow of dysfunction across Philippine society with much of the legacies of his mismanagement still felt by a struggling general public. As such, the irony of how the Opposition camp continues to make it easy for such content to be produced and disseminated to willing consumers seems to escape those who can do no more than gnash their teeth in frustration.More importantly, none in the Opposition have put up any credible and broadly-organised challenge to this fantastic “Internet army”. It is like China’s annexation of South China Sea territory all over again. Rather than put up a good fight, the Opposition have been reduced to pathetic and incessant whining about the “unfairness” of it all. Rather than respond with an equal and opposite force, the Opposition, instead, choose to withdraw into their cloistered communities of like-minded mutual-highfivin’ amigas to assure themselves that they continue to be the prayerful “good guys” while all the rest are the “bad guys”.The Opposition needs to man up, take stock, and get a grip. Put up a real fight rather than continue delivering that long drawn-out whine we’ve been seeing and hearing for months.This is, after all, the Internet age and, more specifically, the age of social media. This is the landscape that once-credible “social media experts” trumpeted as the age of the “free market of ideas” — where a free flow and exchange of ideas and concepts are subject to the corrective forces of a level battlefield with each side applying critical thinking faculties to evaluate what is valuable and what is rubbish. This is an age that was supposed to have heralded the rise of a more informed citizenry and, out of that, a smarter electorate.Then again, maybe it did just that and what we are seeing today may, in fact, be that smarter choice now in power and at work. Who’s to say, after all, that Duterte was the wrong choice? For that matter, who’s to say that there even is such an “Internet army”? By what authority do those who say so say so?There is no evidence.Evidently, some of these erstwhile prophets of free-market information brokering seem to now be backpedalling on their earlier pronouncements — that social media is now being used as a tool to misinform rather than inform. That is quite a presumptuous assertion to make. The big assumption underlying all that whining about this supposedly “misinformed” public is the idea that the Internet is being co-opted by Duterte’s sinister forces to bend people’s minds to their nefarious will. Perhaps. But the simpler explanation is likely to be more confronting — that the Opposition, quite simply, failed to step up to the occasion and put up a credible and organised challenge. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/08/president-rodrigo-duterte-command-internet-army/ |
Introducing: Vice President Bongbong Marcos! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 3/3/2018 0:00 | Nearing two years since the 2016 Philippine elections, Bongbong Marcos was formally introduced as the Vice President of the Philippines.The announcement was made during last weekend’s Panagbenga Festival in Baguio City.The introduction was made by Bongbong’s sister, Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos.The Marcoses graced the Festival with their presence, but Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan would rather call it a ‘disgrace.’ Politicking is strictly prohibited during the popular annual festival. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/03/03/introducing-vice-president-bongbong-marcos/#respond |
Cases Of PTSD Significantly Up In The U.S. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 10/11/2016 0:00 | In just the last 24 hours, hospital emergency rooms across the U.S. have reported a surge in admissions, mostly for PTSD.Among the symptoms with which patients presented themselves at the ER include hypertension, migraines, vomiting, irritable bowel movement (IBM), nausea, vertigo, blurred vision and memory loss.The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is advising all Americans who are experiencing any of these symptoms to seek medical help immediately.You could be suffering from PTSD. President Trump Stress Disorder. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/11/10/cases-of-ptsd-significantly-up-in-the-u-s/#respond |
ALBUQUERQUE MAN FIRED FOR HAVING SEX ON THE JOB, CLAIMS DOUBLE STANDARD | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 18/06/2017 0:00 | An Albuquerque bus driver has been fired after city officials say surveillance cameras caught him in a sex act with a woman while at work. KOAT-TV reports that Alex Gonzales was terminated last week in connection with the lewd act caught on camera on the morning of May 6. According to the video, the driver stopped at a park and ride and a woman walked onto the bus without paying her fare. On the video Gonzales is heard saying, “You know what time it is!” He then proceeded to have sex with the woman. Meanwhile, Gonzales claimed there is a double standard when it comes to Albuquerque law. Last week, another man was caught on surveillance cameras having sex on the beach — inside a cocktail bar. No arrests were made, but the man got drunk. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/06/18/albuquerque-man-fired-for-having-sex-on-the-job-claims-double-standard/?share=email |
BREAKING: Filipinos Banned From Traveling To U.S. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 24/09/2017 0:00 | Filipinos were shocked today upon hearing that the Philippines has been included in President Donald Trump’s new, expanded travel ban.The U.S. State Department, however, clarified that the ban only applies to Filipinos who are not able to secure a visa to visit the U.S.“It’s not really a change in policy,” a spokesperson told The Adobo Chronicles.Whew!All’s well that ends well. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/09/24/breaking-filipinos-banned-from-traveling-to-u-s/?share=email |
AS PESO LOSES VALUE, PHILIPPINE CITY REINSTATES BARTER SYSTEM | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 17/08/2018 0:00 | Baguio City, with its San Francisco-like weather, is known as the summer capital of the Philippines. Soon it will also be named “Barter Capital.” Yes, barter as in exchanging goods for goods.Already, one can go into a boutique shop and pay for a nice blue dress with a leather handbag. Parking tickets can now be paid with a basket of fresh strawberries. Live chicken can now be used to bribe politicians. No money for your jeepney fare? No worries, just hand the driver a fresh banana.The city is leading the way for the return of the centuries-old barter system, the method of commerce before currency was invented.Other cities throughout the country are now also looking to follow in Baguio’s footsteps, especially with recent developments in which the Philippine peso is losing value against the U.S dollar.Even some members of congress are proposing that school education be provided free to all Filipino citizens in exchange for an unpaid employment in one of the call centers after they graduate.Dollar remittances from overseas Filipinos are rapidly declining, while shipment of goods via balikbayan boxes are on the rise.So who needs money when you have goods and services that you can use to maintain a happy, stress-free and comfortable lifestyle?Thank you, Baguio City! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/17/as-peso-loses-value-philippine-city-reinstates-barter-system/?share=email |
Former Ex-Health chief Garin to the mothers who physically assault her: “They were just making all the drama” | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2018-02-06 17:41:31+08:00 | Former Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Janette Garin said that the attempted physical assault against her by several mothers of alleged Dengvaxia victim yesterday were only did that for ‘show’.The mothers confronted Garin after the House of the Representative hearing about the controversial vaccine that allegedly killed several children.In the video posted by several media sites, Garin was seen being cornered by four ladies who’s trying to physically hurt her and screaming that she killed their children because of the vaccine.“Obvious ba? Nakita niyo naman siguro kung ano nangyari,” she said.However, the ladies who attempted to attack Garin admitted they their children is not yet dead, but have not been feeling well since they received the infamous vaccine.“Naintindihan ko kung sakali na ‘yung nanghampas sa akin, nanuntok sa akin ay kung talagang nanay siya ng bata, naintinidhan ko ‘yun,” Garin said.She also urged the people to stop spreading lies about the controversy to spread more fear.“At the end of the day, the ultimate victims of misinformation, the ultimate victims of people calling for panic and making this whole issue exaggerated, ang biktima dito pagdating ng panahon, Pilipino pa rin at taong bayan.” she said.One day after the incident, Garin said in an interview with Karen Davila that the mothers of the alleged victims of Dengvaxia who confronted her ‘were just making all the drama’.“I’m sorry to say this, but they were just making all the drama”. Garin said during the interview.The Ex-Health chief also heard from one of the mothers that Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) ordered them to confront her.“Sinabi ng PAO pumunta kami dito at sugurin ka,” Garin said while narrating what happened yesterday.She also asked why the mothers are only focusing with her while the real people who must answer all the questions about the Dengvaxia is the Sanofi Pharma, the maker of the controversial vaccine.“We have to deal with Sanofi, we have to deal with the vaccine, we have to hear from the World Health Organization, we have to know what to do and we have to tell the parents the truth,” she said.Garin said that she’s ready to face criminal complaints against her over the Dengue immunization program.Public Attorney’s Office had found several ‘links’ between the deaths of the children who got immunized by Dengvaxia.When they exhumed the remains of the children who allegedly victimized by the controversial vaccine, they saw an evidence of ‘severe bleeding’ in the brain and other parts of the body.Health officials said about 800,000 students received the vaccine since the start of the P3.5 billion program that began in April 2016.On Tuesday, PAO chief Persida Rueda-Acosta reported that 21 people, including a 15-year-old pregnant girl, were taken to Philippine Children’s Medical Center in Quezon City with dengue symptoms. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/former-ex-health-chief-garin-mothers-physically-assault-just-making-drama/ |
Marcos’s burial at the LNMB proves a point: His ouster in 1986 was against the law | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2016-08-16 14:12:38+00:00 | There are people wondering why there is such a strong push to have the remains of former President Ferdinand Marcos interred at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB). Perhaps these people need to approach that question from the perspective of the “other side”. If you were one of the Marcoses, wouldn’t you want former President Ferdinand Marcos buried at the LNMB?Of course you would. The law allows it. Marcos is a former Philippine president and a soldier. And the current sitting president, Rodrigo Duterte, is all for it. So then people further ask, why is Duterte acceding to the Marcoses’ wishes? Again, perhaps stepping into Duterte’s shoes and thinking the way he might be thinking would help in this little mental exercise. If you were Duterte, how would you refuse the Marcoses’ wishes?The only reason people who regard themselves as “anti-Marcos” are outraged by the idea of burying Marcos’s remains at the LNMB is because they have, for decades, been indoctrinated not just to hate Marcos but to extend that hate to the rest of his family.The fact is, pulling off the burial of Marcos at the LNMB will be a monumental triumph for the Marcos family. It will see Philippine history coming full circle. Marcos buried at the LNMB will prove a point — that his ouster in 1986 was an extrajudicial change in leadership. In other words, the ascent to power of his successor, the late former President Cory Aquino was against the law.How fitting that President Duterte who, under his watch, the word “extrajudicial” became a fashion statement bandied around by a noisy clique of self-described “human rights” advocates is overseeing the closure of a three-decade era built upon an unlawful transition of power. Indeed, the 1986 EDSA people power “revolution” set a precedent for succeeding governments to disregard the law. This addiction to “people power” as a means to get things done became a virulent social cancer and a blanket threat that was kept hanging over the heads of the succession of presidents that followed. Even today, rumblings of a threat to mount, yet again, some sort of “people power” spectacle to unseat Duterte are beginning to ripple across the chattering classes.Now that the Yellow camp of the Aquinos is back to being the dominant “Opposition”, we may be seeing the dawn of a resurgence of “people power” activism. Will a “people power” Opposition once again capture the hearts of the Filipino people?Perhaps, surrounding this possibility is where the Marcos burial at the LNMB is at its most relevant. Once Marcos is interred at the LNMB, it is pretty much Game Over for the Yellow camp. In any case, Filipinos are on to them. In the shrill activism they had been mounting against the LNMB burial, the Yellow camp have revealed an unhealthy fixation on a historical account that is, if intelligently scrutinised, not an entirely factual account. In his Manila Times article On the Marcos issue, media and the academe have failed us, columnist Bobi Tiglao calls out the failure of the foremost institutional bastion of rabid anti-Marcos rhetoric, the Ateneo de Manila University, for its ironic failure to produce “a single piece of scholarship that would contribute to our balanced assessment of the Martial Law era”.The research of its 34-member [history department] faculty consists of such things as “manga comics during the Japanese occupation,” “Jesuit linguistic battles from 1898-1932, “Spirit beliefs among 18th century Aeta and Ilongots,” “American schoolbooks in Philippine classrooms,” “Kempetai in the Philippines,” and “Engkuwentro: Kayaw contra digmaang-galrea, 1565-1571” (whatever that is). Do these historians think that it is below them to do research on the Plaza Miranda bombing, the fiction of the Jabidah massacre, the coconut industry’s role in the Muslim rebellion, the Communist Party of the Philippines’ support from China, or the role of the global debt crisis on Marcos’ fall? What Aguinaldo ate for breakfast, how much Mabini loved carabao milk, what Rizal’s physical dimensions were — the kind of historical research the Ateneo seems to prefer — certainly make for fascinating read over morning coffee. These are, however, irrelevant to our understanding of our nationAnd so, Tiglao concludes…Our academic community’s failure explains why many can’t see how preposterous it is to refuse the burial in the armed forces’ national cemetery of the remains of somebody who served as President, an Army major, and a Bataan Death March victim — facts of history even anti-Marcos scholars do not question.The reality that the Yellow camp need to face is quite confronting. They have none other but themselves to blame for the triumph of the Marcoses. Their shrill “activism” today, loud and shrieky as it may be, comes across as a sad case of too much noise too late after three decades of wasted opportunity. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/08/marcoss-burial-lnmb-proves-point-ouster-1986-law/#comments |
Singapore Names Orchid In Honor Of Philippines Senator Leila De Lima | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 15/12/2016 0:00 | Just moments after it announced it was naming a new orchid plant species to honor Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, the government of Singapore said it was similarly honoring Duterte critic Senator Leila De Lima.Duterte is in Singapore for an official state visit.The new orchid will be named Dendribium Rodrigo Roa DuterteThe lady senator’s orchid will be named Delima Delirium. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/12/15/singapore-names-orchid-in-honor-of-philippines-senator-leila-de-lima/#respond |
Move Over Justin Bieber, Adele’s ‘Hello’ Is Back At Number One, But It’s Not Adele Singing | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 17/01/2016 0:00 | Move over Justin Bieber. Glad you enjoyed your temporary number one spot on the Billboard chart. Adele’s ‘Hello’ is back on top.And it’s not even Adele singing. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/01/17/move-over-justin-bieber-adeles-hello-is-back-at-number-one-but-its-not-adele-singing/#respond |
Trump Campaign Clarifies Donald’s ‘Purple Heart’ Comment | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 3/8/2016 0:00 | ARLINGTON, Virginia (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau)- Speaking at a campaign rally in Virginia, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump caught the ire of many war veterans and their families by saying, “A man came up to me and handed me his Purple Heart… I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.”The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving with the U.S. military.Immediately, the Trump campaign sought to do some damage control by issuing a clarifying statement that said what Trump meant to say was “Purple Rain.”Apparently, the GOP presidential nominee who has never served in the U.S. military, is an avid fan of the late Prince, and that he had always wanted to get a signed copy of the singer’s “Purple Rain” album. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/08/03/trump-campaign-clarifies-donalds-purple-heart-comment/ |
