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Rappler’s Maria Ressa Leads The Charge To Push For Freedom Of Spit
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['Pol Pinoy']
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20/01/2018 0:00
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Promising that “we will hold the line,” Rappler CEO Maria Ressa spoke at a massive rally held this weekend at the Boy Scout Circle on Timog Avenue in Quezon City.In attendance at the protest were members of the news media, student journalists, the police as well as fish ball and kwek kwek street vendors. It was a mass action like no other.Despite the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision to revoke Rappler’s license as a media company for violation of the Constitution, and subsequent unrelated subpoenas she received, Ressa wask firm in her personal commitment as well as that of her online news company, to keep fighting for Freedom of Spit.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/01/20/rapplers-maria-ressa-leads-the-charge-to-push-for-freedom-of-spit/?share=email
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Before the heated confrontation between him and Duterte Youth, Jim Paredes invites non yellows in EDSA
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2017-02-26 02:18:00+08:00
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A heated confrontation happened between OPM Artist Jim Paredes and the Duterte Youth during the anniversary celebration of EDSA Revolution held at EDSA.Mr. Paredes tried to intimidate the seven members of Duterte Youth who peacefully joined the rally of the yellow supporters who holds a banner to show their support to the current administration.After the confrontation, the rallyists stole the banner of the Duterte Youth and forced the group to leave the rally.But in a tweet of Jim Paredes, one day before the celebration, he invited everyone including the non-yellows and Duterte supporters to join the EDSA rally.After the confrontation, the Netizens criticize Paredes on his twitter account, but the OPM Artist explain his side.@Jimparedes Oh really? So what did you do to the young professionals group earlier? Quite a disgrace! 😒 — I Am Cris (@misty_eyes) February 25, 2017@Jimparedes Kala ko everyone is free pero galit na galit sa Duterte Youth. Anyare Jim? — Karla Joie (@aivysonyeo) February 25, 2017@Jimparedes If everyone is free to go to EDSA,not just yellow, then why are you mad? Your actions seem to contradict your own words Sir. — donnajane (@d_donnajane) February 25, 2017He denied that the rallyists drove away the supporters of Duterte.@mijitatralala WE did not drive them away. They stayed another hour or so. — Jim (@Jimparedes) February 25, 2017Mr. Paredes said that he respected the rights of the Duterte Youth to became disrespectful to their rally.@heromie_26 Di ko sila pinaalis. I respected their right to be disrespectful. Get your facts straight. — Jim (@Jimparedes) February 25, 2017
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/heated-confrontation-duterte-youth-jim-paredes-invites-non-yellows-edsa/
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MANNY PACQUIAO’S MOM WANTS TO REPLACE HIM AS JUDGE IN MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT
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['Pol Pinoy']
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7/1/2018 0:00
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a contestant, a judge, an ‘On the Scene’ commentator and hundreds of the estimated 21,000 Florida-based Filipinos who live in the Metropolitan Miami Area.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/01/07/manny-pacquiaos-mom-wants-to-replace-him-as-judge-in-miss-universe-pageant/#respond
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READ: Cayetano lectures ABS-CBNews
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2017-05-07 20:30:11+08:00
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Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, while still in Geneva to defend the country before the United Nation, was still able to write an open letter to news network ABS-CBN for ‘misleading the the people’ and ‘ destroying the freedom of the press.Cayetano compares ABS-CBN’s report to GMA. Read his full open letter below.Dear ABS-CBN,Your article, Exhibit A, shows how supposed professional news media can politicize human rights and mislead people by giving alternative facts and fake news.…Compare your article:http://news.abs-cbn.com/…/cayetano-ph-war-on-drugs-exaggera…With Gmanetwork.com’s article:http://www.gmanetwork.com/…/cayetano-defends-duterte…/story/While GMA reported accurately why we called the alternative facts as misleading (because the EJK or deaths in past administrations numbered from 11,000 to 14,000 yearly) comparing it to the 9432 homicides and 2692 deaths resulting from presumed legitimate law enforcement operations, your article simply mentioned the 9432 and 2692 then jumped to New York Times’ “9400 drug death toll” and Reuters’ 9000, without mentioning the 11,000 to 14,000. Therefore denying your readers the information they need to make an informed opinion. You denied them the context of Team Philippines’ assertions making it appear we are just complaining without the real numbers and true facts to counter the altetnative facts. Click to Watch Video Below:Actually both articles failed to mention that the CHR and critics are not using the same definition of EJKs under the Aquino Administration, making it appear that EJKs ballooned during Duterte Administration, and asserting that it is state sponsored.But you could see GMA’s effort to report accurately while ABS’ effort is to perpetuate the false numbers/alternative facts.Here in Geneva, we are not promoting/defending any administration, we are advocating for the Filipino people and the Philippines as a sovereign state. So ABS, its time to decide, will you report accurately and help your country or will you continue to politicize human rights for your owners political and business goals?There are many many professionals and great journalist in ABS-CBN, I understand the situation you are all in. But haven’t you always reminded us politicians that keeping quiet or not doing what we can is helping evil prevail? Will we all just go with the flow of the bosses’ agenda? If yes, then it’s your network that is damaging freedom of the press not President Duterte or his administration.May we learn from all these.GOD Bless The Philippines! – Senator Alan Peter Cayetano
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/read-cayetano-lectures-abs-cbnews/
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Filipino millenial voters deserve better than a 1970s-vintage ‘Never Again’ slogan
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2016-02-28 23:52:35+00:00
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The youth is all about the future. This is why the ‘Never Aqain’ rhetoric of the anti-Marcos camp all but fails to resonate amongst the Philippines’ youth. That’s unfortunate for candidates and parties that have their so-called platforms firmly-rooted in the past. Young Filipinos, quite simply, do not care about the past, perhaps, rightly so, because there is not much about the past that is under their control.Indeed, many of those who throw hissy tantrums about the ‘victimisation’ of Filipinos by the regime of former President Ferdinand Marcos (FM) are, themselves, part of the very generation that ran the Philippines to the ground. They are the very Filipinos who foolishly held on to long-discredited notions, like (1) the idea that a ‘lack of freedom’ is behind the Philippines’ chronic backwardness, (2) that the Philippines can easily descend into ‘another dictatorship’ if people are not ‘vigilant’, and (3) that the Philippines can only move forward if ‘long-overdue justice’ is served.It is important to note, however, that whatever “sins” the Marcos family is supposedly guilty of is no different from the sins of the oligarchy that remains firmly entrenched in Filipinos’ social, economic, and political life. Perhaps there is much about what the government of FM allegedly perpetrated while holding the country in the grip of Martial Law to account for. But how is this different from the same thievery and injustice perpetrated by post-1986 governments and oligarchs?It is thanks to this very important aspect of how the Philippines failed to change under the watch of the old Yellow Guard that the Philippines’ youth are now standing immune to the poisonous propaganda that persuades us to think that Martial Law remains the singular cause of all the Philippines’ troubles. Indeed, much of the poison of the Yellow rhetoric has long since expired. And those who take up the new “cause” to “educate” Filipinos about Martial Law are simply an unappealing lot in an age of social media-savvy and telegenic influencers.The sight of a throng of old farts forming the majority membership of groups like the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses to Malacanang (CARMMA) is, by itself, a public relations fail. Such movements simply cannot compete for young eyeballs who are drawn to fresher ideas and fresher faces. Indeed, even whilst the first campaign video of Liberal Party candidates Mar Roxas and Leni Robredo crashed and burned, they had the right idea nonetheless — that the way into the hearts of the Philippines’ youth-dominated base of voters is through a forward-looking message.It is now evident that the Philippines’ young voters cannot be underestimated. They are no longer beholden to the emo rhetoric of 1970s- and 1980s-vintage political chatter and are open to new ideas and new approaches. The first real presidential debate in a long time organised by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and sponsored by TV network GMA-7, for example, was one of those exercises that attracted strong viewership and sparked valuable social media engagement amongst young Filipinos. As a result of the event, young Filipinos were able to associate ideas to faces. It whetted the appetite of the electorate for more intellectually-stimulating exercises and less of the brain-dead sloganeering and placard-waving style of ‘activism’ of bygone decades.In short, it’s time Filipino politicians and ‘thought leaders’ stop insulting the intelligence of the Philippines’ young voters and start making more modern sales pitches that appeal to young sensibilities. Old fossils whining about old uncollected debts make good curious sideshows but aren’t exactly easy on the eyes and ears and, certainly, not the sorts of subject matter that rake in television ratings and social media “likes” and “retweets”. Images of gray-haired folks shuffling around in 1970s-era outfits waving placards with messages rendered in that cliché style of lettering made to look like they were written with a blood-stained brush no longer fly.It’s time for real change — not just in thought but in messaging style.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/02/filipino-millenial-voters-deserve-better-than-a-1970s-vintage-never-again-slogan/#comments
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Netizens slams Pia Ranada over “Mahirap talaga kapag matanda na” tweet
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2017-11-16 08:53:09+08:00
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Journalist Pia Ranada received online attacks yesterday because of her tweet about President Rodrigo Duterte.On Ranada’s tweet posted on November 14, she witnessed how the President took a deep breath before beginning his press conference during the 31st ASEAN Summit held in Manila several days ago.“Pres. Duterte takes a breath before beginning his presscon: Ang hirap talaga pag matanda na.” Ranada tweeted.Pres. Duterte takes a breath before beginning his presscon: Ang hirap talaga pag matanda na. @rapplerdotcom pic.twitter.com/rJp5lMjvwR — Pia Ranada (@piaranada) November 14, 2017While Ranada was only quoted what the President said, several netizens interpreted her tweet as comment and mockery on the age of Duterte.Before the press conference began, President Rodrigo Duterte who already look tired, complained that he’s already lack of sleep.“May shortage ako sa tulog… mga 17 hours.. ang hirap na kapag matanda na,” President Rodrigo Duterte said before he started the press conference.Netizen Andrea Carigma, responded on the tweet of Ranada and this is what she said:“Mahirap talaga kung 72 ka na at dala mo ang problema ng buong Pilipinas. tapos wala pang tigil ang paninira sayo.” Carigma said.“Kaya nga lalong amazing. 72 and still hardworking. He said he is lacking 17 hours of sleep because of the ASEAN events he had to do.” she added.Carigma also prayed that she can transfer her energy to the President and also reminded the people that Ranada only quoted what President Duterte said.These are the other tweets of the Duterte supporters against Ranada on Twitter:reading your tweets makes me question if you're really a professional journalist?! majority of your tweets are just showbiz! — Faith Cullen™ (@iamBambaa87) November 15, 2017https://twitter.com/_dee_tripleDES/status/930760280329428992yeah indeed na matanda na ang Presidente but still sinisikap nyang magtrabaho para sa maraming Pilipino , e ikaw puro kabalbalan ang mga ginagawa mo , buset — eilasor nagutom (@nimary74) November 15, 2017Being an old person doesn't define your competencies. I'm not pro or anti Duterte. But the way you say things, is very discriminating. — LYM (@liymolina93) November 15, 2017Be careful how you treat people. What you do to others has a funny way of comming back on you. — zedekiahmakibaoh (@zedekiah05) November 15, 2017Whats wrong with taking a deep breath at pagiging matanda? — zap mamon (@Mr_Zap24) November 15, 2017Seriously Pia, how does one take a “breath?” Have you taken one lately? Or did Duts took your breath away? Di nga? — Mark DC Lopez (@macdclopez) November 15, 2017Pia lahat ng tao bata o Matanda everyone take a deep breath before they do something like singing live , before the game starts ( sports ) , live speech . Bakit masyado kang mapag husga ? — 龍一 (@maria47215) November 15, 2017#PDu30 Schedule & pace is enough to kill a younger man. Was d younger President as energetic? Ppl have two Ages: Chronological & d Real. He is 72 but his Real age is maybe 60. #Geriatrics — Ronald Nolasco Vidal (@Ronnie_Vidal) November 14, 2017Mabuti pa ang matanda tinitingala at matalino di tulad mong napakabobo — Twitmybird (@Twitmybird1) November 14, 2017Pia Ranada became the most criticized journalist by the pro-Duterte bloggers and supporters.She even labeled as ‘SPO4’ on the internet, a title which originate from President Rodrigo Duterte’s joke to her.The hate against the journalist was also added after President Rodrigo Duterte slammed Rappler during his State of the Nation Address this year.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/netizens-slams-pia-ranada-mahirap-talaga-kapag-matanda-na-tweet/
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3 Big Reasons Why We Should All Vote For Mar Roxas
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3/4/2016 0:00
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I have always been a staunch opponent of the Liberal Party, their tactics and activities. When I learned their true nature, I was filled with righteous fury and boundless zeal. I had never been angrier in my life when I discovered just what the LP has done to us as a people and as a nation. My heart broke at the sight of the maltreatment of our local farmers who just want to be given just a little more for their efforts. My blood boiled when they dismissed the death of so many Filipinos because of their greed and the innate dysfunction of the 1986 Constitution.However, after reading Gog’s recent article here, I’ve felt a sudden change of heart. After reading the article, I was visited in a dream by a beautiful angel with a princely visage. He bore a lantern that was as bright as the Evening Star and wore fine silk robes accentuated with gold and jewels. The angel spoke in a loud, booming voice that shook me to my very bones and I could only mumble in fear before a creature so magnificent and at the same time so frightening. He regarded me with a piercing gaze that told me he knew everything there was to know about me and he found me wanting, inferior and, most of all, disgusting.“TREMBLE AND DESPAIR MORTAL MAN!” The angel said to me. “BOW DOWN BEFORE ME FOR I HAVE COME TO SHOW YOU THE LIGHT! MY LIGHT! I AM THE LIGHT-BEARER, LOWLY MORTAL MAN AND DO NOT LOOK UPON ME WITH YOUR DISGUSTING EYES! THE LIKES OF YOU DO NOT DESERVE TO EVEN GLIMPSE MY GLORIOUS APPEARANCE! LOOK ONLY UPON THE GROUND BUT HEED MY WORDS!”And the angel told me three big reasons why we should all vote for Mar Roxas this election:The Protectionist Principles Of The Philippines Will Remain IntactIf Mar Roxas becomes president, he will more likely than not continue the legacy of the Aquino family and, of course, the 1986 Constitution. This will mean that foreigners will forever be limited in their influence over the Philippines as they cannot legitimately own businesses without engaging in any kind of backroom deals with local authorities. Information from foreign sources will also be frowned upon by mainstream media and the education system and only data backed by local authorities will be considered or taken seriously.This will mean that there will be very few promising job opportunities for our countrymen and, as is the case today, force them to seek better paying jobs overseas. They will then be forced to leave their families behind who may or may not become vulnerable to all kinds of family-related problems such as adultery and, in the case of the children, become involved with bad company. To say nothing of the parent forced to work overseas as he or she might be easily victimized by foreigners who know just how helpless our countrymen are out there and this becomes even worse where things like racial or religious discrimination are all too common.Also, by blocking our foreign sources of information, the Filipino people will not be given any kind of alternate view about their situation. With only just the local media and local sources of information to rely on, Filipinos will continue to think their ways are always right even when they clearly aren’t. They will also be largely unaware of important issues happening outside their country such as the geopolitical situation of other countries and their subsequent effect on the global economy.The Glorious Oligarchy Will ContinueThe oligarch rulers of the Philippines will continue to hold sway over the Filipino people, as told to me by the angel. Tying in with the above, this means that the wealthy families who are in charge of the Philippines will remain in charge forever. There will be no real change in Philippine society as the ideas and ways put forth by those who came to power decades ago will be continued by their descendants to the present day and beyond. Our democracy will forever remain as a matter of “bloodlines” which the angel said will be a matter for him to decide and not the “free will” of the people.What changes there will be is that the rich will become richer and the poor will become poorer. The wealthy oligarchs will become wealthier and continue to lord over the Philippines with both indifference and, in some cases, outright cruelty while the destitute and desperate masses will either be constantly scrambling for the scraps they throw our or frantically finding a way out of the country where it is hoped that they can find a better way to live. As the rich gain more knowledge and influence, the poor will continue to live in ignorance and desperation.Local Celebrities Will Become Gods To UsDuring Mar Roxas’ campaign, he involved many local celebrities in his bid to become president. The angel assured me that if Mar Roxas won the 2016 election, our celebrities would stop just being figures in showbiz and go on to become living gods in our country. One can already note how the likes of Kathniel, Vice Ganda or Vhong Navarro are already worshipped by the common Pinoy and it cannot be denied that FPJ could have easily won a previous election and former president Estrada nearly won himself in 2010.If Mar Roxas wins this election, he will make sure that the local media will continue to hold a strong grip over Philippine society through subliminal messaging and psychological conditioning. By the time Mar Roxas term ends, people like Daniel Padilla or Alden Richards can become viable presidential candidates even when they lack any kind of experience when it comes to politics or aren’t even registered voters. Mar Roxas presidency will glorify celebrities to no end when he finally comes to power and it will be the celebrities, not the common people, who will be the ones to make decision for the Philippine government.***Then the angel turned to leave and began to sing a Rolling Stones song…Can you guess his name?HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S DAY EVERYONE!!!
