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Gordon believes that Cabinet members isn’t on the same side of Duterte on Marcos burial should resign
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2016-11-20 23:38:29+08:00
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Senator Richard Gordon believed that Cabinet members who opposed President Duterte in his position on the burial of Late dictator Ferdinand Marcos should resign from their positions.“Resign from your post if your conscience isn’t on the same side as President Rodrigo Duterte.” Richard Gordon said during a radio interview Sunday.He believes that a Cabinet member should be on the side with the President and if she or he can’t agree with Duterte’s decisions anymore, she or he should resign.“Kung ikaw ay cabinet member you have to side with the president kung hindi mo na kaya na mag-side sa pangulo at ng prinsipyo mo, you resign,”Gordon criticised the members of Duterte Cabinet who always opposed the decision of the President, Gordon expected that if the relationship of Duterte and the Cabinet members goes bitter, the President may kick her or him out.“Yun ang mangyayari kasi you are the President, cabinet kasama kayo, kapag ikaw ay kokontra at hindi na kayo magka-igihan ng president you resign or the president fires you,” Gordon said without mentioning any names from Duterte cabinet.Some Cabinet members of President Duterte including Vice President Leni Robredo opposed the surprise burial of Former dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani.When the interviewer asked Gordon if he was referring to the Vice President, the Senator refused to answer.Gordon urged the politicians to follow their conscience if they cannot agree with the President’s decision.Vice President Leni Robredo is the first Cabinet member of President Duterte who opposed the burial of Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. She described the burial of the late dictator as “thief in the night”.DSWD Secretary Judy Taguiwalo, a torture victim during Martial Law said that Marcos will never be a hero however, she don’t want a rift between her and Duterte because he is her President.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/gordon-believes-cabinet-members-isnt-side-duterte-marcos-burial-resign/
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APPLE NIXES iPHONE 6, WILL UNVEIL iPHONE 7
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['Pol Pinoy']
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11/5/2017 0:00
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The rumor mill is overflowing with lots of speculation that Apple will unveil its next series of its popular iPhone this August, a month earlier than its usual schedule in announcing its new products.After speaking with very reliable sources inside Apple’s Cupertino headquarters, The Adobo Chronicles can now confirm that the Silicon Valley tech giant will indeed unveil the next generation iPhone on August 1, but it will not be an iPhone 6.Sources said that Apple is skipping the iPhone 6 and will instead come out with the iPhone 7. The reason? Apple executives realize that the number ‘6’ is bad for business and that the company wants to be politically correct and sensitive to the religious and superstitious beliefs of its loyal customer base.To add the number 6 to its smartphone, given that the current operating system (iOS) is version 10.66, Apple fears that it may be accused of promoting the Anti-Christ or the devil. In the bible and other literature, the Anti-Christ and devil are represented by the numbers 666.The good news for iPhone fans is that the new version of the smartphone is thinner, bigger, faster and transparent ( see photo).In less than 24 hours since announcing the new iPhone 7, Apple said that the backorder and waiting time for the iPhone 7 is now estimated to be 666 days.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/05/11/aaple-nixes-iphone-6-will-unveil-iphone-7/
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DONALD TRUMP TO ISRAEL’S BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: “YOU’RE A COPYCAT”
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['Pol Pinoy']
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6/9/2018 0:00
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump today accused Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being a ‘copycat.’Israel has begun building a fence along part of the country’s eastern border with Jordan as Syrian civil war refugees and other migrants flee their countries. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday: “We see today what happens when countries lose control of their borders. Earlier in the day, Netanyahu bemoaned the “human tragedy” of Syria’s civil war and said Israel has helped out victims. However, he said Israel isn’t large enough to do much more.Trump told reporters that “The Israeli prime minister needs to be more original in his pronouncements and policies instead of copying my ideas.”Trump had proposed building a ‘great wall’ along the entire U.S.-Mexico border as a way to stop illegal immigration. He fell short of asking Netanyahu to pay him royalty fees for stealing his idea.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/06/donald-trump-to-israels-benjamin-netanyahu-youre-a-copycat/
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BREAKING: GlaxoSmithKline Announces New Powerful Weight Loss Pill
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['Pol Pinoy']
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29/06/2016 0:00
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The U.K.-based pharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) — the world’s fifth largest — announced today that it has developed the most powerful weight loss pill ever.GSK expects to start marketing the new drug in the next few weeks, starting in Europe.The new drug, called Brexit, is said to guarantee significant loss of pounds.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/06/29/breaking-glaxosmithkline-announces-new-powerful-weight-loss-pill/?share=email
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WATCH LIVE: President Rody Duterte Inauguration
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2016-06-30 09:34:50+08:00
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Duterte was the mayor of Davao City for more than two decades. He ran for president on an anti-crime and anti-corruption platform before taking victory in the May vote. The new president will be sworn in by Supreme Court Associate Justice Bienvenido Reyes at the Rizal Ceremonial Hall in the Malacanang Palace with over 600 guests and diplomats in attendance.What can you say about this historical event? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/watch-live-president-rody-duterte-inauguration/
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‘I Won’t Be Back,” Kris Aquino Says On Boy Abunda’s TV Show As She Walks Out
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['Pol Pinoy']
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25/11/2017 0:00
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TV host Boy Abunda calls Kris Aquino ‘Love,’ but there seems to be love lost between the two entertainment pals.In an episode of Abunda’s show, the retired Aquino seemed at first to be ignoring all of Abunda’s questions. Then all hell breaks loose. The former presidential sister started screaming then walks out of the live set.Aquino is heard off camera saying, ‘No, I am not coming ack!’The Adobo Chronicles caught up with Aquino on her way out of the TV studio and we asked her if she really meant what she said.”It’s true, no? I will never be back on TV, especially on Boy Abunda’s show. Very intrigero siya. But I will be back in the limelight, not on TV but as senator. Itsura lang ng Mocha Uson na yan,” she said.(Uson is rumored to being groomed as a senatorial candidate for Duterte’s PDP-Laban Party in 2019.)
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/11/25/i-wont-be-back-kris-aquino-says-on-boy-abundas-tv-show-as-she-walks-out/#respond
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Justice Department Prepares For Senator Leila De Lima’s Return To The Philippines
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['Pol Pinoy']
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22/12/2016 0:00
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Senator Leila De Lima is set to return to the Philippines following her travel to the United States to receive an award and to Germany to speak at an international conference.Here’s what awaits her homecoming.On Wednesday, December 21, the Philippines Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a criminal case against her for allegedly ignoring the summons from the parliamentary committee and subcommittees. The department also accused her of obstruction of justice by stopping her former driver from testifying in front of a panel probing illegal drug trade inside a prison facility.DOJ has also prepared a welcome ceremony fit for a returning VIP. She will disembark from her plane to a tube that takes her directly to the national penitentiary.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/12/22/justice-department-prepares-for-senator-leila-de-limas-return-to-the-philippines/#respond
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WATCH: Inday Sara delivers good news in her State of City Address
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2017-09-12 22:16:17+08:00
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Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte delivered her State of City Address at the Sanggunian Panglungsod in Davao City, late afternoon today.The Mayor highlighted the rising economy of the city. She also mentioned that the Presidency of Digong boosted the numbers of tourists in the city which made the local government save extra from tourism and promotions budget.She also revealed future plans that the LGU will be implementing in the coming years. It’s gonna be a NEW DAVAO. Watch the video below!Any thoughts? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/watch-inday-sara-delivers-good-news-state-city-address/
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SILICON VALLEY ENTREPRENEUR HAS SOLUTION FOR GROUP ‘SELFIES’ : RETRACTABLE BOOM POLES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/04/2017 0:00
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thus making it easy to carry around anywhere for those instant selfie moments. At one end of the pole is a custom adjustable clip that can hold a smart phone or tablet. It is bluetooth-enabled so that the selfie taker can click the camera wirelessly from his or her end of the pole.The Adobo Chronicles has learned that smartphone giants Samsung and Apple are competing to be the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of this new device.Stay tuned. In the meantime, go get a ‘selfie.’Related Story: American Psychiatric Association Makes It Official: Selfies Is A Mental DisorderRelated Story: Samsung, Apple To Kill Front-Facing Camera On Their Smartphones
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/04/30/silicon-valley-entrepreneur-has-solution-for-group-selfies-retractable-boom-poles/#respond
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Leni Robredo: If I’m President, I Will Stand Up To China
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['Pol Pinoy']
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21/05/2017 0:00
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Unlike incarcerated Senator Leila De Lima, Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo rejects the notion on the “frailties of a woman.” In fact, Robredo says if she becomes President, she will stand up head to head with China in order to protect the country’s claim over territories in the South China Sea.President Rodrigo Duterte has been quoted as saying the Philippines is no match to China 🇨🇳 in as far as military power is concerned. He would rather deal with the dispute diplomatically rather than risk going to war with its giant nation neighbor.Robredo disagrees.The VP says that the Philippines 🇵🇭 has the necessary assets to wage a war, citing resources that can be utilized in challenging China.“China may have more military personnel and firepower, but the Philippines is rich in supernatural power,” Robredo said.Among the Philippine assets cited by Robredo: aswangs, tikbalangs, kapres, malignos, sangres and mulawins.In addition, Robredo said that the Philippines keyboard warriors now number one million compared to China’s zero.“We even have more than enough trolls to defeat China,” the VP said.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/05/21/leni-robredo-if-im-president-i-will-stand-up-to-china/#respond
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Duterte to start Bicol Intl. Airport after 11 years:South Luzon gateway to bring millions of tourist a year
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2016-12-07 17:47:54+08:00
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Former Governor of Albay and the current Representative of ALbay’s 2nd District Joey Salceda praised President Rodrigo Duterte for giving green light to the most awaited Bicol International Airport.According to Salceda, President Duterte was able to do in four months what the previous administration didn’t do in the past three years.He thanked the President for his actions that would boos the tourism in Albay.“We thank President Duterte for this decisive action and we are confident that an international airport will sustain the gains of Albay tourism,” said Salceda.The groundbreaking of the Bicol International Airport on December 8 was expected to attend by the President.He also amazed after President Duterte proven that he really cares for his people.“Duterte is a good man who genuinely cares for his people – his heart is in the right place so his guts and gut feel honed by years as local chief executive is fit for the challenges for nation building,” said Salceda.Because of the efforts of the Salceda to boost the tourism in Albay, the 8,700 foreign tourist in 2007 exploted to 339,000 in 2015. But Salceda believes that Albay has still a potential to push it to millions of foreign tourist every year.He believes that because of the projects like the 171 Billion South Line of the North-South Railway Project, tourist arrivals are expected to tripled to 1.2 million by 2025 and may also made the Albay as an economic powerhouse.The dreamed Bicol Airport of Salceda started in April 2005, but when the Aquino administration entered, the building of the airport was neglected.Now because of the new administration, after 11 years the Bicol Airport that Salceda dreamed would be built soon.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/duterte-start-bicol-intl-airport-11-yearssouth-luzon-gateway-bring-millions-tourist-year/
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De Lima Police Escorts Diagnosed With Tuberculosis
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['Pol Pinoy']
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13/08/2018 0:00
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“I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it.” These are the famous words of President Rodrigo Duterte whenever he addresses the issue of free speech.But somewhere along the way, Duterte’s words got lost in translation. At the Philippine National Police (PNP).In a video which captured incarcerated Leila De Lima being escorted by police, the escorts seemed to have been engaged in some synchronized coughing which all but muted the Senator’s responses to questions by the media.The Adobo Chronicles sought Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque’s comment on the incident.His response: “Unfortunately, the police escorts assigned to De Lima have all been diagnosed with tuberculosis.”Hence the coughing.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/08/13/de-lima-police-escorts-diagnosed-with-tuberculosis/#respond
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Duterte critics who wish him dead have no respect for human rights
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-06-16 15:07:28+00:00
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Members of the Philippine Liberal Party and their supporters are feeling a sense of schadenfreude lately. They delight in the thought that President Rodrigo Duterte could be sick. Some of them even claim that he is in a coma. Apparently, someone has been spreading the rumor that he is in a coma. This was after Duterte decided to skip the Independence Day rites this week. Since they haven’t heard from Duterte for a few days, they assume the worse and think that he is ill. For people who are against fake news, they spread fake news really fast.There’s just no pleasing his critics. When Duterte goes on a tirade, they complain that he is rude and lacks manners. When he is quiet, his critics go on imagination overdrive and assume his cabinet is hiding the real state of his health and well-being. It’s as if Duterte doesn’t have the right to rest anymore. They seem to forget that Duterte is 70 years old, not 20.Duterte’s critics are contradicting themselves. They act like they are advocates of human rights, but wish harm on their enemies. They make a lot of noise and accuse Duterte of perpetuating extra-judicial killings, but they wish death on Duterte. When you see their posts on social media, you will lose faith in humanity. Some of them wish Duterte is dead already. It would have been different if they wish Duterte was prosecuted for what they accuse him of. At least that would give Duterte a chance to clear his name or provide justice to those killed in the war on drugs. But, no. His critics simply want him gone. They have no respect for human rights at all.Yes, Duterte’s critics, some of whom are from the Liberal Party and their supporters do not want to give Duterte the presumption of innocence. They claim to be advocates of the rule of law, but do not want to give Duterte his right to due process.The Liberal Party and their supporters think they own righteousness. They act like they have a monopoly on being right. They blame all the current woes on Duterte and ignore the fact that the Liberal Party was at the helm for six years. They expect Duterte to fix, over a short period of time, all the problems that former President BS Aquino left behind. This just proves that they are vindictive and apply double standards. They did not complain about problems when BS Aquino was in charge, but magnify all the problems now even when they were neglected during his term.An example of a major problem that BS Aquino government neglected is the management of the Metro Rail Transit. Despite a budget of 3.8 billion pesos, the train system did not improve. It didn’t help that the previous administrators purchased new train coaches that are too wide for the existing train tracks. This was a major blunder that seems to fly above their supporters’ heads. Obviously, the current coaches cannot accommodate the growing number of passengers who use the MRT. In other words, the incompetence of the previous administration is affecting the current administration today.It would take miracle for the Liberal Party and their supporters to admit that the previous BS Aquino government was neglectful and should take accountability for the current woes today. Unfortunately, taking accountability is not their greatest trait. Even when they were in power, they blamed other people like the previous administrators. Now, blaming the previous administrators only worked when they were still new, but the public got tired of the blame game when BS Aquino still blamed his own shortfalls on former President Gloria Arroyo and sometimes even on the late Ferdinand Marcos.The Liberal Party and their supporters don’t seem to learn. Their tactic of using negative propaganda is only exposing their own hypocrisy. They should have noticed by now that Duterte doesn’t even play the blame game. Indeed, the only people who spread hatred in Philippine society are ironically the ones who are complaining about human rights abuses.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/06/duterte-critics-wish-dead-no-respect-human-rights/
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Filipino Children Sue For Compensation And Royalty From Political Ads
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['Pol Pinoy']
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5/5/2016 0:00
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Desperate times call for desperate measures.With just days before the May 9 Philippine presidential elections, candidates are racing against the clock to make their last minute appeal for votes. The political campaign ends Sunday, the day for the elections.Realizing none of their media ads have improved their ratings in the polls, some candidates have resorted to child abuse, using Filipino children to be their spokespersons in their political ads.Flipping from one TV channel to another, viewers can’t help but notice the flurry of political ads featuring children, many of whom are under the age of puberty.But the children just have had it. They no longer want to remain silent while the candidates benefit from their superb acting.Today, more than a dozen children who are featured in various political ads are suing the candidates and the television networks for just compensation for their work, as well as royalty fees every time their ad is shown on TV.The Adobo Chronicles could not independently confirm whether or not the kids were paid for their ad appearance or how much in royalty fees they are demanding.The candidates and ABS-CBN and GMA 7 networks have not returned our calls for comment.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/05/05/filipino-children-sue-for-compensation-and-royalty-from-political-ads/?share=email
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OPRAH GIVES AWAY FREE WEED TO HER LIVE TV SHOW AUDIENCE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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12/3/2018 0:00
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Who could forget those live television moments when Oprah Winfrey gave away free cars and paid Australian trips to the live audience of her The Oprah Winfrey Show?The show ended in 2011 and Winfrey established her own television network soon thereafter -the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).Today, Winfrey taped a new television special that is reminiscent of the defunct Oprah Show, complete with a live audience and a surprise give-away item.During the show, Winfrey asked the audience members to look under their seat for their free gift. They found a pack of weed (marijuana). “Everybody gets love,” she announced. Pandemonium ensued.How times have changed.The TV special airs on April 1st on OWN. Click HERE to watch the video segment.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/03/12/oprah-gives-away-free-weed-to-her-live-tv-show-audience/#comments
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Hundreds of firearms surrendered to President Duterte in his visit in Ozamiz City
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2017-08-17 14:29:54+08:00
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Hundreds of firearms confiscated by the Ozamiz City PNP were going to be presented to President Rodrigo Duterte in his visit in the said city Thursday.Philippine National Police Director General Chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa was also reported to be there to witness the ceremony.The visit was scheduled, one day after the remains of former Mayor Aldong Parojinog who got killed in the anti-drug raid conducted several weeks ago was buried in Ozamiz City.Heavy and small firearms confiscated in different people connected to the Parojinog family were presented to the media before President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in the place.Several firearms that presented came from the surrendered Barangay Captains of Ozamiz City.According to Senior Inspector Jovie Espenido, the firearms surrendered by the public official of Ozamiz came from the Parojinogs to hide their weapons from the government.President Rodrigo Duterte is also scheduled to talk to the troops in Ozamiz City and award seven medals to the cops who joined the biggest anti-drug raid in history of the said city that resulted to the death of former Mayor Aldong Parojinog Sr. and Board Member Octavio Parojinog.The anti-illegal drug raid that led by the controversial cop Senior Inspector Jovie Espenido also resulted to the arrest of several public officials of Ozamiz City including Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog Echavez who currently detained in Manila.Last week, President Rodrigo Duterte and PNP Chief Dela Rosa gave an special award to Jovie Espenido for his big contribution in war against illegal drugs of the government.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/look-hundreds-firearms-surrendered-president-duterte-visit-ozamiz-city/
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Photos : Kris Aquino uses gov’t helicopter to campaign Roxas
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2016-04-20 04:31:23+08:00
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Sister of President Benigno Aquino III, Kris Aquino was seen in Delaguete, Cebu onboard a Philippine government helicopter which angered netizens for using the government facilities for election related activities.In photos, Philippine Coast Guard personnels are seen escorting the LP dignitaries with 5 more helicopters.The actress is believed to have been joining the campaign rally of LP presidential bet Mar Roxas.The TV host has resigned last month in her morning show on ABS-CBN for health reason. It is surprising that people are seeing the actress in a more strenous job than hosting. Is she really rick?Your thoughts? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/photos-kris-aquino-uses-govt-helicopter-to-campaign-roxas/
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President Duterte denied that Bong Go calls PNP Chief Bato to reinstate CIDG 8 Chief Marcos
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2016-12-02 19:40:04+08:00
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President Duterte denied that the current head of the Presidential Management Staff Christopher ‘Bong’ Go was the higher official who called PNP Chief Director General Roland ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa to reinstate CIDG Region 8 Chief Marvin Marcos.President Duterte urged everyone to not believe the allegation of Senator Leila De Lima during his speech at the Graduation Ceremony of the Motorcycle Riding Course (MCRC) Class 06-2016 at the Felis Resort Complex Convention Hall, Matina Aplaya, Davao City on December 2, 2016.“Wag kayo maniwala na si Bong Go ang tumawag” President said in his speech.The President also revealed that he already knew that Marcos did suspicious things during his term.“Si Dolina malinis. Si Marcos talagang may tama” he added.Yesterday, Senator Leila De Lima accused Bong Go as the ‘kumpare’ who called PNP Chief Bato to reinstate Marcos.The long time assistant of President Duterte denied the accusations of Senator Leila De Lima and labeled it as “pure hearsay”
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/president-duterte-denied-bong-go-calls-pnp-chief-bato-reinstate-cidg-8-chief-marcos/
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BALESIN ISLAND: PHILIPPINES EXCLUSIVE RESORT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST RICH PEOPLE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/4/2018 0:00
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Described as a destination of unmatched natural beauty located off the eastern coast of Luzon in the Philippines, Balesin Island Club, Alphaland Corporation’s flagship project, is a 500-hectare tropical island paradise with 7.3 kilometers of pristine white-sand beaches. It is a members-only, private leisure getaway located 60 miles east of Manila that boasts of a clientele composed of the who’s who in politics, business, arts & entertainment, and the Philippines’ millionaires circle.(The resort was the venue of the recent wedding of Senator Chiz Escudero and actress Heart Evangelista.)What is little known about this exclusive resort is that it discriminates against the very customers that it is trying to attract: the rich people.On Saturday, fashion designer and model Maggie Wilson-Consunji said that her mom was discriminated against by the resort. It happened during breakfast when the waiter refused to serve her mom the same delicious chicken adobo meal that her son Conner’s yaya (nanny) ordered. The waiter said the adobo was a ‘yaya meal’ and was not available to the rich clients of the resort.Consunji informs us she will file a formal complaint against the resort before the Philippine Commission on Human Rights on Monday for discriminating against rich people and for giving preferential treatment to nannies.Here’s her story as posted on her Facebook page:
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/04/04/balesin-island-philippines-exclusive-resort-discriminates-against-rich-people/
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EAST COAST TV VIEWERS WILL SEE THE OSCARS 24 HOURS LATER, ABC ANNOUNCES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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27/02/2017 0:00
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on Monday.Lately, television networks have come under fire for airing events that happen on the West Coast live to viewers on the East Coast, yet those on the West Coast get to see the events three hours later.ABC executives explained that the network is making it up to West Coast viewers by giving them the first crack at the Oscars. “For too long, West Coasters have endured spoiler moments when outcomes are already known by East Coast viewers because of the three-hour difference in what is called “prime time TV,” they said. “For example, television audiences on the East Coast already know who the new American Idol is before the supposedly live show even airs in the West. Yet Idol happens in Hollywood,” they added.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/02/27/east-coast-tv-viewers-will-see-the-oscars-24-hours-later-abc-announces/#respond
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Philippine Senate Releases Packed Schedule Of Hearings
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['Pol Pinoy']
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26/08/2017 0:00
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If you think Philippine senators are just focused on investigating the police killing of teen Kian Delos Santos during a recent drug operation in Caloocan City, think again.In a released calendar, the Senate is clearly headed for a backlog of hearings ‘in aid of legislation.’But it will be a great opportunity for some senators to experience their three minutes of fame.Also, think of the revenue that will be earned by ChowKing, Jollibee , McDonald’s or whichever fastfood chain is contracted to prove the free lunches to all attendees to the hearings.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/08/26/philippine-senate-releases-packed-schedule-of-hearings/?share=email
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BREAKING: VP BINAY WITHDRAWS FROM PHILIPPINES’ PRESIDENTIAL RACE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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21/06/2018 0:00
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In a move that shocked both his critics and supporters, Vice President Jejomar Binay today announced that he was withdrawing from the 2016 Philippine presidential race.Until recently, Binay was the only declared candidate to succeed President NoyNoy Aquino whose six-year-term expires in 2016. The vice president had consistently held the lead in all polls among all likely presidential candidates. Until this week.The most recent polls now show that Senator Grace Poe has overtaken Binay’s lead.Embarrassed that a woman and neophyte in politics has displaced him from the lead, Binay said that he is no longer interested in becoming president. Instead, he announced that he would be seeking reelection as mayor of Makati City when the current term of his son, JunJun, expires.“It would be a great honor on my part to once again become the chief executive of the richest city in the country. I know I can easily win a reelection because my family has practically established itself as the unbeatable political dynasty in Makati.”The vice president is a former mayor of Makati and so was his wife, Elenita.Critics, however, are speculating that once he becomes mayor again, he will secede from the Philippines and declare Makati as an independent Republic.Talk about not just ‘wall street ‘ but ‘walled country.’
