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SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR ADMITS BEING A CLOSETED CONSERVATIVE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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6/1/2017 0:00
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The U.S. Supreme Court just handed down an order staying a Utah lower court’s decision recognizing that the Constitution forbids marriage discrimination . Though Utah requested that Justice Sonia Sotomayor issue the stay on her own, the Court’s order indicates that she referred the decision to the full Court. No justice indicated a dissent, although that does not necessarily mean that all nine justices would have granted the stay.Today’s decision which put same-sex marriages in Utah on hold, upset many in the lgbt community and activists in the marriage equality movement, especially because they always thought that Sotomayor, an Obama appointee, was an ally and considered her one of the radical justices on the Supreme Court.In a statement issued late today, Sotomayor admitted that she is actually a closeted conservative and that she regrets having misled those in the U.S. Senate who voted for her confirmation thinking she was pro-women’s rights, pro-gay rights, pro-abortion, and pro-everything radical.The presumptive lgbt lead organization, the Human Rights Campaign, is still crafting its response to the Sotomayor announcement. Stay tuned.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/01/06/supreme-court-justice-sonia-sotomayor-admits-being-a-closted-conservative/
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BINAY, ROXAS, UNVEIL PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FREEBIES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/07/2018 0:00
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the tsinelas (flip flops).It wouldn’t cost a whole lot for Roxas to make the tsinelas his campaign give-away. His wife, broadcaster Korina Sanchez, has a huge leftover inventory from a previous campaign promoting her television program, “Rated K”. And it is the perfect color symbolizing Roxas’ Liberal Party: yellow!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/07/30/binay-roxas-unveil-presidential-campaign-freebies/#respond
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Donald Trump’s Border Wall Finds A Supporter In Philippines’ Vice President
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['Pol Pinoy']
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26/01/2018 0:00
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Not everyone is against U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign promise and vision to build a great wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.Philippines’ Vice President Leni Robredo like’s Trump’s idea as a way to permanently protect Filipinos living in and around her country’s most active volcano, Mayon.The almost perfect-cone mountain has gone into active mode again, erupting several times in the last few weeks and posing danger to residents because of its lava flow.During her visit to the residents affected by the volcanic eruption, Robredo told reporters that she will propose to build a great wall around the volcano to protect, once and for all, the residents from the effects of Mayon’s eruptions.”It’s time we came up with a permanent solution to this frequent problem,” Robredo told The Adobo Chronicles.Earlier, the VP also brought up the idea of pouring concrete into the volcano’s crater to permanently seal it and prevent it from future eruptions.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/01/26/donald-trumps-border-wall-finds-a-supporter-in-philippines-vice-president/#respond
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Move Over, Low-Carb Diet, Here Comes The Low-Carbon Diet
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['Pol Pinoy']
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29/03/2016 0:00
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Danish researchers at the University of Copenhagen looking at the effects of global warming have uncovered a startling phenomenon involving diet and nutrition.The researchers found that high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in humans causes weight gain, and sometimes, obesity.Researcher Lars-Georg Hersoug stumbled on a weird anomaly while studying cardiovascular health and obsesity. Over a 22-year period, both thin and fat people put on weight, and the increase was proportionally the same.CO2 appears to make our blood more acidic, which influences our brain to want to eat more. Hersoug surmised that excess CO2 in the atmosphere might be affecting hormones in the brain known as orexin neurons. Orexins stimulate eating, wakefulness and energy expenditure.Danish researchers at the University of Copenhagen conducted further testing. Under controlled conditions, men with the greater amount of CO2 in their blood ate 6 percent more food than men in climate rooms with less CO2.The Danish findings prompted Weight Watchers and other diet experts to throw out the popular low-carb diet and replace it with low-carbon diet.The low-carbon diet does not involve any special food intake or avoidance of any food items or ingredients. Rather, it promotes the use of surgical face masks , 24 hours a day, to avoid exposure to excessive amounts of carbon dioxide, which ultimately will reduce food cravings.Have scientists found the key to reducing both global warming and obesity?
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/29/move-over-low-carb-diet-here-comes-the-low-carbon-diet/
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Leonen criticizes Sereno: She should not be the first to cause public shame of her colleagues
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2018-05-13 04:24:43+08:00
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Associate Justice Marvic Leonen is one of the justices who voted against the quo warranto petition against former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.However, it didn’t stop Leonen from criticizing Sereno for the statements that she released during the light of the ouster moves against her.According to chapter XI of the dissenting opinion of Justice Leonen he said that Sereno should be carefully weighed her public statements including her claim that the ouster moves against her was an attack on the entire judiciary.“Unfortunately, in her efforts to save her tenure of public office she held as a privilege, this nuance relating to this Court’s role in the constitutional democracy may have been lost on the respondent. She may have created too much of a political narrative which elided her own accountability and backgrounded her responsibilities as a member of this Court,” Leonen said.“Ideally, a justice must be slow to make public statements, alays careful that the facts before her may not be the entire reality. The conclusion that the initial effort to hold her to account for her acts was an attack on the entire judiciary itself should have been a judgment that should have been carefully weighed. It was unfortunate that this seemed to have created the impression that she rallied those in political movements with their own agenda, tolerating attacks on her colleagues in social and traditional media,” he added.The associate justice also said that Sereno as the leader of the Supreme Court “should not be the first to cause public shame and humiliation of her colleagues and the institution she represents”Leonen also pointed out that the claim of Sereno that the administration wanted her to be out of the Supreme Court because of her position was “belied” by her voting record in the court.He listed down several administration policies which Sereno didn’t opposed, including the Lagman v. Medialdea, Padilla v. Congress and Baguilat v. Alvarez.Photo: Supreme Court“If true, the claim that the present status quo caused her difficulties to her position is, therefore, puzzling.” Leonen said.However, in his Twitter account, Leonen still insisted that despite that the former Chief Justice failed their expectations, using quo warranto as the way to oust an impeachable officer is a “legal abomination”.He also told law students to do not lose their soul and encouraged them to study.In the vote of 8-6 Sereno has been kicked out of the Supreme Court on Monday.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/leonen-blames-serenos-politicizing-efforts-may-created-much-political-narrative-elided-accountability/
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New Philippine Ambassador To The U.N. Hopes To Hone His English Language Skills
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['Pol Pinoy']
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18/09/2016 0:00
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Former lawmaker and television host Teodoro “Teddyboy” Locsin Jr. has accepted his appointment as the Philippines’ ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Malacañang said Sunday.As the new UN ambassador, Locsin will be able to improve on his English and other language skills as he interacts with other dignitaries from across the globe.Locsin is not particularly keen on his own national language, Tagalog, which he has described as “bullshitty” and “useless a tongue for debate.” His comments came right after the Philippine presidential debate earlier this year, in which he criticized some candidates for speaking in Tagalog.Locsin has conducted his television show in English, albeit in a heavy accent. But he hopes to hone his English skills during his stint as Philippine ambassador to the UN.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/09/18/new-philippine-ambassador-to-the-u-n-hopes-to-hone-his-english-language-skills/
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VICE PRESIDENT JEJOMAR BINAY’S GRAND PLAN IF ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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11/7/2018 0:00
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will be connected by a high-speed railway system that would put Japan to shame.When completed, the Pan-Philippine High-Speed Railway System will become the world’s longest, fastest and scenic mode of mass transportation.President Aquino’s mantra is “Tuwid na Daan,” (straight path), in reference to his anti-corruption campaign. For Binay, it will be “Liku-Likong Daan” (crooked path), but via bullet trains.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/07/11/vice-president-jejomar-binays-grand-plan-if-elected-president-of-the-philippines/
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Former host of “Mel & Jay” blasts Sen. Bam Aquino: “Why do you assume that we are as s***** as you are.”
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['View All Posts Pinoytrending']
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2017-10-04 21:14:30+08:00
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Veteran broadcaster who are also known as the former host of the now-defunct talk show “Mel & Jay” Jay Sonza blasted Senator Bam Aquino on his Facebook post Wednesday.Sonza, who’s now retired in working as a broadcaster lambasted Aquino for his statement that most of the Filipinos don’t understand the difference between ‘satire news’ and ‘real news’.During the senate hearing on fake news, Senator Aquino gave an example how the netizens were deceived by satire news sites.He said that netizen’s comments on some satire sites showed that the people thought that the news released by these sites were real.However, when the readers visited the satire site’s about me page, the website owner would admit that they were only publishing articles for fun and not all the information that they were posted were real.These statements of Aquino offended the veteran newscaster and called the senator a ‘silly’ for assuming that Filipinos were stupid enough to not understand what ‘satire’ is.Mr. Sonza said that he don’t really wanted to attack Bam Aquino, but he believe that he must criticize the senator because his salary and monthly allowance came from the taxpayers money.The veteran newscaster explained that he was offended by Aquino’s statement because its like that the Senator meant that the Filipino netizens were stupid to be deceived by satire news sites.This is the whole post of Jay Sonza against Sen. Bam Aquino:**** ka ba Bam Aquino?Ba’t mo sasabihing hindi kami nakakaintindi ng satire.Huwag mo kaming idamay sa kabobohan puwede ba. Why do you assume that we are as s***** as you are.Ayaw kitang patulan, kaya lang taong bayan (kami) ang nagpapasuweldo sa iyo. Bukod sa suweldo mo may monthly allowance ka pa na P2,000,000.00.With all these privileges, you have the temerity to call as names, the very people you pledged to serve..SHAME ON YOU!Source:
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/former-host-mel-jay-blasts-sen-bam-aquino-assume-stupid/
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What’s The Real Deal With Photo Of Nuns Praying Over VP Leni Robredo?