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/04/3-big-reasons-vote-mar-roxas/#comments
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KRIS AQUINO JUST SPOILED VILMA SANTOS’ CHANCES TO BE NAMED NATIONAL ARTIST
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['Pol Pinoy']
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2/7/2017 0:00
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that of some pastries given her by Santos. With the gift came a handwritten note in which Santos misspelled ‘blessed’ (bless) and ‘truly’ (truely). The post immediately went viral and Noranians were one in saying that National Artists, at the very least, should know how to spell correctly. “They have to be role models,” they said.A potential great honor that went pooooof, thanks to Kris Aquino!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/07/02/kris-aquino-just-spoiled-vilma-santos-chances-to-be-named-national-artist/?share=email
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Severe Banana Shortage In The Philippines
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['Pol Pinoy']
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23/06/2016 0:00
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The Philippines has seen severe shortages of basic food items like rice, flour and garlic, but this is the first time that a banana shortage is being reported nationwide.Public markets, groceries and supermarkets are all reporting very low supply of bananas, particularly the saba variety.Saba bananas are widely used for Filipino delicacies like turon (banana egg roll), bananacue (sweetened fried banana on a barbecue stick) and maruya (banana fritters).It didn’t take long for the Department of Agriculture to pinpoint the culprit — none other than incoming President Rod Duterte. Duterte had announced that during his June 30 inauguration at Malacañang (the presidential palace), he will feed the diplomatic corps and other guests with maruya and buko (coconut) juice, instead of expensive hors d’oeuvres and champagne.In solidarity with their new president, many Filipinos are planning on serving maruya in their respective households, hence the shortage of saba bananas.Duterte spokesperson Martin Andanar appealed to Filipinos for calm and assured them that the shortage is only temporary.Instead of fretting over the banana shortage, Andanar encouraged Filipinos to turn to other fruit snacks and desserts, like mangoes, halo-halo and leche flan.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/06/23/severe-banana-shortage-in-the-philippines/
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Philippine College of Criminology to investigate the case of Michael Ramasasa who threatens to kill someone on Facebook
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2017-05-13 19:07:48+08:00
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Philippine College of Criminology (PCCR) faces scandal after one of their student, Michael Ramasasa went viral on Facebook after the criminology graduate allegedly threatened to kill the family and the girlfriend of the netizen that he fought on the internet.Michael Ramasasa also allegedly extorted money amounting of 10,000 pesos from the victim identified as Ryan Canillas in exchange of the safety of his family and girlfriend.Ramasasa said that Canillas disrespected his girlfriend that made him to harass the victim.The criminology graduate also sent photos holding an alleged firearm to made the harassment more effectively.According to Philippine College of Criminology, the case of Michael Ramasasa is currently investigating by the school.“We are currently investigating the matter. Rest assured PCCR does not tolerate or condone any form or acts of violence. Thank you” PCC said in their statement.The victim, Ryan Canillas denied that he’s the one who harassed by Ramasasa and someone only pretending to be him on Facebook, but the statement of the criminology graduate and the screenshots went viral on the internet told a different story.Ramasasa also denied that he tried to extort money from Canillas.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/philippine-college-criminology-investigate-case-michael-ramasasa-threatens-kill-someone-facebook/
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Catholic Bishops Come To Leni’s Rescue Over Wet Ballots
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['Pol Pinoy']
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2/4/2018 0:00
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Within hours after the start of the manual recount of contested ballots in the 2016 Vice Presidential race, the camp of Bongbong Marcos already noticed something unusual: the ballots from Leni Robredo’s bailiwick pf Camarines Sur were wet.Immediately, there were speculations of tampering over the wet ballots, not to mention missing ballot audit logs.But the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) swiftly came to Robredo’s rescue, saying that the ballot boxes in question may have been blessed with Holy Water by Catholic priests prior to being re-opened for the manual count.The CBCP statement was suspicious considering that Robredo was seen at a church along with nuns and other Catholic supporters prior to the start of the Supreme Court recount.It’s one of two things: there was a miracle, or there’s something fishy going on. We suspect the latter.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/04/02/catholic-bishops-come-to-lenis-rescue-over-wet-ballots/
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Marco Rubio Will Play Role Of Successful Undocumented Immigrant In Upcoming Brad Pitt Movie
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['Pol Pinoy']
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8/3/2016 0:00
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Brad Pitt will be joining Disney Films in producing the story about an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who came to the United States at 19 and started working on farms in California, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa saved up a ton of money and enrolled in Harvard Medical School. He is currently the head of brain tumor surgery at the famous Johns Hopkins Hospital.Pitt’s company, Plan B, first started a relationship with the doctor in 2007 and it is now all coming together. Matthew Lopez will be writing the script focused on the surgeon’s life.Today, Plan B and Disney announced that soon-to-be ex-presidential candidate Marco Rubio will play the role of Quiñones-Hinojosa. Rubio, in real life, is Latino of Cuban heritage.Pitt told The Adobo Chronicles that the shooting of the film had been put on hold pending the outcome of Rubio’s candidacy, but now that it has become certain that the senator is not going to be the Republican nominee for president, the film production goes in high gear.It will be a welcome change in career for the handsome Rubio. His selection to play the lead role will be free of criticism in Hollywood where white actors are constantly being tapped to play the roles of people of color.The Internet group #oscarssowhite immediately praised Rubio’s selection to play the film’s lead character.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/08/marco-rubio-will-play-role-of-successful-undocumented-immigrant-in-upcoming-brad-pitt-movie/#respond
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OBAMA SCRAPS PRESIDENTIAL TURKEY PARDON
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['Pol Pinoy']
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22/11/2016 0:00
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Each year, shortly before Thanksgiving, the President of the United States is presented with a live domestic turkey to be “pardoned” and spared from being slaughtered. This bizarre White House practice began in 1989 during the first Thanksgiving of then President George H. W. Bush. Since then, Bush and his successors spared the lives of one or two lucky turkeys each Thanksgiving. Last year, President Barack Obama pardoned Cobbler and Gobbler, both 40-pound turkeys from Rockingham County, Virginia.This revered tradition is about to change as The White House announced that President Obama is scrapping this year’s Presidential Turkey Pardon due to reports about a shortage of Butterball turkeys. Butterball is the nation’s largest turkey producer. Headquartered in Garner, N.C., Butterball produces 1 billion pounds of turkey every year, equal to 20 percent of the nation’s production. The ubiquitous brand, known for its blue, gold and yellow label, is a mainstay in American kitchens every Thanksgiving.Butterball said its poultry had trouble gaining weight on some of its farms but did not explain why. The company still has ample supplies of its frozen large varieties, which are birds 16 pounds and heavier. “We experienced a decline in weight gains on some of our farms causing a limited availability of large, fresh turkeys,” Stephanie Llorente, a spokeswoman for Butterball, said in a statement Friday. “While we are continuing to evaluate all potential causes, we are working to remedy the issue. We sincerely regret the inconvenience that some of our customers have experienced as a result of this issue.”In making the surprise announcement, President Obama said he hopes his gesture which he says will surely be frowned upon by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), will help, even in the smallest way, to alleviate the turkey shortage. Obama refused to answer a question from The Adobo Chronicles on whether the Presidential Turkey Pardon will be scrapped for good, or only when there is a turkey shortage.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2013/11/22/obama-scraps-presidential-turkey-pardon/#comments
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ADOBO CHRONICLES POLL ON BACON
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['Pol Pinoy']
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27/10/2017 0:00
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Yesterday’s announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) that bacon and processed meats cause cancer will go down in history as the bleakest day in the culinary world.Reactions to the news ranged from disbelief to anger to frustration — pretty much like the reactions we see in people when they read the news that Donald Trump leads most polls as the candidate favored to win the Republican nomination for president.To gauge the true sentiments of the people on these two issues, The Adobo Chronicles is conducting a poll on bacon and Trump, and we ask our readers to vote below:
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/10/27/adobo-chronicles-poll-on-bacon/
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RACHEL RAY PUZZLED BY SUDDEN DECLINE IN RATINGS OF HER COOKING SHOW
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['Pol Pinoy']
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2/5/2018 0:00
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Move over, Martha Stewart. Television’s number one cooking show now belongs to Rachel Ray.From ‘date night meals’ to ‘cookout recipes,’ Ray’s down-to-earth approach to her cooking has earned enormous following for her syndicated ‘The Rachel Show.’But then something very puzzling happened over the last couple of weeks. The show’s ratings suddenly plummeted it didn’t even register on the Nielsen scale. (Nielsen is the television standard for measuring TV show ratings.)It was only after the show’s producers obtained a copy of a magazine featuring Ray on the cover that they realized why the ratings nose-dived:
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/02/rachel-ray-puzzled-by-sudden-decline-in-ratings-of-her-cooking-show/#respond
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De lima on attacks: ‘Some were true’
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2016-08-19 20:24:31+08:00
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Embattled Senator Leila De Lima, who has repeatedly denied allegations of drug-coddling, on Friday said that although most of these attacks against her were lies, there were “some snippets of facts.” “There are some snippets of facts, snippets of truths but the bulk of it (allegations) are distortions, exaggerations and lies,” De Lima told reporters in a chance interview at the Senate.De Lima did not elaborate which snippets of truths she was referring to but aggressively denied that she coddled drugs and used them for her campaign fund when she ran for senator.“These allegations about me collecting drug payoffs in Bilibid—that is an absolute lie,” the former Justice Secretary said, noting that she has already denied these allegations in the past.“I have repeatedly denied these allegations. I am denying it again,” she added.The neophyte senator said that she could never betray people’s trust as being public servant.“I will never do that because I will never betray my oath as a public servant and I don’t intend to ever betray it especially now that I have a mandate to the people,” De Lima said.She added she did not want to engage the public by answering all the allegations, but hinted that she could call for another press conference before the Senate hearing on extra-judicial killings next week.On Thursday, an emotional De Lima appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to stop the personal attacks against her, admitting that she had thought many times whether to stay quiet or state her sentiments.This was after Pres. Duterte, in his speech during the 115th service anniversary of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Camp Crame on Wednesday, mentioned how a certain senator had a “lover” who accepted drug money from the National Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City.Pres. Duterte made these remarks after De Lima last week called for a probe on the extra-judicial killings under the administration’s intensified anti-drug campaign.The hearings are scheduled on Aug. 22 and 23. (PNA)
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/de-lima-attacks-true/
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NoyNoy Aquino, Mar Roxas Accuse Philippine VP Leni Robredo Of Being A Star Fruit
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['Pol Pinoy']
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14/09/2016 0:00
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Former President NoyNoy Aquino and former presidential candidate Mar Roxas issued a joint statement today accusing Vice President Leni Robredo of being a ‘balimbing’ (star fruit). Robredo was Roxas’ running mate under Aquino’s Liberal Party in the last presidential election.Being called ‘balimbing’ is derogatory. It refers to a turncoat, or someone who switches loyalty or political affiliation to advance one’s own personal career.Aquino and Roxas were reportedly fuming upon learning that Robredo is lamenting that housing construction for the victims of Super-typhoon Yolanda has been very slow. The disastrous typhoon happened during Aquino’s time when Roxas was Interior and Local Governments Secretary.Robredo’s comment came as she visited a National Housing Agency (NHA) housing site in Hernani, Eastern Samar where out of the target 900 emergency shelters, only 200 are being constructed and none has been finished yet.Robredo was appointed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte as chair of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDSCC).“Sobrang bagal. At hindi lang yun dito sa Hernani, sa buong Yolanda-stricken areas. Nakakadismaya kasi tawag natin emergency shelter response, ‘di ba? Hindi na yun emergency kasi wala pa nga [We are dismayed that construction has been slow. These were called emergency shelters and yet they are still not up], Robredo said.The Adobo Chronicles tried to reach the Vice President for reaction of Aquino’s and Roxas’ statement, but her office said she was still out of the office inspecting other emergency housing sites in the Visayas.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/09/14/noynoy-aquino-mar-roxas-accuse-vp-leni-robredo-of-being-a-star-fruit/?share=email
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Senator Leila De Lima Apologizes To President Duterte
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['Pol Pinoy']
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11/12/2016 0:00
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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau)- Just before boarding her flight out of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Senator Leila de Lima apologized to Rodrigo Duterte for her harsh words against the Philippine president.Previously, de Lima described Duterte as a “murderer” and the “father” of the extra-judicial killings in the country. She had also challenged the president to arrest and imprison her for opposing his administration which many have described as a “dictatorship.”De Lima expected to be barred from leaving the country as she prepared to go abroad to fulfill a couple of speaking engagements for which she was invited.But then, the expected didn’t happen. De Lima was free to leave the country without incident or interference. That embarrassed the senator who then immediately publicly apologized to the president.“Now I realize there is true Democracy in the country. A dictator wouldn’t allow her No. 1 opponent to leave the country and freely move about. Now I see why up to this moment, I haven’t been arrested or imprisoned. Duterte truly adheres to the rule of law. I am very, very sorry, Mr. President,” de Lima said as she boarded her aircraft.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/12/11/senator-leila-de-lima-apologizes-to-president-duterte/#respond
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Militant leader curses spox Harry Roque for linking human rights groups to drug syndicates
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2018-03-27 03:12:22+08:00
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A militant leader slammed presidential spokesperson Harry Roque after the latter claimed that several human rights groups were being paid by drug lords to attack President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration.In a tweet, former Bayan Muna party-list representative Teddy Casino cursed Harry Roque because of his anger to his fellow human rights defender.According to Casino, the statement of Harry Roque might put the members of human rights groups in danger.He also believed that Roque knows that human rights groups were not funded by illegal money.“F*ck you @attyharryroque. You know this is not true,” Casiño tweeted.You also know that saying this expands the target of the drug war & brings your former colleagues in the human rights community in the cross hairs of Duterte’s death squads,” he said.Fuck you @attyharryroque. You know this is not true. You also know that saying this expands the target of the drug war & brings your former colleagues in the human rights community in the cross hairs of Duterte’s death squads. https://t.co/CT38Dsuryl — Teddy Casiño (@teddycasino) March 26, 2018In a statement on March 26, Roque said that the human rights groups were being used by some syndicates to destroy the reputation of the President who launched the war against illegal drugs.“The attacks against the President’s war on drugs have been vicious and non-stop. We therefore do not discount the possibility that some human rights groups have become unwitting tools of drug lords to hinder the strides made by the Administration,” he said in a statement.Roque added that the drug lords were already lose big amount of money because of the anti-illegal drug operations launched by the current administration, so the bad guys are doing everything to oust the President.“The illegal drug trade is a multi-billion-peso industry and billions have been lost with the voluntary surrender of more than a million drug users, arrest of tens of thousands of drug personalities, and seizure of billion-peso clandestine drug laboratories and factories,” he explained.““To continue to do and thrive in the drug business, these drug lords can easily use their drug money to fund destabilization efforts against the government,” he added.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/militant-leader-curses-spox-harry-roque-linking-human-rights-groups-drug-syndicates/
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AWKWARD MOMENT DURING BENGHAZI CONGRESSIONAL HEARING
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['Pol Pinoy']
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22/10/2017 0:00
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All day, Republican lawmakers asked Hillary Clinton all sorts of questions regarding Benghazi. It happened on Capitol Hill during a special congressional committee hearing.But no question could have been more significant and relevant than that asked by Congresswoman Martha Roby (R, Alabama).Roby asked Clinton if she was at home by herself on the night of the Benghazi attack or if she was sleeping with Bill.Clinton’s response was classic:
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/10/22/awkward-moment-during-benghazi-congressional-hearing/#respond
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Duterte to get the support of Iglesia ni Cristo members.
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2016-04-22 13:50:52+08:00
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Mayor Duterte with Mr. Manalo of Iglesia ni Cristophoto credits: eaglenewsAccording to some source from Iglesia ni Cristo members, they are now preparing to announce their support to Mayor Rodrigo Duterte this week.According to the sources, INC is going to announce their support to their member this week“We are choosing the right candidate, we are looking at their background and performance, we are not support any corrupt or incompetent candidate, but the members still have the freedom to choose their candidate” One of the Iglesia ni Cristo member said to our source.The rumoured bloc vote of 1.7- 2 Million members of Iglesia ni Cristo is a big help for any presidential candidates on 2016. Mayor Duterte got the biggest chance to catch the support of this religious group because of his very good track record.Other religious groups already showed their support to Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and they promised that they will never leave the Punisher until 2016 Presidential Elections.Duterte was summoned in Iglesia ni Cristo Central in Quezon City last week to meet the high officials of the church.A Sample ballot allegedly from INC is circulating on the internet and posted by People Television.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/duterte-to-get-the-support-of-iglesia-ni-cristo-members-and-other-religious-group/
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Transcript (?) Of Phone Conversation Between Loida Nicolas Lewis And Unnamed Individual
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['Pol Pinoy']
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11/2/2018 0:00
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A phone conversation gave her away, President Duterte said on Friday referring to Filipino-American businesswoman Loida Nicolas Lewis allegedly conspiring with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to have him prosecuted for crimes against humanity.In a press briefing at the Matina Enclaves Residences here, Duterte claimed he had prior knowledge of the ICC initiative as early as Tuesday, based on the transcript of a phone conversation between Lewis and an unnamed individual.While the supposed transcript has not been publicly released, The Adobo Chronicles could only imagine that the unnamed individual was Vice President Leni Robredo, and here is what we think happened in that conversation:Lewis: Madam Vice President, malapit na!Robredo: And ano?Lewis: The complaint filed before the ICC against Duterte is finally moving.Robredo: Ano yung ICC?Lewis: International Criminal Court. It is initiating a preliminary review of the complaint.Robredo: What’s a preliminary review?Lewis: It will determine whether the ICC prosecutor will recommend an investigation into the charge of crimes against humanity.Robredo: Anong ibig sabihin ng crimes against humanity?Lewis: Basta, if Duterte is convicted, ikaw na ang magiging Presidente ng Pilipinas.Robredo: Bakit ako?Lewis: Di ba Vice President ka?Robredo: Eh paano na si BBM?Lewis: Do you think he will win his electoral protest against you?Robredo:(end of transcript)
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/02/11/transcript-of-phone-conversation-between-loida-nicolas-lewis-and-unnamned-individual/#respond
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Actress Haley Atwell Denies Canceling ComicCon Appearance Due To Political Unrest In The Philippines
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['Pol Pinoy']
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22/03/2018 0:00
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Organizers of ComicCon Asia 2018 earlier announced that actress Hayley Atwell, known for her role as Peggy Carter in Agent Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will no longer be part of the event.In a statement posted on the group’s Facebook page, Hayley cited the “political unrest in the country” as the reason.“We wish to inform everyone that Hayley Atwell has decided to cancel her appearance in the 2018 ComicCon Asia due to the perceived ‘political unrest in the country.’ In a message sent to us, Hayley said that ‘she’s not comfrotable making the trip at this time.’Mainstream news media wasted no time in reporting the cancellation.The Adobo Chronicles contacted Haley on the set of an episode she was shooting and she denied having mentioned anything about political unrest in the Philippines.”What I said was that I was canceling my trip to Manila because the Liberal
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/03/22/actress-haley-atwell-denies-canceling-comiccon-appearance-due-to-political-unrest-in-the-philippines/?share=email
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Bernie Sanders Gets Burned On Philippine Social Media
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['Pol Pinoy']
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15/11/2017 0:00
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Leave it to the Filipinos to burn anyone on social media. Yes, including former Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, whose campaign meme was “Feel the Bern.”Well instead, he felt the burn.After he commented about Donald Trump’s meeting with the heads of state of Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines whom he called authoritarian, he was immediately “burned” by Filipino netizens.Moral of the story: Be careful what you tweet. It could come right back at you!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/11/15/bernie-sanders-gets-burned-on-philippine-social-media/
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Should Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte resign?