LOOK: 4,000 drug pushers, users surrender in Tagum City | [] | 2016-07-09 16:00:03+08:00 | The Duterte Effect has infected the entire nation now as more and more drug users and pushers have surrendered to the government.In Tagum City, 4,064 combination of users and pushers surrendered, Saturday morning after the local government of Tagum and its Anti-illegal Drug units intensified the Oplan TokHang (Toktok Hangyo) in the city.The Tagum City Hall got full house of drugs traders who listen to the words of wisdom given by the city Mayor Allan Rellon who would give them a second chance provided that they will stop the use and trade of such illegal drugs.Look the photos below:What can you say about this photo? Leave your comments below! | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/look-4000-drug-pushers-users-surrender-tagum-city/ |
Are we just gonna leave the Opposition to the Yellowtards to run? | [] | 2016-07-07 01:58:33+00:00 | I support the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Finally, the Philippines has a truly badass leader — not another one of those prayerful pa-pious effect bleeding-heart pa-liberal idiots who had, over the last couple of decades, turned the Philippines into an emotard society of whiney spoiled brats tapping out their tantrums on their iPads everyday.I mean, we’ve long pretended that the Philippines is a civilized nation. And so for years we tried to run it with civilized concepts — as if being civilized is even an aspiration of those warlords and oligarchs who are, really, the ones running the country. Do parents even raise their kids to be civilized? I recall GRP webmaster ‘benign0’ observe in a tweet how Filipinos (I would hope, unconsciously) teach their kids at an early age to be cheats, liars, money scammers, and superstitious nuts, and even dance in a lascivious manner. It’s a wonder certain congressmen want to lower the age of criminal liability in the Philippines to the age of nine. By the time the average Filipino kid is 10, he or she is already a worldly, jaded, and cynical adult in a child’s body thanks to Pinoy-style parenting!I think this is the reason why the Yellow Voodoo philosophy of the Aquino-Cojuangco dynastic era appealed so much to Filipinos. In its heyday, Yellowism adherents in the Philippines found validation in the embrace of the Catholic-laced voodooism of that brand of “liberalism” Laban-spewing Aquinoists preached. Their childhood chatechetical superstitions, their yearning for Church-sanctioned thievery, their primitive quest for feudal battle for birthrights, and their need for divinity in their leaders drove them to sacrifice their thinking on the altar of blind faith.Funny thing to observe following the ascent to power of Duterte: the leaders these Yellowtards worshipped in a flurry of frantic flapping all flocked to the new ruling party to create, within a couple of days, that so-called political “supermajority” we see today. Ang galing, ano? Even supposed “vice president” Leni Robredo now turns her back on the morass of superstitious bullshit that blazed (more like bankrolled to the tune of billions) a fraudulent trail for her to the vice presiency.So, don’t look now, but the Yellowtards are now just a sad orphaned bunch of straggling “opposition” activists. Without a cadre of real leaders who find genuine pride in being associated with Yellowism, and with their only foothold into Malacanang, “vice president” Robredo, in a giddy girly spell following her all-smiles meeting with President Duterte, the Yellowtard opposition movement is in tatters. Even the “yellow media” — the collusion of big corporate media businesses — that broadcast Yellowist brainwaves over the Philippine ether have been cut out of their supply of Malacanang scoops.Too bad. One of the things I find exciting about Philippine democracy is the existence of a worthy opposition to the incumbent. The Yellowtards may be fanatical and rabid, but they are nowhere near coming across as the cohesive force they once were — not with the lame way they brand themselves nowadays, not with the non-sequiturs (and off-the-mark points) they use to “debate” with the Forces of Reason, not with their obsolete Martial Law Crybabyism, and not with the less-than-easy-on-the-eyes ogres they employ to challenge Get Real Post‘s undisputed intellectual ascendancy.You know what? I really truly hope the Opposition rises to the occassion and shape themselves into a modern and intelligent challenge to Duterte’s administration. They owe it to Philippine democracy. Rather than insult the Filipino democratic effort with their silly ululations, the Opposition should man-up and count as a true political force to reckon with, for a change. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/07/just-gonna-leave-opposition-yellowtards-run/#comments |
WATCH: Sinon Loresca under fire for allegedly abusing his maid and attacking a fan. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-12-30 18:51:54+08:00 | Comedian Sinon Loresca has gone viral on the internet and quickly criticized by the netizens after a netizen accused the actor of maltreating his personal assistant and attacking his partner in a bar encounter last night.The netizen, Drew Farhad Fernandez and his partner filed a case against Loresca in Pasig City.Loresca also posted a video as response to the accusations of Fernandez against him, explaining that what he’s doing to his personal assistant was only ‘harutan’Comedian Sinon Loresca has gone viral on the internet because of his ‘public catwalk’ videos which shared by several giant Facebook pages on Facebook.But now, he’s widely being criticized after a netizen, Drew Farhad Fernandez, recounted their encounter with the ‘real’ Sinon Loresca, who attacked them after they caught the comedian phyiscally abusing his assistant.Fernandez, a proud member of the LGBT community who admired Loresca before posted several photos of his injured partner, filing a police report to Pasig City Police after they got assaulted by the actor.In his post, Fernandez said that they met Loresca in a bar in Metro Manila, at first, the actor showed his nice attitude towards them, however, they noticed that Sinon is not treating his personal assistant (P.A) very well.Fernandez, his couple and Sinon LorescaThey also saw the condition of Sinon’s personal assistant who sitting down in pain because his boss apparently twisted her wrist.The group of Fernandez gave first aid to the personal assistant of Loresca, but few minutes later, the actor started to attack his maid again.Farhad’s partner showing his injuries after he got assaulted by Sinon LorescaPhoto: Drew Farhad FernandezFernandez saw how Loresca hit the head of his personal assistant and grabbed her hair down for no reason.Because of this, the concerned group of Fernandez finally confronted Loresca and told him that what’s the actor was doing with his maid is absolutely wrong.They also asked Loresca to apologize to his maid, however the actor became violent and started to attack the partner of Fernandez.“Why should I apologize to her, she is just my maid. I am a celebrity, I can do whatever I want and you cannot do anything about it.” Sinon Loresca allegedly told the group of Fernandez.Fortunately, the securities of the club quickly took Loresca out of the club.After the violent confrontation, Fernandez saw the personal assistant of Sinon hiding behind a car, crying and told him that she’s afraid because her boss might beat her again once she came back to their apartment. The maid also showed the injuries that she attained from Loresca.In response, Fernandez said that he would help the personal assistant of Loresca and he gave his contact number to her so she can seek help once she feel unsafe again.This is the whole story:“Why should I apologize to her, she is just my maid. I am a celebrity, I can do whatever I want and you cannot do anything about it.” 30 December 2017 I realized that it wasn’t the best way to end the year when I was sitting at a police precinct in Pasig City filing a police report for an assault done by Sinon Loresca (aka Rogelia) early this morning, 30 December 2017. I am very disappointed as I was a big fan of Sinon – especially for his confidence and his ability to show to people that there is nothing to be ashamed about being gay, and instead it should be celebrated. However, I have met the real Sinon last night – beyond his usual pasarela – someone we should not be proud of in the LGBT community. Despite seeing him a lot on TV and social media – we were only personally introduced last night. We were at a bar in Makati with some of our friends, where he joined our table. We arrived there around 11.30am or 12 midnight and stayed there for an hour. It was fun. At around 1.00am, we decided to go to another bar in ortigas. Our friends and Sinon took one car, whilst my partner and I took our car. Sinon joined our group with his transgender friend, she was very nice to us. Later on we realized that she was his PA. We started to notice though that Sinon was very not treating her very well. I personally saw her sitting down in pain because apparently Sinon twisted her wrist. I initially thought it was just an accident and therefore offered to put some ice on it. I took some cubes of ice, placed it in a tissue paper and gave it to her. I then stood up and went back chatting to my friends. Things seemed to be normal and ok. A few minutes after, we all saw Sinon hitting the PA’s head and grabbing her hair down for no reason. You can clearly see that she was hurt and extremely scared, leaving her in tears. Everyone in the group saw it and we were all shocked. My partner Farhad immediately went to Sinon and told him off that what he has done is not ok, and therefore he should either apologize to her or leave our table. Sinon violently replied, “Why should I apologize to her, she is just my maid. I am a celebrity, I can do whatever I want and you cannot do anything about it.” He refused to leave and became violent. He started attacking my partner by hitting him, pulling his shirt and scratching him deeply around his shoulders, neck and chest. Immediately after the incident, the securities took him out of the club. That’s the last I saw of him. After a few minutes, we can no longer enjoy the night given what has happened and clearly my partner was in pain – so we decided to join our friends outside who were smoking to say goodbye and leave. While we were outside, we saw Sinon’s PA hiding behind a car and crying. When we approached her and asked her, she said that she was afraid that Sinon would beat her further when they go back to the apartment where they both lived. She once again showed her wrist that was in pain and spoke that this is actually normal in the last few months – that Sinon is naturally violent. My heart broke when she said its ok because she has no money and was relying on this job and has no other place to go, so she is willing to risk her safety. We offered help – anything we could to to make her safe – but she insisted that it will just cause her more trouble and she still needs to get her belongings etc. I gave my number and said that she can reach us whenever she felt unsafe or she needs any help. With my partner in tears, we drove off the club back to our home in Makati. We spoke about how life is unfair in the Philippines and how low is it when you see a member of the LGBT community assaulting another while driving home. We then realized that this is not right so we turned around and went back to Pasig City to file a police report. As proud members of the gay community, as a couple, and most importantly as gay parents, we think that it is very important for us to do our part in keeping our community safe and educating others where possible. Regardless whether you are a man, woman or transgender, rich or poor, popular or not – no one has the right to abuse you, ever!However, an hour after Fernandez posted his viral Facebook post, Loresca published a video debunking all the stories threw against him by the netizen.According to him, the group of Fernandez was the one who attacked him first because they thought that he’s abusing his personal assistant, but he explained that they are not serious and not really hurting his P.A.He also said that how his personal assistants would stay long to him if he’s really a violent person.Sinon also said that he only defended himself to the group of Drew Fernandez.“Kung ano ang nakita mo last night, misunderstanding lang yon. Hindi ako nambubugbog, sinasaktan o minamaltrato ang mga assistant ko,” Sinon said in his Facebook post.He also apologized to the people who thought that he’s a violent person towards his personal assistants.“Maharot lang po talaga ako mga dabarkads, akala niyo binubogbog ko kayo, akala niyo sinasaktan ko kayo, sorry pero lambing ko po yun,” he said.“As long na wala akong tinatapakang tao, pinapatay o kahit na ano pa, tuloy ang laban ko sa buhay, no one can bring me down, especially words can’t bring me down,” he added. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/actor-sinon-loresca-fire-allegedly-abusing-maid-attacking-fan-tried-stop-abusive-actions/ |
MICHIGAN WILL START ISSUING LICENSES TO DISCRIMINATE | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 12/12/2017 0:00 | that would let individuals or businesses seek exemptions to government regulations they feel substantially burden their sincerely-held religious beliefs.This means that gay men and women, Atheists, pro-choice individuals and others may be denied services on the basis of religious beliefs held by individuals and businesses.In anticipation of the bill’s approval by the Republican-led state senate and subsequent signature by Republican Governor Rick Snyder, the Michigan State Attorney General’s Office has announced that it has started to print official licenses to discriminate. It will start issuing the licenses on January 2, 2015.The licenses can be obtained upon payment of a $50 fee. The licenses are valid for a period of 3 months, subject to renewal.So if you’re planning to discriminate all year-round, be prepared to cough up $200 per year. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/12/12/michigan-will-start-issuing-licenses-to-discriminate/#respond |
IOC MANDATES OFFICIAL ATTIRE FOR 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 10/8/2016 0:00 | Coming under intense pressure from participating countries in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the International Olympics Committee (IOC) today made a stunning announcement that no one had ever anticipated.International sentiment has been growing each day since news of the Russian government’s crackdown on homosexuality in what was once part of the Sovet Union first broke out. This government crackdown was prompted by recent draconian laws that make the promotion of the homosexual lifestyle within Russian borders not only illegal but subject to the persecutional whims of the police and military.Concerned about potential boycotts by Olympic teams from a huge number of countries, the IOC issued an unprecedented ruling that involves a mandatory attire for all athletes, delegates and media representatives attending the winter games.The IOC ruling requires all athletes, delegates and media representatives to wear a special official jacket during the games’ opening and closing ceremonies, and throughout the 17-day competitions. The official jacket features the colors of the gay rainbow flag , emblazoned with the Olympic rings logo (see photo).Russian president Vladimir Putin has not issued any statement in reaction to the IOC announcement. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2013/08/10/ioc-mandates-official-attire-for-2014-winter-olympics/#respond |
Westboro Baptist Church Launches National Recycling Program, Appeals For Support | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 21/06/2016 0:00 | The Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church may be known as a hate group, indulging in high-profile pickets of gay and lesbian events and military funerals, but it also prides itself with its social and environmental advocacy.Buried in its controversial planned picket of funerals of the victims of the Orlando gay bar shooting is its noble concern for environmental issues.Unknown to many, the church has recently launched a national recycling program and is asking both supporters and critics to help achieve its 2016 recycling goal.The church has appealed to pet owners to recycle their dogs’ and cats’ poop by mailing them to its Topeka headquarters.Those willing to help with the noble recycling program are asked to mail their dog and cat poop to:Westboro Baptist Church, 3701 SW 12th Street, Topeka, Kansas, 66604.The cost of mailing is tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/06/21/westboro-baptist-church-launches-national-recyling-program-appeals-for-support/ |
WATCH: Delima and Napoles caught on CCTV? | [] | 2016-08-29 14:20:48+08:00 | Ex-NBI Deputy Director Renaldo Esmeralda admits that he could not forgot the time when Senator Leila De lima, former DOJ secretary, sacked him with no due process.He said, the neophyte senator accused him for participating in Napoles scam but Esmeralda said he was fired because he had an evidence already tagging Delima in Bilibid drug trading.Esmeralda also released a video of CCTV where Janet Napoles is seen visiting Delima in her office. Watch the full report by TV5 below:What can you say about it? Leave your comments below! | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/watch-delima-napoles-caught-cctv/ |