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['Pol Pinoy']
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23/06/2018 0:00
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It’s been viewed many times over the Internet — this powerful photo of Filipino nuns praying over Vice President Leni Robredo in front of the official VP seal.But apparently what netizens saw was a cropped version of the photograph.The Adobo Chronicles obtained a copy of the original photo and we were shocked to see that the nuns were actually not praying over the Vice President.Rather, Leni and the sisters were paying tribute to a framed photo of Adolf Hitler.Heil, heil, the gang’s all here!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/06/23/whats-the-real-deal-with-photo-of-nuns-praying-over-vp-leni-robredo/
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CNN THROWS IN THE TOWEL, CONVERTS TO A PARODY NEWS NETWORK
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['Pol Pinoy']
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9/11/2017 0:00
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and who wouldn’t — the public appearances and TV images you’ve been seeing of President Barack Obama are a “double.”But don’t panic. CNN’s headline about the Navy SEAL who killed Obama is faux news. We all know that Robert O’Neill who claimed this week that he had been the one who shot and killed the 9/11 mastermind, killed Osama, not Obama, in Pakistan in 2011.CNN Workdwide CEO Jeff Zucker was unapologetic. “It was not an error in accuracy,” he said, adding that “it was part of our initial broadcast as the new cable parody news network.”In the last several years, the pioneer in 24-hour cable news has been experiencing a sharp decline in ratings and has been unable to fight off the competition from other cable networks like Fox, MSNBC and Al Jazeera.“We are proud of our record as a trendsetter and pioneer, and we are very excited to have been the first to establish a 24-hour parody news network,” Zucker said.CNN is preparing to launch its new logo next week which will read “PNN,” or Parody News Network.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/11/09/cnn-throws-in-the-towel-converts-to-a-parody-news-network/#respond
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Donald Trump Woos The Filipino American Vote
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['Pol Pinoy']
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8/5/2016 0:00
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Realizing that in order to win in the general elections, presumptive Republican presidential nominee is leaving no stone unturned to reach out to all possible voting blocs, including the Filipino Americans.Filipino Americans have traditionally been socially conservative. In the 2004 U.S. Presidential elections, Republican president George W. Bush won the Filipino American vote over John Kerry by nearly a two-to-one ratio, which followed strong support in the 2000 election. However, in 2008, Filipino Americans voted majority Democratic, with 50% to 58% of the community voting for President Barack Obama and 42% to 46% voting for Senator John McCain. The 2008 election marked the first time that a majority of Filipino Americans voted for a Democrat presidential candidate.Naturally, Trump wants to win back the Filipino American vote.Today, he posted a selfie taken at the penthouse suite of the Trump Towers in New York. In his photo, he is shown gobbling down a bowl of dinuguan, a traditional Filipino dish made of pork and pork blood. In his comment, he said, “I love dinuguan. I love Filipinos, and Filipinos love me!”When asked by his wife Melania what he was eating, Trump said, “chocolate soup.”
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/05/08/donald-trump-woos-the-filipino-american-vote/#respond
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NASA’S DISCOVERY OF WATER ON MARS A HOAX!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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28/09/2017 0:00
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How the world (universe) turns! News satire sites are often accused of perpetuating hoaxes that many gullible netizens are quick to believe or pass on as fact.Today, the National Association of Satire Writers (NASW) discovered that NASA’s announcement about the discovery of flowing water on Mars was a hoax. Even Rush Limbaugh said so on his syndicated radio program!The announcement was beamed live on the Internet supposedly from the NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. As a matter of fact, it was broadcast from a sound stage inside Universal Studios in Hollywood.Now we know why not a single news or cable network, outside of NASA TV, covered the NASA announcement live.It turns out that the whole exercise was staged by 20th Century Fox, distributor of the upcoming film, ‘The Martian’ starring Matt Damon.The new film is about an astronaut who was a member of the crew sent to explore the red planet and was somehow left behind, for dead. Damon’s character actually survived on Mars.The supposed NASA announcement was part of a multi-million promotion by 20th Century Fox to create a buzz for the film, hoping to make it a record-breaking blockbuster for the fall.In exchange for participation in the hoax announcement, NASA will receive millions of dollars in donation from 20th Century Fox. NASA says the money will go towards pursuing its future missions to — where else… Mars!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/28/nasas-discovery-of-water-on-mars-a-hoax/
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WATCH: Delima clashes again with Gordon in Senate Hall
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2016-10-13 16:23:47+08:00
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The Senate Inquiry on Extra Judicial Killings resumed on Thursday. Senator Leila Delima filed the motion to let the Commission on Human Rights Chair Chito Gaston explains his side about the ‘coward’ remark against Senator Dick Gordon.Gordon junked all the motions of Delima saying that he won’t allow Delima to control the committee just like what she did before.“You are not recognized anymore” said Gordon. Watch the video below!What can you say about this video? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/watch-delima-clashes-gordon-senate-hall/
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Naga City Restaurant Contradicts Leni Robredo’s Statement On Sili
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['Pol Pinoy']
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13/09/2018 0:00
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A restaurant based in Naga City just contradicted Leni Robredo’s statement that the people are in tears because of the high prices of sili (chili pepper).The owner of the restaurant, Chili-Peppers, said that news reports about the supply and prices of sili are overblown, if not utterly sensational.”We have no problem serving sili at our restaurant and we certainly have not increased the prices of our menu offering,” the owner said.To prove the point, Chili-Peppers has launched a new promo that offers UNLIsili that enables its customers to avail of unlimited sili for menu items that have the spice as part of their ingredients.It follows Mang Inasal’s offering of UNLIrice.This is definitely good and HOT news for sili fans!What are you waiting for? If you are from, or are visiting Naga, order your laing and Bicol Express from Chili-Peppers today! Or steaks, ribs, pasta and seafood — with sili of course!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/09/13/naga-city-restaurant-contradicts-leni-robredos-statement-on-sili/#respond
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This is how LP dirty tricks work
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2016-04-22 22:32:57+08:00
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We denounce in the strongest terms the machinations, terrorism and vote-buying by the administration. We received the following complaints and reports from the field:Strafing incident of the house of a Duterte supporter in Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte. Suspects? – men of local LP officials reportedly involved in drugs.A Duterte volunteer in Leyte was accosted and threatened by men identified as goons of a reported local drug lord.A radio reporter in Bukidnon discussing issues about Duterte received a death threat through text.The Camiguin warlordism to block the DuterteCayetano campaign perhaps typifies the sorry state of our so-called democracy. Citizens are being terrorized by their own elected public officials.Provincial Coordinator of Duterte volunteers in Trento, Agusan del Norte, was terminated as a casual employee at the LGU and is being harassed and threatened by the men of Gov. Eddiebong Plaza identified as Edgar Ga to stop campaigning for Duterte.Gov. Plaza was reported to be giving out P10,000 per family to vote for LP. Similar vote-buying by Gov. Uy in Compostela Valley allegedly for victims of Typhoon Pablo which occurred in December 2012 or more than 3 years ago, but government assistance is being given only today because of the election.No less than Budget Sec. Abad whose DAP was declared by the Supreme Court as illegal was distributing P5,000 each to barangay captains in Surigao del Norte. Similar vote-buying occurred in Bohol.DPWH personnel are being used to take away the few tarpaulins of DuterteCayetano even if these were in private properties.DSWD Sec Dinky Soliman going around with Abad promising DSWD and BUB projects and assistance and warning beneficiaries that if the LP lose, the 4Ps will stop. This is a total lie.DA continues with the same project dole outs to buy support for the administration but now minus Korina, who was caught red-handed distributing cash and equipment even if she has no business in doing so.These are clearly violations of the Election Code. These are trapo style campaigning which must be investigated by the Comelec.Social media and the rumor mill are also awash with black propaganda against Davao City, mayor Duterte and his family members. Because the other candidates have far inferior Platform of Government against the genuine Change Agenda of DuterteCayetano, our enemy camps can only resort to these mudslingings.Our country will go to the dogs if we allow this trapo style to prevail. The rising menace of drugs, crime, corruption and poverty can best be dealt with #TunayNaPagbabago.With DuterteCayetano we can be certain of addressing these and other problems such as peace, regional development, economic progress and islands-grabbing by China in the West Philippine Sea, among others. | Peter LaviñaYour thoughts? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/liberal-party-dirty-trick/
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PNoy, Lawmakers Call For The Rule Of Law In VP Ballot Recount
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['Pol Pinoy']
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10/5/2018 0:00
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On the eve of the historic Supreme Court vote on the Quo Warranto case against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, former President NoyNoy Aquino and several lawmakers called for the rule of law, and not the rule of men.In a statement signed by Aquino, Senators Francis Pangilinan, Bam Aquino and Leila De Lima — among others — the group said that the 50% shading of ballots is the rule of law and that Leni Robredo should abide by it.At issue is the Vice President’s petition before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) to credit ballots cast for her that were only about 25% shaded. Ironically, Bam Aquino supports Robredo and has created a social media hashtag #LeaveOurShadesAlone.This is the first time that NoyNoy and the Opposition lawmakers have publicly chastised the Vice President.All for the sake of the rule of law.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/05/10/pnoy-lawmakers-call-for-the-rule-of-law-in-vp-ballot-recount/
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President Duterte to Americans “if you are planning to go to the Philippines, you get a VISA”
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2016-10-22 12:48:02+08:00
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President Duterte released another hard hitting words against the United States of America during his speech at the Philippines-China Trade and Investment forum in Beijing Thursday (Oct 20).The President of the Philippines already gave a hint the the days where the Americans are coming in and out of the country because of the VISA Free privilege are nearing their end.Duterte believes that Filipinos experience discrimination when they go to the United States of America.“Filipinos who go to America and who have the money, they are not just only berated in the visa control, in the consular office.. they are humiliated. And so maybe- Is there American here? If you are planning to go to my country, you get a visa from where you come from. Maybe it’s about time,”Netizens reacted to the statements of President Duterte, some of them believe that the US Embassy is very strict in accepting VISA applicants because Filipinos are only trying to work there as an illegal immigrant.Netizens also shared there discrimination experience while applying US Visa.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/duterte-americans-planning-go-philippines-get-visa/
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FOR THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS, THE PHILIPPINES IS THEIR FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/10/2017 0:00
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the from the bribe-collecting traffic policemen to PNP chief Alan Purisima who has enriched himself by receiving expensive gifts and building a mansion-like home in the province of Nueva Ecija which he describes as just “ordinary.”The brainless scarecrow is, of course, President NoyNoy Aquino, forever clueless and always blaming someone else for the problems of his country. He loves using empty rhetoric and scare tactics when confronting his critics and enemies.The cowardly lion is Vice President Jejomar Binay who is not man enough to face the Senate inquiry into his and his family’s shady practices, especially with regards to the now infamous and overpriced Makati City Hall parking structure.Then, there’s Dorothy’s ruby slippers which remind Kansans of Imelda Marcos’ collection of 3,000 pairs of shoes (In fairness, nine of Imelda’s shoes were made of ruby).In conclusion, our survey confirmed that Kansans were right on in choosing the Philippines as their top destination. After all, in the Philippines, life imitates fiction; a life of make-believe.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/10/04/for-the-people-of-kansas-the-philippines-is-their-favorite-international-destination/