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2018-09-27 22:40:16+00:00
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But of course the Philippine Opposition thinks so. Led by the Liberal Party (a.k.a. the Yellowtards), the Opposition has done nothing but call for the end of the Duterte administration. But really, in the bigger scheme of things, is the resignation of the president really that big a deal?The bigger question the Yellowtards fail to answer is simple:What happens next if or when Duterte resigns?In essence, all the Yellowtards are really doing is insulting the intelligence of the Filipino people. They are proposing that the state be plunged into turmoil following the premature termination of a presidency (which they continuously howl for) and yet offer nothing by way of a path forward to mitigate that likely scenario.This proves that the Yellowtards apply a scorched earth approach to acquiring power. They do not mind if the Philippines is destroyed in the process of achieving their ends. It is therefore hardly surprising that the Yellowtards and the communists are now in bed together to achieve their ends. Because the key strategy they share is the demolition of an entire government in order to put up their own envisioned regimes.The Yellowtards together with the communists are the loudest factions of the broader Philippine Opposition. Yet one wonders whether there are people within this broader group that actually offer a more productive, more level-headed and more intelligent approach to opposing an incumbent administration. It would, indeed, be a huge tragedy if the Filipino people are deprived of the opportunity to embrace such an Opposition — one that seeks to build rather than destroy.The question really is not about whether Duterte should or should not resign. The question is about what the path is forward given all plausible scenarios. Led by the Yellowtards and infested by communists, the Philippines Opposition is not up to the task of providing that guidance.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2018/09/should-philippine-president-rodrigo-duterte-resign/#comments
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Fil-am Netizen praised Duterte “For the first time we have a president that is fighting for his people”
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2016-10-06 01:35:48+08:00
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A facebook post of a Filipino-American Dave Jonathan Lamar has gone viral on the internet after he expressed his feelings how proud he is after a person like President Rodrigo Duterte is leading the country.Dave Jonathan who raised in the Philippines, said that for the first time, he saw people respected the leadership of the current administration and most of the people in the Philippines shared the same sentiments about President Duterte.He also knows that the Duterte used unorthodox language for a President, but he lauds him for being sincere in his words without the help of speech writer.He also supported the criticisms of President Duterte to Barack Obama even he was living in United States of America right now.“There are millions of AMERICANS that hate Obama because he’s the complete opposite of Duterte. He may be clean cut, speak more eloquently and be more “classy” than Duterte but actions speak louder than any flowery or colorful word you can utter.” John Dave said to his Facebook post.He also explained that President Duterte was trying to tell the Filipino people to stop their colonial mentality and start having pride in their own country.“I love the Philippines and it’s people! I think it’s about time we take a hint from Duterte and we start having more pride in this beautiful country just because we are Filipinos and not for anything else. For the first time there is a leader and president that I finally respect.” He addedHe also thanked the President for doing something good for the Philippines despite of his controversial statements, he believes that Duterte’s action speaks louder than his words.“Mr. President, thank you for everything you do for the Filipino people! I know you’re not perfect, but your actions clearly speak louder than any curse word you utter.”
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/fil-netizen-praised-duterte-first-time-president-fighting-people/
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Sister of former Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago: “Some of us from U.P act like WE OWN people’s taxes”
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2017-04-20 01:17:21+08:00
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Paula Defensor Knack criticized the ‘arrogant’ students of the University of the Philippines (UP).Defensor-Knack have two academic degrees from the University of the Philippines and also part of the protest and rallies during the martial law period.In her post about the ‘Arrogance about doctorates honoris causa’ Defensor-Knack narrated mentioned how the University of the Philippines conferred honoris causa to the politicians who practiced what the Isko and Iska really hates.She mentioned former President Cory Aquino and Benigno Aquino who both bestowed doctorates honoris causa by UP while they are allegedly part of the oligarchs and also committed massacres and oppression of farmers.Aquino and his mother were conferred doctorates honoris causa by UP. I have nothing against it because UP, being the state university, always confers doctorates honoris causa to elected presidents.But both administrations were plagued by issues of corruption, plunder, oppression of farmers, massacres (crimes against humanity), subservienece to a former colonial power, and cronyism by oligarchs – everything UP is against.Fidel V. Ramos, the biggest nemesis of the late former senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago was also mentioned by Knack and labeled him as a ‘cheater from hell’ who also awarded by honorary degree by UP.Defensor-Knack believes that President Rodrigo Duterte is not the ‘type who craves for a doctorate honoris causa’She even questioned the standards of the U.P Students who condemned the planned honorary degree for President Duterte by U.P Board of Regents.I dont get it. Remember, the dictator Marcos is our alumni too, whom you strongly condemn. So whats the criteria now ? FRIENDSHIP ? PLEASING PERSONALITY ? STAGE APPEARANCE ? SWIMSUIT and EVENING GOWN ?She also mentioned her sister Miriam Defensor-Santiago who criticized her own university and called them arrogant.Were the previous presidents very honorable ? Sen. Miriam said : “Mga tiga UP ang yabang yabang ! Akala mo kung sino…”Defensor-Knack also reminded the students from U.P to be fair and avoid being arrogant and act like they own people’s taxes.Its for everyone. Lets be fair. We studied through taxpayers money. Iskolar ng bayan. Yet some of us act like WE OWN people’s taxes.University of the Philippines is considered as the best state-university in the Philippines. But despite of being funded by government, UP students are known for being fiercest critics of the present and past administrations.This week, several students from U.P condemned the plan of the University of the Philippines Board of Regents to confer doctorate honoris cause to President Rodrigo Duterte.President Rodrigo Duterte, in a statement said that he declined the award because of his personal rules in life.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/sister-former-senator-miriam-defensor-santiago-us-u-p-act-like-peoples-taxes/
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New US Ambassador To The Philippines Presents Credentials To President Joseph Estrada
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['Pol Pinoy']
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6/12/2016 0:00
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Sung Kim, the new American ambassador to the Philippines today formally presented his credentials to President Joseph Estrada.The ceremony was held in Malacañang, the presidential palace.President Estrada was ill-disposed at the time so he designated his executive secretary, Rodrigo Roa Duterte, to stand in for him.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/12/06/new-us-ambassador-to-the-philippines-presents-credentials-to-president-joseph-estrada/?share=email
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PRESIDENT OBAMA TO BE AWARDED SECOND NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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18/09/2018 0:00
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When President Barack Obama was announced as the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, the decision was met with much controversy.Obama admitted that he was surprised by the choice. Conservatives were quick to express their outrage and even supporters of the president questioned whether the award was deserved.Six years later, Geir Lundestad, long-time director of the Nobel Institute and secretary of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, has commented publicly on the decision. In “Secretary of Peace, 25 years With The Nobel Prize,” a new memoir released on Thursday, he said Obama’s award “failed to live up to the panel’s expectations.”However, inside sources have confirmed to The Adobo Chronicles® that the Nobel Prize jury does not agree with Lundestad’s comment. In fact, when the 2015 Nobel Prize winners are announced next month, Obama will be awarded a second Nobel Peace Prize.The jury is of the opinion that contrary to Lundestad’s assessment, Obama has exceeded the panel’s expectations. “Since Obama’s first award, he has made peace with Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Russia, China, North Korea and lately, Cuba. Domestically, he has also made peace with Hilliary Clinton and the Republican Party. No other world leader has come close to this amazing accomplishment,” the jury said.In the history of the Nobel Prize, only two have been awarded the Peace Prize more than once: the International Committee of the Red Cross (3 times) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2 times).Upon hearing the news, Pope Francis, who is scheduled to visit the United States later this month, sent his congratulations and blessings.But one person is not happy about Obama’s second Nobel Prize: Donald Trump.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/18/president-obama-to-be-awarded-second-nobel-peace-prize/
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President Donald Trump Wants To Reverse Status Of Naturalized U.S. Citizens
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/10/2018 0:00
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U.S. President Donald Trump just made headlines with his recent public announcement that he wants to practically end birthright citizenship.He hinted about issuing an Executive Order that would throw out provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which guarantees that anyone born in the U.S. and its territories are automatically considered American citizens.Now, to complete the scenario, and in pursuit of his campaign promise of “America First,” Trump is reportedly considering reversing the status of all naturalized citizens.Understanding that this move will involve millions of naturalized U.S. citizens, Trump told reporters that he’d like to start with naturalized U.S. citizens from Third World countries, including China, India, the Philippines, South America and Africa.”I think we can wait a little bit to reverse the citizenship status of those from European countries since they look more like us, Americans,” Trump said.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/10/30/president-donald-trump-wants-to-reverse-status-of-naturalized-u-s-citizens/#respond
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MRT BLAMED FOR PHILIPPINES’ LOSS TO CHINA IN BID TO HOST 2019 FIBA BASKETBALL WORLD CUP
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['Pol Pinoy']
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7/8/2018 0:00
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The Philippines’ bid to host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup fell short as China was officially named the host of basketball’s biggest international tournament after both countries made their final presentations to the FIBA Central Board on Friday in Tokyo, Japan.The Philippine delegation pulled out all the stops but was just up against a formidable foe in China, a known giant in hosting sporting events.Even the countries’ respective delegations were reminiscent of “David and Goliath,” with the Philippines’ boxing champion Manny Pacquiao standing next to China’s “giant” basketball legend Yao Ming.The Philippine delegation focused on the Filipinos’ passion for basketball as well as the country’s reputation as the social media capital of the world.But when it came to infrastructure, China won the FIBA voters’ nod hands down as it laid out its already existing world-class venues as well as trains connecting the no less than eight cities that will host the games.The Philippine delegation spoke briefly about MRT, Metro Manila’s Light Railway System that’s been plagued with long lines, accidents, train breakdowns and mismanagement.Right there and then, the FIBA voters picked China.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/07/mrt-blamed-for-philippines-loss-to-china-in-bid-to-host-2019-fiba-basketball-world-cup/?share=email
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TRAVEL ADVISORY ISSUED FOR AMERICANS VISITING MANILA
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['Pol Pinoy']
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27/08/2018 0:00
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The U.S. State Department has issued a travel advisory to all Americans and others intending to visit Manila.“The safety of our citizens is a priority concern,” the advisory said, “so we are advising Americans to postpone or cancel non-essential travel, or to be extremely careful when visiting the Philippines, especially when arriving in or departing from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).The travel advisory was issued after an arriving foreign national sank into a 2-ft sink hole while waiting in line at NAIA’s immigration counter. The platform he was standing in suddenly collapsed.Earlier this year, arriving and departing passengers were drenched with rainwater after part of the airport terminal ceiling collapsed and leaked during a heavy rainstorm.NAIA is known to be among the worst airports in the world where overcrowding, long lines, confusing signage, non-working toilets and indoor heatwaves are an everyday occurrence.Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters today that Americans who absolutely need to travel to Manila can still do so, but at their own risk.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/27/travel-advisory-issued-for-americans-visiting-manila/?share=email
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Donald Trump Establishes International Beauty Queen Academy
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['Pol Pinoy']
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23/08/2016 0:00
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In an effort to shift the political and media focus away from his controversial Trump University, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump today announced his latest business venture: the International Beauty Queen Academy (IBQA).Based in New York, the IBQA will offer undergraduate and graduate courses designed to train aspiring women (and transgender women) on what it takes to become an international beauty pageant title holder.It is common knowledge that Trump used to own the Miss U.S.A. and Miss Universe Organizations and that he has impeccable credentials on mentoring and nurturing young women aspiring for a crown on their heads.Trump said he has enlisted an international corps of former international beauty title holders to form the academy’s administrators and faculty.IBQA has just released the strict criteria for admission to the academy, foremost of which are the ability to pay $20,000 in tuition fees per semester of the two-year undergraduate course, and $50,000 per semester of the one-year graduate course.Interested applicants may send their headshots and the corresponding tuition fees to the Trump Tower in New York City. Prospective international students will be responsible for securing their own student visas to study in the U.S.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/08/23/donald-trump-establishes-international-beauty-queen-academy/#respond
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Amazon Announces Finalists For Filipino ‘Alexa’
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['Pol Pinoy']
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14/03/2018 0:00
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Alexa is an intelligent personal assistant developed by Amazon, first used in the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Echo Dot devices developed by Amazon Lab126.Like Apple’s Siri, it is capable of voice interaction, music playback, making to-do lists, setting alarms, streaming podcasts, playing audiobooks, and providing weather, traffic, and other real-time information, such as news.Because Alexa has gained worldwide popularity, many consumers have been begging Amazon to create a multi-lingual version of the female assistant.Today, Amazon announced the five finalists for the Filipino Alexa, following almost a year of intensive search for the voice that would do justice to the original.Amazon’s strict criteria for the search included: standout personality, unique Filipino accent, pleasant and soothing voice and willingness to be at the command of Alexa consumers and owners.Here are the five nominees. They are famous enough we don’t need to name them. If this were subject to a vote, who would you choose to be the Filipino Alexa?
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/03/14/amazon-announces-finalists-for-filipino-alexa/?share=email
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Leni Robredo Files Certificate of Candidacy In Washington, D.C.
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['Pol Pinoy']
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15/10/2018 0:00
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Worried that she could lose the Vice Presidential seat as a result of the electoral protest filed by Bongbong Marcos, Leni Robredo filed a Certificate of Candidacy for the 2019 Senatorial Elections.Because she is currently in the United States for a speaking engagement at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Robredo filed her COC at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C.Tomorrow, October 17 is the last day for the filing of COCs with the Commission on Elections.Speaking with The Adobo Chronicles, Robredo said that her decision to file the COC was in accordance with her commitment to serve the Filipino people, especially those in the laylayan. “If the VP position is taken away from me, I would like to have the option to continue as a passionate, dedicated and hard-working public servant, by being a Philippine Senator,” she said.Robredo had earlier announced that she would unite and lead the Opposition against President Rodrigo Duterte, but many of her colleagues have been filing their COCs as Independents. It has been rumored that even her defeated runningmate, then presidential candidate Mar Roxas, would be filing his candidacy for Senator as an Independent.“It’s disappointing, but I respect their decision,” Robredo said.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/10/15/leni-robredo-files-certificate-of-candidacy-in-washington-d-c/#respond
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LOOK: How Mindanaoans lecture UP Diliman students about the decision of President Duterte to declare Martial Law
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2017-05-26 06:33:27+08:00
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University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman students showed their force in front of Palma Hall to oppose the Martial Law declared by President Rodrigo Duterte in the whole island of Mindanao.But instead of getting a support from the people, they received tremendous amount of criticisms from the netizens especially from Mindanao where the Martial Law law was in effect.The photo of the rallyists posted by the Philippine Collegian Facebook fan page has gone viral on the internet after it received tremendous amount of negative comments from the netizens who supported the Martial Law.Even the top comment almost got the same amount reaction received by the photo album posted by Philippine Collegian.Sar Ali of Marawi City lectured the UP students about the current situation of Mindanao and the necessity to declare Martial Law immediately because of the dangers carried by the Maute terrorist group.Jefferson D. Buncog of Cagayan De Oro informed the rallyists that the situation in Mindanao is normal despite of the Martial Law enforced in the island.Gia Candido, said in her comment that if the UP Students really care about Marawi City, they must donate goods from the victims of Marawi terrorist attack instead of rallying against the move of the President to maintain peace and order in Mindanao.Apreal Vence Capa of Iligan City, told the students about the suffering of the Mindanaoans because of the armed conflicts in Mindanao while the students from Luzon can sleep peacefully.Rain Jose of Illigan City told the students of UP Diliman that they represented the people of Mindanao and she questioned the rants of the activists against the Martial Law. She also said that it’s better that President Rodrigo Duterte enforced Martial Law in Mindanao to avoid more terrorist attacks.Mache Zamalay DelaCruz Tonagar of Cagayan De Oro City, expressed his joy when Martial Law was enforced in Mindanao. She said that the situation only became strict, but the authorities still respected the law-abiding civilians.Ada Armendarez Paceño of Surigao Del Sur, told the students that they don’t need to stand up for the people of Mindanao dahil they trusted the President more than them.Ivy M. Mabanag questioned the advocacy of the students of UP Diliman after they stood up for Mindanao while they criticized the students of Visayas and Mindanao who topped the recent Bar Exam.Jess Gallego of Koronadal told the students of UP that it’s a big help for them that Martial Law was enforced in the whole island of Mindanao.But not all the students of UP supported the advocacy of their schoolmates, Kenneth Carreon Floresca from Luzon apologized for what his schoolmates did.Xavier Zaragosa of Illigan City, a graduate of UP Diliman also showed his support to the Martial Law declared by President Rodrigo Duterte in Mindanao because he understand the decision of the President and he saw the improvements of the security in their place.The UP students who rallied against Martial Law in front of Palma Hall is not yet releasing an official statement on the tremendous amount of criticisms that they received from the netizens.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/look-mindanaoans-lecture-diliman-students-decision-president-duterte-declare-martial-law/
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Teddy Boy Locsin : I’m Sorry But Not Really
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['Pol Pinoy']
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9/10/2016 0:00
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Teddy Boy Locsin, the newly-appointed Philippine ambassador to the United Nations, is in hot water because of a series of Twitter comments he made that were offensive to the Jewish people. In the tweets, he also threatened individuals who criticized him.But in a stunning turnaround, the former congressman and journalist profusely apologized for his comments, apparently upon orders of his own daughter:But Locsin’s apologies didn’t last very long.At 4:00 in the morning, while his daughter was fast asleep, the feisty ambassador-elect managed to sneak in one more Twitter comment. He even used blue font, perhaps for emphasis:Shhhh! Don’t tell his daughter…
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/09/teddy-boy-locsin-im-sorry-but-not-really/#respond
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CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS PUSH FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STORES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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9/11/2017 0:00
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Powerful conservative Christian groups are lobbying Congress to pass legislation mandating the separation of church and stores.In a strongly-worded letter to members of Congress, the lobby group demanded that a law be passed banning Christmas displays and the selling of Christmas merchandise at all retail stores in the country.“Christmas is a one-day celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ,” the letter said, “and for businesses and retailers to turn this holy day into months and months of Christmas shopping season is disgusting and an attack on the Christian faith.”The group specifically mentioned giant retailer Macy’s as an example of commercialization gone mad, at the expense of religion.As early as September, many Macy’s stores across the country have set up their Christmas displays and started selling Christmas items.The lobby group are calling for the banning of all Christmas-related displays and merchandise in all department stores and shopping malls effective immediately. Members of the group also asked that the taking of souvenir photos with Santa Claus in shopping malls be outlawed.Tea Party and other conservative Republicans in Congress have expressed full support for the proposal.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/11/09/conservative-christians-push-for-separation-of-church-and-stores/?share=email
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Ronnie Dayan arrested in La Union
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2016-11-22 12:32:06+08:00
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Authorities confirmed that the former driver and boyfriend of Senator Leila De Lima was arrested in San Juan, La Union on November 22, Tuesday.BREAKING: Ronnie Dayan, ex-driver-bodyguard ni Sen. de Lima, naaresto na sa Northern Luzon; nagpalipat-lipat umano sa La Union at Pangasinan pic.twitter.com/BQJvndOcNT — DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) November 22, 2016Ronnie Dayan is currently in the custody of the La Union provincial police.Dayan who hid for many months in different provinces in North Luzon was ordered arrested for not attending the congressional inquiry into the proliferation of illegal drugs at the New Bilibid Prison.Ronnie Dayan mentioned by the Bilibid Inmates that involved in illegal drugs and transporting drug money from Bilibid to his former girlfriend,Last week, Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption announced a P1-million reward for Dayan’s arrest.Weeks ago, Senator Leila De Lima admitted her relationship with her driver Ronnie Dayan who allegedly involved in illegal drug trade.Netizens are expected that Ronnie Dayan is secured because they believe that he is the only one who can prove the involvement of the former Justice Secretary in illegal drugs.Philippine National Police said that they are going to present Dayan in the press at 4pm
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/ronnie-dayan-arrested-la-union/
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THREE MOONS SIGHTED OVER DALLAS, TEXAS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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26/04/2017 0:00
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People around the world were awed by the blood red moon that lit the sky during the lunar eclipse on April 15, but Texans had it three times better.This photo taken in Dallas, Texas may not show a blood red moon, but it shows three moons, a phenomenon never before seen anywhere in the world. Texans who witnessed this spectacle were one in saying that their beloved state is truly blessed.Weighing in on the sighting, Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) told The Adobo Chronicles : “It is not only bigger in Texas, it’s also more!”