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/21/breaking-vp-binay-withdraws-from-philippines-presidential-race/
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LOOK: Complete list of brgy officials in PDEA drug list
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2018-04-30 17:22:34+08:00
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President Rody Duterte ordered the PNP to release the list of barangay captains and councilors who are into drug trading so the masses would know to vote their next leaders in the coming barangay election.The list contains names, designation and the officials’ barangay. about 207 barangay officials nationwide have been linked to illegal drugs based on a list the PDEA released on Monday.Out of the 207 in the Narco List, 117 are barangay kagawads while 90 are barangay chairmen.Of the total, 70 were identified as coming from Bicol, followed by Caraga with 34 and the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) with 13. Look at the complete list below!Any thoughts on this? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/look-complete-list-brgy-officials-pdea-drug-list/
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TOP TEN WAYS TO PREVENT YOUR iPHONE 6 PLUS FROM BEING BENT
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['Pol Pinoy']
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24/09/2017 0:00
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In response to viral posts and videos showing that the new iPhone 6 Plus can easily bend when pressure is applied to it, Apple issued the following guidelines to its customers and potential buyers when using the 5.5-inch smart phone:Don’t put them in your front pocket if you’re wearing tight pants. Really tight pants. Don’t put them in your back pocket and sit on it. Duh! Don’t try to be a smart ass by posting a video of yourself on YouTube forcefully bending your new iPhone 6 Plus. Even your Apple Care subscription will not cover the damage. Don’t be a bully by using your phone to beat up other people. Drinking and texting with your iPhone 6 Plus don’t mix. Leave your phone at home when you go to the gym. Especially when you’re into lifting weights. Never ever get into a debate with Android phone owners (Samsung, Nexus, HTC , etc.) on which phone is more superior. Always keep your phone at least 10 feet away from a barbecue grill. Especially during tailgate parties where alcohol is served. Don’t ever lend your phone to an angry wrestler. If you have tiny hands, make sure to wear traction gloves when using your phone . That will prevent the phone from slipping off your hands.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/09/24/top-ten-ways-to-prevent-your-iphone-6-plus-from-being-bent/?share=email
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WORLD’S FIRST ‘GAYDAR’ TO DEBUT AT SOCHI WINTER OLYMPICS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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2/2/2017 0:00
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When the figure skating competitions begin a day before the actual Winter Olympics opening ceremonies, athletes and spectators will go through what may seem like security metal detectors. But lo and behold, they are actually ‘gaydars.”These special detectors, the first if its kind in the world, will be installed at all entrances to the Iceberg Skating Palace, the 12,000-seat venue of the ice skating competitions.Everyone knows by now that Russia has strict anti-gay laws in place, prohibiting any public display of homosexuality. While the Putin government has said that no foreigner will be arrested under these laws during the duration of the winter games, it is nevertheless taking extreme measures to discourage public display of homosexuality.The gaydar technology, developed in China by Apple, will detect even the slightest trace of gayness by scanning the retina of the eyes and flagging any abnormal flickering of the fingers.Russian officials said that any athlete or spectator who fails the high-tech test will be denied enty into the competitions. It wasn’t clear if the figure skating competitors are exempted from the screening. “I think the skaters will be exempted,” said one official, “otherwise we might not have any competition to watch if any of the skaters are banned from the skating arena.”The men’s short program kicks off the figure skating competitions on February 6 and the Opening Ceremonies will be held February 7.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/02/02/worlds-first-gaydar-to-debut-at-sochi-winter-olympics/#respond
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Jim Paredes got schooled again by the Pro-Duterte bloggers after he boasts that PNoy didn’t declare martial law during his time
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2017-05-25 06:09:12+08:00
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Jim Paredes criticized President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to declare martial law in the whole island of Mindanao after the Marawi City terrorist attack.According to his tweet, former President Benigno Aquino III didn’t declared Martial Law during the three-week siege in Zamboanga on 2013 which resulted to hundreds of casualties.He also boasted that the former President personally head the operation in Zamboanga.“Remember Zamboanga Siege? PNOY did not declare Martial Law anywhere. And he was THERE to head ops.” Paredes tweeted.Pro-Duterte bloggers quickly responded to Paredes’ tweet and they lectured the OPM artist on the difference of the situation between Marawi City terrorist attack and Zamboanga Siege.Mark Lopez, labeled the tweet of Paredes as the ‘most idiotic tweet of the Universe for May 2017’ after he boasted the decision of PNoy to avoid declaring martial law during the siege in Zamboanga.Lopez listed the damages caused by Zamboanga Siege that lasted for almost three weeks.“Kaya pala inabot ng 3 weeks, at mahigit 200 ang patay, 100,000 ang na displace, 6,000 ang bahay na sinunog, at ang overall epekto sa ekonomiya ay pumalo ng P3.2B!” Mark Lopez said.Atty. Bruce V. Rievera also responded to the tweet of Paredes and explained the difference between the location of Zamboanga and Marawi.In his post, Rivera showed the map of Marawi City and Zamboanga City as an explanation to Paredes why President Rodrigo Duterte must declare martial law.According to the map posted by the pro-duterte blogger, Marawi City is surrounded by many provinces and the rebels who escaped to Marawi can still spread chaos in the places near Marawi.It’s different to the location of Zamboanga Siege where the place is surrounded by water and the rebels will have a hard time to travel in another province if they decided to escape.On Wednesday, President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law during his visit in Russia after the Maute Terrorist Group successfully occupied Marawi City.Several critics of President Rodrigo Duterte opposed the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte and they accused the punisher of planning to abuse the power of martial law.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/jim-paredes-got-schooled-pro-duterte-bloggers-boasts-pnoy-didnt-declare-martial-law-time/
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PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT AQUINO PLEDGES AID TO NEIGHBOR COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY HAZE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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26/10/2017 0:00
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On many occasions, the Philippines has been on the receiving end of international financial and humanitarian aid following devastating natural disasters like 2013’s Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).Now, the country, most recently described as Asia’s ‘Rising Tiger,’ is poised to be on the giving end, providing much-needed relief to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and other Asian nations experiencing a region-wide haze brought about by agricultural fires in East and South Sumatra.The haze has been blamed for deaths in Indonesia and respiratory illnesses in around 500,000 people. Elsewhere, it has prompted school closures, flight cancellations and virtual shutdowns of towns and cities.President NoyNoy Aquino, in one of his proudest moments in office, announced to the world that his government is donating One Million portable electric fans to be distributed among the affected countries in Asia. In addition, Aquino said the Philippines will be shipping twenty containers of surgical face masks to these countries.“This is our way of reciprocating the generosity of our Asian neighbors and other foreign governments when it was the Philippines that was needing help and humanitarian relief,” Aquino said.“The fans will help blow away the haze and the masks will prevent further respiratory illnesses.”Indeed, a great gesture from the Rising Tiger. No long the ‘Sick Man of Asia.’
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/10/26/philippine-president-aquino-pledges-aid-to-neighbor-countries-affected-by-haze/
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Mark Zuckerberg Responds To Ari Melber And Maria Ressa’s Attack On Facebook
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/12/2017 0:00
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In an MSNBC commentary by Ari Melber, Facebook came under fire for allegedly allowing the proliferation of fake news in the U.S. and elsewhere. The piece focused on what Melber says is the social media giant’s support for ‘authoritarian’ governments like that of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.In that piece, Melber used quotes from Maria Ressa, CEO of the Philippine online news source, Rappler.Ressa, who has been desperately campaigning to “take back the Internet,” said that:Facebook needs to moderate its greed, clean up the toxic waste, and be accountable for its role as the new gatekeeper to information.Today, Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally responded to both Melber and Ressa. His response was short and sweet: “GO FACT YOURSELVES!”End of story.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/12/30/mark-zuckerberg-responds-to-ari-melber-and-maria-ressas-attack-on-facebook/
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Watch: President Duterte invades Basilan
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2016-07-21 22:42:36+08:00
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President Rodrigo Duterte visited Basilan and delivered an inspiring messages to the troops of the WestMinCom on Thursday by assuring them a salary increase.In his message, Duterte hoped to have a peaceful future with the soldiers and even with the Abu Sayyaf themselves. There is an ongoing battle between the government troops and rebel group.The Chief Executive also visited the families who were victims of the said war. Duterte personally handed out the relief goods to the families and joined with them in one talk.Watch the video below:Here’s another video of President’s Duterte’s visit where the President gives medals to the wounded soldiers.What can you say about this? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/watch-president-duterte-invades-basilan/
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St. Scholastica’s College To Lose Accreditation As An Educational Institution
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['Pol Pinoy']
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19/07/2017 0:00
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If shoes were made for walking, then schools are there for learning.With this in mind, the Philippines’ Department of Education today stripped St. Scholastica of its accreditation on the grounds that it has failed in its mission as a learning institution.St. Scho, as it is more popularly known, has been fielding its young students to various political protests and rallies, allowing them to skip their classes and be the “face” of Filipino youth fighting for their f*cked up future.Whether it is to protest the Marcos burial or Duterte’s war on drugs, the ever-smiling, seemingly innocent teenagers have been in the forefront, supporting the political agenda of the Opposition, notably St. Scho alumnus Senator Risa Hontiveros.Parents of the students have consistently complained that their kids seem to be regressing instead of progressing in their knowledge since enrolling at the previously all-girls Catholic school.Meanwhile, the Bureau of Internal Revenue is considering issuing an order to the school to pay back taxes that it had previously been exempt from as a nonprofit, religious organization.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/07/19/st-scholastica-college-to-lose-accreditation-as-an-educational-institution/
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Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord God Ninoy Aquino in vain
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2018-06-05 20:52:05+00:00
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Tit for tat. There was context behind the kiss between Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Bea Kim in South Korea, and there was context behind the kiss between Ninoy Aquino and the ladies in the plane he was about to disembark before he was shot dead in 1983. Thing is, both polar ends of Philippine political chatter took those incidents out of context for their political ends. That makes everything fair now, doesn’t it?This is, after all, is the Philippine political discourse where sound bytes rule and the big picture gets buried. Ninoy Aquino was, as Filipino historians would have it, on his way to meet his glorious destiny. It’s been decided and it’s on record in the school books shoved down the throats of three generations of Filipino kids. In the case of Duterte’s kiss, the jury is still out, but unlike criminal trials, the media have access to the jurors.If we actually watch the video, a split second peck that followed a few minutes of playful banter between the president and Kim told a multi-layered story of Filipino culture. But what went really viral is not this moving picture story but a still photo of The Kiss frozen in time. Thanks to bad and expensive Internet in the Philippines, most Filipinos will have that frozen kiss burnt into their pointed heads by now and may never be bothered to watch the video. A still of a kiss tells a different story to that of a video showing a split-second peck.Aquino, being a family-appointed “national hero” enjoys a vast portfolio of similar stills, but ones that capture him in glorious moments — that statue of him in Makati coming down from the plane to meet his maker, that one of him sprawled on the tarmac that the Yellowtards had turned into a logo, and many more. In Philippine society, those images may as well be hung up right next to crucifixes. The name, the face, and the icons are untouchable.Suffice to say, it helps that Aquino has a celebrity daughter with a vast following thanks to her mega-stardom. Queen of All Philippine Media Kris Aquino packs a powerful media punch. Her fans, however, are predominantly entertainment fans and not political in nature. But that does not really matter when the game is all about social media mileage. That said, Aquino is an easy sell. He is a fashion statement amongst the fashionable chi-chi crowd of private Catholic school-educated disentes. Duterte is the crass street thug who took Malacanang away from Filipinos’ traditional lords. And that makes him the bad guy.But Filipinos love the bad guy and the underdog. We see this in Philippine cinema. Guy from da home on da riles woos the fair-skinned collegiala from the gated village. Conyo boyfriend who drives daddy’s car is plotting bad things for the guy. Mom and Dad are fuming as they pace the marble-floored sala of their Forbes Park mansion evaluating their next move. We know that overused plot.The Opposition, however, don’t seem to get it. Therein that cliché plot lies the narrative they need to beat. In a democracy, it’s not about what is “right” to whatever camp that wins. What is popular is what wins. For as long as the Opposition continue to pontificate from their ivory towers about notions alien to the Filipino mind — like feminism, “human rights”, and personal choice — they will continue to slide into irrelevance. And that is the bigger picture here.Ninoy once came across as a “victim”. Now he is an untouchable god. That is why he loses today.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2018/06/thou-shalt-not-take-the-name-of-the-lord-god-ninoy-aquino-in-vain/#comments
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Bongbong Marcos was a class act in #PiliPinasDebates2016 Episode 2
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2016-04-11 03:41:29+00:00
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It was a fine battle of brains and wit the likes of which had not been seen in Philippine politics for years! But it was not a battle amongst equals. As my colleague Ilda had earlier pointed out, vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos was a clear standout in last night’s vice presidents’ debate (dubbed #PiliPinasDebates2016) hosted by CNN Philippines.Marcos was a standout because he exhibited remarkable grace and dignity fending off the infantile loaded questions flung at him by the other candidates, notably Chiz Escudero, Alan Peter Cayetano, and the trailer amongst the majors, Liberal Party candidate Leni Robredo. The accusations and zingers issued by these three against Marcos were nothing new. Even hakot “activists” dragged straight out of their Grade 1 class and onto various street rallies have for years been parroting the trite anti-Marcos drivel delivered by Escudero, Cayetano, and Robredo on national television.The candidates were, of course, playing to the balasubas Filipino audience. This is, after all, a Philippine election — essentially a popularity contest. And to be popular in the Philippines, you need to pander to mass audience tastes. Filipino tastes and manners were all on exhibit on Sunday, the 10th of April. Listening to the hoots, jeers, and screams of the audience, you’d think you were watching a cock fight. In such a crowd, simply mouthing a familiar slogan will rouse the audience. That, essentially, is what the vice presidential candidates did throughout the night. They were not really addressing one another, they were addressing the audience. When you are a hammer, everything you see is a nail. When you are a politician everyone is a voter.Marcos is, of course, a politician. But unlike his rivals who stooped to the masa and assumed that position permanently, Marcos struck a fine messaging balance during the debate. Like an excellent episode of Sesame Street or Spongebob Square Pants, Bongbong delivered finely-crafted soundbytes that were exquisitely-multiplexed to appeal to both educated and uneducated, young and old, rich and poor, urbane and bakya. In short, what came out of his mouth was a multi-channeled orchestra of ideas that appealed to all levels of audience sophistication.This is true statesmanship. Real statesmen address entire nations.Compare this to current President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III and his sidekick Mar Roxas with their tired and exceedingly annoying habitual use of Tagalog peppered with street lingo like “eh di wow” and the like. The reason the Philippines remains a blight on the intellectual landscape of southeast Asia is beause of “leaders” like these — rather than seek to uplift their people’s political discourse, they’d rather pander to their low-class humour and addiction to slapstick entertainment.It is therefore no wonder that Bongbong Marcos resonates the strongest amongst the A, B, and C crowds — because he represents class and dignity. Perhaps this is something all Filipinos who aspire to be looked up to by their barrios and spend afternoons sipping lattes at Starbucks and rubbing elbows with the peninsulares at Glorietta should take note of. You don’t climb the Philippines’ social ladder by acting like buffoons — something politicians like Aquino, Roxas, Escudero, Cayetano, and Robredo have branded themselves around. Ask no less than boxing champ Manny Pacquiao whose vast wealth was virtually useless in his efforts to gain membership in the Manila Polo Club.The Philippines’ financial impoverishment is but a mere symptom of its more profound social and cultural impoverishment. Because Filipinos routinely fail in their civic duty to conduct themselves with grace and dignity and exhibit basic courtesies to one another, they have woven a foundation of dysfunction into the very fabric of their society — one where distrust and envy reign instead of mutual support and collaboration.Perhaps the grace Bongbong Marcos has shown during these debates, more than anything else, could serve as a reminder of the subtle leadership qualities and the nature of world-class statesmanship that Filipinos had somehow lost in the last 30 years. Since 1986, Yellow thinking had all but convinced an entire generation of Filipinos that being crass and stupid were virtues to be aspired to. It is time we change that squatter mentality culture and look to leadership that we could truly be proud of.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/04/bongbong-marcos-class-act-pilipinasdebates2016-episode-2/#comments
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CRITICS AND POLITICAL FOES FIND SOMETHING FISHY IN NEWLY-RELEASED HILLARY CLINTON EMAILS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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2/9/2018 0:00
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Critics and political opponents of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton found what they were hoping for in the State Department’s newly-released personal emails from the former Secretary of State: something really fishy.The newest trove of more than 7,000 of Clinton’s emails were released Monday night, showcasing more of the mundane political notes and scheduling requests that have been released earlier.The emails show Clinton was a little obsessed with criticism from Fox News and was eager to check out NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” and CBS’ “The Good Wife.” In addition, a series of emails surfaced that could all but damage Clinton’s candidacy for president. It’s all about Gefilte fish.Gefilte fish is a Jewish dish made from a poached mixture of ground boned fish which is typically eaten as an appetizer. The dish is popular on Shabbat and Holidays such as Passover, although they may be consumed throughout the year. Some versions of Gefilte fish are baked in a Bundt cake pan and made with Matzo meal and carrots. The dish usually uses white fish, but it could be made with other fish like salmon.Now, whoever is anointed Republican nominee for president in the 2016 elections will have enough amunition to wage a strong campaign against the presumed Democratic nominee, Hillary. Thanks to the fishy emails.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/02/critics-and-political-foes-find-something-fishy-in-newly-released-hillary-clinton-emails/#respond
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CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES MANDATES METAL DETECTORS, SECURITY CHECKS AT WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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16/06/2017 0:00
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Everyone who lives in, or has visited Manila and other parts of the Philippines knows that metal detectors and security checkpoints are all too common in hotels, government buildings and shopping malls. It has become a way of life post 9-11. But wait, metal detectors and security checks in Catholic churches too?Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle on Saturday warned wedding couples and their guests to be wary of strangers posing as a relatives or friends from one side or the other of the newly united family. They are actually thieves.Tagle said these shady characters usually strike during photo sessions following the church ceremony. “When family members of the bride or groom are invited to pose for photographs with the newly-wedded couple, they tend to leave their purses and belongings in the church pews,” Tagle said. “When they return to their seats, everything’s gone.”Nuptials are not the only target of these wedding crashers, they also victimize people attending church funerals, according to Tagle.In a move designed to protect its church-going constituents, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has required all churches and parishes in the country to install metal detectors and implement security checks to weed out wedding and funeral crashers. CBCP also advised especially women to keep their cash and credit cards in their bras, as is the old custom among elderly women in the Philippines. “They’re safer there than inside their bags and purses,” the bishops said.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/06/16/catholic-church-in-the-philippines-mandates-metal-detectors-security-checks-at-weddings-and-funerals/?share=email
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VP Spokesperson Georgina Hernandez Defends Leni’s Wardrobe At PMA Graduation
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['Pol Pinoy']
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19/03/2018 0:00
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In a hastily-called press conference in the summer capital of the Philippines, Vice Presidential spokesperson Georgina Hernandez defended her boss’ wardrobe at last weekend’s graduation ceremonies of the Philippine Military Academy.”There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the organizers of the ceremonies,” Hernandez said. “We were given the impression that the Vice President would be helping serve lugaw to the graduates and guests at the reception following the graduation program. That’s why Robredo wore an apron.”Mystery solved!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/03/19/vp-spokesperson-georgina-hernandez-defends-lenis-wardrobe-at-pma-graduation/
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Angry Asian Man Picks A Fight With White Girl Asian Food (Truck)
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['Pol Pinoy']
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26/01/2016 0:00
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AUSTIN, Texas (The Adobo Chronicles ) –A local food truck in Austin called White Girl Asian Food recently came under fire when blogger Angry Asian Man called out the trailer for what he deemed an offensive name and its “oblivious tone-deaf white privilege.”The white girl, Bobbie Jo Rice, explained on her Facebook page the rationale behind the provocative name:“The original name, Com Bun Yeu, implies traditional Vietnamese fare. When rebranding, I wanted to get the point across that our goal was not to make traditional Asian food. I am a white girl cooking my rendition of Asian cuisine. Couldn’t think of a name that was more honest and straight to the point.”So there.Would Angry Asian Man be happier if the food truck had a different name, like Rice Truck?What do our readers think? Big deal, or No Big deal?