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Duterte-De Lima Handshake During SONA Was Scripted
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['Pol Pinoy']
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27/07/2016 0:00
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It was caught on camera: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte was walking with a serious demeanor towards the dais at the Batasang Pambansa (Philippine Congress Building) to begin his first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Then he suddenly stopped, turned back and extended his hand to his number one nemesis Senator Leila De Lima. Then after the brief handshake, he continued on with a naughty smirk on his face.During a television interview the next day, De Lima said she appreciated the “warm, friendly” gesture of the president. “It was an icebreaker of sorts, and to show to the people na wala talagang personalan sa ginagawa naming pareho,” (there was nothing personel between us) she said on ANC’s Headstart.The senator and the president have been trading barbs lately, with De Lima saying she will be seeking a legislative probe on the series of killings of drug suspects since the time Duterte took office.But unknownst to De Lima, the whole thing was scripted by award-winning film director Brillante Mendoza.Mendoza was tasked to direct the entire SONA proceedings.Apparently, the recorded “encounter” was going to be part of a new independent film that Mendoza is working on as an official entry to next year’s Cannes Film Festival. The working title of the new film project is “The Punisher and the Fiscalizer.” Sources close to Mendoza told The Adobo Chronicles that the film is going to be a comedy.Mendoza’ latest film, “Ma’Rosa” was critically acclaimed at the last Cannes Film Festival and won for Jaclyn Jose the Best Actress Award, a first for the Philippines.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/07/27/duterte-de-lima-handshake-during-sona-was-scripted/
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Leni Robredo should redeem Trillanes’s dignity after it was crushed by the BBC’s #HARDtalk
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-06-26 03:51:48+00:00
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Philippine “senator” Antonio Trillanes’s epic choke during an interview with Stephen Sackur in the BBC’s HARDtalk programme last week all but highlighted the sad disarray of the Philippine Opposition. Indeed, last week was a perfect storm as it saw the coming together of insight into just how inutile the Philippine Opposition of today has become. For people who seek to prematurely depose the president (presumably with that favourite extrajudicial method of theirs that they call “people power”), Sackur’s torpedoeing of the Trillanes brand couldn’t have come at a worse time. On that same week, journalist Bea Cupin’s recent article The fall of the ‘dilawang’ Liberal Party (LP) came online viaRappler and chronicled in grinding detail the “descent of the once all-powerful party”.In light of these developments (specifically on Cupin’s article) House Representative Teddy Baguilat Jr (LP) wistfully tweeted, “What LP should do though is reflect on our mistakes and missed opportunities. And embrace our role as a fiscalizer, critical collaborator.” Interestingly, the congressman evidently recognises the core essence of the LP (presuming, of course, that it actually does represent the ideals of the so-called “liberals”) as can be gleaned from another one of his tweets…We’re d favorite whipping boys of critics and pundits but ultimately when forces conspire to limit our freedoms, who ya gonna call? LiberalsUnfortunately for Baguilat, the battle cry he recommends as a response to the question “Who ya gonna call?” is not shared by members of his own camp. That’s because many in his Yellow Camp would not even know what he means when he refers to the term liberals in the true sense he applies when invoking it. Rather, to most in his camp, the answer to “Who ya gonna call?” will be a resounding LENI ROBREDO! To Filipinos, after all, it’s all about people and less about ideas. To the average dilawan, Robredo is the Liberal Party and, they presume, the leader of the broader Philippine Opposition itself. On the latter point, Baguilat agrees, “We’re [the] only organized political opposition,” he tweets in reference to the LP.Thus, in this regard, it is a monumental tragedy for the Opposition that they were sunk by Trillanes who many do not see as the leader of the Opposition. Indeed, if anybody should have been on Sackur’s hot seat, it should have been the supreme leader of the Opposition herself.But it’s not too late. Robredo could still step up and redeem Trillanes’s crushed dignity. After all, some Filipinos still want her to be president someday and see her as eminently qualified for the job. What better way to prove that she is president material than by subjecting herself to a real journalist’s grilling. What does she have to lose? She will perform way better than Duterte in any Q&A — or so the dilawans believe.The problem with Robredo, however, is that she can’t speak English. That’s a real show-stopper considering that those who defend Trillanes’s performance in the heat of Sackur’s grilling are convinced he “did well” only on the low-bar basis of his being able to “respond to all of Sackur’s questions”. In short, Trillanes’s having a rudimentary enough understanding of a question articulated in English and being able to respond to it in a way that the predominantly monolingual English-speaking audience that Sackur’s show attracts can understand is good enough. In other words, pwede na yan.Unfortunately for Robredo, her command of the English language is way below pwede na yan. Halfway through each sentence Robredo cobbles together on the fly, Sackur would surely cut her to pieces. Robredo’s colegiala act simply won’t fly in a cutthroat world of important people who have very little time. Time and again she has proven not just her verbal ineptness but her hopelessly inappropriate body language, first in the girly manner that she wrapped herself around Duterte’s finger during her first few weeks in office and in the whimsical way she presented herself in a pre-recorded video played at the 60th annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria.Suffice to say, the Opposition does not only suffer from a crisis of leadership, it suffers from a crisis of competent statesmanship. This is why, for the sake of the Opposition’s future, it is important that Trillanes’s appalling snafu be redeemed. Who ya gonna call??
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/06/leni-robredo-should-redeem-trillaness-dignity-after-it-was-crushed-by-the-bbcs-hardtalk/
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES RESEARCHERS DISCOVER A CURE FOR JETLAG
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['Pol Pinoy']
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15/02/2018 0:00
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It happens to many world travelers. They cross the International Dateline and arrive at their destination jetlagged, sometimes for days.Now the good news: researchers at the University of the Philippines (U.P.) Medical School have finally found a cure for jetlag and all along, it has been in the market for many decades. We’re talking about San Mig Light, the 100-calorie version of the Philippines’ signature premium beer, San Miguel.Just a 330 ML bottle of San Mig Light instantly makes jetlag go away, depending on the severity of one’s affliction. For severe cases of jetlag, it could take up to three bottles of the poplar beer to be effective.The U.P. research study involved 500 mildly to severely jetlagged travelers arriving in Manila from countries in Europe and North America.Ninety percent of those who were mildly jetlagged got instantly better after consuming just one bottle of San Mig Light. Ninety three percent of the severely jetlagged got better after three beers.The researchers also experimented with other beer brands as well as the regular San Miguel beer, but did not have the same results, “so there must be something in San Mig Light that’s doing the trick,” they said.Immediately after the results of study were released, stock prices of San Miguel Corporation, makers of San Mig Light, more than tripled at the Makati Stock Exchange.Meanwhile, the Manila-based University of Santo Tomas Medical School, considered the oldest Catholic University in all of Asia, announced it was launching a clinical study to find out whether San Mig Light can cure insomnia.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/02/15/university-of-the-philippines-researchers-discover-a-cure-for-jetlag/#comments
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Duterte trolled, Roxas lost his cool during the presidential debate #PiliPinasDebates2016
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2016-04-24 16:39:12+00:00
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The final Philippine Presidential debate was boring. Most of the candidates did not say anything new and significant. Half of the blame should go to the organizers. They should have known not to ask questions that were already asked during the previous debates. The only consolation is that there weren’t a lot of commercials and they did not play an annoying jingle in between breaks.I’m sure most people who were tuned in were waiting for discussions to turn ugly. They were expecting Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s rivals to hit him hard over his controversial remarks a week ago about the deceased Australian rape victim. Only Senator Grace Poe brought the matter up and it was obvious that she was stumped by his unapologetic stance. What else can one say when the defense is “I’m just being myself”? Stop being himself too much, I suppose. But that would be too much to ask. It’s like asking someone to change. I don’t think that is possible with Duterte.The only time things started heating up was when Duterte questioned his rival former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas about the latter’s claim that the current government is already providing PhilHealth coverage to a lot of Filipinos. Duterte disputed Roxas’s claim and said that no one from Davao has received PhilHealth coverage. This was when Roxas lost his cool. Duterte was just trolling him but he didn’t even recognize that was he being trolled in front of national television. Goes to show that Roxas is not very Presidential on account of his inability to read people. Roxas has never been much of a people person.Roxas’s problem is fantasy vesus reality. His claim that the BS Aquino government is already doing so much for the public’s health needs is not evident.Roxas spoke with so much confidence that you could be forgiven for giving him a second look. The problem is, once you start considering why he is very unpopular, you will realize it is due mostly to him being a bad judge of character. He seems to have good ideas, and you wonder why these were never implemented in the first place in the last six years. Considering he is close to President Benigno Simeon Aquino and held powerful positions in his government, it is quite baffling that he failed to make a difference.If we recall, Roxas made a terrible decision in allowing his party mates to push aside his own plans to run for the Presidency in 2010 in order to give way to a more popular candidate whose beloved mother just passed away. He “sacrificed” his own ambition then just so he could please them. I suppose Roxas could not have won over former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada anyway, who came in second during the election, so I guess it wouldn’t have mattered. But, it is the principle. Had he shown conviction then – sticking to his candidacy by running as an independent – the people would have given him more support now.Another problem with Roxas is that, even after he was benched, betrayed, and kept in the dark on some occasions by BS Aquino himself, he is still sticking by Daang Matuwid. He can’t even recognize that the voters are tired of it. He doesn’t even know when to cut his losses. During the debate, Roxas kept giving the current government high marks despite its incompetence and neglect of duties to the public. That is enough reason for voters not to vote for him. While the other candidates are getting points for highlighting the government’s neglect, Roxas has no choice but to stick to praising it. He is stuck between a rock and a hard place because he was part of the government from the very beginning.Duterte, on the other hand, proved once again that he can act civilized and diplomatic when he wants to or when the situation calls for it. One thing is for sure; Duterte knows how to troll people. He can push people’s buttons just like he pushed Roxas’s buttons. Roxas’s reaction says a lot about him. He cannot stay cool when provoked. That is not a good character trait for someone aspiring for the Presidency.Duterte’s simple “How are you?” question was excellent. Without asking Senator Miriam Santiago directly, Duterte managed to get the “iron lady” to talk about her health. He should earn brownie points for that. He also praised Santiago unreservedly, which is also proof that he can be respectful to women and that he recognizes their brilliance.Santiago appeared to be feisty at times but, just the same, appeared to struggle with her thoughts as evident in her long pauses. She says the new cancer pill she has been taking has eliminated the disease and that any talk of her being not healthy enough to survive the presidency is all rubbish. She looked visibly weak though and Vice President Binay highlighted it by coming to her aid every time she had to sit down and get up during the debate.Binay was acting strange as usual. He kept walking around on stage like a game show host. He wanted to give his own Binay touch during the debate. He just looked desperate. He talked mostly about how he was going to give a lot of freebies if he gets elected. Binay even told the fisherman who lost his livelihood that he will be removing the income tax on his earnings so he can save his money. Perhaps later on he will realize how silly it is to remove income tax from someone who doesn’t have a job. One wonders where he is going to get the money for the dole outs after he removes that income tax. He wasn’t specific about how he plans to do it.Binay just had to bring up the issue of Senator Grace Poe’s citizenship. It was lame the way he did it. He wanted to make it look like Poe turned her back on the Philippines when she renounced her citizenship. But considering there are a lot of Filipinos who are overseas who have dual citizenship, his rationale is weak. Besides, Poe’s citizenship issue doesn’t seem to bother the voters, only her rivals.I don’t know about you but I seem to switch off when Grace Poe is the one speaking. Her voice is starting to sound robotic just like her running mate Chiz Escudero. She seemed so rehearsed and we’ve heard all her promises before. I don’t even know why she ran for President to begin with. Her supporters must have told her she should because her father is popular. But she should have been more honest with herself. She’s only new in the Senate and can’t even criticize BS Aquino directly. She’s also into patronage politics and would have to cater to the people who funded her campaign. One of them is king maker and businessman Danding Cojuangco.Frankly, the last debate just gave the candidates an opportunity to grandstand. As usual, they didn’t give specific answers to the questions similar to what they did in the last debates. But even if they did, it’s not a guarantee they can implement their lofty promises. They still have to ask Congress to cooperate and help them achieve these. We all know that’s not going to be easy unless they use pork barrel funds to sweeten deals. This practice has since been deemed illegal due to BS Aquino’s excessive use of it during his term. They will then have to rely on their charms, which some of them don’t have.It is imperative that voters use the election as an opportunity to teach those in power a lesson. The voters should not vote for Liberal Party again.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/04/duterte-trolled-roxas-lost-cool-presidential-debate-pilipinasdebates2016/