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/04/26/three-moons-sighted-over-dallas-texas/?share=email
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Trump Wants Hillary Clinton Back As Secretary of State
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['Pol Pinoy']
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7/4/2017 0:00
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Despite his intense and bitter rivalry with Hillary Clinton in the last U.S. presidential elections, Donald Trump wants the former First Lady to come back to Washington as his Secretary of State.Trump is reportedly unhappy 😔 with his man at the State Department, Rex Tillerson.As proof of the thawing of relations between Trump and Clinton, the president followed Hillary’s advice to bomb Syrian airfields after the Assad regime launched a chemical attack on its own citizens.Hours after Clinton made the suggestion, Trump ordered the air strikes against Syria.Is this the beginning of the end of gridlock in the nation’s capital?
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/04/07/trump-wants-hillary-clinton-back-as-secretary-of-state/
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LOOK:Netizen who hugged by Duterte in Singapore reacted on the news report about her and calls them bias
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2016-12-18 03:24:41+08:00
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A video published by a big news company in the Philippines has gone viral on the internet and angered some of the supporters of President Duterte.The video showed that the Presidential Guards carried up one of the audience who identified as Neriz Roma, a worker from Singapore. The video showed that President Duterte hugged Roma while taking a selfie.They accused the news network of putting malice on the video taken after his speech at the the Max Pavilion and Hall 9 of the Singapore Expo on December 16, 2016.Even Roma was angered by the article and asked Mocha Uson to help her to spread her message to everyone that she didn’t felt disrespected, instead she felt that the President personally protected her from the crowd.According to Roma, she only wanted to hold the hand of President Duterte and after that she decided to leave. But after the Presidential saw her having a hard time to get out of after being accidentally pushed by the crowd, the President ordered his guards to carried her up to the stage.As an evidence that she was so grateful of what happened to her during that day, Roma made her precious selfie with President Duterte as her profile picture.Mai Laborde, also posted the narration of Neriz during her encounter with President Duterte.Roma Neriz thanked her friends including the supporters of Duterte for defending her and the President against the people who wanted to destroy the image of the President.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/netizen-hugged-duterte-singapore-reacted-news-report-calls-bias/
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Donald Trump Lends Support To Philippine President Duterte For Kissing Incident In South Korea
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['Pol Pinoy']
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5/6/2018 0:00
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It is the proverbial 3 a.m. call that only heads of state are expected to make to settle urgent world issues. That’s exactly what happend at 3 a.m. this morning, Philippine Time (3 p.m. Washington time).U.S. President Donald Trump called Rodrigo Duterte to offer his unequivocal support for the Philippine President after the latter was widely criticized for kissing a Filipina lady on the lips during a meeting with the Filipino community in South Korea.”Don’t your critics have better things to do,” Trump reportedly told Duterte. “I fully understand your predicament. It happened to me during my campaign when an audio tape was leaked to the news media where I had commented that I grab women “by the p*ssy,” “I can definitely relate,” Trump added.Trump said he was 100% behind Duterte, chastising the news media for not having any idea on what Presidents go through every day. “They like to make a mountain out of a molehill. Well, they can go to hell.”
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/06/05/donald-trump-lends-support-to-philippine-president-duterte-for-kissing-incident-in-south-korea/?share=email
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Stephen Sackur Walks Out On Ousted Philippine Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno During Live Interview On BBC
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['Pol Pinoy']
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10/6/2018 0:00
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Television viewers are used to talk show invited guests walking out during live interviews, but what happened at BBC tonight was the exact opposite. The talk show host walked out on his guest.Stephen Sackur was interviewing ousted Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno when he suddently took of his lapel microphone and ear phones, then stormed out of the television studio.Here’s part of that interrupted live interview:Sackur: Good evening Ms. Ex-Chief Justice. As you know the reason our program is called ‘Hardtalk’ is because we ask hard questions and expect honest answers from our guests. So let me go straight to the point: did you or did you not violate your country’s Constitution when you failed to submit your SALNs as required by your high position?Sereno: Stephen, I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I might incriminate myself. Please talk to my lawyers.Sackur: But aren’t you a lawyer yourself?Sereno: That goes without saying, but I still refuse to answer your question.Sackyr: Well, in that case, Madam Sereno, there is no point in having this interview.(It was at this moment that the broacast went off the air)
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/06/10/stephen-sackur-walks-out-on-ousted-philippine-chief-justice-lourdes-sereno-during-live-interview-on-bbc/?share=email
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As Aquino Steps Down, Marcoses Return To Malacañang
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/06/2016 0:00
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During the height of the 2016 presidential campaign period, former President NoyNoy Aquino made a bold statement that there is no way another Marcos will end up in Malacañang.Well, guess what: on the very day Aquino left Malacañang, not one, but two Marcoses returned to the presidential palace — Senator Bongbong Marcos (who ran unsuccessfully for the position of VP) and Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos.It was, of course, to attend the inauguration of President Rodrigo Duterte. It was, nevertheless, two Marcoses ending up in Malacañang.Never say never.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/06/30/as-aquino-steps-down-marcoses-return-to-malacanang/#comments
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Martial Law “debate”: Does the Constitution serve Filipinos? Or do Filipinos serve the Constitution?
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-12-12 23:34:06+00:00
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The trouble with the whole “debate” around the proposed extension of Martial Law is that it’s been infested by “constitutionalists” beholden to the 1987 Yellowtard Constitution. The points that are truly important to the average Filipino have been all but buried under a mountain of ululations drawn from the original (and obsolete) paranoid delusions that went into the framing of this tired old Yellowtard bible.Fear not, for all has not been lost to the shrill screeching of emotionalist shills. Amazingly, the only real key point around this “debate” had, in fact, already been made in the Inquirer Editor’s blurb for today…Why does the Duterte administration seek to extend the imposition of martial law by an entire year? It is true that the threat of radicalization remains; the carcass of the central district of Marawi City is by itself a potent source of resentment and a tool for recruitment. But the Constitution requires an actual invasion or rebellion. It does not allow the use of the martial law power on speculation or for preventive purposes. (The first of the commander-in-chief powers, the calling-out provision, should suffice.) It may be argued that public safety requires the extension, but again the Constitution is clear: both actual rebellion and public safety conditions must be met.While you, the reader, are sifting through the above looking for that key point I mention earlier, a clue that might help in filtering out the noise from the above lies in the title of the piece itself: “An offense vs the Constitution”. It seems that the Inquirer Editor is likening the Constitution to one of those onion-skinned (easily-offended) “temperamental” brats that are used as fodder for those traditional street rallies organised by the usual liberal and communist mobs.But, yeah, the more intelligent amongst us would have worked it out easily. The point was made that the main thing to consider is that, perhaps, “public safety requires the extension.” That is, perhaps, what ought to be debated by our society’s venerable geniuses — public safety.Unfortunately, the Philippines’ brains trust has focused their sights on the sacred Yellowtard Constitution and coated what would otherwise have been a simple and straightforward point of debate in a layer of legaltard bullshit. Indeed, this is an example of how the whole point of “democracy” is being lost on the Yellowtards. The debate around Martial Law extension is ultimately political in nature. This is why it is left to Filipinos’ popularly-elected representatives in Congress to decide whether or not Martial Law should be extended — because like juries who keep the dangerous orthodox legalese of lawyers and judges in check in Western court rooms, Congress is entrusted by Filipino voters to keep the ivory tower Taliban-like pronouncements of ultra-orthodox constitutionalists beholden to the 1987 Yellowtard Constitution in check.The Inquirer Editor insists that “the Constitution is clear” as if to say that the issue of public safety is subordinate to that manufactured clarity.Herein we see a classic case of the Philippines’ disente “thought leaders” getting behind the wrong arguments yet again. The issue on whether or not the extension of Martial Law will contribute to improving public safety, to be fair, remains debatable. And so the debate over Martial Law extension should be framed around that point — not on the obsolete ululations of a discredited mob of constitutional fundamentalists beholden to a charter that mirrors thinking imprisoned by the emotional blackmail perpetrated in the mid-1980s by Yellowtard oligarchs.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/12/martial-law-debate-does-the-constitution-serve-filipinos-or-do-filipinos-serve-the-constitution/
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DONALD TRUMP TO MEET WITH PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT AQUINO ABOUT HOSTING THE NEXT MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT
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['Pol Pinoy']
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11/7/2018 0:00
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Gloria Diaz and Margarita Moran, not to mention the fact that the Philippines has been consistently in the top 10 finalists in recent pageants. The country has also been a host to the pageant twice, in 1974 and 1994.Trump is expected to ask Aquino for the use of the Philippine Arena, the world’s largest indoor area, as venue for the pageant.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/07/11/donald-trump-to-meet-with-philippine-president-aquino-about-hosting-the-next-miss-universe-pageant/?share=email
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Philippine President Duterte is the world’s Number One troll
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2016-10-22 14:30:22+00:00
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent trip to China made me realise that he could be the world’s Number One troll. He leaves his critics baffled and his supporters surprised and awed by his statements. You can call him what you want – a former Filipino actress even called him a psychopath – but he definitely makes people think. He is a provocateur and doesn’t care what others think of him. Members of both the international and local communities have been busy discussing his latest tirade, which seems to occur on a regular basis.Trolls usually provoke others to test their patience and Duterte has definitely pushed some people over the edge. Senator Leila De Lima went berserk and kept going on a rampage in front of the media blaming Duterte for what she considers “attacks” against her by the Department of Justice and by pro-Duterte Netizens on social media.Another one who seems to be on the verge of going on a rampage is former President Fidel Ramos. He has been intensely criticising President Duterte lately. His behaviour is quite odd considering he is said to be the one who convinced Duterte to run for President. It’s also unusual because although he occasionally criticised former President BS Aquino, Ramos wasn’t as harsh as he is now with Duterte. In fact, with BS Aquino, Ramos was careful with his words — as if he didn’t want to offend him too much. Suffice to say, Ramos could be butthurt over something. Some say it is his pro-American stance that is making him despise Duterte.Ramos is not just randomly giving press statements about Duterte, he has been writing a series of articles critical of him and his polices. It’s a good thing hardly anyone takes him too seriously nowadays, partly because his own term as president wasn’t completely corruption- and scandal-free. Some people associate Ramos with his pet project the Centennial Expo at Clark Airbase that was considered a failure, first because of the excesses in construction costs for the project at the expense of the Filipino taxpayers and, second, it became a white elephant after sustaining losses. It eventually closed down in 1999. What Ramos envisioned for the place did not materialise. It was a microcosm of the Ramos administration – full of promise but only on paper. Ramos did not initiate real reforms that could leave a lasting legacy beyond his term.But now Ramos is saying that the Philippines is losing under the Duterte leadership — as if Duterte created all the problems he is trying to solve today. In fact, the Ramos administration was also into patronage politics or the padrino system of governance. This system, which trumps all system in place, is what is keeping the Philippines from moving forward. It is what allows the Philippines’ endemic corruption to persist. When you allow your allies to get away with committing crime or when you celebrate the mediocre performance of your cabinet members, you allow corruption to flourish.Speaking of getting away with crime, a lot of people have not forgotten Ramos’s role during Martial Law. Ramos headed the Philippine Constabulary under former President Ferdinand Marcos. Just because Ramos played a role in the ousting of Marcos in 1986 after he defected doesn’t mean that he should be absolved of his shortcomings during what some people consider to be the darkest chapter in Philippine history. He was never taken to account for the abuses committed by the police under his command back then. It’s too bad the history books gloss over his role in the atrocities.Duterte’s speech in China has also annoyed a lot of his critics particularly when his statements “I announce my separation from the United States” attracted hearty applause from the members of the Chinese government. Duterte went on to say that America has lost both in the military and economic fronts and that he will talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin just to prove that America’s dominance in the world is over. I can imagine members of the US government reeling with anger at being discussed with contempt in front of the Chinese.Like a professional troll, Duterte knows how to get under people’s skin. It’s amusing the way pro-American commentators are reacting to his banter. They are so predictable. Duterte’s statements are meant to get a reaction and his detractors are getting played.To people who are smart enough to understand where he is coming from, Duterte does make sense. They may not have announced it formally the way Duterte did but a lot of countries are already dealing with and showing deference to China. They already value China’s role in the world order. In fact, Filipinos who chant anti-China sentiments don’t even realise that a lot of businesses in the Philippine are run by her Filipino-Chinese citizens. What’s really baffling is why there are still Filipinos who refuse to embrace their Asian roots. The Chinese have for so long been trading with Filipinos — even before Filipinos became Filipinos.Filipinos shouldn’t fret about the idea of the Philippines wanting to break away from the clutches of old “allies” and seeking an independent foreign policy. The United Kingdom did a similar thing when it voted to break away from the European Union earlier this year. Some thought they were crazy to do that. Now some are calling Duterte crazy for breaking with the US. Duterte being crazy remains to be seen. One way of confirming that is in how the US will react to his trolling. Will the US stay despite Duterte’s tirade or leave in retaliation? Either way, Duterte doesn’t care because he’s got new powerful friends now.[Photo courtesy ABS-CBN News.]
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/10/philippine-president-duterte-worlds-number-one-troll/
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Pinoys Really Need To Stick To ‘Principles’
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2016-05-29 05:17:51+00:00
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“Principle.” A fairly simple word, isn’t it. Three syllables and about nine letters long. However, what’s sad is that it’s meaning is lost on a lot of us Filipinos. Thing is, it may sound simple but to put it into practice is something else entirely.So just what are “principles”?Well, to have principles means sticking to one’s guns. It means that when you make a decision, you’ll stick with it to the end and if you make any mistakes, you’ll own up to them when called out on it. It also means that when you find yourself in an advantageous position but think you did not earn it fairly, you will willingly give it up because you know for yourself that you did not deserve it.Principles also tie in with one’s sense of honor. Having a sound set of principles and following them through regardless of your situation, marks one as truly honorable. For instance, you find yourself competing in a contest that you soon realize is rigged, instead of continuing and winning, you either stop playing or, even when you do win, you step down and declare that you are unworthy of the title. Alternatively, if you play for a team in a competition and your team loses, you congratulate the other team and stick with yours until perhaps eventually, you manage to secure a win.Unfortunately, the idea of principles and the way they’re supposed to work in this country is entirely a different story. Like everything else, from concepts, to actual objects and people, everything is tainted with the dysfunction of our culture. It’s why we all too often end up with avaricious religions, twisted ideologies, tyrannical authority figures and, of course, people who can’t even be taught to follow simple instructions and cry like babies when called out on it.Now we have a vice president who seems too afraid to stick to her guns. Did she cheat her way to her title? Well, that’s not for me to judge. However, given the questionable way her votes seemed to fluctuate throughout the election process, the suspicion of electoral fraud does indeed have some basis. Unfortunately, her utter refusal to allow for any recount pretty much sums up the kind of person she is. So it doesn’t matter if you cheated as long as you win, eh? It doesn’t matter if you come off as a possible pawn of an elitist political faction as long as your opponents don’t win, eh? It doesn’t matter if said elitist political faction is a staunch opponent of the man you married as long as you get what you want, eh?Then we have this boxer-turned congressman-turned senator who says he was with the upcoming president all along. Yes, this is the same guy who approved the BBL and then changed his mind later when he actually read the thing and realized that it included one of the places he governed over. You know, for all your Bible-thumping and attacking the LGBT community, you never seem to bother with the wisdom written in the Good Book, do you? It’s always about convenience with you, isn’t it? When you want to shirk your political duties, you say you have practice and when sportsmen want to examine you for fairness, you up and say you have political duties?
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/05/pinoys-really-need-stick-principles/
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Mayor Duterte’s former wife Elizabeth Zimmerman, to campaign for him
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2016-04-05 09:39:48+08:00
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Photo Credits: SuperBalita Davao“Biyaheng DU30” 30-day caravan is an activity led by Mayor Duterte’s former wife Elizabeth Zimmerman, who is a stage 3 cancer patient. Madam Zimmerman, decided to stop her radiation session to come out and help his daughter and son to campaign for his former husband.According to her, she wants to meet her fellow Filipinos and answer questions about Mayor Duterte. She will also visit different places in the Philippines including his birthplace, Hilongos, Leyte and Tuburan, Cebu.When she was asked why she decided to help and why now? She said, “I wanted to help him because he is still part of my family, he is the father of my children. We may be annulled in court but we were also married in the church and the Catholic church never anulled our marriage. I wanted to complete at least seventeen radiation sessions before stopping the treatment and go out to campaign.”Photo Credits: TV5Elizabeth has 16 more radiation sessions to complete the 33 sessions mandated by her doctor when she comes back from the one month caravan. Elizabeth is joined by her daughter Sara and her grandchildren Shark, Stingray and Bella. The caravan is intended to go around Visayas and Mindanao to thank the supporters and convince the undecided and convert those who are unsure who to trust, choose, and vote for the right candidate. Some of their activities will be giving out of handbills and distribution of campaign paraphernalia.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/mayor-dutertes-ex-wife-elizabeth-zimmerman-to-campaign-for-him/
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Forget SWS, Here’s The Great ACS Survey: ChowKing or Tapa King?