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/01/26/angry-asian-man-picks-a-fight-with-white-girl-asian-food-truck/?share=email
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Why Solons Voted No On The Appointment Of Judy Taguiwalo
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['Pol Pinoy']
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17/08/2017 0:00
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Senators and Representatives who voted against the appointment of Judy Taguiwalo are finally breaking their silence.The rejection of Duterte’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was met with a lot of anger and criticism, especially on social media.Many netizens can’t understand why the obviously efficient secretary would be rejected by the Commission on Appointments (CA).Several of the solons told The Adobo Chronicles that CA members didn’t find Taguiwalo ‘sosyal’ enough. (‘Sosyal’ is a Filipino slang that refers to someone who is part of the ‘high society’ or the upper class.). Taguiwalo is known to be a quiet worker who is more identified with the grassroots community.“We were looking for someone who is like former DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman who presents herself publicly in respectable — even high fashion — manner, like constantly dying her hair with colorful streaks,” one solon said.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/08/17/why-solons-voted-no-on-the-appointment-of-judy-taguiwalo/
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Talitay Vice Mayor Abdul Wahad Sabal denies involvement in Davao Night Market Bombing
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2016-09-10 20:45:51+08:00
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Camp of Talitay Vice Mayor Abdul Wahad Sabal denied his involvement in the Davao Night Market Blast that happened on September 2.The alleged suspect in the Davao Night Market is in inquest right now, but the authorities clarified that Sabal was inquest because of his involvement in illegal drug trade.Assistant State Prosecutor Gino Santiago and Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Clarissa Koung leads the questioning to the Vice Mayor.PNP Chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa also didn’t confirmed if Sabal’s arrested was also because of his involvement in Davao Bombings.Napangalanan siya ni presidente, kasama siya sa listahan ng mga narco-politicians… Pero ito ngayon, sa particular na bomb blast ng Davao, hindi pa natin na-establish,” the PNP chief announced during his visit at the MIMAROPA regional headquarters in Mindoro.PNP Spokesman Senior Superintendent Dionardo Carlos clarified that the arrest of the vice mayor had no connection with the police’s operation to arrest the people behind the Roxas Night Market Bombing.According to the reports, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was seized from the Maguindanao vice mayor at Awang Airport on Saturday when he got arrested in Cotabato Airport.They also seized from Sabal’s group were two pieces of .45 pistols, an M16 rifle, and 12 plastic sachets of illegal drugs.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/talitay-vice-mayor-abdul-wahad-sabal-denies-involvement-davao-night-market-bombing/
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TOP TEN THINGS TO EXPECT FROM SONA (STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS)
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['Pol Pinoy']
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26/07/2017 0:00
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On Monday, July 28, President Aquino will deliver his 5th State of the Nation Address (SONA), the Philippine equivalent of the U.S. State of the Union (SOTU).Here are the top ten things to expect from this year’s SONA to be delivered at the House of Representatives Building (Batasang Pambansa).Aquino has officially renamed it ‘State of NoyNoy Address.’ Only senators and congressmen wearing yellow ribbons will be allowed in the assembly hall. Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Bong Revilla, Jr, and Jinggoy Estrada will be participating by skype from their jail cells. Aquino will begin his address by apologizing to Noranians for snubbing their idol Nora Aunor in the naming of National Artists. In an unprecedented move, Aquino’s showbiz sister, Kris, will be seated at the dais, next to the podium where the president will be speaking from. All the justices of the Supreme Court will be seated in the back row of the assembly floor as punishment for ruling that Aquino’s Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) is unconstitutional. Vice President Jejomar Binay will be watching via closed ciruit TV in his senate office; Aquino wants to let Filipinos know that he is sill in charge. When Aquino talks about the pork barrel scandal, TV networks will show Janet Lim-Napoles via live cam from her jail cell. Because Aquino has no accomplishments to report, the SONA will only last for 10 minutes, the shortest presidential SONA ever. Aquino will declare a recess 5 minutes into his speech for a cigarette break.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/07/26/top-ten-things-to-expect-from-sona-state-of-the-nation-address/?share=email
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BBC’s Stephen Sackur Interviews Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno (Part 1)
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['Pol Pinoy']
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20/05/2018 0:00
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Ousted Philippine Supreme Court Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is taking her case to the news media, making the rounds of television shows both in the Philippines and abroad.She was interviewed by BBC’s Stephen Sackur on the latter’s ‘Hard Talk’ program.While the interview is still scheduled to be aired at an undisclosed date, The Adobo Chronicles was able to obtain a copy of the broadcast’s transcript, thanks to our man in London, Crispulo Bacud Tappa.Here’s Part 1 of the interview:SACKUR: Welcome to HARDTALK….Madam Maria Lourdes Sereno.SERENO: Thank you, Mr. SACKUR. It’s a pleasure to be here on HARDTALK.SACKUR: Let’s get to the point as we have only 15 minutes airtime. How has it affected you that you have been ousted as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines?SERENO: Before we go any further, can we pray and invoke the presence of the Lord in this episode? (Hearing this, Sackur makes the sign of the cross as Madam Sereno mumbles a prayer.)SERENO: In my Christian belief, we don’t make the sign of the cross. In fact, in my Chamber, whenever we met, I did not allow that practice among my colleagues.To answer your question, I insist that it was not legal for my co-equals to judge me via Quo Warranto as my case was best handled by the Senate being an impeachable officer.SACKUR: Well, it looks like the justices knew what they were doing applying the rule of ab initio, finding that you were not qualified from the start. That implies that you usurped the position of Chief Justice. You arrogated unto yourself the powers and authority that was not yours from day one of your asumption into office.SERENO: Well, that was their opinion but certainly the Senate would probably have a different opinion given a chance to try my case.SACKUR: You were a classmate of Ex PNoy. Did that have any bearing at all in your appointment as Chief Justice?SERENO: I don’t deny that. We have what we call an informal grouping called KKK.SACKUR: (Surprised) You mean KU KLUX KLAN?SERENO:KABARILAN, (we shoot together)KACLASSMATE, (we are classmates)KAKURAKUTAN (We are Corrupt Altogether)SACKUR: I don’t understand. Please elaborate.SERENO: In school where we came from, we were trained to be businessmen first and foremost. So, even if PNoy and I had different educational backgrounds, our primordial goal was to make hay while in the government service. We scratched each other’s back. As a lawyer, I gave PNoy sound legal advise to protect his family’s business interest and in return he gave me a lot of opportunities to make my own dough such as when he assigned me to lawyer for the government in the PIATCO case. And later, he arm-twisted JBC, which broke all rules, and made sure that I got appointed as the youngest Chief Justice.SACKUR: I see, but there is a time in your life that you should be able to say no to corruption, isn’t it?SERENO: Politics in the Philippines is like swimming in a river. You have a choice to swim with or against the current. Once you are in it, it is a battle for survival. If you want to survive, you need to cling to those who are in power. Resistance will not save you. It will leave you politically and economically dead.For Part 2 of the interview, click link below:https://adobochronicles.com/2018/05/20/bbcs-stephen-sackur-interviews-ousted-chief-justice-maria-lourdes-sereno-part-2/
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/05/20/bbcs-stephen-sackur-interviews-ousted-chief-justice-maria-lourdes-sereno-part-1/
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Another World Record For The Philippines: Blacklisted For Lack Of Transparency In Foreign Aid
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['Pol Pinoy']
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5/3/2016 0:00
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Under the administration of President NoyNoy Aquino, the Philippines has received numerous accolades and has made it to the top of world records — from the economy to the Internet, not to mention several Guinness records.The Philippines has just made the list of 17 countries blacklisted by the French government for lack of transparency on foreign aid and non-cooperation in investigating fraud. As a result, the country will not benefit from French banks in as far as the distribution of development funds are concerned.Aside from the Philippines, other countries blacklisted by the French government include Botswana, Brunei, Nauru, Guatemala, Switzerland, Lebanon, Panama, Costa Rica, the United Arab Emirates, Dominica, Liberia, Trinidad and Tobago and Vanuatu.A spokesperson for President Aquino told The Adobo Chronicles that “thanks to the efforts of this administration, the Philippines is becoming well known in the international community, and we’re not just talking about boxing and beauty pageants.”
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/05/another-world-record-for-the-philippines-blacklisted-for-lack-of-transparency-in-foreign-aid/
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Philippine President Duterte Was Serious When He Asked Obama ‘To Go To Hell’ But…
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['Pol Pinoy']
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15/10/2016 0:00
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When Rodrigo Roa Duterte last week said that Barack Obama can “go to hell,” the Philippine president was dead serious. But what he said wasn’t offensive.Duterte was merely extending an invitation to the U.S. President to come visit the Philippines, particularly Manila the capital.You see, Manila was described by best-selling American author Dan Brown as “the gates of hell” in his latest novel ‘Inferno.’So, Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that “President Duterte was just using Brown’s description of Manila in inviting Obama to come visit again. (Obama was in the Philippines last year during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC summit.)“Duterte’s critics and the news media are just trying to sensationalize everything they hear from our president,” Andanar said. “If Obama was offended, he should complain to Dan Brown.”Coincidentally, the film version of ‘Inferno’ is currently showing in theaters in the Philippines and Ron Howard’s new masterpiece makes no mention of Manila or the Philippines as “the gates of hell.”Perhaps Howard didn’t want to further offend the Filipinos?
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/15/philippine-president-duterte-was-serious-when-he-asked-obama-to-go-to-hell-but/#respond
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Malacañang Clarifies Half-Naked Ban
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['Pol Pinoy']
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21/06/2018 0:00
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The Duterte Administration has been in the headlines recently for public statements supporting local ordinances that ban tambays (loiterers) in streets and public places. It has also been criticized for uplholding a ban on Filipino men who go half-naked outside of their residences.Today, Spokesperson Harry Roque clarified that the half-naked ban only applies to men who do not have a fit body or six-pack abs. “The beauty of Filipino men is part of our inherent natural resource,” Roque said.So go ahead — if you have the body like Zac Efron, don’t be afraid to flaunt it. You are part of our tourist attractions.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/06/21/malacanang-clarifies-half-naked-ban/#respond
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Philippine President Duterte Challenges Donald Trump To A Fistfight; Republican Candidate Calls Filipinos ‘Animals’
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['Pol Pinoy']
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5/8/2016 0:00
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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may have finally met his match in Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte. The two have often been likened to each other, but they are thousands of miles apart, literally and figuratively.Today, Duterte publicly challenged Trump to a fistfight — gloves off — after the American businessman-turned-politician called for the banning of Filipinos from entering the United States.Campaigning in Maine on Thursday, Trump called for restrictions on immigrants from the Philippines and other countries with high rates of terrorism.In his speech, Trump listed several immigrants, mostly from Muslim majority countries — Afghanistan, Iraq, Morocco, Pakistan, the Philippines, Somalia, Syria, Uzbekistan and Yemen — who were arrested for conducting or threatening to carry out violent attacks, teaching bomb-making to recruits, and otherwise supporting terror groups. He called them ‘animals.’Trump had proposed the immigration ban previously but this was the first time that he specifically mentioned the Philippines.Upon learning of Trump’s statement, Duterte went on national state television, inviting Trump to Manila so that the two could engage in a boxing match, ‘man to man.’“I will not take any insult on my Filipino people sitting down,” Duterte said. “Let’s settle this once and for all, extra-judicially.”Addressing Trump directly, Duterte said, “If you are too scared to come to Manila, I can come meet you in Las Vegas, at the Trump Towers or at the MGM Grand Arena.”The Trump camp has yet to respond to Duterte’s challenge.UPDATE: Philippines Voids Building Permit Of Trump Tower In Makati City
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/08/05/philippine-president-duterte-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-fistfight/
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Philippine President Duterte Now A Fashion Trendsetter
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['Pol Pinoy']
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3/8/2016 0:00
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In a short span of thirty days, Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has surprised his countrymen — supporters and critics alike — with the speed with which he has implemented visible changes towards his campaign promise of reducing crime, drugs, government corruption, and improving the lives of ordinary citizens.But Duterte has also started what others are calling a fashion revolution, one that has veered away from the glitz and glamour usually reserved for the rich and famous. He has disappointed the socialite members of the political world as well as artists who dress them up in Hollywood-style fashion by canceling the traditional red carpet that has been the distracting hallmark of the presidential State of the Nation Address (SONA).On a personal level, he has started what can be described as a rebellious fashion trend that has all but demolished the very concept of formal and executive wear.On this photo spread, Duterte shows off his comfy version of the traditional formal wear for men — the barong tagalog. Many have called it the maong tagalog, consisting of the traditional barong, albeit with rolled up sleeves and the shirt unbuttoned at the neck, matched with denim pants and broen shoes. In the other photo, he sports a short-sleeve shirt with sockless shoes. Finally he is also seen in his signature checkered polo shirt.Will the rest of his cabinet and other elected officials follow suit?