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Obama: When I Step Down, I Want To Be Like Duterte
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['Pol Pinoy']
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23/09/2016 0:00
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Doris Kearns Goodwin has a great new interview with President Obama in Vanity Fair. In the wide-ranging interview, Obama hinted that once he steps down, he will start speaking out more like an activist than a president. Like Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, he will stop being “polite.”This explains why the U.S. President said he was not offended when Duterte allegedly called him a “Son of a whore” prior to their meeting at the recent ASEAN summit in Laos.Make way for the real Obama!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/09/23/obama-when-i-step-down-i-want-to-be-like-duterte/?share=email
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Netizen who defends Cimatu’s appointment reveals why former DENR Sec Angelo Reyes was destroyed by former admin
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2017-05-08 17:31:19+08:00
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Netizen who defended Roy Cimatu’s appointment as Environment secretary compared the former armed forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief to the late former DENR secretary Angelo Reyes who also have a military background.Could Cimatu have the guts to suspend big mining companies like what Angelo Reyes did?In CNN Philippines comment section Kristoffer Allen Ardanas defended Cimatu from the people who doubt the capability of the former AFP chief of staff to take care of the environment.Acording to him, Angelo Reyes was also appointed as environment secretary and one of his achievement was to suspend the SR metals owned by Eric Guiterrez, one of the biggest supporter of the Liberal Party.“To those who will complain that this guy knows nothing about the environment because he is just a former military. Angelo Reyes was also former military and yet he was appointed DENR secretary. He actually also had the balls to suspend SR Metals. Noynoy actually awarded SR Metals in Malacanang during his time even though SR Metals have several violations,” Ardanas said.“Remember what happened to Angelo Reyes during Aquino’s admin?” He added.Ardanas became interested on Angelo Reyes case because the former DENR secretary suspended the mining operation of one of the closest ally of the Liberal Party and after that he faced a corruption scandal that made him to kill himself because of the pressure.“Back in 2006, Angelo Reyes suspended SR Metals, owned by Eric Gutierrez. Then in 2010 Eric Gutierrez supported Noynoy’s campaign, let him use his private jets, and funded his campagin. Then in 2011 we all know what happened to Angelo Reyes. Aquino even awarded SR Metals in Malacanang lol, then Eric Gutierrez kept on supporting LP and Mar Roxas’s campaign in 2016,” Ardanas said.Eric Guiterrez who owned the SR Metals in Agusan, repeatedly criticized by President Rodrigo Duterte during the campaign period for allegedly raping the environment.Former SR Metals employees also said that Guiterrez funded the campaign of former President Benigno Aquino III and his chopper was also used to take pictures of the controversial “Hacienda Binay”Guiterrez also reportedly offered his jets to the defeated presidential candidate Mar Roxas so he can use it during the campaign period.On 2011, during the Aquino administration, Angelo Reyes was accused of receiving P50-M send-off money also known as ‘pabaon’ when he retired from the Armed Forces.Two weeks later, Reyes committed suicide because of the pressure from the media and a senator who called him ‘gutless coward’On Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Roy Cimatu as the new DENR Secretary to replace Gina Lopez who got rejected by the Commission on Appointments.Netizens questioned the capability of Cimatu because he doesn’t have any background in environmental activism.But some OFWs who already met Cimatu when he was assigned in the middle east as an special envoy believes that he’s ‘brave’ enough to face the illegal miners.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/netizen-defends-cimatus-appointment-reveals-former-denr-sec-angelo-reyes-destroyed-former-admin/
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Duterte Offers Refugee Status To Filipino Americans Trying To Flee Trump Presidency
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['Pol Pinoy']
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19/11/2016 0:00
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lashed out at the “hypocrisy” of the West for closing borders to an exodus of refugees whom he said he would welcome to his country until it was “filled to the brim”.Commenting on the refugee exodus that has plagued Europe, Duterte said Western countries had failed those most in need and the Philippines, a developing country of 100 million, was willing to take them in.“They can always come here, and will be welcome here,” he said.“It’s all right. We will survive. I say send them to us. We will accept them. We will accept them. They are human beings.”In a collateral move, Duterte also announced that his administration will offer refugee status to all Filipino Americans trying to flee Donald Trump’s presidency.The election of Trump has prompted many Americans to plan their exodus to Canada, Europe and Asia.“There will be no questions asked,” Duterte said. “All that Filipino Americans need to do is to renounce their U.S. citizenship and come to the Philippines. He made it clear that his refugee status offer is open to all, including the FilAms who have been very critical of his administration.“Blood is thicker than politics,” Duterte added.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/11/19/duterte-offers-refugee-status-to-filipino-americans-trying-to-flee-trump-presidency/#respond
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NEW EXTORTION SCHEME AT MANILA’S NAIA: LAGLAG LUMPIA
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['Pol Pinoy']
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19/11/2017 0:00
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Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists assigned to the Los Angeles International Airport recently seized 450 prohibited pork meat tamales discovered inside the luggage of a passenger arriving from Mexico.Foreign meat products which can carry serious animal diseases are subject to Customs inspection, can be seized and destroyed, and passengers carrying them could be fined for misdeclaration. The tamales were destroyed and the traveler was fined $1,000.Across the Pacific Ocean, the Los Angeles incident gave schemers at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) a new idea for extorting money from unsuspecting passengers.The new scheme involves the ‘planting’ of pork lumpia (Filipino egg roll) in the luggage of passengers who are then asked to pay money to avoid being detained for intense questioning. It is a takeoff from the much-publicized laglag bala (bullet planting) which has caused a big stir at NAIA.The newer, tamer extortion scheme has been given a name : laglag lumpia.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/11/19/new-extortion-scheme-at-manilas-naia-laglag-lumpia/?share=email
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Sen. Ejercito to refer “disrespectful” Trillanes to ethics committee: “He’s becoming destructive to the country”
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2017-07-04 13:10:02+08:00
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Senator JV Ejercito responded to the tirades of Senator Trillanes against his colleague.He said that Trillanes statement against the Senate was ‘disrespectful and unparliamentary’Tito Sotto, chairman of Ethics Committee said that he would wait until someone file a case against Sen. Trillanes who welcomed any complaint against him.Senator JV Ejercito on Tuesday urged the Senate ethics committee to probe Senator Antonio Trillanes’ “disrespectful and unparliamentary” statement against his colleagues after he labeled certain senators as “puppets” and “cowards” of the Duterte administration.“He should be reminded that as a democratic institution, we in the Senate debate issues instead of hurling insults; we vote instead of calling each other names when we disagree,” Ejercito said in a statement.Ejercito said that he hoped that Trillanes stop ‘destroying’ the senate only because he “rabidly” hate the current administration.“We have 23 independent minds duly elected in the Senate. But even when we disagree on a number of issues, we maintain our respect for one another. I hope Senator Trillanes would do the same. I hope he will stop destroying this institution simply because he is rabidly against this administration.” he said.The senator believes that it’s already the right time that the Senate Ethics Committee discipline senator Trillanes which he labeled as ‘destructive to the country’“Maybe it is high time that we refer to the Senate Ethics Committee Sen. Trillanes’ actions since he is becoming damaging to the institution, and becoming destructive to the country,” Ejercito said.Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III, chairman of the Senate ethics committee, earlier said Trillanes should be careful in calling names.“I do not know his reasons for saying that. He should be careful in calling us names. Hindi ko siya papatulan sa ngayon,” Sotto said in a text message.But Sotto said that he would wait for someone who would complain against Senator Trillanes’ statement.“Motu propio is possible but it’s better if I receive a complaint. Hard to judge through media reports. I will entertain any complaint against any member of the Senate. Ngayon, ipaalala ko lang, when you point a finger at others, three others point at you,” Sotto said.Ejercito said that he would consult his colleague first before filing a complaint against Trillanes.Trillanes said that he welcomes any complaint against him, but he said that JV Ejercito seems not batting an eye against the comments of President Duterte.“But here’s the thing, if Sen. Ejercito be believes that my statement that the Senate is becoming a lap dog of the Duterte administration is highly offensive yet sees nothing wrong with Duterte’s rape comments to the soldiers, then we really have a problem,” Trillanes said in a text message.On Monday, Senator Trillanes blasted his colleagues in the Senate for not investigating the alleged abuses of the Duterte administration and called the other senators as ‘cowards’ and ‘lapdogs’“Itong Senado na dati ay ‘yan yung last bastion of democracy eh ngayon, wala na, para na rin kaming mga tuta nitong administrasyon na ’to. Ni ayaw mag-imbestiga eh,” Trillanes said.“‘Yung mga dapat sana na pumuna eh wala eh, sila yung mga bahag ang buntot,” he added.Sen. Panfilo Lacson responded to the tirades of his colleague and he said that Trillanes is “so out of touch with reality, if not hallucinating too much.”According to the section 11 of Republic Act No. 6713 also known as the “Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees.” Any public official or employee, regardless of whether or not he holds office or employment in a casual, temporary, holdover, permanent or regular capacity, committing any violation of this Act shall be punished with a fine not exceeding the equivalent of six (6) months’ salary or suspension not exceeding one (1) year, or removal depending on the gravity of the offense after due notice and hearing by the appropriate body or agency. If the violation is punishable by a heavier penalty under another law, he shall be prosecuted under the latter statute. Violations of Sections 7, 8 or 9 of this Act shall be punishable with imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or a fine not exceeding five thousand pesos (P5,000), or both, and, in the discretion of the court of competent jurisdiction, disqualification to hold public office.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/sen-ejercito-refer-disrespectful-trillanes-ethics-committee-hes-becoming-destructive-country/
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WATCH: Bully records how she slapped a defenseless student several times
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2018-03-02 16:21:31+08:00