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['Pol Pinoy']
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10/10/2017 0:00
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If you’re sick and tired of politics and surveys, you’re not alone.The good news is that we have just the right thing for you: another survey. Not just any survey like the SWS, but a juicy, delicious and apolitical survey: Kris Aquino vs. Baste Duterte.Well, not really. It’s a survey of your fast food preference between two kings: ChowKing and Tapa King.So go ahead, vote in our ACS (Adobo Chronicles Survey) poll and let us know which of the two fastfood chains you prefer. Or which endorser — Aquino or Duterte!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/10/10/forget-sws-heres-the-great-acs-survey/#respond
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Donald Trump Wants To Patent Three Words
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['Pol Pinoy']
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22/07/2016 0:00
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, through his lawyers, has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), claiming ownership of three words he has consistently used in his campaign speeches.These words are:AmazingHugeUnbelievableIf his application is approved by USPTO, anyone who uses those any of the three words could be sued under the U.S. patent law, under Title 35 of the U.S. Code.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/07/22/donald-trump-wants-to-patent-three-words/#respond
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Filipino feminists like Risa Hontiveros had abandoned Mrs Patricia Bautista
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-08-10 08:21:36+00:00
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In most modern 21st Century liberal democracies, victims of rape and harassment are encouraged to blow the whistle on their abusers. After all, abusers won’t be punished unless someone points the police and the justice system in the right direction to make resolution happen. Feminists, in particular, are supposedly in full solidarity with their females-in-arms. They are expected to get behind hapless women who blow the whistle on abusive spouses, bosses, and other big bad men who are in a position to make their lives miserable.Unfortunately, it seems Filipino feminism had abandoned Mrs. Patricia “Tish” Bautista, wife of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Andres Bautista. Unlike Senator Leila De Lima who philandered with a married man, was an abject failure as head of the Philippines’ Commission on Human Rights, and stands accused of abetting a vast drug trafficking network within the country’s largest penal facility, Mrs. Bautista does not get to find comfort in the warm bosom of her own society’s feminist movement (pardon the pun).The question is, how is Mrs. Bautista a different enough case to De Lima to warrant such a world of difference in the amount of support from Filipino feminists that she attracted (or failed to attract, as the case happens to be)?The difference, it seems, lies in party loyalties. Mrs. Bautista’s husband, after all, is the COMELEC chairman who presided over the conduct of the 2016 national elections. This is a man who refused to investigate allegations of electoral fraud and bent the rules to prevent a mass disqualification of Liberal Party candidates for failure to comply with his own agency’s guidelines. As such, it seems, the Liberal Party owes him a lot.This mutual utang na loob (debt of gratitude) now manifests itself in the way the usual self-appointed “watchdogs” of righteousness have relented from pouncing on what is, by any standard, a national scandal. Filipinos have long defined their lot as the inventors of “people power”. This “will of the people” is deeply-ingrained in the dogma and propaganda collateral (collectively referred to as the “Yellow Brand”) of the Liberal Party. As chief of the Philippines’ electoral governance body, Andres Bautista being accused of being in possession of “unexplained wealth” should have roused the “people power” squad to a protest frenzy. But that did not happen. Neither did Filipino feminists come to his wife’s rescue.The thing with Filipino feminism is that its key “thought leaders” happen to be stalwarts of this clique of partisans within today’s Opposition. Take former commie-turned-reactionary Senator Risa Hontiveros who is routinely described as a “staunch feminist”. She refers to her party, Akbayan as a “feminist party” and claims that it…[…] opposes the sexism and patriarchy of Philippine society whose insufferable expressions include the reduction of women to face-and-body sex objects and our demotion to half-humans, half-citizens in a society of institutions lorded over (literally) by men.Quite a mouthful but essentially builds upon the old cliché that women are “victims” in a “man’s world”.The trouble with being a partisan first and a “feminist” a distant second as Hontiveros evidently is, is that the principles of the second routinely trumped by the loyalties of the first results in an untenable inconsistency held prisoner by the grip of utang na loob. The feminist rhetoric surrounding De Lima (a Liberal Party senator), for example, breaks down when one considers that De Lima does not fit the mold of the hapless victim of “a society of institutions lorded over (literally) by men.” Mrs. Bautista, some would argue, is not exactly an exemplar of hapless victimhood herself. But De Lima is a Philippine senator and her lover is a subordinate upon whom she wields clear power over.Between the colegiala profile Mrs. Bautista cuts today and the brass-balled persona De Lima brings to bear in her numerous media rampages, one couldn’t help but be baffled by the choice of people Filipino “feminists” led by the likes of Hontiveros prefer to rally behind.The short of it is that Mrs. Bautista blew the whistle on a powerful man and, now, finds herself up against a diminished but still-powerful clique of politicians institutional leaders, and “influencers”. That’s pretty much the same sort of situation the average hapless rape or harassment victim faces when she mounts the courage to face her oppressors. Real feminists encourage that sort of initiative. It gives them something to work with in championing their cause. Unfortunately, Filipino “feminists” are poor copycats who, under the shadow of their political overlords only manage to exhibit a pale shadow of the real thing.
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/08/filipino-feminists-like-risa-hontiveros-had-abandoned-mrs-patricia-bautista/#comments
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President Duterte appoints Guevarra as new Department of Justice secretary
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2018-04-05 18:44:08+08:00
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After the announcement on the resignation of Vitaliano Aguirre II as Justice Secretary, President Rodrigo Duterte quickly found a replacement to his fraternity brother.Malacañang announced on April 5, that Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Gueverra has been appointed by Duterte to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ).Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in an interview that the President already signed the appointment papers of Gueverra.Photo: Malacanang/RTVMThe Palace was confident on Guevarra because of his skills and experience as a lawyer.“Ang Department of Justice ay isa sa mga pinaka-sensitibong departamento dahil po katarungan ang pinag-uusapan dito,” Roque told reporters.“Kilala natin si Usec. Guevarra. Talaga namang napatunayan na ang kaniyang kagalingan sa batas at integridad.” he added.Newly appointed DOJ Secretary Menardo Guevarra takes his oath before President Rodrigo Duterte. Photo: MalacanangGuevarra took up graduate studies in Economics at the University of the Philippines after obtaining his A.B degree, Major in Political Science, at the Ateneo de Manila.He also took law studies at the Ateneo and placed second in the 1985 Bar examinations.The new Justice secretary also appointed as member of 2010 Philippine Truth Commission, Deputy Executive Secretary for legal affairs at the Office of the President in may 2015, and Commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission in Febuary 2016.During his work as Senior Deputy Executive Secretary under the Duterte administration, he’s the one who wrote executive orders and memorandum orders signed by President Rodrigo Duterte, including the martial law proclamation amid the Marawi crisis.
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/president-duterte-appoints-guevarra-new-department-justice-secretary/
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Lolit Solis admires Mommy Dionesia for selling 3M worth of bags, jewelry to raise funds for the soldiers in Marawi
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2017-06-27 00:25:27+08:00
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Rumors circulating that Dionesia Pacquiao sold around P3-M pesos worth of bags and jewelries to raise funds for the soldiers in Marawi City.Entertainment writer and TV Host Lolit Solis praised the mother of the Filipino champ for her generosityDionesia Pacquiao was not confirming if the rumor was true or not.The mother of Filipino boxing champ and Senator Manny Pacquiao rumored to sold around P3-M pesos worth of branded bags and jewelry to raise funds for the soldiers fighting in Marawi City.Talent manager and entertainment writer Lolit Solis wrote the news on Instagram and claimed that Dionesia Pacquiao raised funds for the soldiers in Marawi City by selling her personal belongings worth millions of pesos.Solis also praised Mommy D because she sacrificed her precious belongings just to help the soldiers in Marawi City.“Kahit ano pang sabihin mo, bongga si Mommy Dionisia Pacquiao ha. Nagbenta siya ng mga branded bag at mga alahas na umabot sa almost P 3M para ibigay sa mga sundalo natin sa Marawi. Ang ganda ng dahilan niya, matanda na siya at iyong mga babae niyang anak hindi mahilig sa alahas at branded bag Naisip niya ito at walang panghihinayang na ginawa.,” Lolit Solis wrote.She said that Senator Pacquiao inherited his generosity to her mother Dionesia.The entertainment writer also said that people must help the soldiers in the times of crisis because they put their lives in danger just to protect the innocent people from the enemies of the state.“Sa mga ganitong panahon dapat talaga natin suportahan mga sundalo nating lumalaban at nasasaktan, iba namamatay sa paglaban para tayo ay maging safe para hindi maranasan ng pamilya natin ang hirap. Nandun sila lumalaban, namamatay para sa atin para malaya at safe ang atin bayan. Ipinadama ni Mama Dionisia ang pagmamahal ng isang ina. Sana marami pa ang tumulong magdasal para sa matatapang natin sundalo, magpakita ng pagmamahal sa pamilya nila na nawalan ng tatay o nanay dahil sa Marawi,” She wrote.“Thank You Mama Dionisia kaya pala ina ka ng Champion dahil isa kang mabuting ina. We love you at para sa ating matatapang na mga sundalo, we Salute you stay safe our heroes. salamat salamat,” she added.The rumor that Dionesia Pacquiao sold her expensive bags and jewelries circulated on social media last week and until now, Mommy D. still not confirming if the rumor was true.
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/lolit-solis-admires-mommy-dionesia-selling-3m-worth-bags-jewelry-raise-funds-soldiers-marawi/
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Broadcaster Noli De Castro Loses It On Live TV (Video)
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/10/2016 0:00
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Overstaying ABS-CBN broadcast anchor Noli De Castro may have had a senior moment or his vision may have suddenly blurred he couldn’t read the prepared questions in his script. He totally lost it during a Skype interview with newly-crowned 2016 Miss International Kylie Verzosa of Baguio City, Philippines.Unable to read what was on his script, he simply asked the beauty queen if he had a boyfriend.Everything went downhill from thereon. At one point, the usually screaming and tip-toeing De Castro mimicked Verzosa’s response by blurting out some “hehehehe.” He even called Verzosa “Kyle” which is usually a male name.Viewers who watched the awkward incident in extreme shock called on De Castro to step down. “He’s had his time. He’s overdue for retirement,” they said.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/30/broadcaster-noli-de-castro-loses-it-on-live-tv/#respond
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LOOK: Affidavit of Mayor Espinosa implicates Sen. De Lima, other Generals, Media men uploaded on internet
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2016-11-05 16:27:32+08:00
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The alleged affidavit of the killed Mayor of Albuera, Leyte Rolando Espinosa uploaded on social media.The papers was already passed in Department of Justice because of the DOJ Stamp showed on the picture.Espinosa mentioned Senator Leila De Lima,PNP High Ranking Generals, members of CIDG, members of AFP. public officials and some mediamen in his affidavit.The names of the people who protected the illegal trade are listed in Espinosa’s pocket book.According to the affidavit, Mayor Espinosa the protectors of illegal drug trade based on his personal knowledge are:Former Department of Justice and now Senator Leila De Lima Gen. Dolina Gen. Loot Gen. Espina PSSUPT MACANAS PSI MAGAMAY SPO1 BLANCO PCI CAMACHO PSUPT MASAUDING PSUPT JAMBIRAN PSPT ELMER CINCO FISCAL ONATE PCI ABORDO PO3 ARAFOL SPO1 TORREFIEL CIDG PSI NUNEZ GOV PETILLA V GOV LORETO SIXTO DELA VICTORIA PSI PARDINAS V MAYOR BAYBAY MIKE CARRY CAPT ALBOR FROM AFP NORMAL STA. IGLESA CAPT ANDREZ CRUZ CAPT ALBERTO SUMALIAG CAPT ELONOR BACUSMO CAPT DELIA BATISTIS ATTY BATO ATTY UNGAB CHING VELOSO PCI DIAZ MAYOR TONY SANTIAGO PAUL TAN JOJO DOYON JOHN PILAPIL (MEDIA) KAG JANET PULIDO LINAO(MEDIA) YUDZ(MEDIA) LALAINE JIMENIA(MEDIAThe Mayor of Albuera also admitted in the affidavit that his son, Kerwin Espinosa was involved in illegal drug activities and he possessed an armed group to protect him.The task of the armed group of Kerwin Espinosa is to kill those pushers who did a bad transaction with the alleged drug lord.The affidavit was posted by fanpage Hidden Truth PH on Facebook.The Mayor of Albuera Leyte was killed by members of CIDG8 Saturday and according to them, Espinosa fought back to the authorities.PNP Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa quickly ordered the killings to be investigated, the members of CIDG who are also present in the crime scene would also faced investigation.He also believes that the killings of Espinosa was did to discourage his son alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa to testify against police officials who allegedly received drug and gambling money.Even the Netizens reacted on the uploaded affidavit of Espinosa, saying that the one who plotted to kill Espinosa may included in the people that he implicated.Mayor na ang pinapatay sa War on Drugs na ito…mabigat siguro ang revelation in Espinosa. Buti na lang may sworn affidavit siya. — Sass Rogando Sasot (@srsasot) November 5, 2016The one who silenced Mayor Espinosa is most likely in his affidavit. Damn! pic.twitter.com/kJI6woC9S7 — Shykulasa (@shykulasa) November 5, 2016But na lang may nagawa ng sworn affidavit si Mayor Espinosa bago pa man siya napatay. https://t.co/QjJF2HtNMk — Casabianca (@baintob) November 5, 2016To all concerns, take a look of Espinosa's affidavit & think who do you think will stop his testimony?"Dead men tell no tales" https://t.co/RYastmXyCQ — Marski 👊👊👊 (@merilla2010) November 5, 2016
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/look-affidavit-mayor-espinosa-implicates-sen-de-lima-generals-media-men-uploaded-internet/
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Help Donald Trump Pick His Vice President
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['Pol Pinoy']
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13/05/2016 0:00
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Faced with the possibility of running against two women in November’s U.S. presidential elections, presumptive Republican nominee has come up with a short list of potential VP running mates and is asking the American voters to help him decide.Trump needs to win the powerful women’s vote in order to counter the competition with Hillary Clinton and her rumored VP pick, Senator Elizabeth Warren. So, his short list is composed of all women:Former Alaska Governor Sarah PalinFormer Arizona Governor Jan BrewerFormer Minesotta Representative Michele BachmannConservative columnist and author Ann CoulterAs part of our civic duty, we at The Adobo Chronicles, have decided to help Trump decide on his VP running mate.Please participate in the poll below:
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/05/13/help-donald-trump-pick-his-vice-president/#respond
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Doctor slams VP Robredo and her supporters for urging PET to change their rules on recount
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2018-05-18 09:09:11+08:00
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A Doctor who’s also a staunch supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte criticized Vice President Leni Robredo and her supporters for insisting that Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) should consider the ballots shaded only by 25% as legitimate votes.In her post, Dr. Ethel Pineda uploaded a copy of the 1 page advertisement of the group The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS) that opposing the rules of PET to only count ballots with 50% shading.According to her, the pro-Robredo group should ashamed with themselves for not understanding the rules set by Commission on Elections (COMELEC) on shading names of candidates during the last Presidential Elections.She questioned why only the supporters of Robredo were insisting to the 25% rule.“How these women who signed this petition can muster the audacity to state barefaced lies is beyond me.”Several days ago, TOWNS said that they’re opposing the new rules of PET because they believed that the 25% shaded markings are legitimate votes.They explain that the people who only shaded the ballots are “aged” people or “might have difficulty in writing,”“We want to have our voices heard. We ask the PET to respect justice and fair play and protect the votes of the ordinary Filipino by rescinding its new rule that sets a threshold of 50% shading.” the statement of TOWNS read.Several weeks ago, reports circulating that Vice President Robredo already lost 21,000 votes because of the 50% shading threshold set by PET.However, the camp of Robredo denied the reports and accused the Marcoses of spreading propaganda.
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/doctor-slams-vp-robredo-supporters-urging-pet-change-rules-recount/
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“Wisdom of the crowds” and “power to the people” debunked: What’s next for democracy and social media?
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2018-01-31 01:25:56+00:00
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You’d think the Senate probe on “fake news” would be an undertaking in aid of legislation. Thus the presumption underlying such a probe is that some sort of legislation will be proposed to address the “problem” of “fake news”.So what exactly is the “problem” with “fake news”?One thing that could be noted in yesterday’s Senate hearing on “fake news” is that the cast of characters screeching about this monumental “problem” is a familiar one — led by embattled Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is a bevy of “resource persons” from the established clique of “social media for social good” bloggers and personalities. The so-called disente mob, in short.There was no diversity in opinion because the members of this inbred clique all sing off the same hymn book and espouse the idea that Facebook and other social media platforms are somehow responsible for the proliferation of “fake news”. It did not seem to occur to these bozos that the algorithms of most social media platforms were designed to merely mirror the tastes and preferences of their users. This means that what gets profile on Facebook newsfeeds, for example, reflect the character of its base of users.If this notion sounds terribly familiar, it is because it is the same property of a system of government Filipinos had signed up to — democracy. Just like Facebook and Twitter, a democracy produces politicians in the likeness and image of its electorate. Just like democracy had put political power in the hands of the people, social media had, for its part, put mass communications in the hands of the people.Recall way back when Ressa and those “resource persons” in the hearing were all cheers about the power for “social good” social media accorded the ordinary schmoe. They were all cheers because they saw themselves as the “experts” in the use of these new technology platforms. A bit premature in retrospect. Turns out these “experts” did not really know the true nature of the toys they were playing with. Suddenly these toys started to work against these “experts”. And then, just as suddenly, these toys were regarded as weapons wielded by “evil” people.That’s a nice story — except that it isn’t true. It exists only in the bewildered minds of this erstwhile clique of “experts” who presumed to own the manner with which these tools could be applied to the ends of their personal enterprises.These are the same people who conveniently fail to realise that elected officials were chosen by the Filipino people and that information that propagates and spreads all over media were selected by Internet users. They see themselves as “experts” when the elected leaders and “liked” and “shared” information on social media are on their side and as “victims” when the elected leaders and “liked” and “shared” information on social media work against their agenda.In short, these people — represented by the set of “resource persons” in this recent Senate probe — are a bunch of spoilt brats.When you sign up to a system where power is decentralised and outcomes emergent, you do not expect to be fully in control of how said system behaves. Both democracy and social media are premised on the notions of “power to the people” and the “wisdom of the crowds”. On that, these crybabies need to reframe their argument and prove that those two notions have become obsolete and, on top of that foundational position, make their case for a change in system that is agnostic of any partisan agenda.If we feel that the power and wisdom channeled through our democracy does not produce “good” leaders, then we need to challenge the notion that entrusting the selection of those leaders to the people is right. If we feel that the information chosen to be consumed by the broader public is not “good”, then we need to challenge the notion that free access to information dissemination tools is right. But in doing so, we need to ensure that these things are challenged outside of any one person or group’s agenda.What was revealed in yesterday’s Senate probe is that both sides engage in the same dishonest social media practices and both sides allow their rabid personal loyalties to get in the way of truly intelligent discourse. This is the same revelation that follows several decades of “democracy” under the 1987 Constitution. Like the study of Economics, the underlying assumption that the market (and the electorate) behaves and makes descisions in a rational manner is flawed. Unfortunately, both traditional practices in the “sciences” of economics and politics theory built their theories on that flawed premise as has been revealed in recent years.The more productive debate then evidently lies in exploring alternative sytems or how best to tweak the existing ones to revert the focus back onto the whole point of this; i.e., the “social good”. Perhaps Facebook should, indeed, be banned in the Philippines as Ressa seems to be suggesting. Perhaps the 1987 Yellowtard Constitution needs to be replaced as the camp of Duterte propose. These things need to be discussed intelligently and not merely labelled as this or that camp’s pet issue.It comes down to personal accountability. Obviously, the power to choose did not seem to ingrain that ethic in Philippine society. Or, perhaps more likely, we haven’t given Filipinos enough time or tools to sharpen their wits when participating in the application of these tools. All these things need to be taken into consideration and discussed like a mature and modern people.