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/08/03/philippine-president-duterte-now-a-fashion-trendsetter/
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The difference between Duterte’s words and the Opposition’s
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2018-10-31 12:59:03+00:00
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Essentially, a politician’s job is to convince his constituents to buy into his words. This usually involves convincing the voters that he best has their interests in mind. Or to be blunt about it, that his self-interests most closely align with their concerns.As I pointed out from the start of president Rodrigo Duterte’s term, his opponents will be so eager to capitalize on any opportunity to distort and take out of context his ramblings, tirades, and his tongue-in-cheek and tell-it-like-it-is pronouncements. He makes it so easy for them to do so. The opposition has also used these same opportunities to sow fears of the return of Marcos-era type martial law, and of threats to the “democracy” of Filipinos.Actually, what members of the opposition really refer to, and fear losing, is their ability to do anything they want, without scrutiny. But I digress…When it comes to Duterte’s pronouncements, one recent example that comes to mind was his administration’s initiative to close down and clean up Boracay, the preferred beach getaway of your hippie and high-society crowd. The opposition had a lot of room to denounce it as a “dictatorial move”; some even likened it to a “dry run” for Martial Law. As usual, concern was thrown around the livelihood of those who would be affected by the closure, maybe some of it genuine, but also some of it rather opportunistic and exploitative, and politically-motivated, dare we say.Boracay was closed sometime April or May 2018, and just recently re-opened. While your opposition was busy wracking their minds looking for “a better way”, Duterte’s administration just went ahead and DID it. His opponents, while pre-occupied with giving feel-good motherhood statements in response to him, were also busy giving everyone who didn’t agree with them pieces of their supposedly “decent and enlightened” minds – whether they could spare them is another matter.And the opposition – whose voice is currently dominated by the Liberal Party and the Yellowtards, are still wondering why fewer people are listening to them nowadays.It would have been easy for the opposition to make Filipinos listen to them for alternatives to Duterte’s iron-fisted (from a soft, forgiving Pinoy point of view) way of doing things, if they had them in the first place. And that’s the problem; they don’t have any. Collectively, all the opposition can muster is “not Duterte”, and yet at the same time, this group of people is hobbled by the LP’s and Yellowtards’ lack of results from all the time they were the dominant force.Those who work in the corporate world are very familiar with the kind of problem-solving mindset that is emphasized in it: “don’t just stop at telling me what I can’t do; tell me what I can!” Employees are expected to bring proposals or solutions to the problems they elevate to their bosses.If you think about it, to conclude that the opposition’s lack of action is analysis-paralysis is rather inaccurate. It is more fittingly characterized by focus on saying something, with little or no intent to follow through. This is the most important realization that Duterte’s opponents have yet to come to: that words not backed up with action mean absolutely nothing. This applies not only to them, but also to Duterte’s outbursts that they claim “espouse violence, or a culture of rape”. To attribute such cause-and-effect to Duterte, without taking into consideration the bigger context of Filipino culture’s “do what I want” component, is to be intellectually dishonest.[Photo courtesy: BBC]
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2018/10/the-difference-between-dutertes-words-and-the-oppositions/#comment-1951508
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Actress Maria Isabel Lopez’ driver’s license might get revoke for ‘ASEAN lane breach’
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['View All Posts Pinoytrending']
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2017-11-12 16:21:00+08:00
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Actress and Beauty Queen Maria Isabel Lopez might her license got revoked due to her viral post which admitted that she drove her car along ASEAN lane without permit.The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) recommended to suspend the driver’s license of Lopez for committing a serious traffic violation and security breach.“That lane has been the subject of a series of [meetings] ng security. [W]e are the host country, mabuti at walang nangyaring banggaan otherwise the Philippine government particularly MMDA will be hit and not the beauty queen, who is also a [representative] of the country,” LTFRB board member Aileen Lizada said in a text message to reporters.“LTO has been informed of her violation,” she added. “[S]he is not a good role model as a beauty queen.”Lopez post was angered thousands of netizens after she boasted that she successfully breached to the ASEAN lane without being noticed by the authorities.She also admitted that she removed the yellow cones blocking the entrance of the ASEAN lane.Several motorists also followed her car to escape the traffic along EDSA.The motorists who followed Lopez car might also lose their license once identified.“Driving with hazards ‘on’ at the #aseanlane. I removed the divider cones!! Then all the other motorists behind me followed! MMDA thinks I’m an official ASEAN delegate! If you can’t beat ‘em, join them! #nosticker #leadership,” Lopez said on her Facebook post.Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa also ordered to investigate the possible ‘security breach’ committed by Lopez.ask Group Commander on Route Security and National Capital Region Police Office chief Director Oscar Albayalde also ‘strongly support’ the suspension of Lopez driver license.“A person of her stature should be an example to the Filipino community but she did just the contrary,” Albayalde said.The ASEAN lane was ordered to ensure the security and fast transportation of the foreign leaders who would visit the Philippines for the 31st ASEAN Summit held in the country.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/isabel-lopez-lose-drivers-license-driving-along-asean-lane-without-permit-dela-rosa-also-investigate/
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DOZENS OF U.S. AND CANADIAN ATHLETES SICKENED AT SOCHI OLYMPIC VILLAGE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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6/2/2017 0:00
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Dozens of athletes, mostly from the United States and Canada, were sickened just minutes after checking in at their designated quarters at the Sochi Olympic Village. Eyewitness reports indicate that the Olympians were being transported by ambulances to the nearest hospitals in the area. Many were suffering from nausea, vomiting and stomach flu.Agents from Russia’s Ministry of Health immediately rushed to the scene to investigate the incident in the hopes of containing what was initially thought of as an epidemic.It turned out that most of hospitalized athletes drank bottles of mouthwash provided in each of their living quarters. The labels on the bottles were written in Russian, and the athletes thought they were bottles of complimentary vodka.As of press time, most were released from the hospitals and are expected to make it okay in time for Friday’s opening ceremony.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/02/06/dozens-of-u-s-and-canadian-athletes-sickened-at-sochi-olympic-village/?share=email
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Trillanes shows evidence that Duterte knows the Boracay Casino plan
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['View All Posts Pinoytrending']
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2018-04-10 22:01:34+08:00
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Senator Antonio Trillanes IV during a press conference on Tuesday insisted that President Rodrigo Duterte is aware in the plan of the Macau-based Galaxy Entertainment to build a 500-M pesos Casino in Boracay island.To prove his claims, Trillanes showed a news clipping from Politics.ph which contains the photo of President Rodrigo Duterte’s meeting with the members of the Galaxy Entertainment Group limited led by its Chairman Dr. Lui Che Woo.The photo which the politics.ph was originally published in the website of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO).However, the press release of the PCOO didn’t disclose what the President and the investors talked about aside from their interest in investing in the Philippines.“Kahapon nagsabi si Duterte na wala siyang masterplan sa Boracay rehab, wala siyang alam sa casinong itatayo. Maliwanag sa picture na kinakamayan niya ‘yung may ari ng casino. Nag-courtesy call sa kanya,” he said.“Nakita niya ‘pag medyo mainit ang tama saka siya aatras at magsasabi ng diversion. His statement was an outright lie,” he said.According to Trillanes, the meeting between President Duterte and Dr. Lui was an evidence that the government already accepted the proposal of the Galaxy Entertainment to build the controversial Casino in Boracay Island which scheduled to be closed for six months as part of the rehabilitation program.“Hindi naman papayagan ‘yan kung hindi tuloy ang project kasi ini-screen lahat ng nagko-courtesy call,” he said.Several days ago, Trillanes claimed that the government ordered the closure of Boracay island to hasten the construction of the mega casino and not really to rehabilitate it.“I maintain my position na kaya sinara ang Boracay ay para sa construction ng casino. They would need the port and road network for the transport of the materials. Hindi nila magagawa iyan habang may turista,” he said.He even urge the residence of Boracay to file a petition to stop the closure of the tourist spot.“I encourage them to file a petition for TRO sa Supreme Court nang mahinto itong kabalbalan na ito ni Duterte. So maliwanag ito na hindi ito para sa kalikasan. Para sa magsasaka daw, hindi ‘yan totoo dahil wala namang mapagtataniman doon,” Trillanes said.Before the President flew to China to attend the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2018, Duterte said the government was no plan to approve the construction of the mega casino in Boracay.“Wala akong plano diyan [na] casino-casino. Tama na ‘yan kasi sobra na. Casino dito, casino doon. Give it to the people who need it most,” he said.“In the meantime, there’s no plan. My order was to clean it up. So mag-clean, sarado. There’s one way in, one way out,” he added.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/trillanes-shows-evidence-duterte-knows-boracay-casino-plan/
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On Independence Day
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2016-06-15 03:28:09+00:00
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As I start writing this article’s first draft it is already the day after Independence Day in the Philippines. It is also only hours after a horrific event in which a bigot armed with an easily-purchased semi-automatic rifle entered an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and embarked on a murderous rampage that left 50 people dead, including himself.Naturally, social media blew up with sympathy and condolences for the victims. As someone who considers himself gay, I believe this was the natural end result of the kind of verbal and physical abuse suffered by people who refuse to fit into crabbed and outdated social norms.But there was another side that reared its ugly head – insofar as ugly heads raise themselves like wildfire in the cesspool of internet comments. This was the side of those that argued that if people were armed, the shooting would have stopped early or never happened at all. It’s the easiest solution to the problem, they say.Now, I could go into any number of reasons why a country with an excessively-armed populace (legally or otherwise) would actually have more mass shootings, as opposed to those developed countries that address the root causes of gun-related violence above and beyond just “taking muh guns away.” The kind of systems that limit multiple firearms-related death incidents to once or twice every other year as opposed to, say, weekly.But in light of waking up to this tragedy on Philippine Independence Day, I came to realize that this “easy way out” that afflicts America so negatively is probably one of the biggest burdens of their legacy on the Philippines.As someone who spent his formative years in the Philippines, as well as someone who has read GRP since before the Second Aquino Administration, the most common retort I got for expressing concern was “You don’t know what we’ve been through.” It’s the same retort with slightly different wordage that I’ve read on innumerable Facebook comments when people from international bodies call him out for his notorious off-the-cuff remarks.And quite frankly, it’s this kind of retort that signifies how much Filipino society has become almost slavishly dependent on this kind of exceptionalism.The Philippines has a massive problem with clan-fed corruption and its violent offspring. I’m not going to argue this. But the incoming administration not only legitimately embodies the anger of the Filipino people – but has smartly campaigned to embody their mentality to find the easy way out and stay there. President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has very proudly pointed to the bodies he’s left in the streets (1,700 by his own personal count) as the foundation upon which Davao’s newfound and so-called prosperity rests.His campaign maneuvers were a master-stroke of genius: because his so-called “vigilantes” are so “effective” at what they do against the demographic of people that really cannot fight back, the only people that can question it without having to fear for their very lives are people with the clout to protect themselves. And these people are also from the exact same institutions his campaign criticizes. If you find something wrong with what he’s done, you are part of the problem and more than likely a – deep breath now – sycophantic oligarchy-loving Flip Yellowtard.Yet the international community is right to wonder why it’s mostly alleged (key word – alleged) small-time peddlers and pickpocketers getting gunned down on the streets, rather than the cartel kings and their subtenientes that can find ten more poor teenagers where they came from. They’re right to wonder why a journalist has to weigh when to sacrifice their integrity to extend their lifespan – and yes, that’s a question of when, not if.And whether they like it or not, any word that comes out of the mouth of the officials that the Filipino people willingly chose to elect will be scrutinized as is required of any public figure on the world stage. These officials will stand in that spotlight for the next six years regardless of how dodgy they will be with people that “just don’t understand what we’ve been through!”So as long as the alleged scumbags are swept out of sight and into the alleys by the milicias taking root in cities across the Philippines, those who trumpet their victimhood as law-abiding citizens can do as they please (see below). They’ll sleep easier at night with the simple assumption that the people who died deserved it for one reason or another, their grieving loved ones will just have to deal with it (meme sunglasses included), and most importantly, that they’ll never worry about getting their own hands dirty over it when some ex-NPA gunman gone legit and/or helpful neighborhood tanod can do that for them and find someone to pad the “crimes solved” stats with.As long as the privileged who were somehow victimized by some small-time peddler halfway across the province think they’re safer, and their brand-new emergency response vehicles aren’t tainted with the foul corpse of some poor Rugby-sniffer that happened to piss off a man with a gun for one reason or another, all’s good in their little world.Wading into the muck and find out why they’re being called out for allowing this takes Filipino society out of their closed-minded comfort zone, much like the American gun nuts and simple-minded action heroes they idolize. They believe that throwing more of what is easy at the problem – in their case, handing out guns to everyone down to barangay tanods – will solve their problems with government inaction. They’ll cover their ears and cling to their guns and their own take on the War on Drugs – much like many Americans and their duly-elected government still do – rather than perhaps wondering if it is in fact possible to have a system at least on the city level that can find a way to reduce crime without having to resort to summary executions.Out of sight, out of mind, and anybody who thinks otherwise can buzz right off. It’s truly an American exceptionalist way of thinking, and instead of finding a way to break their dependence on easiness Filipino society has instead resolved to up their dosage of this mentality, for better or worse.If there is a seed of hope left in the Pandora’s Box that opened the moment that Rajah Humabon sent Magellan over to Mactan to carry out what was basically a hired hit, it’s that people have started to realize that change must start within themselves, not just in the people they elect. They will need to break out of that guaranteed route to insanity: believing that doing the same thing, only more intensely, will give better results.That kind of change is what will make Independence Day a holiday worth celebrating.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/06/on-independence-day/
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NEW CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATOR DAVID CHIU COMES OUT, WANTS TO JOIN THE LEGISLATIVE LGBT CAUCUS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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11/12/2017 0:00
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Newly-sworn-in California Assemblyman David Chiu (D-San Francisco) just stepped out of the closet.He wants to become a member of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus.Formed in June 2002, the caucus’ role is to present a forum for the legislature to discuss issues that affect LGBT Californians and to further the goal of equality and justice for all. The formation of the caucus made California the first state in the nation to recognize an official caucus of openly-LGBT state legislators.Caucus members include Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego), Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco/San Mateo), and Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) . It is currently chaired by Assemblymember Richard Gordon (D-Menlo Park).The caucus recently welcomed it newest member, Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Campbell).It remains unclear if the LGBT Caucus will revise its rules to allow membership for either a straight legislator, or a legislator who comes out at lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender AFTER being elected. Whichever is the case for Chiu.The Adobo Chronicles is closely monitoring this developing story.UPDATING: San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos commended Chiu for wanting to join the LGBT caucus. He said : “That’s awesome. Maybe he can join the African American, Women’s and Latino caucuses as well.” Maybe Chiu will.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/12/11/new-california-state-legislator-david-chiu-comes-out-wants-to-join-the-legislative-lgbt-caucus/
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CNN AND FOX AGREE TO SWAP DON LEMON WITH MEGYN KELLY
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['Pol Pinoy']
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23/06/2018 0:00
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During an interview this week with Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, FOX news commentator Megyn Kelly declared she was an Independent, having voted for both Democrats and Republicans. During a phone interview with Glenn Beck, CNN anchor Don Lemon admitted he was a conservative.Today, both news cable networks said they have had it with their star news anchors. They’re making a swap: Kelly moves to CNN and Lemon moves to FOX News.In a joint statement, CNN and FOX said that they each wanted to be consistent with the politics and ideologies of their respective networks and that the swap is a move in the right direction.In her programs, Kelly is known to ask tough questions of Republicans and is not afraid to call them out if she thought they were out of line or out of their mind.Lemon, on the other hand, Lemon is famous for his ridiculous theories and antics about the news, including suggesting that the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was kidnapped by a higher power. Just last night, the openly-gay anchor opened his show by holding up the confederate flag and a sign that said “NIGGER,” in a failed attempt to try to stimulate discussion about news developments in South Carolina and the White House.So, the next time you turn on to your favorite cable news program, don’t panic if you see an unfamiliar face. You are still tuned to CNN or FOX.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/23/cnn-and-fox-agree-to-swap-don-lemon-with-megyn-kelly/?share=email
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U.P. Students Stage Protest Rally Demanding Revocation Of Tuition-Free Status For The State University
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['Pol Pinoy']
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19/04/2017 0:00
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It’s been a week of rallies at the main campus of the University of the Philippines, the country’s most notorious state-funded educational institution.First, students, faculty and alumni staged a protest against an earlier decision by the university’s Board of Regents to grant President Rodrigo Roa Duterte an honorary doctorate degree, Honoris Causa, during its forthcoming commencement exercises. The protest quickly fizzled out when Duterte himself rejected the honor, saying that the highest honor he could ever receive was his election to the presidency.Yesterday, several dozen protesters — mostly the same people who rallied against Duterte’s honorary degree — picketed the Oblation statue at the Diliman campus, demanding that Duterte and Congress revoke the tuition-free status of U.P.One of Duterte’s significant moves in his first six months in office was to institute free tuition at all state colleges and universities, not just U.P.“We want to be an independent educational institution, free from politics and government intervention,” the group’s manifesto stated. “We don’t want taxpayer money to support our activism and quest for a free and democratic Philippines,” it added.If approved, the revocation of the free-tuition status of U.P. will result in huge tax savings for the Duterte administration and will provide additional funds to establish more drug rehabilitation centers throughout the country.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/04/19/u-p-students-stage-protest-rally-demanding-revocation-of-tuition-free-status-for-the-state-university/?share=email
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PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL JEJOMAR BINAY PROMISES TO BRING GOVERNMENT CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/3/2017 0:00
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The next Philippine presidential election will not happen until 2016 but already, incumbent Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay has made clear his intention to run for the top position in this nation of almost 100 Million people.In fact, Binay has already finalized his campaign meme which he will officially launch in June this year. The meme? “Bring the government closer to the people, but away from the maddening crowd (read: Manila’s traffic nightmare).Pressed by The Adobo Chronicles to provide a concrete example on how he plans to pursue this campaign promise, Binay said that his first official act as president would be to transfer Malacañang, the official residence of the Philippine president, from its current location in Manila to Boracay Resort in Central Philippines.Boracay is a world-famous beach town considered one of the best, if not the best in the world. Few beaches can compare to Boracay’s immaculate white sand.Binay said Boracay makes the most sense as the center of government because it is in the center of the Philippines. He added that Boracay is traffic-free and would enable the president to move around efficiently without the need for “wang wang.” “Wang wang” is the term used by Filipinos to refer to sirens used by government officials in their limousines to help get through congested traffic.Binay also said that Boracay is the ideal place for the president to host foreign leaders and dignitaries because of its breath-taking views and world-class accommodations. The vice president is finalizing plans to build an international airport in Boracay to be named “The Binay Family International Airport.”Binay’s political dynasty includes son Junjun who is mayor of Makati City and daughters Nancy and Abigail, senator and congresswoman, respectively.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/03/04/philippine-presidential-hopeful-jejomar-binay-promises-to-bring-government-closer-to-the-people/#comments
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Raïssa Robles To Sue Vice President Leni Robredo For Plagiarism
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['Pol Pinoy']
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21/09/2018 0:00
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Remember when now Senate President Tito Sotto was accused, no less than by the Kennedy Estate, of plagiarism for copying a speech of Robert Kennedy?Well now, Vice President Leni Robredo is being sued for plagiarism by self-proclaimed investigative journalist Raïssa Robles.Robles, who authored a book titled ‘Marcos Martial Law: Never Again,’ calls Robredo a copycat and a plagiarist.Robredo, in a speech commemorating the imposition of Martial Law by then President Ferdinand E. Marcos, mimicked Robles’ copyrighted phrase, “Never Again.””She didn’t even have the common courtesy to ask my permission to use the phrase in her speech” Robles told The Adobo Chronicles.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/09/21/raissa-robles-to-sue-vice-president-leni-robredo-for-plagiarism/?share=email
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Leni: We Should Have Preserved The Marcos Bust
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['Pol Pinoy']
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25/10/2017 0:00
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Social media exploded with angry criticism of Vice President Leni Robredo when she said that the ruins of Marawi City should be preserved to remind the Filipino people of the heroism of the soldiers and the devastation brought about to the residents by the terrorist siege.In an exlusive interview with The Adobo Chronicles in Baguio City, Robredo seemed to be coherent and consistent with her ideas and comments.”And yes, we should have preserved the Marcos bust in Pugo, La Union, to remind the Filipinos and tourists about the late president’s Martial Law. A mere book by Raissa Robles does not do justice to this significant era in our history,” the VP said.The monument was a 30 m (98 ft) concrete bust of the late president erected along Marcos highway leading up to Baguio City. It was blown up in 2002 under suspicious circumstances.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/10/25/leni-we-should-have-preserved-the-marcos-bust/?share=email
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Reports of LP’s P2M deal with Kian delos Santos’s parents explode!
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-08-30 08:19:45+00:00
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Reports that the Liberal Party (LP) had offered two million pesos to Saldy and Lorenza delos Santos, parents of murdered teenager Kian, to join protest rallies against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte are making the rounds! There are even reports that the plan was hatched in the Aquino residence at Times Square Street in New Manila. Some even say that part of the deal may have even involved postponing Kian’s burial so that his body (or parts of it) may be paraded around during these anti-Duterte rallies.Much of the information underlying these reports come from reputable sources. But, see, that is not the point. The more interesting point that can be gleaned from the discussions surrounding these revelations is how persistent they are. That’s because most people wouldn’t really put it past the LP and its broader community of Yellowtards to engage in such nefarious wheeling and dealing.The LP after all has quite the track record of using sneaky and underhanded methods to get its agenda across. Over the term of former President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III, there were many such covert operations that were exposed. The purported use of “small ladies” as mules for illegally-obtained evidence against the late former Chief Justice Renato Corona was the earliest example of this expertise. The Aquino government also conspired with a terrorist organisation, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, to carve up a “Bangsamoro nation” off Mindanao. While doing this, they dealt with a certain “Mohagher Iqbal” who at various times had the veracity of his name and citizenship questioned.Even in dealing with China, the Aquino government was not as transparent as one would have expected it to be with regard to such an important undertaking. Aquino lackey “senator” Antonio Trillanes back then was outed for engaging in back-channel talks with Chinese officials — an act seemingly endorsed by President BS Aquino himself that clearly undermined the official efforts of then Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario. Trillanes was even accused of then Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile of compromising the sovereignty of the Philippines as a result of his covert activities.Last but not least was the under-the-table deployment of Police Special Action Force (SAF) officers into areas controlled by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and within coverage of Philippine military firepower. The disastrous outcome of the botched operation in which then Interior Secretary Mar Roxas was left outside of the loop in favour of then police chief Alan Purisima (who at the time was suspended over corruption allegations) left 44 elite police personnel dead.In all of the above incidents, the common denominator that accounted for the scandalous nature of the circumstances was a lack of a sense of accountability in Aquino evident in the silence or delays in responding to public clamour that he consistently exhibited whenever the proverbial brown stuff hit the fan.In hindsight, it is easy to see how the tradition of duplicity and dishonesty of the LP is what lost them not just the 2016 elections but also the Cult of Yellow narrative that likely cost billions of pesos in PR and marketing to prop up for 30 years through television and radio advertising and even through re-writing of school textbooks. What is even more astounding, however, is how little they have learned from these failures. It is evident in how, even today, they and their Yellowtard minions continue to spend millions to buy favours and engineer PR spectacles.Small wonder why not many Filipinos are surprised by this latest report of big bucks being spent on crooked activism. Crookedness, quite simply, has become a recognised character trait of the Liberal Party of the Philippines.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/08/reports-lps-p2m-deal-kian-delos-santoss-parents-explode/
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WATCH:President Duterte slams media for believing garbages and asking nonsense questions
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2017-02-08 20:00:01+08:00
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President Rodrigo Duterte during his visit in Quezon City Wednesday, criticized the mainstream media for being dishonest and asking non sense questions to him.“Kaya wag kayong masyadong mag[papaniwala]… ayang media media [wag kayong] maniwala dyan” President Duterte said during his speech.He also mentioned U.S President Donald Trump views on mainstream media for allegedly being ‘dishonest’ with their reports.Duterte gave an example how media almost destroyed his image during the presidential campaign period last year and singled out a big news company for believing in garbage that the President is hiding P211-M pesos in his bank account.He also believes that the media was being intended to destroy his image.“Parang talagang sinasadya, pati ngayon iniiba nila… tignan niyo nakikinig kayo.. gaganon yan[lilihis],” President Duterte said.The President also became frank to the Malacañang Press Corps who sometimes asking unimportant questions to him.“Biro mo galing akong Laos.. it was a long haul.. pagdating ko doon sa presscon.. ang tinanong sakin is stupid na media..na ikaw ba ay may ano na decision na hindi ka magmura..” Duterte said.He expressed his annoyance to the media who didn’t asked more important questions that related in his foreign trip.“T— i–..kabiyahe biyahe ko yun ang tatanungin mo sakin?.. di ka magtanong kung anong nangyari sa laos.. anong development,” President Duterte said in anger.Duterte also mentioned Francis “Kit” Tatad who spread rumors that he went to China for cancer threatment.“Tignan mo si Tatad mauna pang mamatay sakin..” President Duterte said in jest.In his anger of the rumors that Tatad spread, he admitted that he went to China to be circumcised again.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/watchpresident-duterte-slams-media-believing-garbages-asking-nonsense-questions/
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Palit-Bise Rally Attendance Debate Finally Settled
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['Pol Pinoy']
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3/4/2017 0:00
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It’s been two days since that Palit-Bise rally was held at Luneta by Duterte supporters, but the debate still rages on as to what the actual number was of total attendees. Was it 4,000, 50,000, 100,000?To settle the issue once and for all, The Adobo Chronicles has come up with this infographic to put in perspective the number of attendees at the April 2 Luneta rally compared with the EDSA commemoration held earlier this year.The blue represents the Luneta rally and the yellow, the EDSA commemoration.Editor’s Note: The yellow graphic already includes Jim Paredes, but the blue does not yet take into account Mocha Uson since the ANC TV reporter said that the MTRCB Board Member was not able to attend the Luneta event.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/04/03/palit-bise-rally-attendance-debate-finally-settled/?share=email
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MILLION MARCH PLANNED TO PROTEST PROPOSED PHILIPPINE LAW BANNING SELFIES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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29/08/2017 0:00
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A proposed bill banning the taking of selfies in public passed on first reading in the Philippine House of Representatives, and the residents of Makati City, recenty named the selfie capital of the world, are not happy.The proposed law is meant to discourage paparazzis and others from taking their own photos in parks and other public venues because it could possibly invade the privacy of others. The bill also aims to stop the spread of selfitis, the mental disorder associated with selfies, as declared just a few months ago by the American Psychiatric Association.Makati Mayor Junjun Binay, son of Vice President Jejomar Binay, annouced that the local government is organizing a million people’s march to protest the proposed law. “I call upon one milllion Makati residents to unite and take to the streets on September 1st to show our national lawmakers how we feel about this infringement of our freedom,” the young Binay said, not realizing that his city only has a population of 500,000.Binay encouraged every participant to bring their smart phones so that “at the appointed time during the march, we will all simultaneously take selfie photos. We are aiming at the Guinness World Record for the most number of selfies taken in a single venue.”Another feather in the cap for Makati City?