NEXT DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WILL INCLUDE REPUBLICAN SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 6/12/2017 0:00 | When the next Republican presidential debate unforlds in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 15, Senator Lindsey Graham will not be among the top tier debaters, nor be included in the kids’ table or second tier debate.But on December 19, when the remaining Democratic presidential candidates debate on stage in New Hampshire, Graham will be the fourth debater.The Democratic National Committee recently decided to invite Graham to the next debate because he is the most democratic among the Republican candidates and is practically on the same side as Democrats on almost all issues. Nothing could be a better vindication of Graham than his speech before the Republican Jewish Coalition in Washington, D.C. the other day.In his off-script speech, Graham lambasted his fellow presidential candidates and others in the Republican Party for making such a big issue on immigration, abortion, terrorism, Obamacare and other hot-button topics. He was specifically critical of Senator Ted Cruz and Donald Trump. He said that the Republican Party will definitely lose the 2016 presidential election because the GOPers are focusing on the wrong side of the issues.Graham reiterated his fuill support for Israel while assuring the audience that he will be the Republican U.S. president that will work with Democrats, or rather, the Democratic president that will work with Republicans. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/06/next-democratic-presidential-debate-will-include-republican-senator-lindsey-graham/#respond |
Inquirer writer Jacqueline Arias picks tweets to “prove” Filipinos hate Bongbong Marcos | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2017-03-22 07:08:59+00:00 | According to Inquirer Lifestyle writer Jacqueline Arias, people are “not happy” with Isabelle Daza’s latest video in her series “Haters Gonna Hate” posted on Facebook.In her article “Isabelle Daza’s Latest Video Features Sen. Bongbong Marcos, and People Aren’t Happy” published on the “Preen” section of the Inquirer, Arias asserts that Marcos is a generally-reviled person and, as a result, the video is “not getting a lot of love.” Furthermore, Arias claims, that most people take it as fact that “Marcos isn’t the most beloved senator in the bunch and he does get a lot of criticism for his previous actions,” which include things he had done such as “secretly burying his father in the Libingan ng Mga Bayani” and filing electoral fraud complaints against “vice president” Leni Robredo.She then proceeds to prove just how much Marcos is hated using examples cherry-picked from Twitter. She highlights a user who points out how the quality of hate comments on the video are nothing compared to the ones in her own timeline.Arias goes further to point out…Others brought up how they’d rather have Marcos answer questions about Martial Law and their ill-gotten wealth. They also accused Isabelle of being an apologist, before and after the video was posted.Does Arias’s “random” sample of Tweets prove that most Filipinos hate Bongbong Marcos?To answer that question requires looking beyond Arias’s tweet sample set. For that matter, one needs to look beyond Twitter itself. Indeed, the question of who actually won the vice presidency in the 2016 presidential elections remains debatable. Allegations of electoral fraud persist and have not been fully-resolved. As such, the electoral fraud charges being pursued by Marcos against Robredo is gaining traction.More importantly, Robredo is technically disqualified from holding office (or, for that matter, ever holding any other public office) as a result of her party’s violation of a COMELEC deadline on the submission of candidates’ Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs) at the conclusion of that election.Robredo’s running mate Mar Roxas and the LP had, on the 8th of June deadline reportedly requested an extension citing “voluminous number of receipts that have to be scanned and attached” as their excuse. However, the COMELEC rules stipulate…The 08 June 2016 deadline shall be final and non-extendible. Submissions beyond this period shall not be accepted. COMELEC Resolutions Nos. 9849 and 9873, Minute Resolutions Nos. 13-0775 and 13-0823 are hereby repealed, insofar as they allowed the belated submission, amendmentand/or correction of campaign finance disclosure statements and reports and the imposition of late penalties for the 2013 National and Local Elections.Indeed, with this technical disqualification and the electoral fraud charges hanging over her head, Robredo’s claim to the vice presidency remains questionable at best.Arias’s random sample of tweets therefore potentially grossly misrepresents the public sentiment on Bongbong Marcos as it is inconsistent with the 2016 election results which officially records Marcos’s very slim “loss” to Robredo. Most Filipinos, however, believe that Marcos — and even President Rodrigo Duterte himself — was cheated out of millions of votes and that the “official” results issued by the COMELEC are fraudulent. Questions remain unanswered about the role the COMELEC and its technology vendor Smartmatic played not only in facilitating this fraud but also, later, covering it up.One wonders the motives behind the article written by Jacqueline Arias and how such skewed reporting passed the Inquirer Editor’s desk. Then again, this is just a “lifestyle” article right? It’s cannot be considered “real journalism”. Fair enough. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/03/inquirer-writer-jacqueline-arias-picks-tweets-prove-filipinos-hate-bongbong-marcos/ |
Can Leni Robredo unite and deliver votes to the Philippine Opposition? | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2018-07-10 08:42:38+00:00 | We can start to answer this question by first understanding what it would take to unite and strengthen the Opposition. At the moment, the Philippine Opposition is virtually non-existent. It lacks a leader, a vision, and an election-winning strategy. Without the latter, a vision is practically useless, because you need to be in power to execute a vision and, in a democracy, it is only through winning an election that one can legally acquire power.This means that assuming leadership of the Opposition is the easy part — because one can simply be proclaimed “leader” by consensus amongst the shrillest key personalities in the opposition. In this regard, Robredo has a good shot “achieving” that at least. And, as far as news reports go, Robredo has made a lot of these Opposition personalities ecstatic simply by announcing that she is willing to be opposition leader.“Ngayon, merong initiatives na ‘yung iba’t ibang grupong gumagalaw, magyu-unite. At hiningi ng mga grupong iyon if I can lead,” she said. “Ang sabi ko, oo, pero kailangang pag-usapan ‘yung terms.”[Today there are various groups with initiatives that are moving to unite. They have asked me to lead and I said yes but there will need to have discussion around the terms.]The term “unite” here, it seems, has nothing to do with sharing any kind of common vision for the Philippines or even any sort of legislative agenda. Rather, the agenda of “uniting” in this instance more likely has to do with consolidating an effort to win an election. In short, what is being formed here is some sort of coalition. Given that this is the Philippine context, a better term for this would be an election winning machine.As such, a willingness to unite under the leadership of Robredo is hinged on Robredo’s ability to win over votes for the candidates of these disparate groups. Presumably the common goal is eventual removal of incumbent Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte from office. In that, it can be said, this possible coalition could indeed have a shared goal. But if successful at achieving that goal, what next?Right there is enough reason to believe that Robredo will not be actually leading the Opposition in any real sense — because her remit as “leader” will likely not go as far as leading the “What’s Next?” part of that journey. It also shows that no real vision underpins such a coalition that Robredo seeks to “lead”.It is, of course, too much to expect of most Filipino politicians, for that matter, to have a vision in mind when running for office. Robredo has, so far, not exhibited any aptitude for strategic visioning that rivals even the most brain-dead amongst today’s crop of politicos. Very likely, she will be using the same messaging spun around the same obsolete narrative that lost the Liberal Party (a.k.a. the Yellowtards) the election back in 2016. So much for doing something differently. Yet the Opposition expect different results. Good luck achieving any sorts of results under the leadership of “vice president” Leni Robredo. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2018/07/can-leni-robredo-unite-and-deliver-votes-to-the-philippine-opposition/#comments |
NEW SENATE BILL TO ESTABLISH PHILIPPINE BEAUTY QUEEN STATE ACADEMY | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 1/6/2017 0:00 | The Philippine Senate has the reputation as a do-nothing legislative body, exacerbated by the ongoing 10 Billion pork barrel scam in which almost half of the senators have been implicated in the elaborate siphoning of taxpayer funds into phony projects and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). It is therefore no surprise that senators are scrambling to propose and sponsor all kinds of bills to help distract public attention from the scam and repair the Senate’s tarnished record.Senator Loren Legarda, one of those named in the scam, has proposed a new legislation that would establish a state-funded Beauty Queen Academy. It will be part of the publicly-supported University of the Philippines.In recent years, the Philippines has been winning international beauty pageant crowns left and right and its winning streak seems unstoppable. Along with Venezuela and Brazil, the Philippines is in the elite circle of countries that have won in all the major international beauty pageants like Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss World and others.Legarda’s bill, supported by all the senators so far implicated in the pork barrel scam, is aimed at preparing and training aspiring beauty queens to be sure-fire winners in international beauty pageants. The academy will offer full scholarships to Filipinas who fit established criteria and great potential to win beauty titles.Meanwhile, a leading television network in Manila has announced a new reality show similarly titled Beauty Queen Academy. It is similar to the American TV show, Ru Paul’s Drag Race, in which contestants vie for the crown by impressing celebrity judges with their beauty and talent. Well, sort of. Mentors and judges (see photo) are all former Philippine beauty queens. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/06/01/new-senate-bill-to-establish-philippine-beauty-queen-state-academy/#respond |
No Truth To Rumor That Madonna Is Changing Her Name To Lucifera For Singapore Concert | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 23/02/2016 0:00 | If it were up to a Roman Catholic archbishop, people should go to church instead of attending Madonna’s Sunday concert in Singapore.Archbishop William Goh reminded Catholics that it was their “moral obligation not to support those who denigrate and insult religions, including anti-Christian and immoral values promoted by the secular world”.“There is no neutrality in faith; one is either for or against. Being present (at these events) in itself is a counter witness. Obedience to God and His commandments must come before the arts,” he said in a statement issued by his office on Saturday.Madonna’s Rebel Heart tour, which has an R18 rating here, has been altered slightly for the Singapore audience, with religiously-sensitive content removed.However, The Adobo Chronicles can confirm that the rumor that Madonna is changing her name to Lucifera (female for Lucifer) just for the Singapore concert is just that — a rumor.The queen of pop will hold two concerts in Manila this week before flying to Singapore. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/02/23/no-truth-to-rumor-that-madonna-is-changing-her-name-to-lucifera-for-singapore-concert/ |
BIRTHERS’ NEW ALLEGATION: BARACK OBAMA IS FILIPINO | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 29/04/2017 0:00 | has taken on a life of its own, despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary. Not even the release of copies of Obama’s Hawaii birth certificate could convince the doubting Thomases.Now the birthers have a new allegation: that Obama may have actually been born in the Philippines while his then pregnant mother was vacationing in this Southeast Asian country.The new allegation surfaced after the birthers saw a photo of Obama on social media, donning the Barong Tagalog during his recent state visit to Manila. The barong is the Philippines’ national attire for men.“I mean, how could there be any doubt, ” one birther commented, “just look at that photo. He’s unmistakenly Filipino!” Another birther said: “The White House chef is Filipino and Obama himself admitted that the First Family is often served adobo and lumpia! What other proof do we need?” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/04/29/birthers-new-allegation-barack-obama-is-filipino/?share=email |
Leni Robredo Fires Personal Wardrobe Consultant | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 19/03/2018 0:00 | All eyes were on Vice President Leni Robredo during the graduation ceremonies at the Philippine Military Academy last weekend.No, not because she was seated right next to President Rodrigo Duterte, but because of what she was wearing — an exclusive design by her personal wardrobe consultant.The one-piece, knee-length maroon dress was highlighted by a white lace front mantle. Robredo felt her outfit was stunning.But when a netizen posted a photo which may have inspired the design of Robredo’s dress, all hell broke loose.The VP immediately fired the unnamed consultant ( No, it wasn’t her spokesperson Georgina Hernandez). | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/03/19/leni-robredo-fires-personal-wardrobe-consultant/ |
LOOK: List of lawmakers who voted ‘yes’ to impeach Chief Justice Sereno | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2018-03-08 14:00:46+08:00 | On Thursday, thirty eight members of the House Committee on Justice agreed to find a ‘probable cause’ to impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.Only two lawmakers expressed their opposition on the finding of the probable cause which studied by the panel for almost fifteen hearings.They’re Representatives Kaka Bag-ao of Dinagat Islands and Jose Christopher “Kit” Belmonte of the 6th District of Quezon City.The impeachment case was filed by Atty. Lorenzo Gadon who accused Sereno of violating the constitution, not declaring the correct amount of wealth, betrayal of public trust and corruption.A psychologist who checked Sereno’s mental health also testified that the Chief Justice showed symptoms of mental disturbance.These are the lawmakers who voted in favor to find probable cause in Sereno.Johnny Ty Pimentel (Surigao Del Sur 2nd District) Raneo Abu (Batangas 2nd District) Eric Singson (Ilocos Sur 2nd District)Fredenil Castro (Capiz) Gwendolyn Garcia (Cebu 3rd District) Mylene Garcia-Albano (Davao City 2nd District) Benhur Lopez (YACAP party-list) Rodolfo Fariñas (Ilocos Norte 1st District) Ferdinand Hernandez (South Cotabato 2nd District) Juan Pablo Bondoc (Pampanga 4th District) Arthur Defensor (Iloilo 3rd District) Roger G. Mercado (Southern Leyte) Ann K. Hofer (Zamboanga Sibugay, 2nd District) Vincent Crisologo (Quezon City 1st District) Aurelio Dong Gonzalez (Pampanga, 3rd District) Victoria Isabel Noel (AN WARAY party-list) Gerald Anthony Gullas (Cebu 1st District) Alfredo Garbin (AKO BICOL party-list) Eugene De Vera (ABS party-list) Anthony Bravo (COOP-NATCCO party-list) Luis Jose Campos (Makati City 2nd District) Carlos Roman Uybarreta (1-CARE party-list) Rodante Marcoleta (SAGIP party-list) Romeo Acop (Antipolo City 2nd District) Abigail Faye C. Ferriol – Pascual (KALINGA party-list) Ciriaco Calalang (KABAYAN party-list) Vicente Ching Veloso (Leyte 3rd District) Salvador Leachon (Oriental Mindoro 1st District) Henry Oaminal (Misamis Occidental 2nd District) Strike Revilla (Cavite 2nd District) Roy Loyola (Cavite 5th District) Marlyn Primicias-Agabas (Pangasinan 6th District) Lucy Gomez (Leyte 4th District) Rose Marie Baby Arenas (Pangasinan 3rd District) Ruwel Peter Gonzaga (Compostela Valley 2nd District) Xavier Jesus Romualdo (Camiguin) Rodel Batocabe (AKO BICOL party-list) Ron Salo (KABAYAN party-list)Meanwhile, the Senate said that they’re almost ready to hold an impeachment proceedings to the case of the Chief Justice.They also prepared the robe of Senator Leila De Lima, if the court would allowed her to participate in the proceedings.As of writing, Sereno who attended the Philippine Women Judges Association event at Manila Hotel is not yet giving any comment on the latest decision of the house against her. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/look-list-lawmakers-voted-yes-impeach-chief-justice-sereno/ |