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A bully and her group has the guts to record how they attacked a defenseless student several times.In a viral video apparently recorded by one of the friends of the bully, it showed how the bully victim was slapped for still unknown reason.The victim only did was to cry and didn’t fought back against her bullies who even threatened that they’re going to continue to hurt her again next time.According to some sources, the bullying incident happened at one of the schools in Lucena City.The bully who believed to be 14 years old is now being tremendously criticized on social media for her actions against an innocent student.Several Facebook pages also revealed her identity.The bullying had spread like a wildfire on social media, however there’s still no explanation how the video reached social media.However, several netizens had a clue on the person who becomes the source of the viral video.The mother of the bully victim in a Facebook post said that she would not stop spreading the bully video and the people who hurt her daughter must suffer the consequences.It seems that the mother of the victim is the one who spread it, but she didn’t mentioned where she got the video.“Excuse me lang sa mga taong gustong ipatigil ang pagpapakalat ko ng pambubully sa anak ko. Kaunting hiya naman sa mga mukha nio! Bakit napigilan niyo din bang huwag saktan ang anak ko?” Honey Ethel Arce Rutuita said.The authorities are now studying the video and trying to identify the exact place where the bullying incident happened.You can watch the whole video here:
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/watch-bully-records-slapped-defenseless-student-several-times/
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NAPOLES SEEKS AUDIENCE WITH OBAMA IN MANILA
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['Pol Pinoy']
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15/09/2016 0:00
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Suspected pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles wasted no time in trying to reach out to Barack Obama after it was officially announced that the U.S. President will be visiting Manila in October.Obama has included the Philippines in his Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) tour. Manila will be Obama’s last stop. It will be his first visit to the Philippines.Napoles is the central figure in the Philippine pork barrel scam involving the diversion of ten billion pesos in public funds into fake non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the pockets of senators and congressmen. She is currently in prison and facing charges for illegally detaining one of the whistleblowers in this escalating scandal.Speaking through her lawyer Lorna Kapunan, Napoles said that she has sent a letter to the U.S. Embassy in Manila requesting a private meeting with Obama when the latter arrives in the Philippine capital.Informed sources said that in her letter, Napoles has indicated that she will be asking Obama to grant her political asylum in the U.S. and would like to be accommodated aboard Air Force One when Obama leaves Manila to return to the U.S.Napoles said that she is very confident that she will be granted asylum because she has contrbuted immemsely to the economic recovery of America through her multimillion-dollar U.S. investments and the much talked-about shopping sprees and lavish parties by her daughter, aspiring fashion designer Jeane Napoles.Napoles said she will not be a burden to America and promised that if Obama interceded on her behalf to have all her assets unfrozen, she will invest all her money in the U.S. and help create more jobs for Americans.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2013/09/15/napoles-seeks-audience-with-obama-in-manila/?share=email
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Canada’s Trudeau And Mexico’s Peña Nieto Strip Down In Ottawa
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['Pol Pinoy']
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29/06/2016 0:00
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Two of the world’s best-looking and sexiest heads of state did what wasn’t expected of them while in Ottawa, Canada. They stripped down to their shorts.Yes, we’re talking about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Jose Peña Nieto.But no worries, it’s not what you’re thinking.The two were scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama at a summit of North American leaders, also called the Three Amigos summit. Before their scheduled meeting, the two decided to go on an early-morning run as part of their respective fitness routine. Both wore short shorts to the delight of onlookers.Too bad, Obama wasn’t able to join them to show off his own sexy legs.Coming soon after the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union last week, the summit faces increased pressure to showcase the stability of its own alliance. Climate change will be among topics to be discussed at the summit.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/06/29/canadas-trudeau-and-mexicos-pena-nieto-strip-down-in-ottawa/
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Anderson Cooper Breaks Up With Kathy Griffin
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/6/2017 0:00
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Starting in 2017, there will be no more New Year’s Day kisses between CNN’s Anderson Cooper and comedian Kathy Griffin.The two have been the most watched couple on television leading up to the New Year’s Eve dropping of the ball in New York’s Times Square.Cooper, who is openly gay, has never denied any platonic relationship with Griffin who many describe as a “fag hag.” And who can blame Griffin when she is partnered with the dashing Cooper?But like everything else, things must come to an end.After that controversial and disgusting photo of Griffin holding a bloodied and beheaded Donald Trump, Cooper decided to call it quits with the in-your-face comedian.Already, speculation is at fever-pitch on who Anderson will kiss at the strike of midnight on December 31, 2017.Could it be Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O’Donnel or Roseanne Barr?May we suggest Trevor Noah?
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/06/04/anderson-cooper-breaks-up-with-kathy-griffin/?share=email
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Philippines VP Leni Robredo Agrees To Interview With BBC’s Stephen Sackur
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['Pol Pinoy']
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28/06/2017 0:00
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Since that celebrated one-on-one interview with Senator Antonio Trillanes, the hard-talking Stephen Sackur has been wanting to have Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo guest on his BBC talk show. Negotiations have been ongoing for at least two weeks.Today, BBC announced that Robredo has finally agreed to appear on Sackur’s show on the following conditions:Office of the Vice President (OVP) spokesperson Georgina Hernandez will appear on the show, along with Robredo and that she will be seated between Sackur and the Vice President.Hernandez will act as interpreter. While Sackur will be asking the questions in British English, Hernandez will be translating the questions in Taglish (combination of Tagalog and English) to the VP.When answering Sackur’s questions, Robredo will be whispering her responses into Hernandez’ ear. Hernandez will then relay Robredo’s responses to Sackur in Filipino English.Both BBC producers and the OVP have agreed that Hernandez will have the option to revise Robredo’s responses if she feels that it will reflect badly on the Vice President.If Hernandez needed more time to sugar-coat or revise Robredo’s responses, she will flash a “time out” sign with her hands and BBC will go into commercial.The Robredo interview will not be aired live in the 🇵🇭 Philippines and the video recording of the show will become the property of the Office of the Vice President. It will be up to the OVP whether or not the interview will be shown to Filipinos. Even then, the OVP reserves the right to edit the video as it sees fit.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/06/28/philippines-vp-leni-robredo-agrees-to-interview-with-bbcs-stephen-sackur/#respond
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Pro Duterte supporters shows their sadness after seeing people happy with what happened in Davao City
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2016-09-03 01:15:34+08:00
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Pro Duterte supporters shows their sadness after seeing people celebrating the tragedy instead of praying for the victims of Davao City explosion.After the explosion in Davao City Night Market, some people who opposed the government shows their happiness in what happened in the City.Members of the Facebook group named Tanggulang Demokrasya started to criticised President Duterte for what happened in Davao.They believe that the Davao bombings was staged by the current administration to easily declare martial law in Mindanao.Facebook ScreengrabBut some members of the group also defended the President and explained that this is not the time to criticise anyone.Facebook ScreengrabFacebook trolls also attacked the comment sections of the pages of big media news outlets and started to put all the blame to the President.Netizens are very sad that people can still said this in the times of tragedy.Even Department of Tourism Undersecretary Kat De Castro condemned the trolls who celebrating the tragedy in Davao City.But internet experts said that we must stay calm when encountering a person like this on social media.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/people-happy-explosion-happened-davao-city/
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WATCH: Neophyte Pacquiao debates with Veteran Drilon: Use your common sense
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2017-03-16 02:34:27+08:00
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The debate between Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senator Manny Pacquiao became heated after the neophyte senator told his veteran colleague to use his common sense during their debate about the creation of a Philippine Boxing Commission.On Tuesday, Senator Drilon quizzed Senator Pacquiao if it’s really needed to create a separate commission for boxing when there is already an existing games and amusement board.But Pacquiao said that Drilon might not understand the difference of combat sports like boxing from the other games handled by Games and Amusement Board.He explained that separate commission for combat sports must be created because many athletes died in these kind of sports.Pacquiao believes that the creation of a Philippine Boxing Commision may save the lives of many athletes that can’t be done by the present Games and Amusement Board.“Mr. President, I don’t think the gentleman from Iloilo (drilon) understand what is boxing, what is the combat sports,” Pacquiao said.When Drilon asked if GAB can’t fund the safety of the boxers, Pacquiao said that a commission which already handled 20 sports can’t focus in boxing.He also told Drilon that everyone have common sense to understand that GAB can’t focus on one sport like boxing.“How can you focus on one sport? We have common sense to understand that, Mr. President,” the neophyte senator said.“I have common sense, Mr. President!” Drilon quickly responded on the remarks of Pacquiao.After that, the neophyte senator quickly apologized for his remarks.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/watch-neophyte-pacquiao-debates-veteran-drilon-use-common-sense/
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CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES: WHAT’S ON THE MENU
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/03/2017 0:00
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these are issues too overwhelming for members of the Senate and House of Representatives in the Republic of the Philippines. Theses issues are so controversial that passage of corresponding bills have become almost impossible. And the Philippine Congress is worried about its emerging reputation as a “Do-Nothing Congress.”So, in their respective current sessions, both houses are busy drafting and hearing numerous bills that would easily gain bi-partisan support, among them:House Bill 3926 to make adobo national dish of the Philippines, authored by Representative Rene Relampagos of the province of Bohol.Senate Bill 1863 seeking to impose fines on establishments that refuse to serve half-cup rice orders, authored by Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.House Bill 3979 to require bottled water to be included in the menu of restaurants and fast food chains, authored by Representative Lorna Velasco (Partylist, AMA).Marcos’ bill aims to prevent unnecessary waste in the country’s main staple and to ensure enough rice supply even in times of calamity. Velasco’s bill seeks to replace sodas and sweet drinks which are responsible for obesity, diabetes and other health issues faced by Filipinos.In addition to these measures, the bi-partisan committee on ways and means has proposed two resolutions pertaining to the Congress itself:Resolution to change the official name of the Congress of the Philippines to “Restaurant Congress of the Philippines” to better reflect its legislative priorities.Resolution to rename bills to “menu.” So, henceforth, the above bills will be known as House Menu 3926 and 3979, and Senate Menu 1863.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/03/30/congress-of-the-philippines-whats-on-the-menu/#respond
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Why ousting Duterte will be disastrous for the Philippines
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2016-10-15 08:30:17+00:00