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/08/29/million-march-planned-to-protest-proposed-philippine-law-banning-selfies/
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Poll: Which Presidential Candidates Should Play Lead Roles In The Senakulo?
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['Pol Pinoy']
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21/03/2016 0:00
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It’s Holy Tuesday in the Roman Catholic calendar and preparations for the Senakulo (passion play) are at fever pitch.For the first time ever, presidential candidates in the upcoming Philippine elections will be playing major roles in the play. Famous actor Dingdong Dantes will play the role of Jesus, but the casting director needs help in determining which roles each of the candidates will play, so he is asking for the help of Filipino netizens.Who do you want to play the roles of Judas, Magdalena, Pontio Pilato, Magnanakaw?The play will be held at the Philippine Arena (which, ironically, is owned by Iglesia Ni Cristo) and will be telecast live on CNN Philippines starting at 12 noon on Good Friday.Please help by participating in the poll below: (you can vote for several candidaters at a time)
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/21/poll-which-presidential-candidates-should-play-lead-roles-in-the-senakulo/
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Donald Trump Calls For An End To All Beauty Pageants
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/12/2017 0:00
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has run out of controversial campaign statements and has turned his attention to beauty pageants.The former owner of the Miss U.S.A. and Miss Universe pageants is now calling an end to all international beauty contests.Riding on the coattails of the recent Miss Universe fiasco in which pageant host Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner (Miss Colombia) only to correct himself later saying it was Miss Philippines who had won the title, Trump says beauty pageants are degrading to women.Trump’s comments came after an op-ed piece in salon.com argued that the great Miss Universe mixup offers an excellent moment to call for an end to beauty pageants. “Once upon a time, feminists openly condemned such contests, and with good reason. But then, somehow, it became unfashionable to object to parading young women around and assigning them numerical ratings like cattle at the marketplace,” the article said.Asked by The Adobo Chronicles if it wasn’t hypocritical of him to call for a total ban of beauty contests considering he himself owned pageants in the past, Trump said, ‘that was pure business. I am a businessman.’‘Don’t get me wrong. I love beautiful women, and beautuful women love me,’ he added.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/30/donald-trump-calls-for-an-end-to-all-beauty-pageants/
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PhilStar And The Adobo Chronicles: A Recap
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['Pol Pinoy']
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1/11/2017 0:00
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On October 30, 2017, Philippine Star published a column by Al Pedroche in its Pilipino edition in which he narrated a supposed conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and an unnamed reporter from an unnamed news organization. Among other things, Trump reportedly called Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes a ‘narco.’ (At some point after the publication, PhilStar pulled the column from its online site, but the printed edition, of course, remained intact.)On November 1, 2017, Philippine Star published another column, this time by Mary Ann LL Reyes, in which she also narrated the same unconfirmed conversation between Trump and the unnamed reporter.On October 31, 2017 — or a day after the PhilStar column came out — The Adobo Chronicles published a satirical article based on the column of Mr. Pedroche. In that satirical article, we referenced the unconfirmed report about Trump calling Trillanes a ‘narco.’ Then we added a fictional response by Trillanes, calling Trump a ‘Wacko.’published a satirical article based on the column of Mr. Pedroche. In that satirical article, we referenced the unconfirmed report about Trump calling Trillanes a ‘narco.’ Then we added a fictional response by Trillanes, calling Trump a ‘Wacko.’ On November 1, PhilStar published a news report by Kristine Patag regarding Trillanes’ assertion that the alleged conversation between Trump and the unnamed reporter as narrated in the PhilStar opinion column was ‘fake.’ The news reporter ‘researched’ the source of the ‘fake’ report online which, Patag said, led to Adobo Chronicles as the source.On November 2, Adobo Chronicles publisher sent an email to the editor of PhilStar. Here is the email and the subsequet response from PhilStar:Our focus at The Adobo Chronicles is writing and publishing satirical news and memes. We are not in the business of being the subject of news.And so while we are not convinced about the alibi stated by PhilStar in its response to our email, we content ourselves with the correction of the story and the expression of regret over the erroneous reference to The Adobo Chronicles in the original November 1 news report by Ms. Patag.There are other parties that may have been offended by PhilStar’s erroneous report and so we leave it up to them to take the necessary action that they see as appropriate.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/11/01/philstar-and-the-adobo-chronicles-a-recap/
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Spotted:Kids offer to guard PNP Chief “Bato” at Makati Square
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2016-08-03 09:47:38+08:00
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Even kids who are used to be afraid of the police before is now loving the current PNP Chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa.The PNP Chief was spotted by the Netizens walking at the Makati Square with his little guards who voluntarily offered to guard him.Because of the popularity of PNP Chief Dela Rosa, many kids is now dreaming to become a police to fight criminals like him, the image of the PNP is also becoming clean again because of the hard-working leader of the police.“He is very humble and very confident that no one will harm him because everyone loves him” One of the fan of PNP Chief Bato said to our source.Despite of tremendous amount of death threat the he may received from the drug lords, he is not afraid to go in public places like Makati Square to have some me time.To also lessen the fear of the kids to the authorities, PNP created a puppet and mascot version of Bato
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/kids-offer-guard-pnp-chief-bato-makati-square/
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PNP Chief Bato to De Lima “Who is more handsome, me or secretary aguirre?”
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2016-10-13 17:23:36+08:00
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PNP Chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa posted a photo on Saturday, wearing a wig and asked Senator Leila De Lima “Who is more handsome, me or Secretary Aguirre?”Netizens reacted on the post of the PNP Chief who successfully reduced the user, pusher and supply of illegal drugs in his first 100 days.“Senator delima, you may or may not answer this question: Who is more handsome me or secretary aguirre?” The PNP’s director general said on his Facebook post.They also lauds the PNP Chief for being cool and funny despite of criticisms that he received from the supporters of Leila De Lima.People are also contented to what the PNP’s director general did during his first 100 days.Last month, Senator Leila De Lima slammed the Justice Secretary, comparing the evidence that the Department of Justice presented against De Lima to Agurre’s wig.But the Justice Secretary responded to De Lima’s tirade “I might be losing my hair, but you might losing your mind”
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/pnp-chief-bato-de-lima-handsome-secretary-aguirre/
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FIBA Brawl: Basketball Australia Issues Statement
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['Pol Pinoy']
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2/7/2018 0:00
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Basketball Australia has issued a statement regarding the brawl which ensued in the qualifying game between its players and the Gilas Pilipinas team:“Basketball Australia deeply regrets the incident in tonight’s match between the Boomers and the Philippines in Manila. We are extremely disappointed with what happened and our role in it,” Basketball Australia chief executive Anthony Moore said.“This is not the spirit in which sport should be played and certainly not in the spirit in which we aim to play basketball.“We apologise to our fans and will await the penalties to be handed down.”“In hindsight, our players shouldn’t have worn their yellow jersey. We didn’t realize that the Dilawan (Yellows) are very much hated by the Filipinos.”
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/07/02/fiba-brawl-basketball-australia-issues-statement/
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Leila’s Dilemma: To Lie or To Hide
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2016-07-31 11:24:43+00:00
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Bilibid or not! The national penitentiary (the “New” Bilibid Prison) at the heart of Imperial Manila, the supposedly most secure (i.e., MAXIMUM security) facility on the face of the republic for incarcerating the worst criminals in this corner of the planet and thereby ensuring the public these scumbags CAN NEVER EVER cause any more trouble in Philippine society again, had become the Command Center of the top drug lords of the country under the watch of then Justice Secretary and Noynoy’s trusted appointee… newly elected senator Leila De Lima.The series of videos below shows damning evidence proving the culpability of this woman, which eats at the very foundations of her integrity and competence for public service. Sit down, relax and enjoy the show – as usual totally appalling comedy that can only be made possible in a country overrun by dysfunctional idiots.It can only take a President like Rody Duterte who has the political will, valor and basic common sense to go up against these dark forces (such as this woman), in order to dismantle the complex drug network in the country, which had only flourished practically unhampered by the previous administration’s incompetent lineup of Noynoy-hand-picked bozos.The videos speak for themselves, so I will no longer reiterate the details. The point is to make the woman behind this unbelievable fiasco answer for all this mess. At this point, Leila De Lima has two choices: To continue to LIE and sing LALA to cover her naked exposed ass and assume all is well, or to start hiding like the rest of the generals, congressmen and mayors who have been bribery-bought protectors of these drug syndicates all these years.My advise to Leila De Lima: tama na panloloko mo ng taong bayan, magtago ka na sa DILIM.1. DE LIMA nahuling NAGSISINUNGALING tungol sa droga sa Bilibid2. Leila de Lima, bagsak ang grado sa pagsupil ng droga sa Bilibid!3. Drug Lord Herbert Colangco inaming nagbabayad sila ng 7 million pesos for protection sa mga generals!Note: Herbert Colanco who you see going “elbow-to-elbow” with De Lima in the formal gathering in video #1 is one of the top 3 drug lords (video #3) that had been operating their command center and enjoying first-class accommodations in the national penitentiary. Credit goes to all the video posters and network news agencies for the above exposés.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/07/leilas-dilemma-lie-hide/#comments
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WATCH: Robin Padilla, Duterte in a new video
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2016-04-27 13:54:10+08:00
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Actor Robin Padilla and PDP-Laban presidential bet Rody Duterte have released a new a video-in-tandem where Padilla is seen talking about the problems in the country and only Duterte can solve those.The actor also slams the ruling party’s slogan “Tuwid na Daan”.“Aanhin pa ang Daang Matuwid kung tinatahak lang ng iilan?” said Padilla.Here is the full videoAny thoughts on this video? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/watch-robin-padilla-duterte-new-tv-ad/
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Presidential Candidate Rodrigo Duterte Wants Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. To Be His Successor
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['Pol Pinoy']
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20/02/2016 0:00
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Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, candidate for Philippine president, has anointed his successor should he be elected in the coming May elections. And it is not his VP running mate Senator Alan Cayetano. Rather, it is Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.Duterte is running under the banner of the PDP-Laban Party while Marcos is the VP candidate of the People’s Reform Party.The mayor made the statement in a meeting with Ilocos Governor Imee Marcos, during which he extolled the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos whom he considers a friend.In the same meeting, Duterte said that if as president, he does not solve the criminality and other problems of the country within three to six months, he will turn the presidency over to Bongbong Marcos.Cayetano has not returned our calls for comment, but we suspect he is very heartbroken.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/02/20/presidential-candidate-rodrigo-duterte-wants-ferdinand-marcos-jr-to-be-his-successor/#respond
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PUERTO RICANS, CHAMORROS, OTHERS WILL LOSE CITIZENSHIP UNDER TRUMP PRESIDENCY
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['Pol Pinoy']
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3/9/2018 0:00
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Earlier this week, the Rev. Al Sharpton declared that “people that were from Puerto Rico all would have to go back if their parents were undocumented.” In other words, Sharpton believes that Puerto Ricans are not U.S. citizens.Soon enough, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, while speaking to a group of investment bankers and hedge fund owners in New York City, allegedly declared that if elected, he will revoke the U.S. citizenship of all Puerto Ricans because they are “not part of the American race.”While Trump mentioned only Puerto Rico, his campaign told reporters that he meant to say all citizens from the territories of the U.S., including Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands.“We don’t really need these non-Americans and I don’t need their votes to win the presidency,” Trump said.People born in these five territories are automatically U.S. citizens. However, under the federal electoral college system, only those residing in one of the 50 states of the U.S., and the District of Columbia, are eligible to vote for U.S. president.So while Trump was wrong to say that Puerto Rico and the other territories are not part of America, he was correct in saying he doesn’t need their votes because they can’t vote for president.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/03/puerto-ricans-chamorros-others-will-lose-citizenship-under-trump-presidency/
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“Do not touch my EX-Driver”: De Lima appealed for the life of Ronnie Dayan
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2016-08-20 17:08:04+08:00
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Senator De Lima appealed for the life of her EX-Driver and rumoured boyfriend Ronnie Dayan.On Saturday, August 20, De Lima says that Ronnie Dayan called her and told her that he cannot asleep after some people reportedly hunted him 3 – 4 weeks ago.“Sana ho ‘wag ninyo siyang galawin,” De Lima said in a news conference on SaturdayDe Lima asked the authorities to not touch Dayan without any arrest warrant.“Sana po ‘wag ‘nyo siyang damputin. Puwede ‘nyo lang siyang damputin kung meron kayong warrant of arrest. Pero ‘pag wala pong warrant of arrest, sana po ‘wag siyang pakialaman.” De Lima added.According to the Senator, her Ex-Driver is currently hiding somewhere in the country.Dayan also asked some help to De Lima, because Dayan don’t have any food supply left in his hideout.“Nagpapa-SOS na raw ho. Kung puwede nga daw ho, tulungan ko siya dahil sobra na ang pangamba niya. Wala na nga daw ho siyang makain.”De Lima admitted that Dayan and her became very close, but she didn’t tell if they are really in a romantic relationship.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/not-touch-ex-driver-de-lima-appealed-life-ronnie-dayan/
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“I do not believe in religion, but I believe in God” President Rodrigo Duterte
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2016-11-04 19:05:51+08:00
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President Rodrigo Duterte revealed his beliefs during his speech before the officers and members of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines at the Manila Hotel on November 4,2016.He revealed that he’s don’t believe in Religion, but he believe in God.Duterte: I don’t believe in religion, but I believe in God | LIVE: https://t.co/CaczwF9CtH pic.twitter.com/szxynhhUGN — CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) November 4, 2016“Ako naman, I don’t believe in religion. I believe in God, pero yung religion wala na yata” President Duterte said in his speech.He said that he don’t know if the God he embracing is the God who worshipped by the people.President Duterte believes that this world is full of agony and horror.“It is really a planet full of agony and horror and everything, and you think where is God” President Duterte added.He also said that he cannot accept young people being raped.“I could probably swallow a beautiful mutya being raped but I can never accept a one month, 18 months, one year child being raped and killed”
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/not-believe-religion-believe-god-president-rodrigo-duterte/
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What happens to Filipinos when they can no longer “make sumbong”?