Councilors in Lanao del Sur, ‘Bastos na Unggoy’? | [] | 2017-02-19 21:00:38+08:00 | BY MANNY PIÑOL — All of my life, I have always been very forgiving and understanding to a fault, especially if the act was committed without malice.But I cannot let an insult pass and this incident in Butig, Lanao del Sur is something that I will not allow to be just brushed off and forgotten.On Feb. 9, I flew to Butig, Lanao del Sur as part of my efforts to reach out to the poorest areas in the country and provide assistance to the people.Traveling with me in two Air Force helicopters were Fisheries Undersecretary Eduardo Gongona, Director Carlene Collado, my executive assistant Bong Piñol, two female staff, one of whom an engineer assigned to the Farm to Market Roads Projects, and two security officers.During the visit, I made commitments Mayor Dimantang Pansar to deliver interventions worth almost P60-million for the development of Butig, which is claimed by the Maute Group, the Abu Sayyaf and the local ISIS Group as the de facto capital of the Islamic Caliphate in the Philippines.I was excited and ecstatic with all the things that I believed could change the lives of the people of a town in a province where the poverty incidence is 74.3%.WATCH VIDEO BELOW:But I was deeply frustrated, pained and insulted when one of the two female staff who joined me in the trip complained when we were back in Manila that two town officials of Butig whose pictures I am posting with this article molested her during the trip.The staff, a good-looking engineer, said these two officials, whose names I still have to get, touched her butt while she was taking pictures and then laughed.She said this happened while I was inspecting the damaged school buildings of Butig and I was busy talking to Mayor Pansar.I cannot let this pass. They not only molested my staff but they also insulted and disrespected me.Had I known that right there and then, I would have slapped both of them in front of their Mayor.Through this post, I am informing Mayor Pansar that all the assistance for Butig that I promised to deliver will be put on hold until after these two ill-mannered municipal councilors apologize to my female staff, to me and to the public for what they did.I am also calling on Interior and Local Government Secretary Mike Sueno to take administrative sanctions against these two barbarians whose act now places the welfare of the whole town of Butig in jeopardy.#BastosNaUnggoy!(This is the cropped photo of the two Butig councilors who molested a female staff of the Dept. of Agriculture during a visit to the town on Feb. 9, 2017) | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/councilors-lanao-del-sur-bastos-na-unggoy/ |
Cops involved in violent dispersal of rally at US Embassy relieved in their poisitions | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-10-20 10:10:27+08:00 | NCRPO Capital Region Police Officer Director Chief Supt. Oscar Albayalde ordered the relief of Senior Supt. Marcelino Pedrozo and eight MPD officers involved in the violent dispersal of rally at the US Embassy in Manila Wednesday.According to some witnesses, Pedrozo was heard telling his men to disperse the protesters after they managed to go near the US Embassy.“Wala man lang kayong hinuli, ang dami-dami niyan… Magkagulo na kung magkagulo, pulis tayo rito e. Pwede ba tayong patalo sa mga yan? Anong mukhang ihaharap natin sa embassy? Kaya i-disperse mo ‘yan,” Pedrozo told an officer at the area.“Lumaban kasi kayo! Mga pulis kayo hindi kayo lumalaban!” he added, this time addressing the anti-riot policemen.But a day after the dispersal, Pedrozo denied that he ordered the dispersal and he defended the side of his team.According to him, the violence was started by the rallyist and the cop who operated the police mobile that rammed the rallyist only intended to remove the car from the area because the people are trying to destroy it.The team of Pedrozo received criticisms on social media, saying that they destroyed the image of the Philippine National Police.Kilusang Mayo Uno asked the Netizens to find the man who operated the police mobile. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/cops-involved-violent-dispersal-rally-us-embassy-relieved-poisitions/ |
MAN DOES A ‘PAS DE BOURRÉE’ OUT OF A DUI ARREST (VIDEO) | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 14/07/2018 0:00 | If you’ve ever been stopped at a sobriety checkpoint, you know what the police officer will have you do to test if you’ve been driving under the influence. Step out of your car, point to your nose, walk a straight line, recite the alphabet backwards and so on.But a Texas man who was obviously drunk escaped arrest by doing everything the officer asked him to do with flying colors.Including doing a pas de bourrée!Watch the dashboard cam video clip (courtesy of Reno 911). | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/07/14/man-does-a-pas-de-bourree-out-of-a-dui-arrest-video/?share=email |
Campaign Funds: Donald Trump Seeks $30 Million Loan From Hillary Clinton | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 1/6/2016 0:00 | Donald Trump is running low on funds and is afraid he won’t be able to sustain an effective campaign against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.The Trump campaign has alerted the Republican brass that he will have to be more dependent on the GOP for money to see him through the fall campaign and win in the November general elections.However, many in the Republican leadership were lukewarm to Trump’s feelers, especially those who didn’t want him to be the party’s nominee.So, who is Trump turning to? None other than Hillary Clinton.Trump, citing his long-standing good friendship with the Clintons, asked Hillary to lend him $30 Million.So far, the Clinton campaign has raised $289 Million from individual donors as well as Super PACS, compared to Trump’s total of $60.9 Million.The presumptive GOP presidential nominee is putting up the Trump Hotel in Waikiki as collateral for the loan.Sources close to Mrs. Clinton say that her camp is seriously considering the loan request on the condition that Trump will stop all negative attacks against the former Secretary of State, and instead focus on issues for the rest of the campaign period.Fair enough. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/06/01/campaign-funds-donald-trump-seeks-30-million-loan-from-hillary-clinton/?share=email |
KIM JONG-UN’S HAIRCUT INSPIRATION | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 26/03/2017 0:00 | short on either side and long and fluffy on top.Today, however, the North Korean president admitted that the inspiration behind his distinctive haircut comes from two young Western celebrities, one male and one female.Pressed by reporters to name his inspiration, Kim Jong-un did not hesitate to reveal the two celebrities : Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus.Sources close to Kim also said that the president is thinking of adding some facial accessories to complement his hairstyle : earrings and nose and lip rings, much like his idol Dennis Rodman. Korean men could be required to sport similar accessories in the future.See related article: “As North Korea Mandates Haircut, Philippines Issues ‘Tagalog Only” rule. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/03/26/kim-jong-uns-haircut-inspiration/ |
Filipino Tourist Caught Trying To Smuggle Live Rooster Into China | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 17/05/2016 0:00 | In the Philippines, the 6,000 year-old sport of cockfighting has been transformed into a fully-legal, billion dollar industry. Known locally as sabong, it takes place in 2,500 dedicated stadiums across the country and kills thousands, if not millions of roosters each year.Some Filipino cockfight enthusiasts consider their roosters part of their extended family and treat them as such, taking their feathered friends with them when they go on luxury vacations.Such was the case for a Filipino tourist who tried to smuggle his rooster into China by packing it inside a giant ziplock bag as part of his handcarried luggage.The unidentified male tourist was stopped and questioned by Chinese customs officials as the man disembarked at the Ningbo airport. His rooster was confiscated by authorities.The Filipino was later allowed to leave the airport but the fate of his rooster remains unknown.Ningbo airport was the same airport where a Chinese man was stopped by Customs officials for trying to smuggle a live giant lobster from Australia. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/05/17/filipino-tourist-caught-trying-to-smuggle-live-rooster-into-china/#respond |
Duterte to create special commission for Catholic Church and CHR if they can solve the illegal drug problem | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-01-18 16:34:27+08:00 | President Rodrigo Duterte dared the Catholic Church and Commission on Human Rights to show an alternative way to fix the drug problem in the Philippines during his speech at the 20th founding anniversary of the Premier Medical Center in Nueva Ecija on January 18.Duterte while showing the thick drug list to the people of Cabanatuan City said that he would pass the responsibility to the Commission on Human Rights and Catholic Church to solve the drug problem if they can solve it.He also said that he would ran out of bullets even if the law gives him the right to kill every politicians included in the thick drug list.Duterte also joked that some bishops may try to use illegal drugs to knew the problem of the people addicted to it.He also slammed the United States of America and outgoing President Barack Obama for criticizing his War On Drugs.“Hindi naman kayo ang pumili sa akin. Ang pumili sa’kin, Pilipino. Kaya mga Pilipino ang poprotektahan ko.” Duterte said during the speech. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/duterte-create-special-commission-catholic-church-chr-can-solve-illegal-drug-problem/ |
How Filipino liberal women have WEAPONISED the Feminist Movement against Duterte | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2018-03-13 23:59:16+00:00 | Step back from the political chatter of social media for a moment and ask yourself: Are the “issues” being backed by the loudest, shrillest voices at the moment the most important ones? To answer that question we need first to define the term “important” in this context.What is important to the average Filipino?The “average Filipino” is not a very complicated conceptual construct — that is, if you actually take the time to look over the wall of your gated subdivision or over the rim of the latte you may be sipping at the local Starbucks. The average Filipino lives life on a day-to-day basis. And all the average Filipino really needs to know on a daily basis is when and if she will arrive at work today, if tomorrow is a payday, whether or not she will arrive home in one piece at the end of the day, and how she will be paying for her next mobile phone load.That’s, on the average. Evidently, this too makes me guilty of being selective in my sampling as the profile I painted above mirrors more the average and more visible Filipino city slicker and probably leaves out more wretched folk in the countryside’s hinterlands and those clinging to life along the banks of Manila’s stinking esteros. My point is, it may indeed be true that social media makes us unconsciously retreat more and more into a filter bubble.Indeed, at the risk of coming across as sexist, an unscientific sampling of the Philippines’ “politically-passionate” social media landscape (based on my own personal experience on Twitter) potentially leads one to conclude that the noisiest, shrillest, and most emotionally-charged voices come predominantly from female liberals. This is interesting considering a recently-published study on American Netizens that yielded results seemingly consistent with this. The report shows that female Democrats are more likely to respond emotionally when they come across ideas that run counter to their personal beliefs and express this distress by blocking users who publish these ideas on social media.The study shows [America’s left/liberal-leaning] Democrats were almost three times more likely than Republicans (24% vs. 9%) to have unfriended someone after the election. A similar disparity turned up for self-identified liberals versus conservatives (28% vs. 8%). Meanwhile, only 9% of independents reportedly booted someone out of their online social circles because of politics.This predisposition to block dissenting views can readily be observed too in the Philippines’ social media “influencers” where women identified with the liberal Opposition (and certain men with woman-like characteristics) tend to be the ones who are most likely to block people who challenge their ideas rather than engage them. The figures yielded by that American study show the stark difference as well.As this graphic shows, the survey also identified “Democratic women” as the most likely of all groups to block someone on social media…This is likely the reason why feminist concepts have seemingly been turned into an ammo belt of silver bullets against the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The arguments behind them are backed by emotionalism and are fired by people who have cocooned themselves within the Internet’s increasingly notorious filter bubbles. These people, it seems, are primarily shrill emotional women (and, shall we say, woman-like men) who identify as liberals.So the biggest point to reflect on can be framed in these rather confronting questions:(1) Would you trust people who live in filter bubbles and are intolerant of dissent?(2) Considering that female liberals are more likely to fit the above profile, will you continue to trust the loud, shrill women of the Philippine Opposition?Think about it. Perhaps this is the reason why the Philippine Opposition is seemingly in an irreversible slide to irrelevance — because they continue to allow themselves to be led by these shrill emotional women. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2018/03/how-filipino-liberal-women-have-weaponised-the-feminist-movement-against-duterte/ |
Donald Trump Says He’s Just Being Sarcastic About Running For President | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 12/8/2016 0:00 | At a rally on Wednesday night, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested that President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were the “founders” of ISIS, the Islamic State terrorist group.Trump’s comment drew criticism and outrage even from members of his own party.On Thursday, Trump took to his Twitter account to say that he was just being “sarcastic” about his ISIS comment.He also admitted for the first time that he was also just being sarcastic about running for president of the United States.That’s it. The 2016 presidential election is over! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/08/12/donald-trump-says-hes-just-being-sarcastic-about-running-for-president/#respond |
PNP Chief Dela Rosa said that Resorts World Manila attack related to robbery not terrorism | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-06-02 04:13:11+08:00 | PNP Chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa urged the people to not panic following the attack at Resorts World Manila in Pasay City on Friday midnight.He said that the attack in the casino is not related to terrorism, because no one got hurt by the attack and the suspect only destroyed the gambling area in the second floor of the building.Bato said that they can’t attribute the incident to terrorism until there’s no evidence gathered.“Sa ating mamamayan, wag po kayong mag-panic. This is not a cause for alarm. Alerto lang tayo” PNP Chief Ronald Bato Dela Rosa said.According to the authorities,only one suspect identified. The masked suspect is foreign looking, light skinned, about six foot tall, possibly a gambler who lost his sanity because for losing big amount of money in gambling.Bato also said that the suspect searched for money, but he only got a pack of green gambling chips worth P1-M.“Puwedeng robbery ito, dahil pera ang hinahanap, nagnakaw siya ng mga chips [gambling chips].” He said.He also said that the Islamic State claimed the attack in the Casino because of propaganda and to grab the attention of the world.“ISIS can claim what they want because of propaganda,” Dela Rosa said.Bato said that the suspect didn’t hurt the guests of the Casino, but only destroyed the TVs and other things inside the gambling room. The suspect also stole the chips.“As of now, we cannot claim this is a terror attack, why? kasi wala siyang ginawang violence, wala siyang sinaktan,” he said.There are no confirmed reports of gunshot wounds, only injuries from the people who ran for their safety.The PNP Director General said that there’s a high possibility that the suspect who still at large, would be arrested by the authorities.“Kung hindi siya lumabas sa building, mahuhuli ‘yan, sa dami ng tropa nating nakapalibot huli yan,” he said.Bato also said that the management of Resorts World didn’t informed the authorities earlier about the situation inside the building and they tried to handle the situation without the help of the police.Dela Rosa declared that the situation inside the Resorts World Manila building is closing to normal because all rooms are already cleared.Additional PNP-Special Action Forces (SAF) personnel have arrived at Resorts World Manila to arrest the suspect. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/dela-rosa-said-resorts-world-manila-attack-related-robbery/ |
GROUPS REVOLT AGAINST HALLOWEEN COSTUMES | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 31/10/2016 0:00 | The San Francisco-based, upscale retail store Pottery Barn has apologized for selling a Halloween costume of a sushi chef and a kimono that an Asian American Civil Rights group had complained were culturally offensive. The retailer confirmed that it had removed the items from its website, saying it did not mean to offend anyone with the Halloween attire.Asian American civil rights activists spoke out after the store began selling the products, a kimono and a sushi chef outfit featuring the Rising Sun of the Japanese flag. The activists demanded the immediate removal of the clothing and requested an apology, saying that the problem is not with the attire itself; it is with the fact that Pottery Barn is marketing these outfits as costumes.Following the announcement by Pottery Barn, other groups also began demanding that retailers like Walmart, Walgreens, Target, K-Mart, Amazon.com and HalloweenCostumes.com remove clothing items from their Halloween inventory:Texas Governor Rick Perry and governors of other Southwest states asked the retail outlets to remove cowboy hats from their shelves; the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops demanded that businesses stop selling nuns’ and priests’ habits; and a group representing the Irish community in New York City asked that the sale of kilts be banned during Halloween season. A South Asian activist group in Berkeley went a step further by petitioning the city to shut down stores selling the Indian sari during the entire Halloween week. In San Francisco, Mayor Ed Lee appealed to drag queens to wear only race-neutral dresses on Halloween night.The protesting groups joined in the chorus by saying that their traditional attires are not costumes; rather, they represent cultures and religions. To market the clothing items as Halloween costumes is offensive and can trigger racial or religious violence, they claimed.Meanwhile The Adobo Chronicles learned from reliable sources that there is a growing movement in many U.S. liberal states that aims to abolish the Halloween holiday altogether. “This way, no one will ever be offended again by costumes that mock countries, peoples and religions,” the movement’s spokesperson said. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2013/10/31/groups-revolt-against-halloween-costumes-2/ |