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What’s up with all this talk about ousting sitting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte? That’s a no-brainer. There are certain people and parties so hungry for power that the campaign to seize Malacanang had not ended in May 2016. So it is hardly surprising that, rather than work with the incumbent Duterte administration, the Opposition seek to destroy it.I can’t speak for all Get Real Post writers who were critical of former President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III, but over the course of his six-year term, there was never a time that I wished Aquino to be deposed extra-constitutionally. I and many of my colleagues may have been the harshest critics of Aquino back then, but I cannot recall any suggestion that the solution to the problems besetting the Philippines under his rule was an ouster.To end his term prematurely would have given him and his supporters the benefit of the doubt as to whether or not he would have ended his term being regarded a great leader. As it turns out, his failure as a president and the profound, broad-based disillusionment it created amongst Filipinos paved the way for Duterte’s win in 2016 on the back of a protest vote — and ended a 30-year era characterised by the domination of Filipinos’ minds by the Yellow “people power” ideology of the Aquino-Cojuangco clan.Indeed, what happened to former President Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada is a case study of how ousted presidents could, enjoying that benefit of the doubt, mount a victorious comeback. Erap, despite having been ousted just three years into his term via a “people power” revolt in 2001, almost won the 2010 presidential election and then went on to become mayor of Manila following a successful bid in the 2013 election.Today, we are, of course, talking about an Opposition camp famous for their addiction to “people power”-styled “revolutions”. So it is hardly surprising that talk of another one such is in the air this early. In fact, it is interesting that a key figure in the 1986 “revolution”, former President Fidel Ramos, is at the centre of speculation surrounding this possibility.Credited for “handing” Duterte the presidency, Ramos has suddenly turned into a vocal critic of the Duterte government. Though his motives and timing for criticising Duterte are reportedly “unclear”, many agree that “he may be putting his foot down to salvage ties with Washington frayed by Duterte’s almost daily barrage of expletive-laced insults at Manila’s longtime ally.”Suffice to say, a move to oust Duterte now will likely seriously backfire. Duterte remains a popular president with a following of fierce social media activists that one self-appointed “thought leader” suggests have “weaponised” the Internet. He is also the first president coming from the Philippines’ deep south in Mindanao, a region which holds a long-standing grudge with the Philippines’ northern tribes seen to be ruling the archipelago from the capital in its northern island of Luzon, now deridingly called “Imperial Manila”.Politicians who traditionally hold court in Imperial Manila are now widely-seen to be in cahoots with the established order of oligarchs and big business taipans who benefit from the status quo that Duterte is seemingly dismantling. A move to oust Duterte now could foment a fatal divide in an already-polarised society like the Philippines that could be disastrous — even bloody.The best recourse is to allow democracy to, well, be a democracy. The only thing certain today is that Duterte will either succeed or fail as president after six years. Cutting that term short will result in bets on either outcome left unresolved. It will not result in the same electoral closure that had decisively put up Aquino and his inner camp of Yellow supporters as abject failures and effectively closed a 30-year era of Yellow ascendancy.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/10/ousting-duterte-will-disastrous-philippines/#comments
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Leni Robredo On Group Photo At Holocaust Memorial: Wala Namang Nakalibing Doon
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['Pol Pinoy']
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18/04/2018 0:00
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Back from her junket to Europe, with other politicians including Senator Kiko Pangilinan, Vice President Leni Robredo defended the viral group photo showing her and her group posing and smiling at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany.Robredo said she sees nothing wrong with the photo, first posted online by Ifugao Representative Teddy Baguilat, Jr.“Eh wala namang nakalibing doon, so anong problema?” (Nobody’s buried there, so what’s the problem?)“What so disrespectful about that,” she added.Dear Madam, that’s why it’s called Holocaust Memorial, not Holocaust Cemetery.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/04/18/leni-robredo-on-group-photo-at-holocaust-memorial-wala-namang-nakalibing-doon/#respond
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Marcos Family Wants To Purchase Malacañang Palace
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['Pol Pinoy']
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28/05/2016 0:00
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Upon learning that Philippine President-elect Rod Duterte plans to transfer the seat of government from Manila to Davao City, the Marcos family submitted a bid to purchase Malacañang, the presidential palace, for an undisclosed amount.Lawyers of former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos and Senator Bongbong Marcos told The Adobo Chronicles that the family would like to return to Malacañang, their official residence for twenty years.The Marcoses had hoped to return to the palace through Bongbong who ran for the position of vice president in the recently-concluded elections and whose ultimate goal was to become president. Unfortunately, Bongbong lost the VP contest to LeniRobredo.“Rather than let the palace go to waste and be vacant, the Marcoses said the government may just as well convert the massive property into cash to benefit the national treasury,” the lawyers indicated.The only stipulation in the purchase proposal is that all of the frozen Marcos assets be released by the Philippine government so that the family will have the funds to fully pay in cash.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/05/28/marcos-family-wants-to-purchase-malacanang-palace/#respond
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Leila de Lima should resign to show respect for Filipinos and the Senate
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2016-11-17 12:39:14+00:00
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In other countries, the normal and the right thing a disgraced politician would do is resign. This is a noble gesture to demonstrate personal accountability for damage a politician may have caused the public office he or she occupies. It is a show of respect for one’s country and government.These virtues cannot be used to describe Senator Leila de Lima. De Lima has, time again since she won a seat in the Philippine Senate, shown that she is not worthy of the respect a Philippine senator is supposedly entitled to. This is because she has repeatedly disrespected her office. She used it to launch a media circus against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, acted inappropriately in a manner unbecoming of a Philippine Senator, lied to her colleagues, the media, and the Filipino people, and tainted the institution with scandal over her past indiscretions.She also made a mockery of the feminist movement. She attempted to excuse her very public sexual indiscretions with a subordinate who is currently on the run from a summons to attend a congressional probe by describing it as an outcome arising from the “frailties of a woman”. In doing so, she has shown that she is not above playing the victim card o the back of a gender debate skewed towards political correctness.No less than the Filipino women’s rights advocate group Gabriela denounced all this in a statement that asserted that “so-called frailties of women even men or any gender can never be cited as a defense for crimes, be it adultery, abuse of authority by a public official or drug trafficking.”But instead of taking personal accountability and do the honourable thing by resigning her post, de Lima seems bent on clinging to power at all costs – including passing blame to someone else…“My track record as a public official, first as Commission on Human Rights chair and next as secretary of justice, speaks for itself. My record and my reputation have been untarnished until now because of all these unjust, unfair and false allegations and fabricated lies against my alleged involvement in the drug trade. I have made my peace with my past and my family. I don’t know if my primary attacker can say the same,” De Lima said in a statement, adding that her mission is to stop the extrajudicial killings and summary executions happening in our country, as well as to address other social issues.Indeed, whatever it is that de Lima is trying to achieve while in the Senate, it seems that none of it has anything to do with her job as senator — to craft laws. More importantly, she has failed to be a role model to Filipinos.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/11/leila-de-lima-resign-show-respect-filipinos-senate/
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Adobo Chronicles Endorses Donald Trump For President And Here’s Why
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['Pol Pinoy']
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20/07/2016 0:00
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EDITORIALToday, The Adobo Chronicles is pleased and honored to announce that we have decided to endorse Donald Trump to be the next president of the United States.While we normally do not engage in partisan politics in order to maintain our fairness and objectivity as a news organization, we are making this exception, just this time. We apologize in advance to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.We have watched politics all over the world and we know as well as you do that candidates for public office make a lot of campaign promises that ultimately and surely remain unfulfilled.But to our surprise, Trump is one candidate who fulfills his campaign promises even before he gets elected and for that he deserves to be the leader of the most beautiful and powerful country on earth, our beloved United States of America.Already, Mr. Trump has fulfilled his first major promise when he launched his presidential bid. He HAS built a great wall.We have the photos to prove what he has done, direct from Hollywood Boulevard’s Walk of Fame!God bless Donald Trump and God bless the United states of America!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/07/20/adobo-chronicles-endorses-donald-trump-for-president-and-heres-why/?share=email
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LOOK: Netizen explains why Mocha deserves a Senate seat on 2019
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2017-09-24 14:32:53+08:00
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Several netizens believe that Presidential Communications Operations Office Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson can continue serving the country by becoming a senator of the Philippines.Netizen Jimmy Domingo, explained why Uson has the potential to run for Senator.According to Domingo, President Duterte cannot win the election without the social media power of Mocha Uson who owned one of the biggest political Facebook page in the Philippines and the current administration knows it that’s why they kept him in the government despite of the accusations threw against her.He said that Uson’s help made Duterte’s team to spend only few because they already got some free advertisement from the social media page of the entertainer-turned-assistant secretary.Domingo explained that the rumors that Mocha’s future political plans made the opposition panic so they started to discredit Mocha by destroying her on social media, television and accusing her of spreading fake news.“If Mocha Uson run for the senate she will surely be number one to the horror of the yellows.” Domingo said.The netizen also said that people listen more to Mocha than to the mainstream media who were accused by the Duterte supporter of being biased against the President.Domingo also labeled Mocha as the ‘most feared nemesis of the mainstream media’He believed that even the opposition spend millions of pesos to discredit Mocha, no one can beat her in the upcoming election because of the social media support that she still received from the netizens.This is the full post of Jimmy Domingo:“If not for Mocha Uson, Duterte will not be President Why is Pres. Duterte very keen on giving government post to Mocha Uson?The reason is President Duterte is smart and humble enough to admit that he will not be president if not for Mocha Uson. Mocha Uson made history in the last election she made Rodrigo Duterte president without spending millions, without political machinery although it involve hips movement like a machinery when she and her Mocha Girls team join election rallies. This is the first time in Philippines history that a single entertainer propel a politician to presidency. Her Facebook likes and followers that is presently more than 5.3 million tells it all. What scares the opposition the most is the 2019 election if Mocha Uson run for the senate she will surely be number one to the horror of the yellows. Mocha Uson is the de facto leader of social media through her the people that is unknwon to us is made known largely through her famous Facebook page. Through Mocha Uson those unknowns could think about this among all why is it her that Trillanes single out in the Ombudsman, why is it that networks lambasted her when she made simple and very forgivable mistakes. This is the first time in history that giant media like ABS-CBN and GMA7 go hand in hand on running after Mocha Uson. Its very simple because people listen more to her than to them. ABS-CBN and GMA 7 with periodicals including the radio combine has billions worth of assets while Mocha Uson is just 1 female crusader. The importance of Mocha to the Duterte administration is so big and that much, that no matter how the mainstream media tried to make Duterte look bad all the things that they work melted away by just a simple post on Facebook of Mocha Uson. She is the most feared nemesis of mainstream media that knows that maybe their time are going to a close. And Mocha Uson is giving a face to their end. They look at Mocha Uson and realize that they are already obsolete. Just imagine if you are them looking at that someone that will make you jobless for the very near years to come. And its not only the mainstream media but the politicians as well. They look at Mocha Uson and realize that she is one of those that will replace them as elected public officials and their money even if they spend millions they will not be able to beat Mocha Uson on the next election. No one would like to be irrelevant.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/netizen-urges-mocha-run-senator-2019/
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PNP Chief Bato slams media: Nag iimbento kayo ng istorya para takutin kami!