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2018/01/wisdom-of-the-crowds-and-power-to-the-people-debunked-whats-next-for-democracy-and-social-media/#comments
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Philippines: US Warships Pack Up, Seen Loading Crates Of Balikbayan Boxes
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['Pol Pinoy']
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11/10/2016 0:00
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Four US warships left this free port on Tuesday, a day before the scheduled conclusion of this year’s joint military drills between Filipino and American troops.The maneuvers called Philippine Amphibious Landing Exercise (Phiblex 33) ended on Monday, although the drills were scheduled to run until Wednesday. The exercises involved 500 Filipino soldiers and 1,400 American troops.It was not clear whether the early end of Phiblex 33 was a response to President Duterte’s recent assertion that the joint exercises were the last of his six-year presidency.Mr. Duterte has also said he wants US forces out of Mindanao island so he can talk peace with Moro separatists who have not forgotten US atrocities there during the Moro wars of the early 20th century.US Marines from the USS Bonhomme Richard and the USS Germantown were seen loading military vehicles and other equipment back to their ships on Tuesday noon. The ships were scheduled to leave later that day.The USNS Fall River and the USS Green Bay left the port on Tuesday morning, according to the seaport department of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.In addition to the military vehicles and equipment, the four US ships were seen being loaded with crates and crates of balikbayan boxes — those corrugated boxes containing tax-free goods brought in an out by expatriates and returning Filipinos.In a statement issued today by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) the US ships did not violate any Philippine law because the Americans were considered balikbayans. They have been residents of the Philippines for decades during the time when America maintained US military bases in the country.“The Americans who were here for the military drills were considered returning citizens and as such were each entitled to the number and contents of balikbayan boxes as permitted by existing law,” BOC said.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/11/philippines-us-warships-pack-up-seen-loading-crates-of-balikbayan-boxes/
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STATE-WIDE PLASTIC BAN LOOMS IN CALIFORNIA
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['Pol Pinoy']
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25/01/2017 0:00
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to shop,” the senators pointed out, ” so if plastic cards are also banned, people will stop shopping and there would be no need for plastic bags or goods. It’s a simple case of supply and demand.”
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/01/25/state-wide-plastic-ban-looms-in-california/
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ARIZONA GOVERNOR JAN BREWER WILL BE GRAND MARSHALL IN SAN FRANCISCO’S 2014 GAY PRIDE PARADE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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26/02/2017 0:00
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flashed the news report on their websites, news alerts and live broadcasts. The social media also burst with posts, even among self-identified gay men and women, praising Brewer for her act of courage.The Pride Committee said that no other act by an individual merits the honor of being named Grand Marshall . “We might even double the parade attendance by the potential of Arizona residents coming to San Francisco in June to support their well-loved governor,” the committee said.Upon hearing about the Pride Committee’s decision, the National Coalition of Gay Immigrant Associations ( NCGIA) annouunced that it will boycott the SF Pride Parade this year, citing Brewer’s anti-immigrant record. She signed into law Arizona’s SB 1070, the most stringent anti-immigrant law in the country.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/02/26/arizona-governor-jan-brewer-will-be-grand-marshall-in-san-franciscos-2014-gay-pride-parade/
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Proof of how hopeless Mar Roxas’s campaign and messaging team REALLY is!
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2016-04-01 01:42:29+00:00
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Mar-tards just don’t get it. In their efforts to mount a last-ditch effort to shore up Mar Roxas’s stats (showing photos of him surrounded by hakot crowds in various stadiums and all that), they are showing just how disogranised they are and just how incoherent their messaging strategy is. In fact, the more they publish, the more foolish they look.Perhaps Carlos Celdran, in a video he released today on Facebook, had a point when he wrote in a comment “If [Roxas’s] social media team isn’t gonna get his vision across, then I will do it myself, Dammit”. Certainly Celdran’s intentions were oozing with goodness in that instance. But, in the process of issuing this pompous initiative, he probably spoke for the rest of the Mar-tard community in admitting that Saint Mar’s campaign is as hopeless as his chances of becoming President of the Philippines.Take this whole idiotic effort at damage control being pushed by the Mar-tard community following the massive fallout resulting from the infamous Mar Roxas Yolanda Comicgate. Their approach for discrediting people who are LOL!-ing their hearts out over the silliness of the lame historical revisionism in Roxas’s Sa Gitna ng Unos comic book is by pointing out that rival candidate Rodrigo Duterte and vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos also make use of their own comic-formatted campaign material.But what these Mar-tards fail to take into account is that hideous tragedy and destruction underlie the bald lies in Roxas’s Comicgate. In comparison, Duterte’s and Marcos’s comics are harmlessly amusing at worst. Sa Gitna ng Unos, on the other hand, would have been funny if not for the shameless misrepresentation of Roxas’s role in Tacloban at the height of the effects of the devastation wrought by Sypertyphoon Haiyan. The comic attempts to reverse Roxas’s idiotic displays of administrative ineptness, his lack of ability to delegate, his hollow epal-esque attempts to inspire, and his straight out politicization of the disaster.Indeed, the comicization of the Haiyan disaster for Roxas’s bullshit political agenda adds a thick layer of insult on top of that shameful act of politicization he perpetrated in 2013 when he reminded Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez of how players’ family names matter in the bigger scheme of things.The PR disaster of Sa Gitna ng Unos is just the most recent of the now-long string of PR gaffes that color Roxas’s campaign history. You sometimes wonder whether someone in Mar’s campaign team is deliberately sabotaging his chances of becoming president by using cleverly-disguised PR gimmicks that were, in reality, designed to fail miserably. That “Fast Forward” video, for example. I mean, WTF??! What kind of thinking processes were brought to bear to produce that one??If Mar Roxas and his mob had proven to be Kaboboan Central during the campaign, imagine a Mar Roxas government at work!That’s something to think about, my fellow Filipino voters. Roxas’s bobo-campaign and his cadre of Mar-tards make laughingstocks of themselves now. To vote Roxas President of the Philippines will give him the keys to making the Philippines itself a mirror of that cretin-like thinking on a national scale.Isip-isip muna bago bumoto mga kabayan!
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/04/proof-hopeless-mar-roxass-campaign-messaging-team-really/
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VENEZUELA, U.S., PHILIPPINES ELEVATED TO BEAUTY PAGEANT HALL OF FAME, WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN 2015-16 CONTESTS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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23/06/2018 0:00
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The Association of Beauty Pageant Franchise Holders (ABPFH) has just released the list of top 20 countries with the most number of titles and runners-up in the “big four” of international beauty pageants: Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.At its annual meeting held this week in Puerto Rico, the ABPFH members signed a memorandum of agreement banning the top three countries on the list from participating in any of the big four pageants in 2015 and 2016.“We wanted to give other countries a better chance to improve their standing in the beauty pageants,” a spokesperson for ABPFH told reporters.The top three countries who will not be participating in the pageants for the next two years are Venezuela, the United States and the Philippines.Venezuela tops the list with 21 crowns and 40 runners-up. The U.S. has 14 crowns and 55 runners-up, while the Philippines has 10 crowns and 21 runners-up.ABPFH said that the three countries can again send representatives to the pageants beginning in 2017.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/23/venezuela-u-s-philippines-elevated-to-beauty-pageant-hall-of-fame-will-not-be-participating-in-2015-16-contests/?share=email
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Gloria Arroyo’s acquittal proves Noynoy Aquino is a failure
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2016-07-19 14:19:23+00:00
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The cornerstone of former President Benigno Simeon Aquino’s so-called fight against corruption — the jailing of his predecessor, former President Gloria Arroyo — just got shot down by the Supreme Court. The last remaining case against Arroyo, which was the plunder case over the alleged misuse of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) funds, was finally dismissed by the high court. The decision is proof that BS Aquino did not have the goods on Arroyo from the very start. He just used the promise of jailing Arroyo to win the gullible voters over to his “cause” way back in 2010.BS Aquino made prosecuting Arroyo the rallying point of his campaign and then of his administration. He made it look like he was after the “big fish”. But it was obvious to some people that it was persecution that he was after. He didn’t care about due process as long as he could show Arroyo detained or locked up. He didn’t care about her medical condition and neither did he show respect for a former teacher, ally and head of state.At first, the public was pleased with his bold move. They were impressed by the speed with which his minions managed to file a case against her to prevent her departure overseas. As mentioned before, back in 2011, there was pandemonium at the Manila international airport when former Department of Justice Secretary and now Senator Leila De Lima panicked after she found out Arroyo was leaving the country and ordered officers at the airport to help bar her from leaving for Singapore. And with the assistance of the media in inciting anger against Arroyo, some members of the public also joined the fray — besieging her at the airport. Her frail and helpless appearance on a wheelchair did not stop them from acting like a lynch mob. The scene resulted in a standoff because Arroyo’s supporters insisted on her Constitutional right to travel abroad.De Lima’s initial violation back then was in defying the Supreme Court’s temporary restraining order on the travel ban against Arroyo. De Lima even risked disbarment for ignoring the highest court’s order.Fast forward to today, the Supreme Court’s decision did not surprise most people. Many eventually realised that the cases against Arroyo were trumped-up. One by one, the cases were dismissed due to a lack of evidence and witnesses to testify. As written before back on 2013, years of Malacañang’s unyielding commitment to putting GMA behind bars had only resulted in the dismissal of all the charges. Obviously, the charges against GMA had been filed even when the evidence was still “half-cooked”. Evidently, the evidence was based on “innuendoes, half-truths and propaganda”.It seems the only people who were shocked that the last remaining case against Arroyo was dismissed are BS Aquino’s most rabid supporters. Both De Lima and Ombudsman Conchita Morales expressed their dismay that the case was dismissed. De Lima kept implying that President Rodrigo Duterte, an Arroyo ally, had something to do with her acquittal. Frankly, they are behaving like they received an uppercut – a blow they didn’t see coming. Goes to show they aren’t very smart at all. De Lima as a lawyer and Morales as former Supreme Court judge should have realised that the case against her wasn’t water tight. The prosecution did not do their job properly:The evidence against her was weak, said [Arroyo] through her lawyers. She argued that “not a single exhibit of the 637 exhibits offered by the prosecution nor a single testimony of the 21 witnesses of the prosecution was offered by the prosecution to prove that [Arroyo] amassed, accumulated, or acquired even a single peso of the alleged ill-gotten wealth.” The prosecution also failed to show or detail the paper trail to prove that Arroyo committed the charges she was indicted for, said the Pampanga lawmaker.Arroyo has been vindicated, indeed. She survived five years detained at the Veterans Hospital with very little contact with her loved ones. She lost five years of her life – years that could have been spent as a productive citizen. She could have had her medical condition fixed abroad like she wanted to back in 2011. Not only did she waste five years of her life detained, her reputation was also tainted. While some have finally realised that she was a victim of BS Aquino’s personal vendetta, there are some people — those who were gullible enough to believe the lies — who still think she is guilty even when the cases against her were dismissed. For that, Arroyo should consider filing a case against BS Aquino to compensate her. She could use the United Nations Human Rights Council ruling in 2015 that the BS Aquino government needed to compensate her for damages during what they consider to be illegal detention.Despite what Arroyo went through, she is actually luckier than former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. Corona passed away without getting the chance to clear his name. Corona, who was removed from office at the order of BS Aquino, was also a victim of public persecution. The cases against him were also dismissed.Arroyo’s patience and perseverance paid off. BS Aquino and his rabid supporters look like fools now. In his singular focus on persecuting Arroyo, BS Aquino became a victim of his own arrogance and vindictive nature. They proved that haste is waste. Had they been more diligent and worked harder at building a stronger case against Arroyo, they could have won. But we all know BS Aquino does not have the discipline and foresight to win anything on his own. He was just lucky to ride the wave of his mother’s popularity. Too bad his luck has finally run out.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/07/gloria-arroyos-acquittal-proves-noynoy-aquino-failure/#comments
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Sen. Gordon suggested to use of Penal Labor where prisoners can work in prison
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2016-11-22 07:49:41+08:00
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Senator Richard Gordon proposed a brilliant idea of making the prisoners more productive during their while they are serving their sentence.Gordon asked the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to allocate a budget to allow prisoners to work in prison.During the hearing on the budget of the Department of Justice, Gordon suggested that prisoners whose jail terms have almost been completely served their sentence could be made to work on infrastructure projects of the government.Prisoners can help to plant trees, clean the rivers and plant vegetables and trees to help the government to improve agricultural production in the country.He also suggested that prisoners must be given allowance in exchange of their labor.“They could plant trees on denuded mountains so that floods could be prevented. They could also desilt rivers or they could fix damaged irrigation canals or systems to improve crop production in the country. They could be given allowances for the community work,” the senator said”The Senator believes that by the use of prison labor, inmates may reformed very well before being released into the society in the same time, they are contributing in fixing the problems of the government.“This way, the inmates are provided an occupation in preparation for their reintegration into society. At the same time, we can also start the reforestation of our mountains and prevent floods, especially in Central Luzon,” he added.Gordon also praised the officials of Bucor Ret. PC/Supt Rolando Asuncion, BuCor officer-in-charge, revealed that Samsung Electronics is interested in hiring prisoners as their workers for their production line.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/sen-gordon-suggested-use-penal-labor-prisoners-can-work-prison/
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FCC ORDERS SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE TO GIVE EQUAL TIME TO ALL CANDIDATES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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20/10/2017 0:00
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered Saturday Night Live (SNL) to have each of the remaining 36 Republican presidential candidates host a future episode of the late-night comedy television show.SNL had previously announced that Donald Trump will host the November 7 episode, prompting complaints from the rest of the Republican candidate field.FCC rules mandate that if free airtime was granted to a candidate over the public airwaves, equal time had to be made available to his or her opponent, if it was requested.Well, all of Trump’s opponents requested equal time.So there you have it, for 35 weeks after November 7 viewers will be treated to a GOP presidential candidate hosting SNL, starting with Ben Carson.On the Democratic side, since Hillary Clinton appeared for a short segment of SNL recently, each of the Democratic presidential candidates (except Jim Webb who dropped out of the race today) will be given the same amount of time on the show.That, folks, is how Demoracy works!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/10/20/fcc-orders-saturday-night-live-to-give-equal-time-to-all-candidates/?share=email
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DSLU Professor asks if De Lima’s admission having an affair with a married man can lead to her disbarment
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2016-11-15 01:24:50+08:00
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“Would Leila De Lima’s admission that she had an affair with a married man lead to her disbarment?”De la Salle University Professor Antonio P. Contreras asks his followers if the revelation of Senator Leila De Lima that she had a relationship with her married driver and bodyguard Ronnie Dayan can lead to her disbarment.He also posted the supreme court resolution of the case of Jose Emmanuel M. Eala who got disbarred for having a illicit affair with a married woman.Contreras’ friends quickly answered to his question. Regine Ala cited the Rule 138 Section 27 of the Supreme CourtRule 138, Section 27 on disbarment or suspension of attorneys by the Supreme Court; grounds therefor; and Rule 139-B on Common Provisions, allowed din ang RTC and CA to suspend such Attorney until further action of the SC. Grounds for Disbarment: deceit, malpractice, or other gross misconduct in such office, grossly immoral conduct, or by reason of his conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, or for any violation of the oath which he is required to take before admission to practice, or for willful disobedience of any lawful order of the superior court, or for corruptly ot willfully appearing as an attorney for a party to a case without authority to do so.Netizens also believes that her admission can lead to her disbarment.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/dslu-professor-asks-de-limas-admission-affair-married-man-can-lead-disbarment/
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Donald Trump: Thumbs Up To Obama’s Plan To Deport Undocumented Immigrants Beginning In January
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['Pol Pinoy']
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26/12/2017 0:00
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In a rare show of bi-partisanship, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump today embraced President Barack Obama’s plan to deport tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants beginning in January.Undocumented families in the U.S. could be rounded up and deported , according to a report that has shocked immigrants rights’ advocates and provoked condemnation from Democratic presidential hopefuls.The Department of Homeland Security is preparing for raids that would see hundreds of recently arrived immigrants deported, according to a report in The Washington Post.Citing anonymous sources, the report said that adults and children “would be detained wherever they can be found and immediately deported”.The operation would focus on people who entered the US from its south-west border since the start of 2014, many of whom are assumed to be escaping gang violence and institutional collapse in Central America. It would also focus on people who have already been ordered to leave by an immigration judge, according to the Post.The White House would not confirm if the Obama plan was meant to replace these undocumented immigrants with the 10,000 Syrian refugees that the president had previously announced would be allowed into the country.“Finally, Obama has come to his senses,” Trump said, emphasizing that “the deportation of undocumented immigrants and creating a border wall to prevent illegal immmigration have always been part of my campaign agenda.”However, Trump said that the Obama administration’s deportation announcement does not go far enough.“We need to do more. We need to also deport Americans — especially those running for public office — who have divided loyalties between America and their foreign place of birth or lineage,” the real estate mogul stated.Trump was obviously referring to his closest rival in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, Senator Ted Cruz, who was raised in Texas but born in Canada to a Cuban father.Upon learning of Trump’s comments, Cruz told The Adobo Chronicles: “Look who’s talking. Here’s my challenge: I will self deport if Donald does the same.”Trump was born to a German father and Scottish mother.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/26/donald-trump-thumbs-up-to-obamas-plan-to-deport-undocumented-immigrants-beginning-in-january/#respond
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Duterte Announces List of Media Allowed To Cover Malacañang Inauguration
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['Pol Pinoy']
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27/06/2016 0:00
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Other than the state-run People’s Television Network, none of the Philippines’ mainstream media are happy campers these days, especially leading up to the June 30 inauguration of President-elect Rod Duterte.Mainstream media have not only been slapped with the cancellation of Duterte’s media briefings in recent weeks, but have also been shut out of live coverage of the presidential inauguration from inside the Rizal Hall of Malacañang.Today, the Duterte inauguration committee announced that the Davao City mayor has given his approval to allow a few media outlets access to the palace ceremonies on June 30. These outlets — 8 local and 2 foreign media — have not only been alloted front seats at the inauguration but have also received official invitations to join the diplomatic corps in the maruya (banana fritters) and buko (coconut) juice reception that immediately follows.As announced by newly-appointed presidential spokesperson Ernie Abella, those given exclusive credentials to cover Duterte’s inauguration in addition to PTV-4 include:1. Mocha Uson (the sexy performer who recently scored an exclusive video interview with Duterte)2. The Adobo Chronicles3. The Professional Heckler4. Mosquito Press5. Eritas Times6. So, What’s News?7. The Sick Man of Asia8. XOLXOL.ph9. The Onion10. Saturday Night LiveIn addition, Abella said that Facebook will live-stream the palace ceremonies.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/06/27/duterte-announces-list-of-media-allowed-to-cover-malacanang-inauguration/?share=email