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2016-10-25 09:58:36+00:00
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There is something to be said about Filipinos and their ability to engage opponents fairly.In a fair engagement, you recognize the situation and the position you’re currently in, and assess them. You discuss possible options. You recall your strengths and weaknesses, and how to use the former for leverage, and how to best minimize the effects of the latter. You also analyze the situation and position of your opponents, recognize their strengths and weaknesses, and move them into positions, such that they are neutralized and exposed, respectively. And you do this all without external help.From the start of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term, we’ve come to see how Filipinos collectively engage their opponents:1) We’ve seen that the Liberal Party (LP), made up of many supporters of Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino, has repeatedly called on the United Nations (UN) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to intervene, in what they perceive as a spate of extra-judicial killings (EJKs), people who have been killed in the time Duterte has been conducting his anti-drug drive;2) We’ve seen the contrasting methods in which the Philippines would have engaged China, under both the Aquino and the Duterte administrations;3) We’ve seen how the Duterte opposition – a convenient catch-all term for several disjoint groups of anti-Duterte sentiment – has attempted to silence prominent Duterte supporter Mocha Uson by calling for, and supporting, a petition to shut down her Facebook page, and;4) We’ve seen how Maria Ressa and her hen party blog, Rappler, have complained about online trolls whom “the Internet needs to be taken back from”.Especially in the first three instances, the behavior of making sumbong – calling on an external entity that could be a “higher power” (think of a summoned Deus Ex Machina) – is very pronounced.The LP is attempting to make the issue of EJKs persist, despite the absence of a conclusive link between Duterte and the killings (i.e., that the killings are state-sanctioned policy). It has become widespread public perception, however, that the reason the LP is doing so is because it didn’t take the loss of its presidential candidate, Mar Roxas, too well. The LP knows, all too well, that public perception is against them in the Philippines because of the previous administration’s failures, so they’re calling on external entities like the UN and the ICC to help them get Duterte out of the chair, that’s supposed to be theirs.In engaging China, the Aquino administration was seemingly banking on US intervention – something which was never explicitly assured – in order to save the Philippines’ sorry ass. Never mind that it was the Philippines that, not only came out the aggressor, but also, seemed unable to live up to its word of “wanting to talk” and stay consistent.The Duterte opposition, in its current disjoint state, has simply been unable to make any sort of effective counter to Mocha Uson’s influence. They have brushed her off as a slut. They have labeled her and her followers “stupid” and as “trolls”. They have lampooned her and made her a subject of satire. None of it worked to diminish her influence. So, the opposition pulled out its most desperate card – to get her page shut down by Facebook.The fourth case mentioned is, from a certain point of view, a case of Rappler’s “making sumbong” to its reader base (or what’s left of it). But it really fits more into the mold of whining about them getting a dose of their own medicine, still not coming to terms with their loss of credibility, and being unable to counter the opponent effectively.While all the examples above come from the Yellow-aligned opposition, this sort of behavior is not exclusive to them. Many Filipinos who grew up in the streets are familiar with the concepts of “resbak” – calling for backup and for “the posse”.It is important to emphasize that what is being called out here is the behavior of Filipinos, wherein they “make sumbong” and ask for intervention when:a) They’re the ones who instigate the situation;b) They are doing so simply because they are not used to being on the disadvantaged side of the equation, and;c) They have not, net result, exhausted all the means with which to fight fairly and squarely.Whereas calling in for reinforcements is normally considered a last resort, certain Filipinos make it their default mode.That says a lot about those Filipinos and the sort of collective social intelligence that they are capable of.So, at this point, let’s answer the question posted in the title.They will most certainly lose face, and/or they will, most likely, give up something that they hold dear, unnecessarily. And that’s never a good thing.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/10/happens-filipinos-can-no-longer-make-sumbong/#comments
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Critics who call for Duterte’s ouster should be charged with inciting rebellion
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-08-28 04:59:54+00:00
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Critics of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte are frustrated. They are showing signs of desperation in their bid to get rid of him. An article recently published by blogsite Rappler advocated the ousting of Duterte — a duly-elected President who won without a shadow of a doubt. The author, Herbert Docena, also claims to be advocating for “real” democracy in the same article. The irony in what he wrote seems to fly way over his head.Docena claims to have tried appealing to Duterte prior to writing his Rappler manifesto — “signed so many petitions, issued so many statements, marched on the streets and called on the other branches of government to intervene” — among other things that he said preoccupied him to alleviate his frustration. But now, he says there is no other alternative than to remove Duterte illegally. In his own words “We are now left with no other option but to assert our inalienable and democratic right to call for his ouster.”It is not clear who he was referring to when he wrote “we”, but obviously it doesn’t include the 80% of the public who approve of Duterte. Those who voted for Duterte knew what they were getting because Duterte was upfront about his policies, particularly when he announced that he will wage a bloody war on drugs. His supporters accepted his foul-mouth and actually considered it a “breath of fresh air” because he was cursing the ineptitude of the previous administrators on behalf of the people.The problem with people like Docena is they seem to have low emotional intelligence. They are not patient. Okay, so he doesn’t agree with the current President’s policies. That’s acceptable. What’s not acceptable is him wanting to oust Duterte just because he doesn’t agree with his agenda. It is wrong for Docena to expect things will go his way just because he asked for it. For someone who claims to be a University of the Philippines professor during the day, he is quite naïve. God forbid he teaches his irrational views to his students. If you ask me, he should be sacked for advocating Duterte’s ouster.Docena is already calling for Duterte’s head to roll in such a short period of time just because he cannot get what he wants. And, mind you, a lot of the things he wants like ending contractualization, higher wages, better benefits, and improved job security, are impossible to be met in just twelve months. It seems he wanted Duterte to grant his request on his first day in office; as if Duterte can tell business owners to stop contractualization just like that. That’s so unrealistic. Does he want Duterte to be a dictator or what? He’s such a dreamer — a confused dreamer. Well, he can keep dreaming about ousting Duterte all he wants because “it ain’t gonna happen” unless he has the military backing his plans.Docena wants to get what he wants as soon as possible without actually doing all the leg work involved. Take Duterte for example. He was already in his seventies before he managed to climb to the top to do what he wants. Duterte obviously had a vision for the country and the Mindanao region for a long time. He most probably saw what was happening in Manila and elsewhere in the country from where he was sitting in his office in Davao City and could only shake his head in disbelief at how former Presidents like BS Aquino were mismanaging the Philippines.It was not easy for Duterte – a provincial mayor and someone who was not part of the Manila Polo Club set – to ease his way into the Presidential candidacy. It took guts for him to run against the usual suspects who were so sure they would win because of their name and pedigree. But he made it. Now that he is at the helm, he can implement his policies, like revising the Constitution to allow foreign ownership as well as work on Federalism. Those are things that could actually bring more jobs and create more opportunities under more independent states throughout the country.If Docena was really smart, he would realise that his ideas are not popular with the public, which is why all his efforts are not getting any traction. His ideas are likewise not solid. He can’t even explain what kind of “democracy” he is espousing. Consider his spiel:But there is at least one other better possibility they don’t want us to even imagine: a democratic People Power uprising which ushers in a very different, because non-exploitative and truly radically-democratic and participatory system. What exactly this new system is – how it will look like, how it will function, and what transitional steps should be taken for it to be established – should itself be the subject of more democratic debates and discussion: its very conceptualization and creation should itself already seek to practice the kind of radical, participatory democracy it seeks to establish.What kind of non-sense is he talking about? To begin with, the Philippines already has “participatory democracy”. The representatives in Congress are supposed to discuss whatever it is their constituents want. The only problem is, they don’t. What kind of system is Docena proposing that would compel Congressmen to bring forward the people’s woes to the discussion table? He has no idea, apparently.In a true democracy, ideas are thrown around in the market place of ideas until it catches on and take a life of its own. The only way for that to happen is for the speaker to speak as loudly as possible. In an age of digital public relations machines and propaganda wars, that is not easy to do. This is why Docena needs to work harder at getting his message across. Now asking people to back his plan to remove Duterte illegally is not going to fly. A people power revolt has been done so many times in the past and the public is sick of it. In the past, it only brought in chaos due to the power vacuum that forms after a head of state was illegally ousted. I suggest Docena and all the other people who agree with his ideas learn from the previous mistakes when Marcos and Erap were removed and stop this call for another revolt. It’s not going to help the poor he is supposed to be fighting for. It will only bring the country further back to the “dark ages”.Truth be told, Docena and the editors of Rappler should be charged for inciting rebellion against the Philippine government. They are asking people to throw the rule book out the window. Over the six years that I was criticising BS Aquino, I never advocated his ouster or illegal removal. I believe in due process and advocated following the rule of law – something the Liberal Party and people like Docena seem to be against. More importantly, I wanted BS Aquino to finish his term so that people will finally realise that the so-called Aquino legacy was nothing more than a sham.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/08/critics-who-call-for-dutertes-ouster-should-be-charged-with-inciting-rebellion/
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US President Barack Obama’s eighth and final State of the Union Address
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2016-01-21 14:51:48+00:00
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United States President Barack Obama delivered his eighth, and final, State of the Union (SOTU) Address at the United States House of Representatives last January 12, 2016.Whether or not one agrees with Obama’s politics and policies, and whatever one may think of him, I think it’s hard to deny that not only does he have a great speechwriter, he is one hell of a speaker as well.You can find the transcript of his speech here, or listen to him deliver it in this video.I leave the fact-checking of Obama’s SOTU address as a separate topic. There has already been at least one website out there that has done it.My point of reference, I must define, is that I can’t help but recall Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino’s final State of the Nation address (SONA) from July last year. Quite simply, BS Aquino did a lot of what his critics pretty much expected him to do, based on his previous SONA’s.Keep in mind that BS Aquino’s supporters have tried to liken him to president Obama in the past, in the sense that they are supposedly both for change. BS Aquino, as his entire term has seemingly shown, was for anything but.If we think about it, the comparison between their speeches is easy. Obama’s speech is focused on the future, its challenges, and on working together. BS Aquino’s, on the other hand, was fixated on the past, adversarial, divisive, and, for lack of a better term, an undeserved self-congratulating self-fellatio.Both America and the Philippines will go to the polls for their national elections this year, the former in November, and Filipinos in May. As such, the question persists: what will Filipinos do differently this time, if indeed, enough is enough, and they are finally tired of their 30-year old democracy not working for them? Are they finally going to look for a leader with a vision, and scrutinize the both of them? Are they going to take a more active role in nation building, and not just leave everything to their politicians without holding them accountable? Are they going to not only choose leaders who can bring them together, but bring themselves together and use their diversity to their benefit?All of that seems like wishful thinking. Filipinos are lazy, mediocre, unnecessarily deferential to their politicians, and too focused on bickering unproductively amongst themselves to do so. Their idea of unity is disregarding and shutting down differences in opinion instead of welcoming them. Plus, they’re definitely not focused on the future; never have been, never will be.***Highlights from the State of the Union Address:Our unique strengths as a nation — our optimism and work ethic, our spirit of discovery, our diversity, our commitment to rule of law — these things give us everything we need to ensure prosperity and security for generations to come.But such progress is not inevitable. It’s the result of choices we make together. And we face such choices right now. Will we respond to the changes of our time with fear, turning inward as a nation, turning against each other as a people? Or will we face the future with confidence in who we are, in what we stand for, in the incredible things that we can do together? So let’s talk about the future, and four big questions that I believe we as a country have to answer — regardless of who the next President is, or who controls the next Congress. First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us — especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman? And finally, how can we make our politics reflect what’s best in us, and not what’s worst?And that’s why we need to reject any politics — any politics — that targets people because of race or religion. Let me just say this. This is not a matter of political correctness. This is a matter of understanding just what it is that makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity, and our openness, and the way we respect every faith.The future we want — all of us want — opportunity and security for our families, a rising standard of living, a sustainable, peaceful planet for our kids — all that is within our reach. But it will only happen if we work together. It will only happen if we can have rational, constructive debates. It will only happen if we fix our politics. A better politics doesn’t mean we have to agree on everything. This is a big country — different regions, different attitudes, different interests. That’s one of our strengths, too. Our Founders distributed power between states and branches of government, and expected us to argue, just as they did, fiercely, over the size and shape of government, over commerce and foreign relations, over the meaning of liberty and the imperatives of security. But democracy does require basic bonds of trust between its citizens. It doesn’t work if we think the people who disagree with us are all motivated by malice. It doesn’t work if we think that our political opponents are unpatriotic or trying to weaken America. Democracy grinds to a halt without a willingness to compromise, or when even basic facts are contested, or when we listen only to those who agree with us. Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get all the attention. And most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn’t matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some special interest.What I’m suggesting is hard. It’s a lot easier to be cynical; to accept that change is not possible, and politics is hopeless, and the problem is all the folks who are elected don’t care, and to believe that our voices and actions don’t matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.Those with money and power will gain greater control over the decisions that could send a young soldier to war, or allow another economic disaster, or roll back the equal rights and voting rights that generations of Americans have fought, even died, to secure. And then, as frustration grows, there will be voices urging us to fall back into our respective tribes, to scapegoat fellow citizens who don’t look like us, or pray like us, or vote like we do, or share the same background. We can’t afford to go down that path. It won’t deliver the economy we want. It will not produce the security we want. But most of all, it contradicts everything that makes us the envy of the world. So, my fellow Americans, whatever you may believe, whether you prefer one party or no party, whether you supported my agenda or fought as hard as you could against it — our collective futures depends on your willingness to uphold your duties as a citizen. To vote. To speak out. To stand up for others, especially the weak, especially the vulnerable, knowing that each of us is only here because somebody, somewhere, stood up for us. (Applause.) We need every American to stay active in our public life — and not just during election time — so that our public life reflects the goodness and the decency that I see in the American people every single day.[Display photo courtesy: wallstreetonparade.com]
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/01/us-president-barack-obamas-eighth-and-final-state-union-address/#comments
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“Harassed or Not” Sen. Ping Lacson believes Sen. De Lima should answer all allegations against her
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2016-09-26 00:17:11+08:00
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Even De Lima was harassed or not, Senator Ping Lacson believes that the former Department of Justice Secretary should still answer all the allegation against her and face the house probe to defend herself.“Pang-harass man o hindi ang pinakaimportante masagot niya. Napakahirap i-ignore ang lumabas na testigo sa HOR kasi may pagkakatugma,” Lacson said in an interview on DIWZ radio Saturday, September 24.Lacson was referring to the recent Congressional Investigation on proliferation of Illegal drugs inside the National Bilibid Prison where VIP inmates who volunteered to become a witness pointed De Lima as their protector.Even some of the witnesses are convicted criminals, Lacson said that there is also two NBI who testified against the former DOJ Sec and they claimed that they delivered drug money to De Lima.Lacson said that De Lima must face the investigation and answer all the questions of the congress even she felt harassed.“Maraming issue na di mo pwede basta i-dismiss. Hina-harass na kung hina-harass, pero kung may ebidensya at may basehan ang ginagawang sabihin nating pagha-harass kailangan talaga masagot,” He addedDe Lima said that she or her lawyer would not attend the congressional inquiry because she believes that the only goal of the congress is to destroy her image.
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/harassed-not-sen-ping-lacson-believes-sen-de-lima-answer-allegations/
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Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte blasts Sen. Trillanes “If I may suggest for him to take a psychiatric test as something is very wrong with his mind”
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2017-02-16 23:02:25+08:00
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Davao City Vice Mayor and Presidential son Paolo “Pulong” Duterte blasted Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for reviving the alleged undeclared wealth of the President.The Vice Mayor lambasted the Senator for lying again and he would donate millions to the survivors of the Surigao Province Earthquake if Trillanes can prove his claims.“If this senator, whose name is not worth mentioning, could prove that I have those millions in the said bank accounts, then I will give them all to the victims of the earthquake in Surigao,” Duterte said in his statement.He dared the Senator to resign because of being a useless government official. Duterte also claimed that Trillanes already distrusted by the people“Kung gusto mo magresign Senator Ugok, magresign ka na. Huwag ka na madami pang dahilan. You are a useless senator and the people of the Philippines no longer believe you, You can rot in hell for all we care!” he added.During the Presidential Election, Senator Trillanes vowed to resign as Senator if he proved his accusations against Rodrigo Duterte who’s running for President.Paolo Duterte expressed his anger to Trillanes for implicating the family of President in his accusations.“This ‘ugok’ senator is again throwing wild accusations against President Rodrigo Duterte and dinamay pa nya kaming mga anak sa kanyang kagaguhan,” Paolo said.
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/vice-mayor-paolo-duterte-blasts-sen-trillanes-useless-senatorill-give-money-earthquake-victims-prove/
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Miss Venezuela Banned From Entering U.S.
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['Pol Pinoy']
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24/09/2017 0:00
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Donald Trump used to own the Miss Universe Organization which sponsors the annual Miss Universe Beauty Pageant.But now that he’s president, Trump wants nothing to do with the next Miss Universe — if it happens to be Miss Venezuela.Trump’s new travel ban covers 8 countries, including Venezuela.The Miss Universe Organization is headquartered in New York, and the winning beauty is provided an apartment in the Big Apple throughout her reign.Unless it is Miss Venezuela.Venezuela has accumulated more Big Four international pageant titles than any other country, including seven Miss Universe winners, six Miss World winners, seven Miss International winners and two Miss Earth winners.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/09/24/miss-venezuela-banned-from-entering-u-s/
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U.P. Oblation Statue To Be ‘Unveiled’
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/05/2017 0:00
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The Oblation, the well-recognized symbol of the University of the Philippines will soon be unveiled. Literally.The naked statue of a man (with just a leaf front covering), with hands outstretched and looking up to the sky, was designed by Filipino artist Guillermo Tolentino.The U.P. Board of Regents unanimouslty approved a resolution for the total unveiling to symbolize the university’s continuing search of the truth through education.Critics say, however, that it is the board’s strategy to diffuse and cover up the controversies that have plagued the university in recent months — including its politics, activism and its failure to make it to the topnotcher lists in professional regulation exams.No state funds will be used for ‘renovating’ the oblation statues at all U.P. campuses nationwide. An ‘endowment’ grant from concerned U.P. alumni has been set aside for this purpose.“It is a coming of age,” one U.P. student commented. “If students can run around fully naked during the annual “Oblation Run,” why can’t the very symbol of the university do the same?”One question remains between now and the unveiling: how endowed is the Oblation?
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/05/30/u-p-oblation-statue-to-be-unveiled/#comments
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Chiz Escudero defends Duterte’s time out: “Hindi porket Pangulo ka hindi na pwedeng magpahinga”
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2017-06-18 01:11:33+08:00
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Senator Chiz Escudero defended President Rodrigo Duterte against the criticisms received by the Filipino leader from his critics because of his absence in the public eye for almost five days.According to the senator, a President who’s having a little break from the grueling hours of work is not against the constitution.He also said that it’s not an issue for him that the President didn’t appear to the public for almost five days because there’s no law that would prohibit a public official to take some vacation or rest.“Hindi krimen ang magbakasyon ang pangulo, hindi porke’t pangulo ka hindi na pwedeng magbakasyon at magpahinga,” he said.Escudero also explained that if the President was in a vacation or don’t have any public engagements to attend, it doesn’t mean that Duterte is not doing his job as the leader of the country.He also said that if the President have a serious illness, the constitution clearly stated that Malacañang must inform the public about his real health condition.“Maliwanag ang probinsyon ng Konstitusyon at ito’y alam ng mga nakapaligid sa Pangulo na kapag seryoso ang karamdaman ng pangulo ay dapat ipagbigay alam iyan sa publiko,” he said.But the senator said that the President don’t need to inform the public about his health if there’s nothing serious about his condition, like what Duterte always said during his speeches.“Ngunit kung ordinaryong sakit at hindi seryoso ay hindi na kailangan ipagbigay alam sa publiko,” he added.“Seventy years old na ako. Yung lolo mo, tatay mo, at 70-years-old, alam mo sakit nila? Yun rin ang sakit ko,” President Rodrigo Duterte said during one of his public speeches.“Ang sakit ko po, just to make it clear, talagang yung nagkaproblema ako, it’s Verger’s Disease. It is a constriction of the blood vessel for a person who, yung nicotine. Tapos yung isa, well, of course, sa inom. Kagaya mo rin, yung Barrett Esophigial thing, erosion dahil sa inom,” he added.President Rodrigo Duterte’s absence since the Independence Day sparked rumors that he suffered in a serious illness that forced him to stop his appearance to the public.Members of the opposition urged President Rodrigo Duterte to explain his absence in the public eye since June 12 and they believe that he must state his real health condition.During Duterte’s absence in public, Malacañang explained that President Rodrigo Duterte was only tired and need some rest to rejuvenate himself.On Friday, during President Rodrigo Duterte’s first public appearance since June 12, he debunked the rumors circulated by his critics that he’s in coma.Duterte joked: “Nasa kama lang ako. Kayo lang nagsabi na-coma ako… Wrong spelling man ‘yan… Kung na-coma ako, magtindig kaya ako para mamut*ngin*?”“My state of health is what you see is what you get. I do not need anybody to ask me where I’m going. Kapag hindi niyo ko nakita ng limang araw, edi patay na” he added.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/chiz-escudero-defends-dutertes-time-hindi-porket-pangulo-ka-hindi-na-pwedeng-magpahinga/
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Look: Pres. Rodrigo Duterte, PNP Chief Ronald Bato Dela Rosa and Senators in Malacang Palace
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2016-08-16 09:56:38+08:00
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Photo Credits: King Rodriguez/CNN PhilippinesPresident Rodrigo Duterte held a meeting with PNP Chief Ronald Bato Dela Rosa, Cabinet Members and Senators in the state dining room in Malacanang Palace on August 16.The who Senators who attended the meeting are Joel Villanueva, JV Ejercito Estrada, Cynthia Villar, Alan Peter Cayetano, Ralph Recto, Richard Gordon, and Juan Miguel Zubiri together with Duterte’s Cabinet members Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, and Special Assistant to the President Christopher Go.The details about the meeting is not yet released, but the Netizens believe that the meeting is related to the upcoming Senate Probe about the alleged extrajudicial killings happening during the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs.The Senate probe would be lead by Senator Leila De Lima on August 22.