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2017-04-24 01:54:58+08:00
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Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Friday blasted a foreign media report on two supposed senior police officials claimed that the PNP is involved in the killing of drug suspects.A report from Reuters mentioned two police officials, a retired police intelligence officer and an active-duty commander, claiming that the killings were performed by several police officers.The cops who also killed criminals will receive 10,000 pesos per head.Bato said that the story released by the foreign media was only pure hearsay and report didn’t showed some evidence that would prove their claims.He also believes that the media only inventing negative stories about War On Drugs to harass the PNP.“For all we know creation lang ng media ‘yan para takutin kami. Ike-claim ko na creation ng media iyan hangga’t hindi n’yo hinaharap sa akin ‘yan,” Dela Rosa told reporters.Bato challenged the foreign media to reveal the identity of the said police officers that they interviewed and he would face them to answer all the issues.“Hindi naman PNP nag-create niyan, kayo nagsabi niyan. Kayo nagsabi, so prove n’yo na nandyan ‘yung mga tao, existing ‘yung mga tao, palutangin n’yo complete name at mag-usap kami harap-harapan kung ano yung mga issues nila sasagutin ko,” he added.He also called the two informant as ‘cowards’ for hiding their identity behind the media.“Mga duwag ‘yun. Magaling lang magsalita nang patago. Kayo naman kasi ang nag-entertain n’yan kung sino iyang retired na pulis na iyan at active na pulis na iyan. Kung may b—g sila humarap sa media at magpakalat ng ganyang storya dapat may b sila humarap sa commander nila at sabihan ako na ganun, ganito para maaksyunan ko,”Bato is already suspicious with the motives of the foreign media in covering the War On Drugs in the Philippines.“Otherwise hangga’t hindi nila ginagawa ‘yan their motive is suspicious. Bakit ganun ang ginagawa nila,” he added.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/pnp-bato-slams-media-calls-informants-cowards-nag-iimbento-kayo-ng-istorya-para-takutin-kami/
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SAN FRANCISCO BANS WIRE CLOTHES HANGERS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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26/04/2018 0:00
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Last week, The Adobo Chronicles reported that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a proposal to ban wild and exotic animals from circuses, parades, film and television.Considered the most liberal and radical in the country, the SF Supes have approved uber measures like banning plastic bags in groceries and supermarkets and outlawing kids’ toys in McDonald’s Happy Meals.On Friday, the Board unanimously approved to ban the use of wire clothes hangers in the city and county, a measure that San Francisco’s gay community has been clamoring for in the last couple of decades.Supervisor Scott Wiener said that the “use of wire hangers is contrary to best fashion and grooming practices, what with all those ugly protruding ‘bumps’ on shirt and coat shoulders resulting from wire hanging.”In approving the measure, the Board also noted that the ban will also help reduce the number of car thefts, considering that wire hangers are a handy tool for thieves to pick car door locks.The Human Rights Commision, the largest LGBT advocacy group in the country, immediately praised the new law and said it hopes that other cities and counties throughout the country will consider a similar proposal.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/04/26/san-francisco-bans-wire-clothes-hangers/#respond
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Leni Robredo Will Step Down To Give Way To Her Daughter Aika
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['Pol Pinoy']
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27/05/2018 0:00
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Vice Presidential daughter Aika Robredo says she plans to work in the Philippines after completing the master’s program in public administration at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.VP Leni Robredo told The Adobo Chronicles that she will step down from her position to give way to her daughter’s ambition.”I have always been against political dynasties, despite the fact that I ran for public office even when my late husband was a politician,” Robredo said.”I love my daughter and I think she’ll do a better job in politics than myself.”
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/05/27/leni-robredo-will-step-down-to-give-way-to-her-daughter-aika/?share=email
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WATCH: Blogger Sass Rogando Sasot becomes emotional while confronting BBC Journalist Jonathan Head
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2017-11-13 18:06:50+08:00
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Blogger Sass Rogando Sasot became passionate in expressing her disappointment to the BBC journalist that she confronted at the International Media Center in Conrad Hotel Manila Monday.Jonathan Head was spotted by the Pro-Duterte blogger during the ASEAN Summit in the Philippines, so she didn’t let the opportunity escape and she confronted the journalist that she criticized in her blog several years ago.Sass questioned how BBC News, an international news organization, was able to interview blogger Jover Laurio of Pinoy Ako Blog who libeled her several times despite of being just a ‘very minor blogger’ in the Philippines.“How is it possible, that Jover Laurio, a very minor blogger in the Philippines, was featured by the BBC in order to defend herself against the people who outed her identity but not someone like me?” Sasot said.She also explained to Head the Jover Laurio became infamous for libeling people mostly Duterte supporters in her blog.Sasot started to became emotional when she narrated how the international media focused about the alleged ‘troll network’ of the Duterte administration while they do not care about the anti-Duterte bloggers who libeled people.“You just insulted, not just me..but millions of followers and supporters of the President,” Sasot said.“Do you know that millions of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) are doing everything, in order to combat the lies peddled by mainstream media?” she added.Sass also asked Head the contact numbers of the BBC staff behind the interview of Jover Laurio.But who’s Jonathan Head and why Sasot confronted her?Last year, Sass Rogando Sasot shared several articles of BBC’s Jonathan Head and criticized the journalist for being critical with the uterte administration.One of the first post of Sasot about Head is about the interview of the BBC journalist on a ‘self-proclaimed vigilante’ who admitted that her job is to kill drug leaders.Sasot described the article of BBC as ‘disgusting’ and she believes that the article written by Jonathan Head was a possible ‘drug cartel propaganda’She also questioned how Jonathan Head interviewed a drug pusher who’s on the run and already mistrusted anyone.“1. If Roger is on the run, how did Jonathan Head find him? 2. Who found Roger for Jonathan Head? 3. If Roger doesn’t trust anyone, as he confessed, how did Jonathan Head earn his trust?” Sassot said in her post last year.Because of this, Sass Rogando Sasot joked that Jonathan Head might be more competent than the former Justice Secretary Leila De Lima because the BBC journalist was able to find a member of the ‘death squad’ that allegedly linked to President Rodrigo Duterte.She also urged her followers to report Jonathan Head’s article on BBC News.After Sasot criticized Jonathan Head for his article about so called ‘deathsquads’ the pro-Duterte blogger shared another article of the BBC Journalist.That time, Head described Mar Roxas, the political nemesis of President Duterte as “By all accounts, a decent and capable politician…”Sasot claimed that Jonathan Head praised Mar Roxas while the journalist badly portrayed the Duterte and his supporters in his article.The BBC journalist who finally responded to the criticisms of Sasot against him denied the accusation of the pro-Duterte blogger.“Sorry but that is rubbish. I don’t know Roxas, have never met him, and have no stake in Filipino politics. That was a mild comment which deserves no such interpretation, and completely ignores what many people told me was an unreasonably favorable view of Duterte in my reporting in May.” Jonathan Head told Sass.In response, Sasot told Jonathan Head that his article is the real ‘rubbish’ because the journalist insinuating that the lady-assassin that she interviewed is doing her job as support to President Duterte’s war against illegal drugs.“Your article was rubbish, Mr Jonathan Head. The woman you interviewed is clearly hired by the police who is obviously part of a drug syndicate in the Philippines! Yet you kept on insinuating that this assassin is doing it in support of Duterte’s war on drugs.” Sass said.“That article is severely misleading. At one point it said the killer was hired to kill a pusher who did not pay his debts (drug sales?), next thing the article insinuated that it was Duterte who indirectly encouraged her. And then, you were able to interview a drug pusher on the run and who mistrusts anyone? I have a bridge for sale Mr Head.” she added.Sass also added several questions to Jonathan Head which the journalist didn’t replied.“Jonathan Head So tell us, were you really able to verify that the woman you interviewed was indeed an assassin??? Do you really want us to believe you that you ACTUALLY verified that her claims were true???” Sasot said.Sources: Sass Rogando Sasot, Mocha Uson blog.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/sass-rogando-sasot-becomes-emotional-confronts-bbc-journalist-jonathan-head/
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CVS PHARMACIES TO QUIT SMOKING OCTOBER 1 (WITH UPDATE)
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['Pol Pinoy']
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3/9/2017 0:00
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CVS Pharmacy, one of the largest drugstore chains in the country, is changing its name to CVS Health. The Rhode Island-based company also announced that all its stores will quit smoking effective October 1.Talk about cold turkey.To learn more about this announcement that has shocked both the tobacco companies and the public health community, visit the CVS web site.Update: CVS Pharmacies have quit smoking as of today, a month earlier than originally planned.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/09/03/cvs-pharmacies-to-quit-smoking-october-1/
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CBCP, Duterte Sign Historic Memorandum Of Agreement
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/07/2018 0:00
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In what is being billed as the century’s most significant coming together of Church and State anywhere in the world, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and President Rodrigo Duterte today signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that practically ends the enmity between religion and civil government.Titled “Humanae Vitale Statistics,” the MOA grants Catholic clergy the freedom to use the pulpit to criticize the Duterte government without fear of reprisal from government. It also grants Malacañang the right to demand that the President deliver the Sunday homily at a Catholic Church of his choosing for the rest of his term.Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque told The Adobo Chronicles that Duterte will first be making the rounds of Catholic Churches in Metro Manila, followed by churches in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).For every homily delivered by Duterte, the agreement calls for collections for that Sunday mass to be donated to Duterte’s discretionary fund to be used to help indigent Filipinos.The MOA is expected to be replicated in other Catholic Churches throughout the world.Many good things start in the Philippines!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/07/30/cbcp-duterte-sign-historic-memorandum-of-agreement/#respond
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Inquirer and Akbayan are ruining Philippine international relations
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-10-13 03:35:16+00:00
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If there is one thing I hate about President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent tirade in which he threatened to cut ties with the European Union and the United Nations is he didn’t include cursing members of Philippine mainstream media and those from the Opposition who invited the so-called foreign delegates to visit the country. It has emerged that the so-called “international delegates” are left-leaning individuals who support the socialist causes of the country’s leading leftist group Akbayan. The latter’s fingerprints are all over this “mission”. They probably provided the foreigners with the placards that read “Stop silencing dissent” and “Stop the killings”. Akbayan Representaive Tom Villarin proudly joined the pictorial holding one of the placards.The opposition has become so desperate that they have resorted to using foreigners to make their claim “legitimate”. But their tactic was exposed by the European Union itself.They think most Filipinos would be gullible enough to think that the sight of white folks protesting against Duterte would be enough to trigger mass hysteria. It is quite ironic that Akbayan would use foreigners to advance their causes. Aren’t they supposed to be espousing nationalistic causes? Perhaps they’ll use anyone or anything as long as it favours their agenda. Members of the mainstream media allied with the Opposition jumped on the story straight away. The Philippine Daily Inquirer even featured the visit as a top headline on its 10th October edition.The Inquirer wrote “Malacañang had no immediate comment on the EU mission’s statements” at the end of their write-up. Either they purposely wanted to make people believe that these foreigners were members of the European Union or they didn’t bother checking if they were EU representatives as their profession requires them to. Either way, this is more proof that mainstream media, particularly the Inquirer, cannot be trusted to give accurate information.The Inquirer has not issued a correction despite the EU issuing a statement that these so-called foreign delegates do not represent the sentiments of the EU. They simply moved on as if they were not party to the spread of false information. How can the operators of this major publication sleep at night? They do not care if their actions result in damaging the country’s relationship with the international community.While Duterte’s tirade was misdirected at the wrong group of people, it compelled the EU to distance itself from the actions of the foreigners who as Manila Times columnist Rigoberto Tiglao decribed as “brazen”:We have lost all sense of nationalism and integrity as an independent people if we are not angry at the PDI’s front page. It insults our country on three levels. Firstly, we should be mad at such a brazen interference in our domestic affairs. We are a sovereign country with our own Constitution, our own body of laws. What right do these Europeans have to meddle in our affairs, when we obviously still have the rule of law. Have they meddled over the US invasion of Iraq; over the hundreds of Muslims kidnapped by the US and tortured in their Guantanamo fortress, many kept nearly a decade without charges; over alleged genocide of the Rohingya in Burma; or even over the ruthless police brutality in their continent, in Catalonia? What’s shocking is that these foreigners in the PDI photo don’t even represent their countries, and don’t have any substantial European constituency. They are mostly small-time but noisy NGO activists in their countries.The EU has categorically denied sending its representatives to hold a protest against Duterte and stated that media reports like the Inquirer’s report were false:“The recent visit of the delegation of the ‘International Delegates of the Progressive Alliance’ to the Philippines on 8-9 October was not a ‘European Union mission,’ as falsely reported by some media outlets,” Jessen said in a statement.These foreigners should be deported as soon as possible and banned from entering the country again. They are meddling on issues they don’t understand. They only get information from biased sources like members of the Opposition. The faces of these foreigners look even more pathetic in their photo-ops now that I know they are not official members of the EU.The Inquirer should be held accountable for their false and misleading report. They have done enough damage to Philippine society. They are causing confusion locally and exporting negative perception to the world that the Philippines is a failed state without a functioning system. The publication is adding to the mounting problems the country is already facing since the previous government mismanaged it.Akbayan should also be held accountable for orchestrating this circus and misleading the public. Voters should be wary of putting them in power in the next election. Their claim that the government is silencing dissent is ridiculous since they have not stopped speaking against Duterte from Day One of his term. Their use of Senator De Lima’s detention as proof that Duterte is silencing dissenters does not make any sense since the Supreme Court also agrees that she has to stay in jail to answer the charges against her in connection with her violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act for allegedly receiving money to fund her senatorial bid in 2016 from drug lords operating a drug ring while serving time in the country’s national penitentiary.It’s about time the public identify and take a stand against the real enemies of the state. The enemies of the state are also Filipinos who are too impatient to wait for the next election. They would rather use all kinds of tactics to topple a legitimate government and cease control themselves than use democratic process. They have their own agenda but are using the guise of “caring for the victims” of the war on drugs to make the claim that Duterte needs to be removed at all cause. They will not stop until they succeed.