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In The U.K., The Chicken Crossed The Road — Away From KFC To Jollibee
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['Pol Pinoy']
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27/02/2018 0:00
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KFC, the old, reliable fastfood chain has apologized to its patrons for the shortage of its prime menu item — chicken.A shortage of chicken has forced many KFC stores to temporarily close shop.An investigation conducted by The Adobo Chronicles revealed the reason for the shortage: the chicken has crossed the road — from KFC to Jollibee.Jollibee, the popular fastfood chain based in the Philippines is about to open its first store in the U.K.Apparently, British chicken find more joy in being served at a Filipino establishment.Oh, Chicken Joy!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/02/27/in-the-u-k-the-chicken-crossed-the-road-away-from-kfc-to-jollibee/?share=email
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BOBBY JINDAL LIKENS DONALD TRUMP TO KIM KARDASHIAN
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['Pol Pinoy']
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11/9/2018 0:00
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we wouldn’t put her in the White House, either.”In a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Jindal said that Trump and Kardashian are in the same league, being both products of reality television.“Like Kardashian, Donald Trump is a narcissist and egomaniac. The only thing he believes in is himself,” Jindal said.Trump and Kardashian both reacted to Jindal’s barbs.Trump said, “Jindal has no legal standing to make such statements. He’s an anchor baby, and I’m going to make sure that if I become president, he will be deported.”Kardashian on the other hand told The Adobo Chronicles®, “Let see him get naked and let’s see who has a better behind.”And the 2016 political season shifts into high gear.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/11/bobby-jindal-likens-donald-trump-to-kim-kardashian/
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Filipino Lechon May Prolong Your Life!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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15/06/2018 0:00
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which has been linked to a longer life span. Researchers tested the theory by feeding a selection of roundworms a good dose of niacin and their life lasted one-tenth longer.You can also find the vitamin in paprika, sun-dried tomatoes and peanuts. But why bother? You can find niacin in lechon, which is all that really matters. So eat up!Oh, and don’t forget the sauce. Not just any sauce, but lechon sauce by Mang Tomas!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/15/filipino-lechon-may-prolong-your-life/#respond
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MISS UNIVERSE CELEBRITY JUDGE PEREZ HILTON SAYS MISS PHILIPPINES WAS THE UNANIMOUS CHOICE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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22/12/2017 0:00
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Perez Hilton, one of the four celebrity judges at last Sunday’s Miss Universe beauty pageant is finally breaking his silence about the gaffe in which pageant host Steve Harvey first announced that Miss Colombia won the crown and moments later recanting, saying it was actually Miss Philippines who won.Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach deserved to win, the Hollywood entertainment mogul categorically stated on his website.Perez also revealed that all four celebrity judges voted for Wurtzbach to be Miss Universe. “It was unanimous!’ The other judges were Emmy Award-nominated actress Niecy Nash, 2012 Miss Universe Olivia Culpo and football legend Emmitt Smith.The Miss Universe Organization also hinted today that Miss Philippines received a unanimous vote in the public online voting, at least among all Filipino voters. Viewers worldwide had the opportunity to vote for their favorite contestant in real time.As for Miss Germany who claimed none of the contestants (who were announced as the surprise judge) voted for Wurtzbach, Hilton said, “How can Miss Germany know that? The contestants’ votes were anonymous.”In the world (or planetarium) of Miss Universe, reason prevails. And so does rhyme. Unanimous, Anonymous.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/22/miss-universe-celebrity-judge-perez-hilton-says-miss-philippines-was-the-unanimous-choice/?share=email
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Donald Trump Finds A Vice Presidential Running Mate In Martin Shkreli
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['Pol Pinoy']
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5/2/2016 0:00
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Despite his second-place finish in last week’s Iowa Caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is confident he will win his party’s nomination for the 2016 elections. To reinforce his confidence, he has named his vice presidential running mate. Martin Shkreli.Shkreli is an American entrepreneur and financial and pharmaceutical executive. He is co-founder of the hedge fund MSMB Capital Management, co-founder and former chief executive officer (CEO) of the biotechnology firm Retrophin LLC, and founder and former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG. In September 2015, Shkreli received widespread criticism when Turing obtained the manufacturing license for the antiparasitic drug Daraprim and raised its price by 5,556 percent (from US$13.50 to US$750 per tablet).On December 17, 2015, Shkreli was arrested by the FBI on charges of securities fraud and released on bail.This week, Shkreli testified before Congress and his performance impressed The Donald.“I like this guy. He is not intimidated by anyone, not even by members of Congress. Just like me,” Trump said.Today in New Hampshire, while campaigning for next week’s primary, Trump officially named Shkreli as his VP running mate, saying that the “pharma bro” exudes the kind of tough, shrewd, fearless Washington outsider that America needs to make the country great again. “He even has the same smirk as I do,” Trump added.Birds of the same feather flock together.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/02/05/donald-trump-finds-a-vice-presidential-running-mate-in-martin-shkreli/
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IN STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS, AQUINO ENDORSES SISTER KRIS FOR PRESIDENT IN 2016
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['Pol Pinoy']
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28/07/2017 0:00
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his reform and transformation agenda in 2016.joy over the great confidence that my brother has put on me to continue his daang matuwid (the right path), this administration’s rallying cry and mantra.”In a lighter moment during the interview, Kris was asked what nickname she would like to be called when she becomes president. “In the family tradition where my dad was called Ninoy and my brother NoyNoy, I would love to be called KringKring,” she said, this time with a big smile on her face.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/07/28/in-state-of-the-nation-address-aquino-endorses-sister-kris-for-president-in-2016/
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SEATTLE SEAHAWKS WILL MAKE IT UP TO FILIPINOS AT THE SUPERBOWL
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['Pol Pinoy']
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20/01/2017 0:00
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NFC Champions Seattle Seahawks have a lot of making up to do, and it’s not with the San Francisco 49ers, but with Filipinos.In their season game against the Minnesota Vikings late last year, the Seahawks attempted to show the world their humanitarian concern by having Doug Baldwin, who is part Filipino, carry the Philippine flag as the team entered the stadium. It was a show of solidarity with the Filipino people following Typhoon Haiyan which killed thousands and left thousands more injured and homeless. There was one problem: Baldwin carried the Philippine flag upside down with the red stripe on top. The red stripe on top, instead of the blue, meant that the Philippines was at war which, clearly, it was not.Now that the Seahawks are in the Superbowl, they announced that they will reprise their criticized entrance when they enter the New York stadium. This time, Baldwin will carry the Philippine flag the correct way, with the blue stripe on top.One hundred million Filipinos will be watching. Go Seahawks!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/01/20/seattle-seahawks-will-make-it-up-to-filipinos-at-the-superbowl/
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JOLLIBEE TO PULL OUT OF THE U.S. MARKET; CHOWKING GAINING MOMENTUM
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['Pol Pinoy']
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7/4/2018 0:00
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McDonald’s has all but conceded that it cannot compete with Jollibee in the Philippines. The clown is simply unable to keep up with the popularity of that “fat, stupid happy bee” in the Asian island nation.But the opposite is true in the U.S.McDonald’s is outpacing Jollibee in all markets throughout the continental U.S., as well as in Alaska and Hawaii.As a result, Jollibee has announced it is completely pulling out of the U.S. market.In the last few years, many have noticed that the Jollibee mascot has become pale and has lost a lot of weight (see photo) due to the declining number of customers and disappointing sales figures.Jollibee Foods Corporation says it will relocate all of its U.S.-based mascots to the Philippines, where they are expected to recover quickly.Meanwhile, another Philippines-based fast food restaurant is gaining momentum in the U.S.Chowking USA is a quick service restaurant from the Philippines with a Chinese-influenced menu. Chowking, its mother brand, is one of the most recognized and well-loved fast food chains in the Philippines. The brand opened its first store in the U.S. in 1995. Back then, the chain catered primarily to Filipino Americans, bringing them iconic menu items from the original Chowking.Today, Chowking USA serves not just the Filipino community but the local US market as well by providing a delicious and satisfying Chinese fast food experience. It now has 19 locations in 3 states: California, Nevada, and Washington.Goodbye Chicken Joy. Hello chow fun!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/04/07/jollibee-to-pull-out-of-the-u-s-market-chowking-gaining-momentum/
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PANDA POPULATION HAS TRIPLED IN JUST SIX MONTHS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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6/3/2017 0:00
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The Chinese government continues to be puzzled by the sudden increase in the panda population in just the last six months. The latest official panda count is placed at 1,600 but as of the end of February, 2014, an unofficial panda census shows that the number of these absolutely lovely animals has reached almost 6,000, not including the worldwide zoo population.In an investigative report done by a reporter for The Adobo Chronicles, it was revealed that at least 4,000 of the pandas registered with the Chinese Ministry of Endangered Animals, were actually chow chow (chow) puppies, whose fur were dyed so that they would look like baby pandas.Reacting to the Adobo Chron report, the Beijing government issued an advisory for all panda owners to report to the Ministry of Endangered Animals with their “panda” pets for verification and registration. “Pandas” discovered to be actual chows will be given decoloring baths and the owners will be dealt with a hefty fine.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/03/06/panda-population-has-tripled-in-just-six-months/
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PACQUIAO’S AND MAYWEATHER’S WEIGHTS COULD JEOPARDIZE THE MAY 2ND FIGHT IN LAS VEGAS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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1/5/2018 0:00
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In boxing, a weight class is a standardized weight range for boxers. The lower limit of a weight class is equal to the upper weight limit of the class below it. A boxing match is usually scheduled for a fixed weight class, and each boxer’s weight must not exceed the upper limit.For the welterweight class, under which the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight is scheduled for May 2nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the upper weight limit is 147 lbs. or 66.7 kilograms (the lower limit is 140 lbs which is the upper limit for the super lightweight class).Manny Pacquiao has been training so hard and eating so healthy that his weight going into tomorrow’s fight night was down to 143 pounds. While that does not disqualify Pacquiao under the welterweight rules, there are rumors that his opponent, Floyd Mayweather may exceed the upper limit of 147 pounds.Mayweather has been very confident he would easily defeat the Filipino boxer that he has been training very lightly while binge-eating and drinking in exclusive restaurants in Las Vegas.Sources close to the American boxer have been heard as saying that as of last private weigh-in, he had registered 159 pounds.While Manny’s coach Freddie Roach is worried that his protégé would be at a great disadvantage if he weighed close to the lower limit under the welterweight class, Floyd’s uncle and trainer Roger Mayweather is losing sleep over the possibility that his nephew will be disqualified for being overweight.It all boils down to the official weigh-in which is just hours away! The magic numbers to watch for are 140 to 147.UPDATE!!! The official weigh-in has just concluded! Mayweather weighed in a 146 lbs. and Pacquiao at 145 lbs. Tuloy ang laban! (The fight is on!)
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/01/pacquiaos-and-mayweathers-weights-could-jeopardize-the-may-2nd-fight-in-las-vegas/#comments
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Why Duterte Wants To Close Boracay
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['Pol Pinoy']
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10/2/2018 0:00
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Luzon (Manila), Mindanao (Davao) and the Visayas (Boracay).’Whenever we have visiting heads of state or foreign dignitaries, we will bring them directly to the Malacañang of the Visayas to spare them from the traffic nightmare and pollution in Manila,’ Duterte said.’And what better way to host our foreign guests than in one of the most beautiful beaches in the world,’ he added.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/02/10/why-duterte-wants-to-close-boracay/
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LOOK: Ph flags raised, Duterte photo in Cambodia street
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2016-12-13 18:59:27+08:00
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President Rodrigo Duterte’s charisma has been felt by the Philippine neighboring countries. Duterte has been going around the countries for a state visit raking productive bilateral deals with other countries.The latest is his visit in Cambodia where the Philippine flag is raised while a gigantic photo is placed beside the Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni as Duterte expected to arrive in Cambodia.Look how stunning Rody is – the rockstar President. WATCH THE VIDEO BELOWWhat can you say about this? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/look-ph-flags-raised-duterte-photo-cambodia-street/
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JEWELERS VERY UPSET ABOUT OBAMA’S DECISION ON KEYSTONE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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7/11/2017 0:00
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Thousands of jewelry retailers are very upset at President Barack Obama’s announcement yesterday rejecting the Keystone Pipeline project that would have facilitated the flow of 800,000 barrels a day of carbon-heavy petroleum from Canada to the United States.A spokesman for the jewelers told The Adobo Chronicles that Obama’s decision practically would kill the already struggling jewelry retail business.Keystone is a pricing practice widely accepted in the jewelry business, and it has nothing to do with carbon imprints.Keystone pricing = the wholesale cost of an item x 2In other words, we are talking about a 100% markup on an item. If a jewelry retailer buys a gold ring for $100, then he or she will sell it for $200. This is the standard default method of many traditional jewelers.Some higher-end or name-brand jewelers will go as far as charging was is called triple-keystone pricing. This is the wholesale cost of an item x 3 (hence triple markup).It was only after The White House held a conference call with U.S. jewelry retailers that the group realized it was just a matter of misinformation and miscommunication.So the 100% and 200% mark-up continues. But now jewelry buyers fully understand why their favorite jewelry stores can offer discounts or sales of up to 50% off!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/11/07/jewelers-very-upset-about-obamas-decision-on-keystone/#respond
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The Yellowtards are an annoying bunch of fake and obsolete Opposition leaders
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-10-03 06:41:20+00:00
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Over the six-year rule of former Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III, we at Get Real Post used to be continuously asked why we are so against Aquino. My personal response to that is that he represents everything that is wrong with the Filipino. This makes sense considering that GetRealPhilippines.com — the mothership of Get Real Post — has, since 2000, focused on articulating the rich variety of facets and nuances of the cultural dysfunction that is at the heart of why the Philippines continues to muddle along in abject mediocrity.Aquino just happens to be some schmoe who showed up out of nowhere and happened to have the right stuff to become President of the Philippines. By “right stuff” I mean this in the context of Filipino standards and Filipino mindsets — that even in a “democracy”, Filipinos still see leadership in their society as a birthright. We can see this in how Filipinos show banal deference to legacies of their traditional masters: people of European descent, kin of oligarchs and the aristocracy in their midst, men in priestly robes, and people who speak English with an Arrrneeoow twang. All these constitute the right stuff that guarantees acceptance in an elite clique of self-appointed disentes and, on the back of that, the political and financial backing needed to clamber to the top of Philippine society’s socio-economic food chain.And now that BS Aquino and his merry band of Yellowtards are no longer in power?Well, the trouble with that is, in a “democracy”, a well-organised Opposition working off an intelligent and coherent platform of positions on pertinent national issues is important to keep the discourse relevant and, consequently, said “democracy” a healthy one. Because Aquino and his Yellowtards are the biggest losers of the last elections in 2016, they continue to be seen as the default leaders of that Opposition. Being seen as the leaders is, of course, different to actually leading. There is no real evidence that the Liberal Party (a.k.a. the Yellowtards) are actually leading the Philippine Opposition save, perhaps, in terms of sheer noise.See, the LP and the Yellowtards were merely crowned the leaders of the Opposition. But they have not, by any measure, earned that position — not in terms of achievement, nor in terms of thought leadership nor any exhibited aptitude applied to defining a vision for the country and laying out a roadmap towards that vision. To most Filipinos, the Yellowtards are the Opposition because, well, they are the Aquinos and the president is a Duterte (to reboot an old Mar Roxas quotable).This is what makes the Yellowtards such an annoying bunch. They have failed to earn the right to be, well, annoying. Their incessant whining about how things are not up to their standards of “decency” under the watch of current President Rodrigo Duterte is not matched by an alternative approach to delivering different results to a citizenry who have grown tired of seeing the same things election in and election out, decade after decade.Indeed, the only thing the Yellowtards are known for is how they perverted a “revolution” into one out of which would emerge the same sorts of crooks and the same endemic social dysfunction. They then proceeded to convince an entire generation of Filipinos that all this has nonetheless been nothing short of “revolutionary” and a cause for celebration every year. When one considers this astounding 30-year political scam, the fact of how ludicrous it is that the Yellowtards want everything to go back to the way things were becomes self-evident.Granted that, perhaps, there is lots about the way Duterte does things (and conducts himself) to be critical about, the more important missing ingredient in the Opposition’s proposition to the Filipino people is an alternative way forward. You need to come up with a product that is better than your competitor’s and different from your old product — the product that caused you to lose a valued customer to begin with.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/10/the-yellowtards-are-an-annoying-bunch-of-fake-and-obsolete-opposition-leaders/
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Rappler CEO Maria Ressa claims that 90 duterte supporters wanted to rape and kill her per minute
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2017-04-27 23:30:40+08:00
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That’s 129,600 a day!Jojo Robles a columnist shared on his Facebook account that his friend living abroad heard the CEO of the number one social news website Maria Ressa being interviewed in a local radio program in Vancouver, Canada.In his post, Jojo Robles shared the information gave to him by his friend and he said that Ressa shared in the local radio program how hard to become the target of the pro-duterte supporters.In the radio program, Ressa narrated how Senator Leila De Lima was stripped by dignity and how the pro duterte blogger Mocha Uson spread hate speech and threats against her.Because of the power of Mocha Uson on social media Ressa said that she received ninety rape and death threats per minute on the internet, thats 129,600 a day.But several Pro-Duterte bloggers said that the claims of Ressa is impossible.The claims of the friend of Robles is not yet verified.Maria Ressa is not yet giving any statement on the post of Jojo Robles
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/maria-ressa-claims-90-duterte-supporters-threatened-per-minute/
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Wrong Queen Crowned, But Steve Harvey Had Nothing To Do With It
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['Pol Pinoy']
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28/08/2017 0:00
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One would think it would never happen again — the wrong pageant winner being crowned.But it did, just like it happened in the Miss Universe Pageant when host Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner (Miss Colombia instead of Miss Philippines.)Well, that’s now behind us, and the real winner, Pia Wurtzbach has completed her reign and has passed on the crown to her successor.In San Francisco, the wrong queen was crowned Miss GAPA (Gay Asian Pacific Alliance) this weekend, but Steve Harvey had nothing to do with it.Organizers of the popular pageant announced that due to a tabulation error, the crown was awarded to the wrong contestant.But the organizers decided that the wrong winner can keep the crown, and they’re awarding a second crown to the real winner. So for 2017, there will be two Miss GAPAs.It will be recalled that former Miss Universe owner Donald Trump had suggested that both Miss Philippines and Miss Colombia be declared co-winners after that Steve Harvey fiasco, but that didn’t happen.Hmmm, did Trump have anything to do with the Miss GAPA decision?