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/look-pres-rodrigo-duterte-pnp-chief-ronald-bato-dela-rosa-senators-malacang-palace/
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Donald Trump’s Senior Aide Kellyanne Conway Will Be A Judge At The 65th Miss Universe Pageant In Manila
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['Pol Pinoy']
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23/01/2017 0:00
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Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen has confirmed that she is on the judging panel of 65th edition of the pageant here.The 41-year-old model-turned-actress was crowned Miss Universe in Manila in 1994 and she said she is excited as well as overwhelmed to return to the pageant 23 years later.Also named judge for the January 29 (January 30 Philippine time) pageant finals is U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior aide Kellyanne Conway.In announcing the selection of Conway as a judge, the Miss Universe Organization said that it was very impressed with her high fashion sense, as was evident in her choice of wardrobe at Trump’s inauguration last week. “We’re confident she will contribute a great deal to the judging especially in the selection of the Best in National Costume and Best in Evening Gown,” a Miss Universe Organization spokesperson told The Adobo Chronicles.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/01/23/donald-trumps-senior-aide-kellyanne-conway-will-be-a-judge-at-the-65th-miss-universe-pageant-in-manila/#respond
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Duterte cries after being touched by the sick kids who dedicated a song him
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2016-04-13 19:15:53+08:00
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WARNING: This video will show the soft side of Duterte, prepare your tissue.Many People didn’t know that Mayor Duterte is a man who is hiding a soft side.Mayor Duterte is known in Davao as a man who really love kids and ladies, he also passed a law that every fine in the Anti Smoking Ordinance will be donated to the kids who suffers in deadly diseases like Cancer.On December 8, 2014. The kids from House of Hope that funded by the Anti-Smoking Ordinance of Davao City dedicated a surprise song for the Punisher.The song “Salamat” by Yeng Costantino were performed by the kids for the Davao Mayor and the Punisher who is known for being tough and Macho became Teary-Eyed.According to the source of the video, this is one of the best reason why Duterte must become the President of the Philippines.Also read -> 3.2 Million Pesos worth of smokers fines donated to kids with cancer
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/duterte-cries-touched-sick-kids-dedicated-song/
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Leni Robredo Beats Duterte To Typhoon-Ravaged Eastern Visayas
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['Pol Pinoy']
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18/12/2017 0:00
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Never underestimate a woman, especially if she is Vice President. She could beat any man in a race to be first.For several days now, many Filipinos have been wondering why the usually talkative Leni Robredo has been silent over the devastation brought about by typhoon Urduja to the Eastern Visayas.Well, the wondering is over.Yesterday, when President Rodrigo Duterte flew over Eastern Visayas to inspect the typhoon damage, he was surprised to spot Robredo already on the ground visiting with victims.”Naunahan ako ng P*tang *na,” Duterte was overheard saying aboard the Presidential helicopter.It wasn’t clear whether the Vice President flew by plane or took the bus to the Visayas.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/12/18/leni-robredo-beats-duterte-to-typhoon-ravaged-eastern-visayas/?share=email
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Part 3: Inday Sara slams Trillanes on Friday the 13th
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2017-10-13 11:47:19+08:00
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Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte chose to make a rant against Sen. Antonio Trillanes on Friday the 13th. This is her 3rd strike after she slammed Sen. Kiko Pangilinan and Sen. Risa Hontiveros for being opportunists.This time, Inday Sara set a fire on Trillanes as she challenged him for a “FIGHT”. The lady Mayor tagged Trillanes as Pinocchio.She also highlighted on her post that it is about time to break her silence and help her father for the propaganda these senators are building against the President. Read her full message below:1995 election issues dds goons, gold and girls 1998 election issues dds goons, gold, girls 2001 election issues ad nauseam 2004 election issues ad nauseam 2007 election issues ad nauseam 2009 CHR Delima dds investigation 2010 election: dds goons, gold, girls, bastos, dynasty 2015 Trillanes asks for support ambisyon VP, was rejected 2016 election issues: same old 2017 Trillanes: “Hindi ko pa kilalang mamamatay tao at magnanakaw ang tatay n’yang si Pres. Duterte, Iba na ngayon, alam ko na ang katotohanan” Naconfine ka ba ng matagal sa mental? Alam na ng buong mundo ang isyu pero ikaw hindi mo parin alam? You are lying. Maiba pa tayo, since now we have established lying, prove to everybody that piece of shit paper of bank accounts you are waving around is not fake, Pinocchio. Tigas ng mukha mo magsabi pamilya ng mamatay tao at magnanakaw kami pero nagtatago ka sa parliamentary immunity. Pakita mo bayag mo, huwag mo itago yan sa Senado. If you made VP Binay go away without a fight, ang babae na Bisaya hindi umaatras. Kayangkaya ko makipag away ng tatlong dekada, laking Mindanao ako. Kung ang Presidente ng Pilipinas ay inaaway ko, ikaw pa ba? Kala mo porket tahimik ako dahil takot ako, kagwang, umiiwas lang ako sa away. Pero may hangganan ang lahat, now is your time to shine.. Don’t ask us to prove you wrong, prove first na hindi ka nagsisinungaling. Fight!Your thoughts on this? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/part-3-inday-sara-slams-trillanes-friday-13th/
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EDITORIAL: MAR ROXAS, THE MAN WHO COULD BE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT
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['Pol Pinoy']
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5/8/2017 0:00
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assuring the world community that everything was under control. Today, almost eight months since this tragedy, people are still missing; hundreds if not thousands remain homeless; many government buildings, roads and bridges are still waiting to be rebuilt; and jobs, especially among those who depend on fishing and agriculture, are nowhere to be found. Indeed, everything is under control. When a robbery occurred in a jewelry store in one of Metro Manila’s shopping malls, Roxas was among the first to personally respond to the crime allegedly perpetrated by a notorious gang, assuring the country from inside the mall that things of this nature will not be tolerated. Today, the crime rate and gang activity have not diminished.in one of Metro Manila’s shopping malls, Roxas was among the first to personally respond to the crime allegedly perpetrated by a notorious gang, assuring the country from inside the mall that things of this nature will not be tolerated. Today, the crime rate and gang activity have not diminished. When the country experienced a severe shortage and price hikes for garlic , Roxas rushed to a warehouse in Manila, carrying a 50-kilo (110 pounds) sack of fresh garlic on his shoulder, assuring the Filipinos that they will have ample supply of garlic at affordable prices. The shortage and price hikes only got worse., Roxas rushed to a warehouse in Manila, carrying a 50-kilo (110 pounds) sack of fresh garlic on his shoulder, assuring the Filipinos that they will have ample supply of garlic at affordable prices. The shortage and price hikes only got worse. When the country experienced a shortage in rice, the main Filipino staple, Roxas again rushed to one of the government warehouses of the National Food Authority, carrying a 50-kilo sack of imported rice, assuring the people that they will get their daily rice in no time. Many warehouses and retail stores went empty of rice supply soon thereafter.the main Filipino staple, Roxas again rushed to one of the government warehouses of the National Food Authority, carrying a 50-kilo sack of imported rice, assuring the people that they will get their daily rice in no time. Many warehouses and retail stores went empty of rice supply soon thereafter. In the aftermath of a powerful typhoon that hit Metro Manila just recently, causing one of the worst traffic nightmares ever experienced by people in the metropolis, Roxas took to the streets to personally direct traffic. The gridlock escalated and Manila’s streets became virtual parking lots.We believe that Roxas’ extraordinary dedication as a public servant and his selfless passion to solve the country’s social and economic problems make him the best qualified to be the next president of the Philippines.That his wife, Korina Sanchez (yes, the same Korina Sanchez who criticized CNN’s Anderson Cooper for his coverage of typhoon Yolanda), is one of the recognizable faces on television, is definitely a plus. She would make a great First Lady, perhaps not in terms of collecting thousands of pairs of shoes like Imelda Marcos, but rather thousands of pairs of flip flops.Roxas and Sanchez will once again put the Philippines on the map!
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/08/05/editorial-mar-roxas-the-man-who-could-be-philippine-president/
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FORMER VP DICK CHENEY BUSTED FOR WAR CRIMES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/12/2017 0:00
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Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was busted for his role in war crimes committed during the administration of his former boss, George W. Bush.This is the first time that Cheney was made to answer for his crimes on U.S. soil. He was busted at the U.S. Capitol. The war crimes include torture suffered by victims at the hands of soldiers and contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.Ironically, Cheney’s busting was witnessed by no less than Bush himself.In 2012, Bush, Cheney and other key members of their administration were found guilty of war crimes in a trial held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They were tried in absentia.Responding to questions from the media after Cheney was busted, Bush said he was relieved that his Vice President was just busted, and not hanged.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/04/former-vp-dick-cheney-busted-for-war-crimes/?share=email
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WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION DISCOVERED ON MARS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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8/4/2017 0:00
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It was the search for weapons of mass destruction that prompted the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. It was to become the legacy of the administration of George W. Bush. But neither the ‘shock and awe’ that began the Iraq war nor Bush’s speech on board USS Abraham Lincoln with the sign ‘Mission Accomplished’ emblazoned behind him produced any evidence of WMDs.Now, it can be revealed that the regime of Saddam Hussein indeed harbored weapons of mass destruction, not hidden anywhere within Iraqi territory, but stashed away on the planet Mars.The National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) has released photos taken by one of two rovers on the red planet. The photos showed what appears to be artificial light emanating outward from the planet’s surface, and beamed millions of miles from Mars to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.Scientists were quick to speculate that intelligent beings exist in Mars. However, a confidential memo from the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed that the light beam was part of the cache of WMDs which it said Iraq sent to the red planet just weeks prior to the U.S. invasion.Both NASA and DOD are currently determining whether the WMDs were rocketed to Mars in unmanned spaceships or whether there actually are Iraqis now on Mars who are managing and maintaining the weapons.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/04/08/weapons-of-mass-destruction-discovered-in-mars/#respond
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Jover Laurio Unveils The Veil She Would Be Wearng At Her Wedding
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['Pol Pinoy']
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20/05/2018 0:00
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The Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has sent many Filipinas thinking about their own wedding veil and gown when they eventually say “I do.” (Not the British way saying “I will.”)Pinoy Ako Blog’s Jover Laurio today unveiled the veil she’d like to wear when she eventually gets married. Evenually.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/05/20/jover-laurio-unveils-the-veil-she-would-be-wearng-at-her-wedding/#respond
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An Open Letter To Facebook And Mark Zuckerberg
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['Pol Pinoy']
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16/04/2018 0:00
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Dear Mark Zuckerberg:I am writing to you as your fellow American who holds the First Amendment in the highest regard. It is precisely our inalienable right to free speech that I think fueled the growth and popularity of Facebook worldwide.I watched with pride as you held your ground before the U.S. Senate hearing, dismissing suggestions from our lawmakers that Facebook needs to do a better job in policing citizen posts on your social networking site.But I was extremely disappointed at the news that Facebook chose to partner with Rappler and Vera Files for the purpose of fact-checking news and information on your social media platform.You may have been fed the wrong information about these two Philippine entities. They are not necessarily the epitome of truth and non-partisanship. Most Filipinos will tell you that they are both biased against the current administration supported by more than 90% of the population, many of whom are Facebook account holders.I am the publisher and writer of the satirical news site The Adobo Chronicles, registered as such with the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office.I am sure that you and your wonderful employees at Facebook understand the difference between fake news and satire.So when your chosen partner, Rappler, fact-checked The Adobo Chronicles about a “news story” we published months ago about its CEO Maria Ressa, it begs us to question the credentials of Rappler as a non-partisan and competent fact-checker.I’m sure you’ve been informed that the same Maria Ressa previously blamed Facebook for the political unrest and proliferation of fake news in the Philippines.I assume that Facebook’s intent is to fact-check individuals and organizations that deliberately and maliciously spread false information for political and other partisan interests.The Adobo Chronicles is a news satire site. Our disclaimers are clear as crystal. Yet Rappler’s first fact-checking project since the announcement of your partnership was to fact-check our satirical site.Where is the legitimacy and sensical basis for a fact-checker franchised by Facebook like Rappler? We can only surmise that Rappler’s intent in fact-checking us was self-serving. They used their new-found “power” as a weapon for damage control in view of their declining credibility as a “news” organization.Rappler has also violated the Philippine Constitution which prohibits foreign ownership of media companies. And that is a fact.I am confident that Facebook will not condone any violation of laws in the U.S. or elsewhere, including the Philippines.May I suggest that you leave the fact-checking to your individual subscribers and account holders. They’re intelligent enough to make the proper discernment. Yes, Filipinos included. (And let me tell you, the only ones happy abou Facebook’s partnership with Rappler and Vera Files are… Rappler and Vera Files).With much respect and admiration,Rene M. AstudilloThe Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/04/16/an-open-letter-to-facebook-and-mark-zuckerberg/
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GEORGE CLOONEY TO DIRECT FILM ABOUT PHILIPPINES’ PORK BARREL SCANDAL
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['Pol Pinoy']
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11/3/2018 0:00
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at the highest levels of government by the biggest newspaper in London,” Clooney said about the film project.“The pork scandal in the Philippines has the potential of being a film epic because of its magnitude and the number of people, agencies and companies that were involved,” Clooney said.Clooney himself will play the role of Bong Revilla, Jr. It is rumored that TV host and presidential sister Kris Aquino will play the role of businesswoman and pork barrel mastermind Janet Lim Napoles.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/03/11/george-clooney-to-direct-film-about-philippines-pork-barrel-scandal/?share=email
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SHIP WITH CONTAINERS OF LAUNDRY DETERGENT SINKS – WATCH WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
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['Pol Pinoy']
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31/05/2018 0:00
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Forget about the containers of filthy trash sitting in the Port of Manila (imported from Canada as recycled plastic). It’s nothing compared to what happened to a shipment of laundry detergent imported by a local company from a still unnamed country.Enroute to the Philippines, the ship, containing tons of detergent, sank amid bad weather in the Pacific Ocean.Watch the video to see what happened next.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/31/ship-with-containers-of-laundry-detergent-sinks-watch-what-happens-next/?share=email
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President Duterte presents 3 laws on property security, education, and workers’ safety
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2018-10-10 22:55:28+08:00
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Tuesday, October 9, led the presentation of three significant legislation focusing on the enhancement of personal property security, education, and establishments’ mandatory compliance for workers’ occupational safety.In his speech, the President expressed gratitude to the congressional leadership for the expeditious passage of the three bills.“These three legislative measures do not only represent the vibrant and constructive relationship between the executive and legislative branches of the government but also signify our common desire to set aside partisan and political interests…may we work together in securing the well-being of our people,” President Duterte said.The Republic Act 11057, or the “Personal Property Security Act,” establishes a unified and modern legal framework that will allow the use of personal property in securing obligations.The new law is expected to promote economic activity by providing Filipino entrepreneurs, particularly the micro, small, and medium enterprises or MSMEs, easy access to credit that can be secured by movables.The Republic Act 11058, or “An Act Strengthening Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Standards,” concentrates on mandating employers to make their workplace safe and healthful for their employees.“The law intends to protect workers from the hazards of their own work environment by ensuring that existing labor laws and social legislation, as well as international standards in occupational safety, are strictly enforced,” the President noted.Moreover, the Republic Act No. 11079 offers the Integration of the Maasin City College into the Southern Leyte State University.The new education law addresses the educational demands of the people of Maasin, Leyte and forms part of the government’s agenda of improving the quality of tertiary education across the nation.The Chief Executive, born in Maasin, was elated with such development. “I’m happy for the Maasin guys to have their own state university. It’s a long dream doon.”“It is my sincere hope that by affording the youth of Maasin City access to quality university education, they will be further inspired to take part in nation-building through highly specialized research programs in various fields of endeavor,” he continued.President Duterte presented R.A. 11057 to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, the R.A. 11058 to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, and R.A. 11079 to Commission on Higher Education Chairman Prospero De Vera III.
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http://duterte.today/president-duterte-presents-3-laws-on-property-security-education-and-workers-safety/
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A Tale of Three Genetic Mutations: Aquinos’ Rare Deleterious Alleles, Genghis Khan’s ‘LCT Gene’, and Charles II’s Inbreeding Depression
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2018-06-16 03:30:09+00:00
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A Piece of ChalkNobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg is one of the deepest and most original thinkers in modern physics. His research has mostly been in the theory of elementary particles and the related quantum theory of fields, together with occasional forays into cosmology. One thing I like about Weinberg is that he’s not just a brilliant physicist, but he’s is also a great expositor of popular science like the late Stephen Hawking. Considered by his peers and intellectual adversaries alike to be the preeminent theoretical physicist alive today, he continues to write a plethora of subjects that have also earned him a reputation as, in the words of “New York Times” reporter James Glanz, “a powerful writer whose prose can illuminate—and sting.” Throughout his career, Weinberg has penned a series of popular-science bestsellers, including “The First Three Minutes,” which is one of my personal favorite classic accounts of the “Big Bang,” the modern theory of the origin of the universe and most recently “To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science”. He has also written articles on all sorts of things, from philosophy and religion to space and exploration and missile defense. He’s not quite a household name but he is regarded by many in his field as one of the most brilliant physicists today because of his seminal contributions in cosmology and particle physics.In the early ‘90s, he wrote an essay entitled “On a piece of chalk” (the title was taken from a famous lecture of the same name given by Thomas Huxley in the 1860s) in his seminal book “Dreams of a Final Theory”. In his essay, Weinberg explains that, whenever we ask “why?” questions in science, we seek an answer in the simplest terms. We can keep on asking “why?” questions, and we might end up with what might be called an arrow of explanation. One of the examples he cited was a piece of chalk. He asks: Why is chalk white? He explains that we can give an answer in terms of the light absorption properties of chalk. Why does chalk have its absorption properties? He further explains that the answer has to do with the molecular states from which chalk is made. He also explains that if we can keep on asking “why?” questions in this manner, the arrow of explanation points to the ideas of particle physics.By the same token, Weinberg points out that if we keep asking the question “why?” in other fields of sciences such as biology, we will eventually lead to the idea of molecular genetics and the DNA molecule…[Huxley] explained in his talk that the chalk is composed of the skeletons of tiny animals who absorbed calcium salts and carbon dioxide from ancient seas and used these chemicals as raw materials to build little shells of calcium carbonate around their soft bodies. The question is, why plants and animals developed organs like calcium carbonate shells that help them survive. The key was provided by the work of Darwin and Wallace that Huxley did so much to popularize and defend. Living things display inheritable variations—some helpful and some not—but it is the organisms that happen to carry helpful variations that tend to survive and pass these characteristics on to their offspring. But why are there variations, and why are they inheritable? This was finally explained in the late 1950s in the terms of the structure of a very large molecule, DNA, that serves as a template for assembling proteins out of amino acids. The DNA molecule forms a double helix that stores genetic information in a code based on the sequence of chemical units along the two strands of the helix. Genetic information is propagated when the double helix splits and each of its two strands assembles a copy of itself; inheritable variations occur when some accident disturbs the chemical units making up the strands of the helix.Weinberg grew up in an era when groundbreaking breakthroughs had been made in molecular genetics iby James Watson, the then young professor of Harvard and Francis Crick, his co-discoverer of the DNA. These scientists were driven by intellectual curiosity in medicine and biological sciences. In the late 1930s, geneticists knew that genes were the basic unit of inheritance. They knew a great deal about how genes function, but they did not know the composition of a gene. Descriptions were vague and ranged from “a molecule of living stuff made up of many atoms held together” to the “ultimate unit of life.” Every molecular biology student worth his or her salt knows that that a gene is a specific stretch of nucleotides in DNA (or in some viruses, RNA) that contains information for making a particular RNA molecule that in most cases is used to make a particular protein. And each cell contains thousands of different genes and makes thousands of different RNAs and proteins. Gene expression is the process by which the information in DNA is converted to RNA and then to protein. The description of the flow of information involving the genetic material was termed the “central dogma” of molecular biology by Francis Crick in 1957. The central dogma was stated by Crick as “once information has passed into protein it cannot get out again” although it was a misnomer. Crick’s choice of the word dogma was not a call for blind faith in what was really a central hypothesis.In the years following the discovery of the DNA, no discipline in biology has ever experienced and explosion in growth and popularity that molecular biology is now undergoing. There is intense public interest in the Human Genome Project and genetic engineering, due in part to fascination with how our own genes influence our lives. For decades, DNA was largely an academic subject and not the source of dinner table conversation in the average household or something that you curl up before going to sleep. In 1995 this changed when media coverage of the O.J. Simpson murder trial brought DNA fingerprinting to homes across the world. Two years later, the cloning of Dolly the sheep was headline news. Then, in 2001, scientists announced the rough draft of the human genome sequence. In commenting on this landmark achievement, former US President Clinton likened the “decoding of the book of life” to a medical version” of the moon landing. Increasingly, DNA has captivated Hollywood and the general public, excited scientists and science fiction writers alike, inspired artists, and challenged society with emerging ethical issues.What is less known in the public is how the field of molecular biology clashed fiercely with another field in biology—the great schism between molecular biology and organismic biology (or evolutionary biology). The eventual convergence and reunification of these two fields produced some excellent and groundbreaking discoveries in science in order to understand life, its diversity, its mechanism, its history.The Convergence of Molecular Genetics and Evolutionary BiologyEvolution is such a major tenet of biological sciences that in 1973 there’s a famous dictum articulated almost decades ago by the great Russian-born population geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky, and still true, still important: “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” In the early 70s, noted Harvard biologist Jonathan recalled the event when Dobzhansky delivered a speech to the summer meeting of the Society of Zoologists, of which he was outgoing president. Dobzhansky lamented in his speech the unfortunate trend within his beloved science: the incipient schism between molecular biology and organismic biology. Molecular biology at the time was relatively new, glamorous, and riding high