House Of Representatives Cuts PCOO Budget By P5 Million | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 3/10/2018 0:00 | The House of Representatives today cut the 2019 budget of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) by P5 Million.The announcement came just hours after Asec Mocha Uson announced her resignation from PCOO.The hearing on the proposed P1.4 Billion PCOO budget for 2019 was deferred in the House twice due to the absence of Uson.Uson filed her resignation letter on September 28, citing the stalling of the budget of the Presidential Communications Operations Office at the House of Representatives as the reason.“Recent events have put me in a position where I am being held responsible for Congress withholding the 2019 PCOO budget,” her resignation letter addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte read.Sources at the House of Representatives told The Adobo Chronicles that PCOO could no longer justify its proposed 2019 budget now that Uson has resigned.The Congressmen were insistent that they could not grant such a huge budget for an underperforming agency like the PCOO.Asked how the Congressmen came up with the P5 Million figure for the budget cut, our sources said that the figure represents Uson’s 5 Million followers. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/10/03/house-of-representatives-cuts-pcoo-budget-by-p5-million/?share=email |
Breaking: Current Balance of BPI account of Mayor Duterte is only 27,000 | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-04-29 20:12:57+08:00 | TV5 reporter Jun Loyola posted a tweet, showing the current balance of Mayor Duterte in his BPI account.Jun Loyola posted the bank statement of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte who is now facing allegations about his hidden wealth.Sen. Trillianes claimed that the Davao Mayor is hiding 211 Million Pesos in his BPI account in Julia Vargas Branch.P 27,024.09, kasalukuyang laman ng BPI account ni Duterte #BilangPilipino pic.twitter.com/fKpx5yZ44H — Jun Loyola (@junyeeloyola) April 29, 2016Mayor Rodrigo Duterte also showed his bank statement in the public in his Grand Rally in Daet Camarines NorteBank statement ni Mayor Rodrigo Duterte sa BPI-Julia Vargas mula Dec 31,2015 hanggang Mar 31,2016 #BilangPilipino pic.twitter.com/mZ6KsNi9ai — Jun Loyola (@junyeeloyola) April 29, 2016Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, ipinakikita sa publiko ang kanyang bank statement #BilangPilipino pic.twitter.com/Chsk1Z8zD1 — Jun Loyola (@junyeeloyola) April 29, 2016The Mayor dared Trillianes to show up in BPI Julia Vargas Branch on Monday to prove that the senator allegation against the PDP Laban Standard Bearer is only black propaganda. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/breaking-current-balance-one-bpi-account-mayor-duterte-27000/ |
WATCH: Full President Rody Presscon on May 31 | [] | 2016-06-01 13:35:32+08:00 | President Rodrigo Duterte has called the local and national media again for a press conference in the Malacañang of the South, Panacan, Davao City, Tuesday afternoon.Some netizens got angry with how the media outfits restructure the context of his statements from misleading headline and opinions. To understand Duterte, one has to attend a live press conference or watch a full livestreaming.Watch the whole video of what really Duterte said on killing of corrupt journalists, appointing his cabinet members, BBL, and VP Leni Robredo.Here’s the replay!What can you say about what you’ve seen? Leave your comments below and share this article! | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/watch-full-president-rody-presscon-may-31/ |
DONALD TRUMP: “I’M BETTER LOOKING THAN CARLY FIORINA!” | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 10/9/2018 0:00 | Donald Trump is done trashing Mexicans and the Chinese. He’s turning now to his opponents for the Republican presidential nomination.First, Trump criticized former Florida Governor Jeb Bush for speaking Spanish during one of the latter’s campaign appearances. He has also questioned Ben Carson’s Christian faith.Now, the real estate mogul is turning up the heat on the lone woman Republican candidate Carly Fiorina.It wasn’t about Fiorina’s record as CEO, or her failed 2010 senatorial candidacy in California. It was about her looks.In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Trump offered a free-wheeling critique of the former Hewlett-Packard CEO.“Look at that face!” he said at a conference table with his staff as Ms. Fiorina took a question about him on television. “Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?!”In a follow up off-the-record comment, Trump told Rolling Stone : “I am far better looking than that woman, my hair notwithstanding.”Speaking of hair, many will recall that in 2010, while waiting for her interview with CNN affiliate KXTV (and unaware that the camera was rolling), Fiorina delivered the following iconic sentence while typing away on her Blackberry mobile device: “‘God what is that hair?’ So yesterday!” She was, of course, talking about Barbara Boxer.So, could it be that Trump’s comment about Fiorina is simply karma? | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/10/donald-trump-im-better-looking-than-carly-fiorina/ |
World Leaders Seek Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s Advice | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 9/10/2017 0:00 | While the Liberal Party and other Opposition groups are celebrating the drop in Rodrigo Duterte’s satisfaction and trust ratings as per the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, world leaders have been calling the Philippine President for advice.The survey showed that Duterte’s net satisfaction rating dipped to 48 percent in September compared to last June’s 66 percent. His trust rating also declined to 73 percent from last June’s 82 percent.Still, Duterte has the highest ratings compared to the most influential of world leaders.French President Emmanuel Macron’s satisfaction rating is 36 percent. British Prime Minister Theresa May earned a 34 percent satisfaction rate. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had a July approval rating of 34.2 percent. The latest rating for German Chancellor Angela Merkel was 34 percent. Donald Trump’s approval rating is currently at 32 percent.During the phone calls with Duterte, the world leaders sought advice on how to increase their satisfaction and trust ratings among their respective constituents.Duterte’s advice? “Just be true to yourself.”Great advice. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/10/09/philippine-president-rodrigo-duterte-has-the-highest-satisfaction-and-trust-ratings-among-world-leaders/#respond |
Trump: I Will Accept Election Loss If… | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 21/10/2016 0:00 | Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump seems to be backing down from his earlier statements that he will accept the results of November’s elections only if he wins.Today at 3 a.m, Trump took to his Twitter account to categorically state that he will accept his election loss if a President Hillary Clinton will appoint him U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines. (The current ambassador, Philip Goldberg, is stepping down this November.)Just a day earlier, at the Al Smith Dinner in New York, Trump joked that Hillary would appoint him ambassador to Iraq or Afghanistan.“I was joking about Iraq and Afghanistan,” Trump tweeted, “but I am dead serious about the Philippines.”The Republican candidate said that with Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s recent pronouncement that he would “separate” from the U.S. and align himself with China and Russia, “being the U.S. ambassador to the Philippines would be such an honor and would allow me to be closer to my Chinese friends and to Vladimir Putin.”When asked about Trump’s comments, Clinton said, “I will wait until we have the election results. I will keep you in suspense.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/21/trump-i-will-accept-election-loss-if/?share=email |
“Anti EJK Bill of De Lima will require all the police to inform criminals about their arrival” Erwin Tulfo | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-10-13 09:58:31+08:00 | Former Department of Justice Secretary and now Senator Leila De Lima filed a bill called “Anti-EJK-Act-2016” Tuesday which penalize the arresting officer if he/she would not inform their arrival to the alleged criminals.During PNoy’s term extrajudicial killings was defined as killings of member of political, agrarian, labor organization, media practitioner or people mistakenly identified to be so.Now, the bill of Sen. De Lima orders the PNP to issue a warning announced through megaphones before conducting raid and arrest. The arresting officers are also prohibited from firing warning shot.They also required to use non-lethal weapons as primary weapons even the suspected criminals fought back.This bill will also give more power to the Commission of human rights and they will have the authority to investigate cases of extrajudicial killings.People who opposed the alleged extrajudicial killings happening during President Rodrigo Duterte’s term lauds De Lima for filing this kind of bill, they believe that this Anti-EJK bill reduce the alleged human rights abuses.But some Netizens labeled the Anti – EJK Bill “useless”.Erwin Tulfo, blogger thinking Pinoy and some netizens criticised the bill that De Lima filed.Delima files bill anti-EJK. She wants cops to announce their arrival to warn suspects of their arrest. What a stupid bill. Tsk, tsk,tsk. — Erwin Tulfo (@etulfo2011) October 12, 2016Some Netizens also believe that informing suspected criminals before arrest can give them time to destroy evidences, escape or to fight back. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/anti-ejk-de-lima-require-police-inform-criminals-arrival-erwin-tulfo/ |
Will The Real Body Of Ferdinand E. Marcos Please Rise? | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 20/11/2016 0:00 | It was a surprise burial, documented only by a video tape posted by his daughter Imee. The body of Ferdinand E. Marcos was finally buried in the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani, amid all the controversy and protest.But wait, while the late dictator’s body was being interred at LNMB, the same body was being viewed by tourists at the mausoleum in Batac, Ilocos Norte.According to reports by Rappler, the Marcos ‘body’ in the refrigerated crypt was only a wax figure. Maybe, it has always been that way?So now, Marcos is credited with a Guiness World Record of being the only world leader who is buried in two different places at the same time. Intact, that is. But it also begs the question, which Marcos was buried last week at LNMB?Will the real Marcos body please rise? | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/11/20/will-the-real-body-of-ferdinand-e-marcos-please-rise/?share=email |
Premonition? Tagaytay Car Crash victim cover photos predicted their way of death | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-01-20 00:21:02+08:00 | The Tagaytay Car Accident that killed four teenagers is still a fresh topic to the Netizens, their cause of the accident is still a mystery to everyone.But some Netizen noticed something mysterious on the four victim’s latest cover.Facebook CHRISTIAN LAYUG< /em>You can notice that their cause of death is really connected to their cover photo, the road, the road sign, smoke of explosion and total darkness, this is all related to their accident.According to CHRISTIAN LAYUGI looked into the cover photos of the the four minors who were killed in the car accident in Tagaytay. I am absolutely shocked.A road, a road sign, smoke of explosion and total darkness.May God show you the light to His Kingdom, kids. May your souls rest in peace.Netizens became terrified after hearing the story about this because many of us is still believing in premonitions. The post of Christian Layug has gone viral on the internet and shared by Facebook Users. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/premonition-tagaytay-car-crash-victim-cover-photos-predicted-their-death/ |
10,000,000 people expected to join Duterte in his Oath-Taking on June 30 | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-06-27 01:18:50+08:00 | Millions of both supporters and non-supporters of the President-Elect Rody Duterte are expecting to watch the inauguration of the first Mindanaoan President on June 30 in Malacanang Palace.According to some analyst, this will be one of the biggest event in the history of the Philippines.Some of PRD’s supporter are also planning to celebrate the victory of the Punisher in Luneta Park in Manila and Crocodile Park in Davao City.They are also hoping that there will be no signal interruption happens during the oath-taking, because half of the Filipino people is going to watch the said event and they are afraid that the mass audience can cause some interruptions. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/10000000-people-expected-join-duterte-oath-taking-june-30/ |
SUPER BOWL XLIX: SEVEN COSTUME CHANGES FOR KATY PERRY’S HALF-TIME SHOW | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 9/1/2018 0:00 | not even the slightest chance of a wardrobe malfunction.More importantly, the concert queen will be racially and culturally sensitive and will not offend any single racial minority who will be watching live or on TV.Perry will have a total of seven costume changes during her performance. Through the magic of choreography, props and stage lighting, all costume changes will happen on stage!As to what she will be wearing, Perry will don costumes that will be representative of each of the world’s seven continents. “No one will be left out,” she says.We can also reveal that as far as the Asian continent costume is concerned, it will definitely not be a Geisha attire. Rather she will go on stage as a Philippine Muslim princess, carried on top of bamboo poles by half-naked men. Singkil as it is called in the Philippines. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/01/09/super-bowl-xlix-seven-costume-changes-for-katy-perrys-half-time-show/ |
Sen. Trillanes turns off Senator Cayetano’s microphone | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-09-16 07:10:34+08:00 | Netizens reacted on the attitude of Senator Trillanes acts during the Senate Hearing on Alleged Extrajudicial Killings on September 15.Senator Trillanes was saw turned off Senator Cayetano’s microphone while they are arguing about his Alan’s eligibility to speak in the committee even he is not a member.Senator Trillanes turned off the microphone of Trillanes.That moment got different reactions from the Netizens.Some of them were angered because of what Trillanes did to Cayetano.A Netizen believes that Trillanes was out-of-line and showed unprofessionally during the Senate hearing for turning off the mic of his colleague while speaking.One Netizen also labeled Trillanes as “out of order” in politics.Even the Facebook Fanpage of Senator Trillanes were attacked by the Netizens who saw his attitude on that senate hearing.The two Senator started to argued when Trillanes cited Cayetano as “Out of Order” and ordered him to avoid asking more question to Edgar Motabato because he is not a member of the Committee. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/trillanes-turns-off-senator-cayetanos-microphone/ |
PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS APOLOGIZES FOR TODAY’S FRONT-PAGE HEADLINE | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 8/12/2017 0:00 | Newsroom layoffs have finally caught up with the Philadelphia Daily News, particularly the lack of headline writers and copy editors. Case in point: today’s front page.The Daily News ran a front page cover with a photo of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his latest pronouncement calling for the banning of all Muslims from entering the United States.The headline read, “The New Furor.”Moments after the December 8 edition of the paper hit the newsstands and images of the front page were posted on the Internet, the editors issued a public apology.“Today, we ran a front page headline bearing the word, ‘Furor.’ It was a misspelling. The correct word should have been ‘Führer,’ the editors said. “We sincerely apologize for this grave error.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/08/philadelphia-daily-news-apologizes-for-todays-front-page-headline/?share=email |
RALPH NADER CONFLICTED OVER POTENTIAL RUNNING MATE IN 2016 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 6/8/2017 0:00 | from immigration, to health care, to gay rights. They are all model soccer moms. Any of the three would be a darling of the religious and conservative right as well as the sparsely-populated states in the south and midwest.”“In terms of media appeal, they represent the spectrum of endearing personae. They are all great public speakers and it’s hard to choose among Palin’s high-pitch tone to Brewer’s baritone voice to Bachmann’s nasal sound. It all boils down to who is the most telegenic of the three,” Nadal said with a wink in his eye.Nader is expected to announce his decision by the fall this year. “The early bird catches the worm,” he joked. It was not clear which of the three women he was referring to when he made the joke. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/08/06/ralph-nader-conflicted-over-potential-running-mate-in-2016-u-s-presidential-elections/ |