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/08/28/wrong-queen-crowned-but-steve-harvey-had-nothing-to-do-with-it/
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Karen Davila Loves Royal Weddings, Admires The Dutch and Duchess of Sussex
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['Pol Pinoy']
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19/05/2018 0:00
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Remember in 2017, when broadcast journalist Karen Davila reportedly referred to Prince William and Princess Kate as the “Dutch and Duchess of Cambridge?”Since Rappler and Vera Files were not yet designated at that time as Facebook’s partners in fact-checking, there was no way of verifying if Davila really said what she supposedly said.But as they say, history repeats itself.Davila, tweeted today that she loves watching royal weddings and expressed her admiration for Prince William and Meghan Markle whom she referred to as the Dutch and Duchess of Sussex.Luckily we now have the Internet police in place, so Rappler and Vera Files can fact-check this report.Stay tuned!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/05/19/karen-davila-loves-royal-weddings-admires-the-dutch-and-duchess-of-sussex/
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BREAKING: President Obama Hints At A Michelle Vice Presidency
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/04/2016 0:00
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For the first time since the start of the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign, President Obama hinted that his wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, is running for Vice President.Obama made the revelation during Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.Looking directly at the stunning First Lady, Obama said “Next year at this time, someone else will be standing here in this very spot, and it’s anyone’s guess who SHE will be…”Michelle just flashed her usual dazzling smile, as she winked at Senator Bernie Sanders, Democratic candidate for president who happened to be in the audience.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/04/30/breaking-president-obama-hints-at-a-michelle-vice-presidency/?share=email
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LOOK: The men behind Davao Bombing
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2016-10-07 17:36:00+08:00
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CASE CLOSED. This is according to Department of Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana after they have finally captured the men behind the bloody bombing in Davao City. The suspects were nabbed in Cotabato City on Friday.According to Lorenzana that they have recovered bombing paraphernalia and cellphone which has a video of the actual bombing.In the video, the suspect was heard shouting “Allahu Akbar” while people are seen running around shouting for help.The suspects are identified as TJ Tagadaya Makabalang, Wendel Facturan, and Musalli Mustapha. The three are members of the Maute Group, a terrorist group that has a close link with the Abu Sayyaf Group.Lorenzana said that the bombing was made in retaliation with the heavy forces sent by the government in Sulu to combat Abu Sayyaf.Meanwhile, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte commended the success of the operation but warned the dabawenyos to remain vigilant.The Davao blast left 15 dead and 69 injured.Any words on this? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/look-men-behind-davao-bombing/
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WATCH: BBC Host looks at Trillanes background: “You mounted 2 failed coup attempt that only lasted a day”
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2017-06-22 13:13:47+08:00
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“You are bashing your head against a brick wall”This is what BBC’s HARDtalk host Stephen Sackur thinks senator Antonio Trillanes IV did when he to stood up against President Rodrigo Duterte who considered as a popular president despite of his admissions that he really wanted to kill criminals and the alleged human rights abuses that accused by his critics against him.Senator Trillanes faced a literal hard talk from the BBC Host and he wondered why the comments of senator Antonio Trillanes was ‘out of tune’ to the comments of the most Filipino people.“Its not easy for me to judge but looking at the comments made by the members of the public in Manila to news agencies they saying things like: The streets are safer now, here in the Philippines we needed a ruler with an iron fist.. These are quotes from the general public, that seems to be the mood, the ratings for Duterte still remain high 75% approval rating. I’m just wondering whether your comment which are constantly negative are out of tune with ordinary Filipino opinion.” Stephen Sackur asked Trillanes.Trillanes said that the rating that Sackur mentioned was the approval rating of President Duterte way back in March, but he explained that it would continue to go down,”But Sackur interrupted Trillanes and he said that 75% approval was considered in the western politics is a big achievement for a western politician.“Believe me senator, if a western politician receives a 75% approval rating they will regard that as the happiest day of their life” Sackur told Trillanes.After that senator Trillanes only smiled on what Sackur told to him.Sackur also wondered why the people of the Philippines voted for President Duterte despite of his admission that he really wants to kill criminals and discussing about his alleged death squads during the campaign period.“In May 2015, he [Duterte] said, am I the deathsquad? It’s true, that is true. So again he put his own record in front of the Filipino public even to the point of discussing his association with death squads and the Filipino public decided that this was the man to clean up your country” Stephen Sackur told Trillanes.“So in political terms, it seems to be your bashing your head against a brick wall,” the BBC host added.Senator Trillanes responded and he said that he would not give up in his fight against President Duterte. He also said that ‘it will take time’ to convince the public to stood up against the Filipino President and he believed that Duterte’s rating would continue to go down.“I’m quite confident towards the end of the year, his numbers will be way below 50,” Trillanes said.After that, Sackur looked at the track record of Trillanes and it seems that the BBC Host giggled before he narrated the past of the senator.“You twice tried to mount a coup against an elected Filipino president and in that case that is Mrs. Arroyo back in 2003 you have an aborted coup attempt which lasted, well let’s face it only a day,” The BBC host told Trillanes“You made another attempt to Gloria Arroyo in 2007 and you ended up in prison for seven years, do you think a coup is a legitimate responsive gain to the Philippines current political situation,” Sackur asked Trillanes.Trillanes responded and he said that they do not need a coup attempt to resolve a ‘problem like duterte’During the last part of the interview, Stephen Lackur wondered why Trillanes criticized President Duterte while the normal Filipino people believed that the current leader of the Philippines was doing a ‘decent job’“As a final point, for all the fears of what Duterte means for the Philippines, right now viewed by made by many ordinary Filipinos this guy is doing a decent job,” Sackur told Trillanes.But Trillanes said that the Filipino would change their views to President Duterte. He said that ‘it may take a little while but it does happen.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/bbc-host-looks-trillanes-background-mounted-2-failed-coup-attempt-lasted-day/
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Are UP students suffering from a failure of thinking?
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-04-20 03:39:12+00:00
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Interesting how just as the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is unveiling a massive programme of infrastructure spend of unprecedented proportions, the prevailing online chatter amongst would-be and wannabe “activists” had so far been centred around the proposed honorary degree to be conferred by the University of the Philippines on the president. The sheer waste of headspace devoted to this “issue” came to full light following a statement from Duterte himself declaring that he would decline the offer. Right there and then, by that simple act, the rug upon which this latest outrage fad had festered was pulled from right under these “activists'” feet.Most notable is the way the development of this issue was reported in media. UP community slams honorary degree for Duterte screamed the token ABS-CBN News report on the matter. The UP community? Really? As a grad of this excellent institution of higher learning, I can, hand on heart, attest to the fact that this caricature of the “typical UP student” in protest rally regalia — t-shirt, sandals and jeans, with the customary rolled up blue book stuffed in its back pocket — pumping fists backdropped by the Oblation is no more than a quaint urban myth.In reality, this persistent stereotype more befits the typical comrade within the University Student Council (USC) clique and the community of “socially aware” maakabayans who orbit them. These are the sorts who simply have too much time on their hands in between Palma Hall classes and enough vacant space in their heads to soak up Joma Sison’s old Cold War drivel about the struggle of the lumpen proletariat.But the UP being the UP, most students there are smart enough to grasp what a rare privilege its is to be part of the country’s premiere student body. Everyone who passes the UPCAT, after all, opts to enroll. The UP is never the second choice to a better offer. For the average Filipino high school grad, there is no better offer to a stint in the University of the Philippines.What to make of those bozos who fit that tubao-sporting UP student archetype portrayed in pop culture? Well, one just needs to closely observe what goes on on campus during the campaign periods leading to the USC elections every year. Because the campus paper, the venerable Philippine Collegian, is also controlled by these makabayan dweebs, outsiders –which include all these lazy “professional” journalists and the bevy of pedestrian social media “activists” who shriek about “human rights” on Facebook and Twitter everyday — are easily led to believe that student activism is the be-all-end-all most important student concern in UP. The truth of the matter is that most UP students just want to get on with the task of graduating on time. UP activists have become a mere tourist attraction — side shows that occasionally make enough noise to attract students to look over the rail guards of Melchor Hall out of curiosity.Unfortunately, the cry to makibaka no longer rings across as the serious call for a protest against the “evil” status quo — not when three decades of Yellowtardism had turned the notion of Laban into the sad punchline that it is today.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/04/students-suffering-failure-thinking/
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Breaking News! UBER Suspension Is Now Ober
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['Pol Pinoy']
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29/08/2017 0:00
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The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has lifted its one-month suspension on UBER after the ride-hailing firm paid almost $10 million in fine and financial aid to its drivers affected by the halted operations.LTFRB had halted UBER’s operations for a month from Aug. 14 for violating an order to stop accepting new driver applications.In effect, UBER’s suspension is now ober!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/08/29/breaking-news-uber-suspension-is-now-ober/?share=email
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FOX NEWS BUYS THE WASHINGTON POST FOR $500 MILLION
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['Pol Pinoy']
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2/9/2017 0:00
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$500 Million.Fox News Channel president Roger Eugene Ailes announced the purchase today, describing the move as “creating a print version of Fox News.”Ailes also announced the appointment of Frederick J. Ryan, a former Reagan administration official, as new publisher of The Post.In talking to reporters this evening, Bezos said that he will use the $500 Million to purchase a fleet of drones which will become the new mode of shipping and delivery for online orders on Amazon.com.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/09/02/fox-news-buys-the-washington-post-for-500-million/#comments
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Philippine Government To Offer Full Scholarships To Aspiring Journalists
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['Pol Pinoy']
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18/12/2016 0:00
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As if the recent announcements that beginning next year, students will no longer pay tuition at state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the Philippines weren’t enough, the Duterte administration today revealed that aspiring Filipino journalists will be provided full scholarships at private institutions.The free tuition at SUCs is made possible following the realignment of P8.3 billion in the 2017 budget of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). The Senate realigned the P8.3-billion allocation to cover tuition of students in SUCs during the Senate deliberations on the 2017 budget. It reportedly came from the infrastructure budget for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which was questioned by Sen. Panfilo Lacson and dubbed as a form of pork barrel.It wasn’t clear where the scholarship funds for journalists will come from, but the Presidential Communications Office said that they will be available beginning in the next school semester.The idea of journalism scholarships came from ordinary citizens after they complained to Malacañang (presidential palace) that they can no longer rely on media like ABS-CBN, GMA-7, Inquirer, Rappler as well as other “news blogs” like that of Raissa Robles for unbiased and accurate news. The citizens also said that they are sick and tired of insignificant and sensational news headlines directed at the Duterte administration as well as the members of the opposition. They added that many local media outlets are responsible for feeding false information to international news media.In order to qualify for the four-year journalism scholarships, the applicants must be high school graduates, Filipino or dual citizens, and must write a 300-word essay listing the accomplishments of the Duterte administration since the president took over on June 30 this year.A second essay, which will help determine the final list of scholarship recipients, must be submitted along with the application. The second essay should deal on the topic, “Why the Previous Aquino Administration Failed the Filipino People.” There is no word limit for the second essay.Reacting to the good news, popular bloggers Mocha Uson, Thinking Pinoy and Sass Rogando Sasot promised that once the first batch of journalism scholars finish their course, they will cease publishing their blogs.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/12/18/philippine-government-to-offer-full-scholarships-to-aspiring-journalists/#comments
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Mar Roxas, Liberal Party Fail To File Statement Of Contributions And Expenses, Blame Defective Scanners
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['Pol Pinoy']
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9/6/2016 0:00
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Mar Roxas failed to file his Statement of Contributions and Expenses (SOCE) in connection with his failed bid for the Philippine presidency. The filing of SOCE is required by the rules of the Commission on Elections. Roxas is the lone presidential candidate that failed to submit his SOCE.Roxas’ party, the Liberal Party (LP) also failed to meet the filing deadline. Both Roxas and LP campaigned on the theme of ‘Daang Matuwid’ (straight path) which adheres to the rule of law.In requesting for a 14-day extension to file the SOCE, Roxas blamed his party’s defective scanners which he needed to scan what he and LP described as “voluminous number of receipts.” “How can we scan those receipts and other required documents if our scanners are not working?” Roxas said.Meanwhile, Vice President-elect Leni Robredo, also of the Liberal Party, did file her SOCE on time, showing that she outspent all her VP rivals. “That’s why I will have to take the bus instead of the airplane for the next 6 years because I am out of funds,” Robredo told The Adobo Chronicles.According to the SOCE filings, the following were the total amounts raised and spent by the VP candidates:Robredo, P418.6 MilionEscudero, P322.5 MillionCayetano, P189.1 MillionMarcos, P140.5 MillionTrillanes, P61.8 MillionHonasan, P26.2 Million
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/06/09/mar-roxas-liberal-party-fail-to-file-statement-of-contributions-and-expenses-blame-defective-scanners/?share=email
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George Takei Wants John Cho To Stay In The Closet
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['Pol Pinoy']
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8/7/2016 0:00
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Openly-gay actor George Takei wants John Cho to stay in the closet!Well, John Cho’s Star Trek character, Sulu, that is.Speaking exclusively to The Hollywood Reporter, Takei who originally played Sulu in the popular series, says the ‘Star Trek Beyond’ development for his character is out of step with what creator Gene Roddenberry would have wanted.The 79-year-old LGBT activist says he’s not happy with Cho’s character coming out as gay in the upcoming sequel to the space classic.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/07/08/george-takei-wants-john-cho-to-stay-in-the-closet/
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OBAMA VOWS TO REDUCE PORK BARREL SPENDING
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['Pol Pinoy']
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22/07/2016 0:00
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Facing criticism for the country’s turtle-paced recovery from the recession and continued budget woes that put him in a never-ending fierce battle with Republican legislators, President Barack Obama today vowed to use all available powers bestowed upon the presidency to significantly reduce pork barrel spending. U.S. legislators have consistently used pet projects in their constituent areas as a negotiating tool in federal budget battles. The most memorable pork barrel projects were Alaska’s “Bridge to Nowhere,” and Boston’s Big Dig (Central Artery/Tunnel Project).Asked by members of the White House Press Corps about specifics of his plan, President Obama said he will propose to Congress a new legislation that would limit the U.S. government’s importation of Ibérico pork. The Ibérico pig is an indigenous species that is only found in the Iberian peninsula. The superb quality of the meat from the Ibérico pig is brought about by the climate, its freedom to roam outdoors and its diet. It is often fed on acorns which gives the meat its wonderful nutty flavor. The price of Ibérico pork commands a very high price in the world market, costing as much as $100 per pound, or approximately $20,000 per barrel. The U.S. Department of Agriculture did not return calls from The Adobo Chronicles seeking information on how many barrels of the pork the country imports each year from Spain.Apparently, only Ibérico pork is served in the basement cafeterias of the Senate and House of Representatives Buildings on Capitol Hill, as well as during state banquets hosted by the White House. President Obama urged Congress to swiftly pass his proposed legislation cutting down on pork barrel importation. “I am confident we can pass this legislation in a bi-partisan manner,” the President added.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2013/07/22/obama-vows-to-reduce-pork-barrel-spending/
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NEXT SEASON OF “ASIA’S GOT TALENT” WILL BE OFF LIMITS TO FILIPINOS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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14/05/2018 0:00
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A total of 14 countries were represented in the just-concluded first season of “demanding that the next season of “Asia’s Got Talent” be made off limits to Filipino contestants.The petitioners stated that their respective countries were put at a serious disadvantage in the competition because of the number of amazing acts that represented the Philippines in the first season. “We just cannot compete with the Filipinos,” they added.The petitioners concluded by threatening to pull out of the competition next year if the Philippines were not excluded.In order to save the extremely popular show, the producers agreed to ban Filipino talents from competing, at least for the next season. The ban will be revisited in 2017.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/14/next-season-of-asias-got-talent-will-be-off-limits-to-filipinos/
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Ronald Bato Dela Rosa to help President Duterte to eliminate criminals in “Duterte Fighting Crime 2”
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2016-07-29 00:22:16+08:00
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Photo Credits: Tatay GamesPresident Duterte has now a partner to eliminate all the criminals in “Duterte Fighting Crime 2” an android game made by TATAY Games.Current PNP Chief Ronald Bato Dela Rosa was added to the game as a special skill that can be use by President Duterte to eliminate the target immediately, the PNP Chief will assist the President using a heavy machine gun.Miriam Defensor Santiago is also added in the game and her skill is “Miriam Jutsu” or Fire breath.Fans of Duterte Fighting Crime 2 are very happy that the developer added Bato Dela Rosa in the game. Miriam Defensor Santiago supporters are also happy that the ex-Senator was added also.You can download “Duterte Fighting Crime 2” on your android devices
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/ronald-dela-rosa-game-available-android-devices/
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