because of James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins after they had just won the Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA. Dobzhansky personified them as bright young scientists. Losos remembers the apparent schism of this community of people who worked on biological sciences… Many scientists who worked on molecular biology were awarded each year for work on this field. Doubts were expressed on each side about professional competence and ethical standards. Molecular biology was attracting a lot of bright young talents compared to evolutionary biology. Some of the molecular hotshots were inclined to dismiss evolutionary biology as less modern, less rigorous, and less scientific. Dobzhansky was hopeful—and prescient—that this division would lead to new insights, far-flung truths, and then back toward the unification of a larger, more robust biological sciences. The biggest news in biological sciences today is that, unlike the growing schisms between string theory and loop quantum gravity, the trend now is toward convergences and cooperation.One of the great benefits in reuniting molecular biology with evolutionary biology will be in discovering which phenomena can be explained at the molecular level, and which are evolutionary alone. Losos cites some excellent cases on how studies of evolution have been augmented recently by investigations of the lactase mutation and inbreeding depression at the molecular level through genome scan technology and how these genetic mutations of famous people altered the course of history.Genghis Khan’s LCT Gene and His Conquest of the Jin EmpireThe debate on whether humans are still evolving or not often captures the popular imagination and regularly leads to conflicting claims even amongst media practitioners, scientists, and academics. Some people argue that evolution is no longer relevant to humans and that our technological advancement will allow us to modify our environment so effectively that many have argued that we have removed our species from nature. Even prominent scientists and science communicators have claimed that humans are no longer subject to natural selection and that humans have effectively ceased. They further argue that gene frequencies might still change over time through random factors such as genetic drift, but if our culture effectively removes us from environmental stress, then natural selection will no longer occur. We rather depend now on culture and technology for survival, rather than the random mechanism of variation and natural selection. On the other hand, other people argue that the vast migration of humans into new environments, coupled with an unprecedented increase in the global size of the human population, and dramatic changes in our diet, are predictive of an unparalleled intensification of evolution or natural selection in the near future. However, regardless of which forces eventually prevail in the coming millennia, the idea that human evolution will somehow cease is one that is increasingly difficult to sustain. In fact, humans have evolved rapidly and remarkably in the past 30, 000 years. One example of our relatively recent trait within human genome is provided by evidence for strong natural selection on the gene that controls lactase production. Among populations with a history of cattle herding or pastoralism and milk consumption, the ability to metabolize lactose is maintained into adulthood. Lactose tolerance is one of the best-studied examples of natural selection that has recently acted upon our species after the domestication of animals, and independently among different populations.In “The 10,000-Year Explosion: How Civilizations Accelerated Human Evolution”, anthropologist Henry Harpending and co-author Gregory Cochran explored the explosion of human evolution in history, including the prominent role of milk and how lactose-persistent trait shaped human history. Lactose-tolerant populations, they claim, could aid the spread of their civilizations and cultures. They argued that lactase persistence made them better conquerors:“Cattle herders of East Africa in the region of the Upper Nile and further south are lactase-tolerant milk drinkers due to a younger mutation of their own. They, too, have expanded: They have become warlike, and there are fascinating parallels between their religious and social structure and those of the ancestral Indo-Europeans. Another separate pair of mutations causing lactose tolerance happened in Arabian peninsula, driven in the case by the domestication of camels. This may have been an important cause of the explosive growth of Islam and the Arab conquests of the seventh century AD and later.”The most spectacular example is Genghis Khan, otherwise known as the “Scourge of God” (he probably deserved that nickname than Attila the Hun). In the early 13th century, the Jin Dynasty of China had the strongest, fiercest, and most brutal army in the world. In neighboring Mongolia, the forces of Genghis Khan were miniscule in comparison. With an army ranking ten times the size, the Chinese should have easily annihilated an invading Mongolian force. Genghis Khan and his whole country had probably 100,000 soldiers. China at the time had at least one million soldiers. Despite their lack of numbers, the Mongol armies of Genghis Khan had a secret weapon hidden in the nuclei of their cells. Many people in Mongolia are lactase persistent, so they are able to drink lots of milk, which is incredibly nutrient dense. Not all adults are able to digest milk. Many Mongolians had a developed a genetic mutation which meant they were able to digest sugar from milk into adulthood. It is one of the strongest signatures of natural selection of any single trait in our genome. The milk-drinking mutation was common among Mongolians, but not among Chinese Jin. Where the Jin people were all using primarily carbohydrates. The problem with the carbohydrates is that the energy is depleted very quickly. But Genghis Khan’s warriors revived themselves with horse’s milk and cheese. This made them meaner, leaner and fitter fighter with a physique built on strong calcium-rich bones. And the Mongol soldiers didn’t just benefit individually, their ability to digest milk affected their whole military strategy. The Chinese had as many animals pulling food as carrying people, so the soldiers often had to walk into battle because the animals were being used to transport food in very large amounts. The Mongolians milked the mares they rode and drank them frequently. This gave the Mongols great strength in battles. They may have only had 100,000 soldiers but every soldier was a warrior. Not only did the Mongol army make use of every soldier, it could also travel fast. It gave them ability to strike anywhere in the Chinese empire. The Mongol diet proved very advantageous in their battle against the Jin. The Mongols had a great advantage and they were able to use this in a strategic way in their fight against the sedentary people who depended on agricultural products. Milk became the food of conquerors like the Mongolians. The milk-digesting mutation spread fast. Legend has it that Genghis Khan had many wives and sired hundreds of children. The genetic mutations of the Mongolians gave them the advantage against the Jin dynasty and this could have altered the history. There was another genetic mutation which led to the downfall of other dynasties. One happened centuries ago in Spain and the other one most likely happened recently in the Philippines.Inbreeding depression and the downfall of the Habsburg DynastyThe European royal dynasties provide a rich source for the study of the effects of high inbreeding coefficients which could lead to inbreeding depression. One of the most important dynasties of the Modern Age was the Habsburgs. In 2009, Gonzalo Alvarez, a geneticist at the University of Santiago in Spain, and his colleagues measured the impact of high inbreeding coefficients on the Hapsburgs—and Charles II in particular—by building a detailed genetic makeup of the dynasty. They charted the detailed genealogy of Charles II’s ancestors and other relatives. The inbreeding coefficient was very important on this study.To calculate the probability that Charles II was homozygous at any of the loci, Alvarez and colleagues worked their way through his ancestry. His father, King Philip IV, was the uncle of his mother, Mariana of Austria. And Philip and Mariana themselves were also the product of a long history of inbreeding, going back to the early 1500’s. As a result, Charles II was more inbred than the children of a brother and a sister. Their findings offer a more accurate genetic framework for understanding the decline and the eventual downfall of the Habsburg dynasty… Noted evolutionary biologist Carl Zimmer hailed this breakthrough in “Evolution”:Charles II belonged to the great Habsburg dynasty, which took over Spain in 1516 and dramatically expanded its sphere of power. When Charles II became king of Spain in 1665, the Spanish Empire was the greatest power on the planet. In the New World, its power reached from California down to the tip of Tierra del Fuego. In Europe, Spain possessed half of Italy. It held sway over much of the Caribbean as well as the Philippines. But all that would soon end.Charles II was crowned at age four, and from the start it was clear that the boy was an unfortunate monarch. He had a host of deformities, including a jaw that was so large it left him unable to chew and a tongue so big he could hardly be understood when he spoke. He did not walk until he was eight, and he was such a poor learner that he was not formally educated. He vomited and suffered from diarrhea all his life. By age 30 he looked like an old man. All this suffering earned Charles II the name El Hechizado—“the Hexed”—because he was widely believed to be the victim of sorcery.Spain suffered under Charles’s reign. Its economy shrank as it fought a host of small but draining wars. And worst of all, it became increasingly clear that Charles II would not produce an heir. The Hapsburgs had long feared such an outcome; to hold onto Spanish rule, they had taken to marrying within their family. Charles II not only failed to produce an heir with his two wives but also lacked any brothers or other Hapsburgs who could succeed him. And so, when Charles II died in 1700 at the young age of 39, he left the throne to Philip, a French duke who was the grandson of his half-sister and King Louie XIV of France.Philip was not just the King of Spain now. He was also in line of succession to the French throne. There was a real chance that he might eventually become king of united France and Spain—a prospect that terrified the rest of Europe. Soon England, the Netherlands, the Holy Roman Empire, and other European powers declared war to stop Philip from creating a super-empire. They battled not just in Europe, but in their colonies as well. The English in the Carolinas waged war with the Spanish of Florida; in Canada, they battled the French and their Indian allies.The War of the Spanish Succession claimed hundreds of thousands of lives by the time it ended in 1714. Spain and France were defeated and forced to sig away substantial parts of their empires. Philip forsook the French throne. Spain fell into decline, while England started its rise to become the most powerful empire on the planet.Any major event in history has numerous causes—a complex interplay of geographical, economic, political, cultural, and historical circumstances. But one of the most important of them that is rarely discussed in history involved population genetics—specifically, how the genes of Spanish kings made their way through generations of the Hapsburg dynasty. Like many royal dynasties before them, the Hapsburgs tended to marry within their extended family. It was quite common for first cousins to marry, for example, and uncles even married nieces. Marrying relatives kept power within the dynasty, but it had an unfortunate side effect known as inbreeding.Rare recessive alleles can be preserved in large populations, even if they are deleterious, because the more common dominant alleles overshadow them. In an inbreeding population, however, rare deleterious alleles can become unmasked in homozygotes. That’s because parents tend to be closely related and are thus much more likely to share rare alleles than are two people picked at random from a large population. When close relatives marry and have children, the chance that their children will be homozygous for theses alleles is greater than for children born to unrelated parents. The more closely the parents are related to each other, the greater the odds. The recessive alleles, previously hidden, combine in homozygotes and affect their phenotype and cause the downfall of the Habsburgs. These rare deleterious alleles more likely caused the decline of another dynasty in the Philippines…Kris’s histrionics, Noynoy’s lack of empathy, and how their rare deleterious alleles more likely caused the decline of the Yellow DynastyThere’s a strong likelihood that the failed presidency of Noynoy Aquino is a story of inbreeding depression and high inbreeding coefficient as well as history, because numerous evidence of his personality and character seemed to suggest that there was something rotten in the gene pool of the Aquino family. During his presidency, Noynoy Aquino had presented a peculiar set of psychiatric and behavioral signs which are typical of the behavior of some psychiatric patients I have encountered in the locked-up unit of behavioral health facilities here in California, such as empathy-related deficits, inappropriate affect in dealing with tragedies and natural and man-made catastrophes and having the constant habit of blaming other people for his own mistakes, among other things. One of his striking peculiarities is that he lacks empathy. He manipulates people yet feels no compunctions or regrets at all—in fact, he does not feel particularly deeply about his countrymen at all, whether you’re a victim of tragedies or calamities. His incompetence and failed leadership ushered in a period of chaos which led to Duterte’s victory in the presidential election. His constellation of ominous signs prompted me to investigate while taking a much-needed respite in graduate school. With a little searching, by way of one or two among those Google results, I have realized that it is possible that Noynoy had inherited a rare autosomal recessive inherited genopathy as a consequence of inbreeding or consanguineous marriages among his ancestors.Here’s an excerpt from an online biography of the Aquino family:Aquino, Jr.’s parents, Benigno S. Aquino, Sr. and Aurora Aquino Aquino, were related, albeit already third cousins. Benigno Sr.’s great-grandfather, Hilario Aquino, was the brother of Aurora’s great-grandfather. Cory and Ninoy first met when they were nine years old. Their fathers were both congressmen and Jose Cojuangco was the godfather of Ninoy’s younger sister, Lupita. Ninoy’s brother was married to Cory’s cousin.Unlike Charles II in which you have geneticists and researchers citing strong evidence for inbreeding depression within the data set from the Spanish Habsburg, we Filipinos don’t have a complete or detailed empirical evidence on their inbreeding coefficients. But there’s strong likelihood that the inbreeding of his ancestors most likely caused their gene pool to have rare deleterious alleles. His late father Ninoy most likely “carried” these hidden recessive deleterious alleles and passed them to Noynoy, Kris, and Joshua. Like Noynoy, there’s also a possibility that Kris and her son unfortunately inherited those autosomal recessive genes. Kris’s most likely diagnosis is histrionic personality disorder. According to “The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM), the official psychiatric coding system used in the United States, “[p]atients with histrionic personality disorder show a pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking. Clue to making the diagnosis include theatrical and overblown speech and seductive manner. They are uncomfortable in settings when they are not the center of attention. Their emotions are shifting and shallow, and they often interact with others in a seductive manner. Their speech is impressionistic and lacks detail. They are dramatic and theatrical and exaggerate their emotional expressions.” Kris’s latest brouhaha and spat with Mocha Uson is eloquent proof of her histrionic personality disorder. It is also known in public that Joshua was born with autism spectrum disorder. Their rare deleterious alleles more likely caused Kris’s histrionic personality disorder and Joshua’s autism spectrum disorder. (Numerous studies suggest that histrionic personality disorder and autism spectrum disorder are caused by genetic and environmental factors.)But let me delve a bit deeper into Noynoy Aquino’s neuropsychiatric and behavioral signs…Neuroscientists are now discovering that psychopaths and people suffering from a wide array of neuropsychiatric disorders suffer from a brain abnormality that sets them adrift in an emotionless world. From neurobiological or neuropsychiatric perspectives, Noynoy’s brain processes are different from other people. It’s as if he has learning disability or brain abnormality that impairs his emotional development. His lack of empathy probably stems from his underdeveloped or damaged brain. Studies through fMRI images have suggested that people who show little empathy like Noynoy have underdeveloped paralimbic system, a horseshoe-shaped band of tissues that are involved in emotional processing. Supporting this imaging studies show a pronounced thinning of the paralimbic tissues of the paralimbic tissue—indicating that this part of the brain is underdeveloped, like a weak muscle.This is where it gets more interesting. Studies have shown at the Harvard Medical School that some genes are responsible for regulating brain size. Scientists have identified a gene known as ASPM that can cause thinning of some areas of the brain. This is prevalent among nations where consanguineous marriages are common. There’s a strong likelihood that inbreeding depression caused by frequent and decades of consanguineous marriages of the Aquino family has ravaged their gene pool and eventual rare deleterious alleles more likely caused the downfall of the Aquino dynasty. Many of the symptoms could have been produced by genetic anomalies. Inbreeding can also give rise to homozygotes with recessive alleles that cause impotence or infertility—probably explaining why Noynoy remains bachelor. In other words, like the Habsburgs, the decline of the Aquino dynasty was due in part to inbreeding depression and genetic mutations.[Certain topics of this article in evolutionary biology (i.e., natural selection of lactose tolerance), organismic biology, and molecular genetics were excerpted from one of my graduate school term papers… References of this article include Carl Zimmer’s “Evolution”, Jonathan Losos’s “Essays from Laboratory and the Field”, Lizabeth Allison’s “Fundamental Molecular Biology”, Harpending’s “The 10, 000-Year Explosion: How Civilizations Accelerated Human Evolution”, and Steven Weinberg’s “Dreams of a Final Theory”.]
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2018/06/a-tale-of-three-genetic-mutations-aquinos-rare-deleterious-alleles-genghis-khans-lct-gene-and-charles-iis-inbreeding-depression/#comments
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WATCH:Senator Lacson quips: “Ingat kayo baka CCTV ni Sen. De Lima ang lumabas diyan”
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2017-01-26 15:00:32+08:00
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Senator Ping Lacson joked during the Senate Hearing on “Tokhang For Ransom” case Thursday and reminded the PNP to be careful because they may play the CCTV Footage of Senator Leila De Lima while they are presenting the CCTV footage of the kidnapping scene.When Senator De Lima was asking if someone can improve the CCTV footage showed by the PNP, Senator Lacson suddenly quipped and reminded that they may play the footage of Senator De Lima.“Ingat kayo baka CCTV ni Senator De Lima ang lumabas dyan ah” Senator Lacson quips.After that everyone laughs including Senator De Lima who didn’t offended by her colleague’s joke.Lacson even said that Senator Bam Aquino saw a file in the monitor named “De Lima” but when De Lima asked if its real, her colleague clarified that he’s only joking.The CCTV footage and video recordings presented to the Senate is some evidences that will show that one of the suspect in the kidnapping-murder case of a South Korean Businessman SPO3 Ricky Isabel is present when the crime happened.
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/watchsenator-lacson-quips-ingat-kayo-baka-cctv-ni-sen-de-lima-ang-lumabas-diyan/
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CARLY FIORINA’S $500,000 AFFAIR WITH TED CRUZ
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['Pol Pinoy']
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29/09/2017 0:00
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Politics is not politics without scandals. This scandal is about what appears to be a short-lived affair between Carly Fiorina and Ted Cruz, Republican presidential candidates both.No, it’s not what you’re thinking. No romance is involved — at least none that we know of.Rather, it is an unusual $500,000 donation made by one of Cruz’s super PACs to Fiorina’s campaign.Even the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has no clue on why the donation was made by Cruz to a rival candidate. The super PAC was vague about the donation, describing it on its FEC filing as “other disbursement.” So, the FEC sent a letter to the super PAC asking for a statement or description of the disbursement.Many questions remain unanswered. Does the donation mean that Cruz, if chosen the party’s nominee for president, will pick Fiorina for his vice presidential running mate? But what about if Fiorina wins the nomination? Will Cruz ask for a payback by being named Fiorina’s VP?But then again, it might just be a gentlemanly gesture by Cruz in appreciation for the efforts of the lone woman candidate in a field of 37 Republican presidential candidates. Chivalry may, after all, still be alive.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/29/carly-fiorinas-500000-affair-with-ted-cruz/
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Headless Priest caught on camera
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2016-03-06 17:22:13+08:00
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The netizens were freaked out after seeing this post of Mr. Marivic Miranda.The priest that doing a communion on a church in the Philippines was became headless on the photo that taken by an still unknown person. There is also some rumours that something bad happened to the priest after the photo was taken.According to some photographer, maybe the angle of the camera was the reason why the priest is headless in the picture, but some people hardly believed the explanation and they still believed that the picture is a bad omen.The identity of the priest is not yet known, but the netizens is now investigating to find the true story about this picture.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/4556-2/
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CNN ATTACKED BY HACKERS!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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25/07/2018 0:00
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Two weeks ago, CNN ran a banner headline announcing that ISIS was advancing “on two fonts.” The headline meant to read “fronts.” It was assumed that the error was a copyediting issue.But apparently, it was a hacking issue, and it happened yet again.CNN, while doing a live interview with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the latest opinion polls, ran the headline (quoting Trump), ‘I don’t need posters.’ It meant to read “pollsters.”Well, it now appears that the two embarrassing headlines were the result of hackers breaking into CNN computers and stealing letters. They stole the letter ‘R’ in the first incident and the letter ‘L’ in this latest hack.We wonder which letter would be next!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/07/25/cnn-attacked-by-hackers/?share=email
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Here is why Martial Law Cryababies are unable to move on…
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2016-11-24 07:22:52+00:00
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The best revenge is success. So when someone does you wrong, pick yourself up, spend the next couple of years getting rich, then come back and slap your wads of dollars across that asshole’s face.I realise that this is the lesson that the now-famous viral photo of that girlette with the placard that goes “Kay crush di ako makamove on paano pa kaya kay MARCOS” sends across. The reason Filipinos cannot move on from the butthurt that continues to persist three decades after former President Ferdinand Marcos was ousted in that “revolution” is that they still lack the wads of cash that convincingly proves that the Philippines is actually better off after the “Marcos years”.Interestingly, the girl in the photo nailed the key parallel between the noisy angst of the Martial Law Crybabies and the lament of the heartbroken and those whose love is unreciprocated. Martial Law Crybabies only have their quaint slogans, their tired old protest rallies, and their hipster sense of entitlement to “justice” through which they can vent their tragic political heartache. Similarly, for those whose crushes never materialised into actual romantic romps in the sack, they have their “hugot lines” and drinking sprees with their confidantes to assuage a lack of proof that there are, indeed, “many other fish in the sea”.To the latter, the venerable modern-day philosophers of the 1970s, The Hotdog, sing about the only real cure to romantic heartache. The girlette in the photo should take this bit of advise that harks, quite ironically, from those “evil” Martial Law years…Noon ay crush na crush kita, hindi mo ako pinapansinAng gusto mo’y Assumptionista, wala kang time sa akin Ang sabi mo pa nga (HOW CHEAP NAMAN PARE! NAKU, SHE’S SO BADUY!)Ang puso ko’y dinurog mo, ang puso ko’y dinurog mo, sinaktan atbinitin HAOOM, HAOOM – Behh, buti nga, behh buti ngaNgayon ay bold star na ako, siguro tumutulo ang laway moBehh, buti nga, behh, buti nga, behh, behh, behh, behh buti nga!Draw the analogy from that and ask ourselves: can Filipinos sing a similar tune directed back at that era of the The Hotdog’s heyday? Is Philippine society measureably better than it was during the Martial Law years?In much the same way that it is difficult to move on from the sting of a snub by a crush until you could find a boylette to take selfies with while engaging in pillow talk to post on Facebook, it is difficult to move on from “the Martial Law years” until your country has extricated itself from its wretched state.These hipster “activists” need to realise that it is a lack of evidence in the eyes of Filipino voters that the Philippines is a better country today after 30 years of Yellow rule that ultimately cast doubt upon the old narrative that the Marcoses and those “Martial Law years” were all bad. No amount of sloganeering, rallying, and corporate-Media-sponsored propaganda will change the reality that the Philippines had essentially remained unchanged since the ouster of Marcos in 1986.That the Philippines failed to prosper over 30 years of Yellow-branded “democracy”, perhaps, stands as arguable proof that the cause of Philippine poverty was not a lack of “freedom” nor the plunder allegedly perpetrated by the Marcoses. For the evidence seems to show that the abundant freedom of the post-Marcos years did not translate to economic prosperity nor did the institutionalised plunder of the Philippines’ coffers end with the fall of the Marcos regime.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/11/martial-law-cryababies-unable-move/#comments
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Bongbong Marcos, Leni Robredo Agree To Out-Of-Court Settlement Of The VP Electoral Protest
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['Pol Pinoy']
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22/07/2018 0:00
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In the interest of national unity and reconciliation, Bongbong Marcos and Leni Robredo have agreed on an out-of-court settlement of the former Senator’s electoral protest in connection with the 2016 Vice Presidential Elections.Instead of pursuing the ballot recount, Marcos and Robredo have signed an agreement that they will equally share the six-year term of the position of Vice President.According to the signed agreement, Robredo will serve three of the six-year term while Marcos will serve the remaining three.So Robredo will be Vice President until June 30 of 2019 while Marcos will be VP from then until 2022.The Presidential Electoral Tribunal, acting as the Supreme Court, has unanimously approved the agreeement.All’s well that ends well.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/07/22/bongbong-marcos-leni-robredo-agree-to-out-of-court-settlement-of-the-vp-electoral-protest/#respond
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