Aquino Loyalist Cynthia Patag Finally Admits To Being Schizophrenic | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 27/10/2016 0:00 | Retired singer-comedienne Cynthia Patag has never denied being a loyalist of the defunct Aquino administration, alongside other retired entertainment celebrities Jim Paredes, Leah Navarro and Carlos Celdran.She is fierceless in her criticism of the current administration of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, using her social media account as a megaphone for her political persuasion.Today, Patag finally admitted she is suffering from schizophrenia.Her words, not ours. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/27/aquino-loyalist-cynthia-patag-finally-admits-to-being-schizophrenic/#respond |
LOOK:Dutch artist behind Virgins of Apeldoorn says that the artist made the ‘UP Female Oblation’ plagiarized her sculpture | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-06-25 03:28:23+08:00 | A meme posted by a netizen about the similarities between #UPLIFT and Virgins of Apeldoorn sparked debate among Facebook users.Ferdinand Cacnio, the artist behind the #UPLIFT denied that he plagiarized the sculpture of the dutch artist Elisabet StienstraThom Puckey, the husband Stienstra said that her wife believes that Cacnio plagiarized her sculptureA meme posted on social media became a serious thing after the defenders and the critics of the artist behind the ‘Female UP Oblation’ or #UPLIFT displayed at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman Campus started a debate on Facebook.The sculpture created by visual artist Ferdinand Cacnio received applause from the students of UP, but several netizens noticed the similarity between the ‘Female Oblation’ and ‘Virgins of Apeldoorn’ made by Dutch artist Elisabet Stienstra in 2001.Lei Lois Tolentino Azarcon, posted the two photos together and made a meme about it.“Can I copy your homework? Sure. Just change it up a bit so it doesn’t look obvious that you copied.” Azarcon captioned.Embedded from Lei Lois Tolentino Azarcon’s Facebook post.The post of Azarcon received different reactions from the netizens. Some said that they saw the striking similarity between the sculpture of the Cacnio and Stienstra.But Ferdinand Cacnio, commented on Azarcon’s post and clarified that he didn’t copy the work of Stienstra and the UP Female Oblation was a product of his own imagination.He even showed the table-top version of his artwork that made ten years ago.Cacnio also said that he only knew about the sculpture of Stienstra because of Azarcon’s post.Several netizens who defended the artist behind the UP Oblation said that the difference between Cacnio and Stienstra’s work might be just a coincidence.Some defenders of Cacnio who mostly students from U.P known for being the warrior of democracy and freedom of expression urged Azarcon to took down or edit the caption of her post, but as of writing, she still didn’t delete her post.Azarcon explained that she don’t have any intention to ruin the credibility of Cacnio and she only wanted to point out the similarities between the two sculptures.The situation went more intense when the husband of the Dutch artist behind the Virgins of Apeldoorn commented on Azarcon’s post that Stienstra already saw the creation of Cacnio.Thom Puckey, the husband of Elisabet Stienstra released an official statement about the issue.Puckey said that her wife, believes that Cacnio plagiarized her work that made in 2001.Hello. I’m Elisabet Stienstra’s husband. Elisabet doesn’t do Facebook herself. She would like it to be known however that she sees Mr. Cacnio’s sculpture as plagiarism. The principle of her work (made in 2001) is to use sculptural conventions to suggest weightlessness. Mr. Cacnio’s sculpture does not only imitate her idea in general terms, but also in specific terms: the long hanging hair, the falling-back head, the outstretched arms, the outstretched body. The similarities are too evident to be coincidental. Plagiarism is still plagiarism even if a few details have been altered.The netizen who criticized Azarcon’s post said that her accusations against Cacnio must be now proven in court because it already ruined the credibility of the Filipino sculptor.Another Netizen from U.P responded to the statement of Stienstra’s husband and he said that if the Dutch artist used ‘sculptural conventions to suggest weightlessness’ she committed plagiarism too because Quentin Bell also used the same concept in his sculpture in 1982.Cacnio also released his official statement in his Facebook page:To all those asking questions: Before today, I had never seen nor heard of Ms. Stienstra or her work. Hindi ko siya kilala. We’ve never been to the Netherlands. I was not inspired by her, I did not model my work after hers. I am not guilty of plagiarizing or copying her work, “Virgins of Apeldoorn”. #UPLIFT is my own creation. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/artist-made-virgins-apeldoorn-says-artist-behind-female-oblation-plagiarized-sculpture/ |
Shocker: Caitlyn Jenner Announces She Is Expecting A Child | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 28/12/2017 0:00 | As if the former Bruce Jenner hadn’t already shocked the world by announcing that he was transitioning to a woman, a second announcement by the now Caitlyn is sending chills and squeals across the globe.Americans woke up this morning in disbelief at the announcement that the 66-year-old Jenner is expecting a baby — not just because of her age but also of her unfinished transition (Jenner has not undergone gender reassignment surgery).But our sources have confirmed that Jenner definitely told her close friends and family over the Christmas weekend that she expects to adopt a child. “Being a mom is a long-time dream of mine,” she said. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/28/shocker-caitlyn-jenner-announces-she-is-expecting-a-child/#respond |
Leni Robredo Launches Nationwide Healthy Halloween Project | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 24/10/2017 0:00 | Vice President Leni Robredo is very busy these days.When she is not blabbering about rebuilding Marawi City or criticizing Chinese-funded infrastructure projects like the Bicol Express, Robredo is launching projects aimed at improving the health of Filipino children.Well, it’s that time of year when kids go trick or treating, making the rounds of their neighborhoods collecting chocolates and candies to fill their Halloween buckets.Today, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) announced that it was launching Leni’s Halugaween Project. It encourages adults to dispense of the usual chocolate and candy treats and instead go for packets of lugaw.”This will ensure that our Filipino kids are well nourished especially during the holiday season,” Robredo told The Adobo Chronicles.Lugaw, anyone? | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/10/24/leni-robredo-launches-nationwide-healthy-halloween-project/ |
Philippines Is First Country To Offer Triple Citizenship | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 1/10/2016 0:00 | Natural-born Filipinos who lost their Filipino citizenship through naturalization in a foreign country may re-acquire Philippine citizenship by virtue of Republic Act 9225. Re-acquiring Philippine citizenship under the said law does not require a person to renounce allegiance to any other country.Dual citizens enjoy many benefits including the right to own real estate in the Philippines.Now, in an unprecedented move never before seen in the international community, the Philippines is offering triple citizenship under Republic Act 9994.In addition to being both a Filipino citizen and a citizen of the foreign country in which he or she has been naturalized, dual citizens can now enjoy the benefits of senior citizenship.From free movies to discounts at restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and transportation venues, senior citizens can now enjoy the fruits of their hard work. They also enjoy priority status ing day-to-day activities.No oath is necessary to be a triple citizen. One just needs to show proof of age — from 60 and above.Imagine having a blue passport, a brown passport and a yellow passport! (Well, at least if your Philippine residence is in Quezon City.) | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/01/philippines-is-first-country-to-offer-triple-citizenship/ |
“NO RESPECT FOR THE DEAD” Daughter of Noli Asensio debunked the post of Cynthia Patag that her father was a victim of war on drugs. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-10-17 00:42:04+08:00 | Cynthia Patag was criticised by the Netizens after she posted a story of Jim Paredes’s wife Lydia Paredes on Facebook.The story claimed that Noli Asensio an alleged drug user who recovering from drug addiction was abducted and killed by vigilantes.But the story was debunked by the artist Nicole Laurel Asensio the daughter of Noli Asensio and slammed Cynthia Patag and the Paredes’ for disrespecting the grieving of Asensio family.According to Nicole, she was with Mr. Asensio until the last hours of her father. She condemned the people who used her father’s death for political schemes.Friends of Asensio family including Lea Salonga was also disappointed and said that Patag disrespected the dead.Nicole Laurel said that using her dad’s name for some kind of movement doesn’t help them. She also said that the prayers of the yellow supporters for her dad is fake.Kat Kat, a friend of Iwi Laurel blasts the critics of President Duterte and said that using every opportunity to defame the current admin is very low.Vpr Ruiz said that using the death of someone to use against the current administration is a crazy and evil move.Elilsa Nainalsa was also angered by Patag post because of politicizing the death of someone.Jim Paredes apologized to Nicole for what Cynthia posted on Social Media. He said that they do not know that Patag posted the message of his wife to her on Facebook, but friends of Nicole was not convinced by Paredes’ reasons. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/no-respect-dead-daughter-noli-asensio-debunked-post-cynthia-patag-father-victim-war-drugs/ |
WILL PHILIPPINES SENATOR ESCUDERO’S WEDDING CAKE MAKE THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD? | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 4/1/2018 0:00 | extravagant, pompous and star-studded. Their Seven Million-peso, 12-foot wedding cake even made international headlines. It, however, failed to break the current Guinness World Record for the largest wedding cake.But that was 2014. It is now 2015, and another Filipino Royal Wedding is coming up soon. February 15, 2015 to be exact.It is the wedding of Philippines Senator Chiz Escudero and actress Heart Evangelista. The couple got engaged last August 23 and are scheduled to tie the knot the day after Valentine’s at Balesin Island Club.All eyes, are of course, on the couple’s wedding cake. How will it compare to the Dantes-Rivera cake, and more importantly, will it break the current Guinness record?The world’s largest wedding cake on record weighed 6.818 tonnes (15,032 lb) and was made by chefs at the Mohegan Sun Hotel and Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA and displayed at their New England bridal showcase on 8 February 2004.The Adobo Chronicles has learned that the couple has chosen a cake designer. While the design and dimensions of the cake remain secret, we can confirm who has been commissioned to do the baking and designing honors. Her name is Judy Uson. Read more about this celebrity cake designer and chef in the online magazine Positively Filipino.Whether or not the cake will make it to the Guinness World Records remains to be seen. Stay tuned. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/01/04/will-philippines-senator-escuderos-wedding-cake-make-the-guinness-world-record/?share=email |
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT NOYNOY AQUINO: DO THE RIGHT THING | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 4/7/2017 0:00 | Every so often, The Adobo Chronicles breaks away from its satirical nature to bring a story or issue to the fore in a serious and truthful manner. This is one of those rare occasions.We are publishing ‘An Open Letter to President NoyNoy Aquino: Do the Right Thing,’ in connection with the growing controversy over the exclusion of actress Nora Aunor from this year’s list of National Artists. It was written by our publisher.Please feel free to share widely.Read OPEN LETTER. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/07/04/an-open-letter-to-president-noynoy-aquino-do-the-right-thing/ |
PHILIPPINE DEPARTMENT STORE GIANT SM TO CONVERT INTO PX GOODS CENTERS | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 27/04/2017 0:00 | SM, the Philippines’ leader in the retail industry, announced today that it was converting some of its department stores into PX Goods Centers. PX stands for Post Exchange which is basically the military department store. It sold goods that the average local store didn’t have. Servicemen would bring their native girlfriends or wives shopping on base. PX goods were extremely popular during the tenure of U.S. Military bases in the Philippines.Now, as the Philippines and the United States prepare to sign a new 10-year agreement allowing renewed American military presence in this Southeast Asian country, SM said it would start converting some of its major stores into PX centers, starting with cities in which there are (or have been) military bases. These include the former Clark Airforce Base in Angeles City, Subic Naval Base in Olongapo City and John Hay Airforce Base in Baguio City. SM said it will also convert some of its department stores in the Visayas and Mindanao.Filipino Americans hailed the SM announcement saying that this will eliminate the need to include such American goods like SPAM, Libby’s Corned Beef, Taster’s Choice Instant Coffee and Dove soap in balikbayan boxes they regularly ship to loved ones in the Philippines. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/04/27/philippine-department-store-giant-sm-to-convert-into-px-goods-centers/#respond |
What Rappler Did Not Tell You When Googling About ‘Psychopath Philippines’ | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 2/5/2017 0:00 | It must have been a slow news day that Rappler’s major story was about googling the words, ‘Psychopath Philippines.’ 🇵🇭 The online news source’s point was that when you do a Google search of the two words, the results are dominated by President Rodrigo Duterte.It will be recalled that Philippine actress Agot Isidro once took to her social media account and called Duterte a ‘psychopath.’What Rappler failed to mention (or deliberately omitted) in its story is that when one does a Google or Facebook search of ‘Idiot Isidro,’ the results will be dominated by — who else — the idiot actress who started it all. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/05/02/what-rappler-did-not-tell-you-when-googling-about-psychopath-philippines/ |
IN AUSTRALIA, IT’S RAINING SPIDERS! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 19/05/2018 0:00 | Many of us have heard the phrase, “It’s raining cat’s and dogs,” and it’s really more of a figure of speech. We’ve also heard “It’s raining men,” but that’s a 1980’s hit song by The Weather Girls.However, in Australia, when one says, “It’s raining spiders,” it really IS raining spiders.Residents of Goulburn, Australia, awoke this month to find their town shrouded in eerie, silken webs, while millions of tiny spiders rained down from above, local news reported.“The whole place was covered in these little black spiderlings and when I looked up at the sun it was like this tunnel of webs going up for a couple of hundred meters into the sky,” resident Ian Watson told the Sydney Morning Herald. His house looked like it had been “abandoned and taken over by spiders,” he added.Australia is known as a country for all seasons. You can do practically anything at any time of year. There are four seasons (winter, spring, summer and fall) across most of the country and a wet and dry season in the tropical north.With this latest phenomenon, however, Australia will add a fifth season during the time when spiders fall from the sky and the ground is blanketed by white spider webs.The new season will be called Arachnoid season. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/19/in-australia-its-raining-spiders/ |
New Zealand promises support for Philippines Dairy Program | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-09-27 03:18:48+08:00 | Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pińol said that New Zealand pledges support for Philippines Dairy Program.The good news was shared by Pińol on his personal Facebook account.The first bilateral meeting of Pińol and New Zealand Minister of Primary Industries Nathan Guy got a good result after NZ pledges technical support for the Filipinos who worked in the Dairy Industry.They also discussed a short course program for young Filipinos in dairy farming in New Zealand.The support of New Zealand was a big help to the program of Department of Agriculture to improve the knowledge of the Filipino Dairy Farmers.Meanwhile, lawmakers including Representative Lito Atienza gave their support to the Department of Agriculture in their mission to help millions of famers, fishermen and livestock raiser in the Philippines. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/new-zealand-promises-support-philippines-dairy-program/ |
71-Year-Old Australian Nun Marries 35-Year-Old Filipino Priest, Avoids Deportation | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 25/05/2018 0:00 | She violated the law and the conditions of her temporary stay in the Philippines. Now, she is using the law to avoid deportation.Sr. Patricia Fox, a 71-year-old Missionary nun was ordered deported after violating Philippine immigration law that prohibits foreign visitors from participating in political activity while in the country. She was supposed to have left on May 25 but the timeline was extended to June 18.But Fox is not waiting for June 18. She practically avoided immediate deportation by marrying a 35-year-old Filipino priest. That marriage entitles her to apply for Filipino citizenship after 5 years — that is, when she turns 76.The Adobo Chronicles could not verify if the Filipino priest had left the ministry. But we think so since Catholic priests are not allowed to marry. We also don’t know if this was a case of love at first sight. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/05/25/71-year-old-australian-nun-marries-35-year-old-filipino-priest-avoids-deportation/ |
The Coco Levy Scam, Danding Cojuangco and Grace Poe | [] | 2016-04-19 23:53:31+00:00 | The Coco Levy Scam orchestrated by former President Ferdinand Marcos and his cronies (foremost of which was Danding Cojuangco) during the Marcos Dictatorship, taxed the coconut farmers in the guise of developing the coconut industry and alleviating the plight of the marginalized coconut farmer. Instead, the substantial funds generated from the Levy over the course of the Dictatorship were used for the personal profit of Ferdinand Marcos, Danding Cojuangco, Juan Ponce Enrile (yes, virtually the “Father of Grand Scams in the Philippines”, this bastard was involved in this one too; yet, neither Danding nor Johnny are locked-up in jail), among other cronies. (Don’t tell me Edgardo Angara of ACCRA Law Offices did not get a hefty chunk of change for prostituting his legal skills to Danding. Just look at all the ill-gotten wealth—land and other properties—he now owns in Baler . . . and that’s just for being a crony of a crony . . . but I digress.)Ever since Marcos and Danding were puked-out of the Philippines, they have mobilized their virtually unlimited ill-gotten wealth and resources to prevent and frustrate the just recovery and rightful return of the same to the national coffers, including an aggressive, sustained and generously-funded legal and extra-legal (i.e., over the past forty (40) plus years, many corrupt government officials have gotten wealthy from bribes to obstruct, side-track, delay or just sit on the proper resolution of the Coco Levy Scam) offensive to retain private ownership of business interests that were acquired using funds from the Coco Levy Scam.In the end (after an unjustifiably long, drawn-out and unnecessarily arduous litigation process) and in light of crystal-clear compelling evidence of the blatant machinations of Danding, Marcos and dummy-entities like the COCOFED (that purports to protect the interests of coconut farmers but does the opposite), the Supreme Court (in October 2012) finally awarded some twenty-four percent (24%) of San Miguel Corp. shares bought by Coco Levy funds (but claimed and, until recently, controlled by Danding Cojuangco) to the Philippine Government for the benefit and use of coconut farmers and the coconut industry. However, the funds (although already awarded by the Supreme Court and then amounting to about P71 billion) remained frozen because its utilization apparently required an Entry of Judgement by . . . (you guessed it) the Supreme Court, which was only issued in December 2014.Why pray tell does the Entry of Judgement follow more than two years after the final decision of the Supreme Court? As Randy David said before, let’s just appoint Estelito Mendoza (legal counsel extraordinaire to the Who’s Who of Philippine Super Crooks, including Danding Cojuangco and Bobby Ongpin) as the supreme arbiter of the entire Philippine judicial system and do away with the Supreme Court.In any case, after the Supreme Court’s much-delayed Entry of Judgement, President Benigno Simeon Aquino III (in March 2015) proceeds to issue Executive Order No. 179 (providing the administrative guidelines for the inventory and privatization of coco levy assets) and Executive Order No. 180 (providing the administrative guidelines for the reconveyance and utilization of coco levy assets for the benefit of the coconut farmers and the development of the coconut industry). Shortly thereafter (in June 2015), the Supreme Court (no doubt under the watchful oversight of the Supreme Arbiter, Estelito Mendoza), in response to petitioner COCOFED (dummy of Danding Cojuangco), temporarily stopped the implementation of the two executive orders through a temporary restraining order.In October 2015, the House of Representatives passed on third reading the Coco Levy Trust Fund Bill, which President Aquino also certified as “URGENT”. Notwithstanding, the Senate has been sitting on the pending “URGENT” Bill. The Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, which is responsible for the said pending “URGENT” Bill, are Cynthia Villar and Grace Poe, respectively. Villar is a known ally of Danding and Grace Poe’s presidential campaign is funded by Danding. For campaign sorties, Poe borrows the corporate plane of San Miguel, which is essentially controlled by Danding. Poe’s husband, Neil Llamanzares, is employed by San Miguel.Assuming Mar Roxas and Leni Robredo win the May elections, I am reasonably confident that the Coco Levy Trust Fund Bill will be jointly passed by the House of Representative and the Senate within the year of 2016. On the other hand, if Poe becomes President, I have serious doubts that the same Bill will ever see the light of day.At this point, Danding (who is at the pre-departure area bound for eternal damnation) just wants to obstruct the utilization of the Coco Levy funds. If he can’t have it, then nobody else will. He has spent more than half of his adult life raping and pillaging coconut farmers, among others, he is not about to stop just because he’s dying. This miserable prick is the patron of Grace Poe, who has essentially prostituted her popularity to the highest bidder . . . like Edgardo Angara and Estelito Mendoza, who have prostituted their legal skills to Danding . . . like all the corrupt government officials in and out of the judicial system who have had a hand in delaying the just and rightful resolution of the Coco Levy Scam over the past forty plus (40+) years . . . like the COCOFED dummy of Danding that pretends to fight for the interest of coconut farmers (but does the opposite).Grace Poe’s alliance with Danding Cojuangco is itself a statement of what is to be—a disingenuous dummy administration wrought with super crooks that will drag our country to hell. With the Philippine Presidential Elections just around the corner, let’s connect the dots folks. The very soul of our country depends on it.[Photo courtesy Bulatlat.] | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/04/coco-levy-scam-danding-cojuangco-grace-poe/ |
Mercedes Unveils Its Jeepney Benz | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 2/3/2016 0:00 | Car manufacturing and sales continue to boom in the Philippines, proof that the country is no longer the “Sick Man of Asia,” but rather, “The Rising Tiger.”The fact that the German company, Porche, has opened a dealership in the Philippines is a testament that there is a lucrative market for luxury cars in the country.Now, Mercedes Benz has unveiled its latest model, available only in the Philippines — the Jeepney Benz. It is modeled after the military-style passenger vehicles which are the primary mode of mass transportation especially in the urban areas like Metro Manila and Baguio.The first unit of the newly-assembled fleet of Jeepney Benz hit the road last weekend in Baguio City, summer capital of the Philippines. The launch coincided with one of the largest festivals in the country, the ‘Panagbenga’ or flower blossom festival.A spokesperson for Mercedes Benz said that by the end of 2016, most, if not all of the aging passenger jeepneys in Baguio will have been replaced by the Jeepney Benz. Mercedes is offering a low-interest loan to jeepney operators to encourage them to trade in their old vehicles for the luxury model.So, when in Baguio, ride in style. The Mercedes way. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/02/mercedes-unveils-its-jeepney-benz/ |
Revealed: Kris Aquino’s ‘Princess’ Role In Hollywood Film, “Crazy Rich Asians” | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 26/10/2017 0:00 | Many of her fans were looking forward to her moment of fame, a la ‘Sunset Boulevard’: “Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up!”Well it wasn’t going to be quite a Norma Desmond moment, but still, it was a Hollywood dream film for Kris Aquino, playing a cameo role as a princess in “Crazy Rich Asians.”She announced it on her Instagram account, saying she has signed a deal to appear in this new Hollywood film project based on the novel by Kevin Kwan.With about 7 luggages in tow, she posed for the cameras as she was checking in for a flight to Singapore where the movie was being filmed.Also in her check-in baggage were several designer gowns fit for her royal Hollywood film debut.But alas, it was all a misunderstanding.Her cameo role was for an orderly at the Princess Hospital where the rich Asians go for their medical care.For the uninitiated, an “orderly” is an attendant in a hospital responsible for the nonmedical care of patients and the maintenance of order and cleanliness.She didn’t have to bring any wardrobe from Manila. Her costume was waiting for her at the set. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/10/26/revealed-kris-aquinos-princess-role-in-hollywood-film-crazy-rich-asians/#respond |
COMELEC TO DECLARE MAYOR RODRIGO DUTERTE A NUISANCE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 23/11/2017 0:00 | Many Filipinos are wondering how Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte can still run for Philippine president when the deadline for the filing of candidacy has passed. The answer is in an unspoken law that allows declared candidates belonging to a political party to withdraw and designate a “substitute.”Martin Diño, the presidential candidate of Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) withdrew from the race on Oct. 29 to pave the way for Duterte to run in his stead.There is one problem, though. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is pursuing cases in which it would declare certain candidates as “nuisance candidates,” and subsequently disqualifying them from the electoral race. Diño is one of those candidates.So, run if he will, but Duterte will be declared by COMELEC as a nuisance candidate, because a nuisance candidate like Diño can only be replaced by another nuisance candidate.It’s more fun in the Philippines. Especially in politics! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/11/23/comelec-to-declare-mayor-rodrigo-duterte-a-nuisance-presidential-candidate/?share=email |
In New York, ‘Journalist’ Raissa Robles Admits She Shares Not Only Information But Also Gossip | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 21/10/2017 0:00 | It was billed as a book tour to promote her stale book titled ‘Marcos Martial Law: Never Again.’ But Raissa Robles focused on criticizing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his supporters in talks she held in the U.S. West and East Coasts before audiences that couldn’t even hit 30. (When journalists write “-30-“ it means the end of their story.)In New York City today, before an audience of less than two dozen at a Catholic Church named after St. Francis of Assisi, Robles admitted she was not all about investigative journalism or truthful information, but also gossip.Let’s hear it from the horse’s mouth: | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/10/21/in-new-york-journalist-raissa-robles-admits-she-shares-not-only-information-but-also-gossip/#respond |
HUNDREDS FINED IN CALIFORNIA FOR ACCEPTING THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 15/08/2017 0:00 | from washing their cars and hosing down sidewalks to watering their lawns.In the last two weeks, close to 800 Californians were cited and fined for dousing themselves with buckets of ice in their front yard, a clear violation of the new ordinance. Most of the citations were served in person, for those who were caught in the act of dousing. However, a few violators received citations in the mail after they posted their videos on social media. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/08/15/hundreds-fined-in-california-for-accepting-the-ice-bucket-challenge/ |
IRISH NUNS PRAY AND PLAY FOR ALS CURE | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 5/9/2017 0:00 | There’s a different kind of Ice Bucket Challenge happening in Ireland. Men are pouring buckets of ice cold beer over their heads while nuns are praying for a cure for this neurodegenerative disease called ALS.But wait, aren’t nuns entitled to some fun, too?The Redemptoristine Nuns of Dublin think so. While they continue to pray for divine intervention to help find a cure for Lou Gehrig’s disease, they also believe that prayer alone will not do the trick. So they participated in their own Ice Bucket Challenge in the Abbey courtyard, and boy, did they have some fun.On their web site, they describe themselves as “an enclosed contemplative community of religious women. Our life is centered around the Liturgy of the Hours, the Eucharist, personal prayer and contemplation. We hold the needs of the world in our heart in prayer.”We can therefore assume that this was a one-time-only activity for the nuns and that it’s not going to turn into a bad habit for them.You can learn more about the Redemptoristine nuns and view their Ice Bucket Challenge video here. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/09/05/irish-nuns-pray-and-play-for-als-cure/ |
READ: Cayetano writes open letter to Rappler over dog meme | [] | 2017-01-30 17:13:24+08:00 | Senator Alan Peter Cayetano reacted to Rappler’s insensitivity and irresponsibility over ‘accidental’ posting of a dog meme during the Chinese New Year showing Caterano, DOJ Secretary Aguirre and Mocha Uson as dogs of the President Rody Duterte.Rappler took the photo down and apologized for only posting it but not to the three personalities in the meme. Read Cayetano’s letter below.Dear Rappler,I have always respected your media organization and reporters even when I disagreed with them, and yes, even when untrue or nasty things were written about me.That’s because I believe in the freedom of the press, the value of information and transparency and in the basic human value of respect.This meme speaks a thousand words about Rappler, the person who authored it and your editors.We may differ drastically in our political views and how to solve the country’s problems, but I’d like to believe we share the same love for GOD and Country.We are all made from GOD’s Image and are but stewards in this world, all trying to make the world better for the next generation.Bakit kailangan mag personalan, use ad hominems, resort to name calling?If a Cabinet Member, Senator or Congressman depicted you as dogs and twisted the good value of loyalty to the appearance of being a tuta, the media will be in an uproar. Media organizations will demand ethics cases, boycotts and maybe resignations.CLICK BELOW TO CONTINUE…(NUJP et al where are you guys?)Yet you posted a simple apology not even directed to Sec Aguire nor to Mocha (nevermind me, I’m used to being a whipping boy anyway).Does supporting and believing in the Duterte administration make us dogs/tuta?Dog/Tuta? Does anything in my 24 years of service to government point to that. Haven’t I stood up even at the risk of my life, when the country needed me to stand up and lend my voice.First of all why the meme? Have you done that for past politicians (especially those you like and favor)?Who made the meme and posted it? What was his or her punishment? But the biggest question is why such a meme existed in your office? Is Rappler doubling as a social media propaganda machine? Didn’t Rappler publish an article on weaponizing the internet?Rappler has unfairly attacked us in the past. In 2010, it even targeted our election bid in Taguig, yet I’ve always fought that Rappler be present in the campaign and presscons (as well as other media outfits even if they are sometimes biased), because we need transparency. We need a vibrant, free press, and responsible press.I assume you are apologizing for your actions not just for getting caught so….So since its (Chinese) New Year and since the BIBLE says forgive 7 times 77, I forgive you.GOD Bless The Philippines!Senator Alan Peter CayetanoThe letter was originally posted on his facebook account. What can you say about this? Leave your comments below | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/read-cayetano-writes-open-letter-rappler-dog-meme/ |
Duterte on De Lima: ‘Shabu in Bilibid started during her time’ | [] | 2016-05-26 16:58:51+08:00 | ‘Siya ang magbantay sa akin’A warning from the incoming President Rodrigo Duterte told reporters during his midnight presscon to the former Department of Justice secretary and incoming senator Leila de Lima.The statement came after de Lima also warned Duterte that she will be a watchdog of his administration. The lady senator vowed to look over the moves of the President in 6 years as she is not in favor of Duterte’s plans under his administration especially killing criminals through a death penalty . It looks like Duterte doesn’t like the taste of the de Lima’s statement.” The shabu started (in New Bilibid prison) during her time. Sya ang magbantay sa akin” Duterte said.During the Aquino administration, the New Bilibid prison was in controversy after reports revealed that Shabu-cooking inside the prison is prevalent and convicted drug lords continue to operate outside the cells in collaboration with some police officers and government officials.” I will investigate you and I will file charges against you. May access ako sa lahat ng mga documents sa gobyerno. It took you 7 months before you enter the premises. Why?” Duterte said.The word-war between the two government officials started when former Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte blatantly said that he would kill smugglers in Davao City. For de Lima, it was against the human rights and against the law.” Don’t pick a fight against me. You will lose” warned Duterte.What can you say about this de Lima and Duterte’s word war? Leave your comments below! | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/duterte-de-lima-shabu-started-time/ |
“Hindi pa tapos ang boxing!” Malacanang worried about the decision of DOJ to dismiss Lim, Espinosa case | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2018-03-13 12:14:38+08:00 | Malacañang Palace expresses concern on the decision of the Department of Justice prosecution panel to dismiss the illegal drug case against Kerwin Espinosa and Peter Lim.On Tuesday, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque asked the public to avoid panic because the dismissal of the case against the alleged drug lords were not yet final.According to him, Justice Secretary Vitalliano Aguire III would going to review the decision of the prosecution panel which stated that there’s no enough evidence to prove that Espinosa and Lim were selling illegal drugs.“On the dismissal of the case against Peter Lim and Kerwin Espinosa, we would like to assure the public that the decision is far from being final and it still subject to automatic review by Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre III and we will look forward to the review made by Aguirre,” Roque said.“Meanwhile we understand the sentiments and the frustration of the public over the dismissal, but stressed that the police can be file the case, can introduce additional evidence, but we need to be careful at this stage that the evidence would be complete to sustain a conviction when filed before the courts,”Roque was also unsure if Philippine National Police (PNP) included the testimony of Espinosa which he repeatedly admitted that he’s operating illegal drug business or if the cops neglected the gathering of evidence.He also assured that President Rodrigo Duterte would quickly punish the people behind the decision if there’s a conspiracy happened.“Wag pong mabahala ang lahat, dahil hindi pa tapos ang boxing.” Roque told the reporters.Roque also explained that the dismissal of the case against Espinosa and Lim would not affect the case of the detained Senator Leila De Lima.They also reacted on the latest criticisms of Senator Antonio Trillanes against President Rodrigo Duterte who called the anti-illegal drug operation of the current administration as a ‘fake drug war’.“Nako sinasamantala lang yan ni Senator Trillanes,” Roque said.As of writing, President Rodrigo Duterte is not yet releasing a statement on the latest decision of DOJ. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/hindi-pa-tapos-ang-boxing-malacanang-worried-decision-doj-dismiss-lim-espinosa-case/ |
METRO MANILA WILL BE SPLIT INTO TWO MAJOR CITIES | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 9/3/2017 0:00 | Metro Manila in the Philippines is probably the most congested metropolis in the entire world. It comprises of several big cities and towns with their respective local government units but that in itself makes the delivery of government services truly inefficient and ineffective. That is about to end.Manila Mayor and former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is proposing to split Metro Manila into just two major cities: Northern Manila and Southern Manila. Estrada’s plan is quite simple. The division line will be the Pasig River which runs from Manila Bay to Laguna Bay. All cities and towns north of the Pasig River will comprise Northern Manila and everything else south of the river will comprise Southern Manila.There is one big problem.Most of Manila and Makati are south of the Pasig River, which begs the question, who will be the mayor of Southern Manila? Joseph Estrada or Makati Mayor Junjun Binay, son of incumbent Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay who is running for president in 2016?A poll conducted by The Adobo Chronicles shows a 50-50 split in support for Estrada and Binay. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/03/09/metro-manila-will-be-split-into-two-major-cities/?share=email |
MISS UNIVERSE HOST STEVE HARVEY CAN’T READ, CAN’T SPELL EITHER | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 20/12/2017 0:00 | It was the most embarrassing and awkward moment ever on international live television when Miss Universe host Steve Harvey (‘Family Feud’) announced the wrong winner, apologizing for misreading the names of the first runner-up and the Miss Universe winner in tonight’s pageant in Las Vegas.Harvey announced Miss Philippines as the first runner-up and Miss Colombia as the new Miss Universe, only to correct himself and say that Miss Philippines was actually the winner in the beauty contest.Soon after, he followed up his TV apology with a tweet. It was yet another disaster. He misspelled both countries represented by the ladies : Miss Philippians and Miss Columbia.It will be a long sleepless night for Harvey. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/20/miss-universe-host-steve-harvey-cant-read-cant-spell-either/ |
Trillanes, Hontiveros, et. al., Want A Senate Hearing On U.S. Destroyer Collision Off Japan | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 17/06/2017 0:00 | The new Senate minority bloc, known as Voltes V, has called for a hearing on the recent collision between a U.S. Destroyer and a Philippines-registered cargo ship off the coast of Japan.The destroyer suffered heavy damage, injuries and possible casualties.“We owe it to our good friend Donald Trump to show him that we, the duly-elected senators of the Philippines, are very concerned about the freak accident,” a statement from the block said.Voltes V is composed of Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senators Antonio Trillanes IV, Kiko Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, and Bam Aquino.“We haven’t had a Senate hearing for the last few days now, so this is the perfect opportunity to who our constituents and supporters that we are working very hard to live up to their expectations,” Hontiveros told The Adobo Chronicles.Trillanes added that they want to know whether or not the captain of the cargo vessel had a valid driver’s license from the Land Transportation Office (LTO) as well as a current vehicle insurance. “More importantly” he said, “we want to know if President Duterte had anything to do with the collision.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/06/17/trillanes-hontiveros-et-al-want-a-senate-hearing-on-u-s-destroyer-collision-off-japan/#respond |
PHILIPPINES TO BE RENAMED CAPITALIST REPUBLIC OF SAN MIGUEL | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 9/5/2017 0:00 | San Miguel Corporation is best known for San Miguel Beer, but this Philippine company has extensive investments in fuel, power generation, food, agriculture, aviation, finance and infrastructure. It is on the list of Forbes 2000 largest public companies in the world.Among its latest capital investments is the ambitious plan to build a new international airport in Manila. The existing airport, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has long exceeded its maximum capacity and has, in fact, earned the reputation as the worst international airport in the world.The new airport plan will involve reclaiming (land fill) parts of Manila Bay in order to build up to four runways. Manila Bay has already been chipped away to make room for hotels, a huge shopping mall, casinos and other infrastructure. Initially, the planned airport will be used exclusively by Philippine Airlines (PAL) but will eventually be opened up to foreign airlines. San Miguel Corporation owns 49% of PAL stocks.Since San Miguel Corporation now practically controls major aspects of Filipinos’ daily lives, and with the increasing inability of the government to manage the country, some influential legislators have proposed to rename the Philippines from ‘Republic of the Philippines’ to ‘Capitalist Republic of San Miguel,’ and to turn over management of the government to San Miguel Corporation.Filipinos seem nonchalant about the proposal. In fact, many are drinking to that! As an advertising meme aptly proclaims: “Mag- beer muna tayo!” (Let’s first have a beer). San Miguel beer of course.Related News: San Miguel Corporation To Build, Manage Toll Road in Manila | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/05/09/philippines-to-be-renamed-capitalist-republic-of-san-miguel/?share=email |
HAWAIIAN AIRLINES TO CHANGE ITS NAME | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 6/10/2017 0:00 | Hawaiian Airlines, the official airlines of the Aloha State is changing its name effective Januaruy 1, 2016. Going forward, it will be known as “The Plane.”The change is being made for purposes of easier name recognition and is consistent with the names of the rest of Honolulu’s modes of transportation, such as The Bus and The Cab. Hawaii’s railway system which is now under construction and is expected to be operational in 2016, will take name “The Train.”The Adobo Chronicles also learned that the hotel chains operating in Hawaii are in a bitter fight to be the one to be called “The Hotel.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/10/06/hawaiian-airlines-to-change-its-name/#respond |
“Tatak Duterte!” DPWH announce the construction of Gigantic Super Floating Bridge from Batangas to Mindor | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2018-04-11 18:49:20+08:00 | In the future, Filipinos in Luzon might not need to ride a ship to visit Mindoro anymore.Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced their plan to construct a Gigantic Super Floating Bridge from Batangas to Mindoro Island.The said mega infrastructure which they called “Batangas-Mindoro Bridge” will link the two provinces.Project Alignment of Batangas-Mindoro Bridge Photo: DWPHAccording to DPWH website, the said project aimed to “maximize the current position of Mindoro Island as “Luzon’s Gateway to the South” to the Island Provinces of Visayas and Mindanao Region through opening roads to faster and efficient transport of goods and people along the existing Nautical Highway.”It also help to “boost agriculture and ecotourism” in Mindoro Island.The proposed bridge involves the construction of a 15 kilometer Super Bridge, two (2) or four (4) lanes with an optional pedestrian/bicycle lane, which will link Mindoro Island to the Province of Batangas.The bridge will cover the 8.5 km from Mindoro Island to Verde Island and 6.5 km from Verde Island to Batangas, over a 10m – 300m water depth.It might be the declare as the new longest bridge in the Philippines and the first floating ship in Asia if the construction of the mega bridge completed.According to former Batangas Vice Mayor Mark Leviste, the project would cost $1.2-1.8 billion and it might take two years to complete the bridge. It also can withstand Cyclones up to 350 kph.San Miguel Corporation also expressed their interest in the said project and willing to offer their service to build the bridge.“San Miguel Corporation offered to construct the said super bridge that has a total length of 15 km and will cover the 6.5 kilometers from Barangay Ilijan in Batangas City to Verde Island and 8.5 kilometers that will continue from Verde Island to Barangay Sinandigan in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, over a 10m – 300m water depth” Oriental Mindoro Governor Alfonso Umali Jr. said.The Batangas-Mindoro bridge is just one of the infrastructure planned to construct under the “Build, build, build” program of the Duterte administration. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/dpwh-announce-construction-gigantic-super-floating-bridge-batangas-mindor/ |
Duterte To Sign ‘New’ Amnesty For Trillanes, Other Mutineers | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 12/10/2018 0:00 | There has been a lot of movement in the Cabinet of Philippine President Rodrigo Dueterte this week — the same week that the filing of Certificates of Candidacy for next year’s elections started.Spokesperson Harry Roque is out, as is Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano. Enter Salvador Panelo as the new Press Secretary and Philippine Ambassador to the United Nations Teddy Boy Locsin replacing Cayetano.But there is another major development in the Duterte administration: the President wants to sign a ‘new’ amnesty for Senator Antonio Trillanes and others who have been accused of mutiny. (Nicanor Faeldon, one of the mutineers, has just been appointed new Chief of the Bureau of Corrections).Many will recall that Duterte earlier ‘voided’ a similar amnesty for the mutineers under the previous Aquino administration based on the fact that it was not signed by Aquino himself. Trillanes could not also produce documents of his ‘admission of guilt,’ a requirement for amnesty.But Duterte wants to give peace a chance. All we are saying….New Spokesperson Panelo says that the new amnesty will be unconditional, except for Trillanes, who must accept the amnesty in writing — fully notarized — and promise to become a Dutertard.The Adobo Chronicles tried to reach Trillanes from his hospital bed at St. Luke’s but our calls were not returned. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/10/12/duterte-to-sign-new-amnesty-for-trillanes-other-mutineers/#respond |
IN PHOTOS: President Duterte spotted driving a taxi again? | [] | 2017-10-06 17:15:19+08:00 | Until now, the authenticity of the photos on October 6,2017 12:53am of allegedly President Rody Duterte driving a taxi in Davao City is not yet verified. The uploader didn’t even say if it was really the President. Could it be him knowing that the President is fond of going around Davao City incognito.Duterte was spotted many times on the streets of Davao serving as taxi driver at night. In one of his interviews he said that he wanted to say the current situation on the road and he wanted to kill a ‘holdaper’.In a facebook post of a certain Norman Tamilongan, he said that the driver didn’t even say a word when he and his companion tried to get his attention. There was no ID hanging also inside the cab. READ HIS CAPTION:SI PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE TAXI DRIVER NAMIN KANINA?!?! Kayo na mag judge sa pictures guys, GRABE nag mukha kaming mga FAN GIRLS kanina sa taxi kaka-sigaw ng “JUSKO LORD” PRAMIS! HAHAHAHAHAHA! Kakatapos lang namin mag futsal (indoor football) sa Crocodile park Davao City kanina, then since malayo and madilim palabas ng lugar nag patawag kami ng taxi sa staff, I was with some foreigners din na futsal players, then 10mins while nasa taxi kami, bumulong si Alec na kahawig nung driver si President Duterte, so ginawa ko is nilapit ko mukha ko and tiningnan ko yung rear view mirror, LUMAKI MATA ko sa nakita ko hahahaha pta. CONFIRMED! HAHAHAHAHA! “HALA JUSKO!!” then sabay tumawa yung driver which assume namin na si President talaga. may pa cover pa siya na face towel sa ulo niya We asked him “Pres kayo po ba yan” MARAMING BESES, Then always wala siyang sinabi then tumawa lang, nilapit ko ulit mukha ko then natataranta na yung mga foreigners na kasama namin sabay search ng mukha ni Pres.Duterte sa google para iconfirm Hahahaha! CONFIRMED! ang ingay ingay na nila sa taxi to the point na nag arabic na sila OJ sobra hahahaha! Di namin alam guys if siya ba talaga or Kamukha niya lang, but if SIYA MAN or HINDI SOBRA kaming nag enjoy sa taxi. wala din siyang ID sa Taxi niya which dapat meron. DI ko talaga alam hahahaha PS: AGAIN KAYO NA MAG BASE SA PICTURE! I apologize sa mejjo blurry, pictures were taken while ga drive siya. DAVAO CITY.Here are some throwback photos of the President driving a taxi when he was the city Mayor of Davao.Could it be the President? Leave your comments below! | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/photos-president-duterte-spotted-driving-taxi/ |
IMMIGRATION REFORM: QUICK PATH TO CITIZENSHIP FOR FILIPINOS, VIETNAMESE, CUBANS,CHINESE, ETC. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 3/3/2018 0:00 | for five years and above, you are advised to contact your immigration attorney and start gathering required documentation like passports, utility bills, credit card statements and any proof of payment of sales tax. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/03/03/immigration-reform-quick-path-to-citizenship-for-filipinos-vietnamese-cubanschinese-etc/ |
Duterte To Business People: You Can Give Government Officials A Pat On The Back | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 8/11/2018 0:00 | President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday night repeated his call for businessmen to slap and humiliate corrupt government officials and personnel in his presence.Speaking at the brand launch of Guangzhou Automobile Corporation Motor Philippines in Pasig City, Duterte assured businessmen that he’d be available 24 hours to meet them should they wish to air their concerns against corrupt officials.“And I assure you that if it is indeed something which amounts to corruption or graft, I’ll give you the privilege of slapping that person a dozen times in front of me,” Duterte said.The Adobo Chronicles asked President Spokesperson Salvador Panelo this question: But what if it turns out that the government officials are proven to be honest and doing an excellent job?”Then,” Panelo said, “ the businessmen and women can give the government officials a pat on the back.Fair enough! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/11/08/duterte-to-business-people-you-can-give-government-officials-a-pat-on-the-back/ |
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