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Why VP Binay Will Not Win Philippine Presidential Elections Despite Leading In The Polls
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['Pol Pinoy']
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28/01/2016 0:00
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Vice President Jejomar Binay has regained the top spot in the latest Pulse Asia presidential survey, with 33 percent compared with Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s 23 percent and Senator Grace Poe’s 21 percent.But that doesn’t mean Binay is going to win in the May elections. Here’s why:The survey was a two-part question, with the following sample response:Question No. 1: Who will you vote for as the next president of the Philippines?Answer: Jejomar BinayQuestion No. 2: Are you a registered voter?Answer: No(Our Manila correspondent Merphix A. contributed to this report)
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ROSE FOSTANES AND SUSAN BOYLE TO RECORD NEW SINGLE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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15/01/2017 0:00
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Filipina Rose Fostanes and Scottish Susan Boyle have many things in common. Both have humble beginnings: Rose is a caregiver working in Tel Aviv and Susan was a trainee cook in her native Scotland. They have incredible musical talent and joined television singing competitions at past 40 years old which is really irrelevant to this story. Audiences were skeptical, almost cynical, about their winning the competitions.Both are singing champions in countries other than their own: Susan winning in Britain’s Got Talent and Rose winning in this week’s X Factor Israel.Today, being the entrepreneur that he is, Simon Cowell who originated both shows in Great Britain, announced that he is producing a new single that would feature a duet by both women.The song was composed by Sir Elton John and is titled “I Dreamed It My Way.” Susan, of course, became famous for her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” during her audition on Britain’s Got Talent and Rose’s finale song on X Factor Israel was Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.”Pre-orders of the single, yet to be recorded, have already reached One Million.
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Adobo Chronicles
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Sen. Antonio Trillanes “glad” that VP Robredo resigns from Duterte’s Cabinet
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2016-12-04 22:00:15+08:00
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Senator Antonio Trillanes released a statement on his twitter account on Leni’s resignation as HUDCC Secretary of President Duterte’s Cabinet.Trillanes was glad to know that Vice President Leni Robredo decided to leave the Cabinet of President Duterte earlier. He believes that the resignation of Robredo was bound to happen.Statement (1/2): The resignation of VP Robredo fr. the cabinet was bound to happen, and Im so glad it happened sooner than later. — Antonio Trillanes IV (@TrillanesSonny) December 4, 2016The reason why Trillanes was glad because the Vice President may be tainted by the Duterte admin’s politics of death, divisiveness,deceit and impunity.@TrillanesSonny Statement(2/2): Otherwise,she would hve been tainted by d Duterte Admin's politics of death,divisiveness,deceit & impunity. — Antonio Trillanes IV (@TrillanesSonny) December 4, 2016Vice President Leni Robredo was one of the harshest critics of the burial of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. She is also one of the Cabinet members of President Duterte who sometimes opposed the decision of the President.According to Sec. Jun Evasco, cabinet members who can’t support the decision of the President should resign from their position.
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SCOTT WALKER PROPOSES U.S.-CANADA BORDER; RICK SANTORUM WANTS SEA WALL AROUND ALASKA AND HAWAII
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['Pol Pinoy']
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31/08/2018 0:00
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are hugging the limelight where it shines most: illegal immigration. Everyone is getting tired of Trump’s “great wall” along the U.S. southern border with Mexico. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker just found a new hot button issue to help beef up his campaign: build a U.S. northern border. In an interview for NBC’s “Meet the Press”, Walker said his tough talk to securing the borders and enforcing U.S. laws extends to the 5,525-mile Canadian border as well.It’s a shift from most campaign-trail rhetoric, which has focused on the border with Mexico, where millions undocumented immigrants have entered the country.Not wanting to be left behind, former Senator Rick Santorum came up with his own border policy idea. He wants a sea wall built around all islands in the state of Hawaii to deter undocumented immigrants from Asia and the Pacific from entering the U.S. He is also proposing a similar sea wall between Alaska and Russia. (Many will recall that while campaigning for vice president, former Governor Sarah Palin said that she can see Russia from her backyard.)The Republicans may finally see a tighter competition among its presidential candidates.Will Trump’s commanding lead in the polls finally drop?Will other candidates join the bandwagon and align themselves with the border Republicans?
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Adobo Chronicles
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How Did Your Fighter Fare?
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2016-02-24 03:23:39+00:00
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There were many flaws in the First Philippine Presidential debate 2016. Most everyone complained that there were too many commercials and the candidates were not given enough time to answer in depth. In fact, the flaws of the debate mirrored the same flaws in the Philippine political system. Beholden to commercial interests, not enough substance, not enough time (think term limits and no reelection), and extremely showbiz. Yet despite these glaring shortcomings, we take what we can get. The debates at least managed to put everybody on the same stage, and even though the format left much to be desired (at the end of “Round 1”, I was half expecting a scantily clad woman to walk across the stage holding a placard announcing the next round), it still managed to reveal quite a lot about each candidate.Binay – on my scorecard was neutral to negative after the debates. He dodged and danced around a bit, but all along was very low energy. His volume was low key. Instead he kept on jabbing at the same spot–how the current administration was incompetent. He managed to give his side on the anti-dynasty movement (Why deny people who want to serve, as long as they are qualified. Why deny if they are voted in by the people?). However, his counter to Roxas’s jibe about there being two Makatis, the rich one of Ayala, and the drug-infested one of the Binay’s was weak. He seemed too flustered and too busy trying to come off as statesman-like.Poe – Clearly the most articulate and prepared of the bunch. If Binay was low key, she was practically brimming with energy. Her training for this bout showed in the statistics and facts she pulled out at opportune moments. She parried Roxas’s attack on her being inexperienced i.e. an OJT (on the job trainee) as if she saw it coming a mile away. Her counter attack, that a new perspective was needed to solve the problems that remain unsolved, was very effective. She even managed a dig at Roxas for the MRT mess, albeit an almost gentle smack on the hand. Poe speaks well in three languages: Tagalog, English, and Millenial-speak. She targets and connects with the young audience that will decide this election.Duterte – The man has his own style, which you either love or hate. Many prissy Manila intellectuals automatically recoil at the gruff, unpolished speech. This is the same manicured, country club set that says Duterte looks like a driver, and cant even wear his barong properly. Duterte however managed to charm, with his rapport and sympathy with the ailing Santiago, even assisting her on the stage. His answer to the charges of womanizing was brilliant — drawing guffaws and applause from the audience, at least that portion of the audience who believe that a public servant’s personal life is his own affair, and that children learn primarily from their parents, not by emulating the sexual mores of the president of their country. But Duterte threw the knockout punch when he said the reason he was there, and wanted to serve, was because he loved this country. From a man who is brutally frank and almost incapable of artifice, this simple statement spoke volumes. You felt it in the gut. Say what you want about Duterte but it would be wrong to doubt his sincerity.Santiago – The veteran pugilist seemed like the toll of all those years in the ring have made their mark. Many couldn’t get past her bloated appearance and stammering speech; she is after all afflicted with the dreaded cancer. Like the pro, she still managed some zingers but it was all rote and muscle memory. You throw your left, I counter with my right. Her best moment was probably the statement that she did not want to spend her last years in bed but rather continuing to serve her country. One has to admire heart, especially when the body cannot keep up with it anymore.Roxas – He comes out of his corner swinging wildly. The man throws punches left and right, indiscriminately. Going negative –this is the logical strategy of the underdog with nothing to lose. The problem is Roxas is inherently a weak puncher and his blows are easily parried, as were done by Poe and Duterte. Binay had a harder time but as mentioned previously, he didn’t really bring his game attitude to this bout.Among the closing statements, Roxas’s was the most memorable–for its sheer awfulness. Given a minute, he used up half the time to talk about how rich and privileged he was, in a painfully obvious wind up to the uppercut– that “I want you to have the same things.” Which raises the question…does he mean he wants all Filipinos to be a wealthy scion of a political dynast family, heir to Araneta money and connections?I have made this statement before, fight fans. Roxas should fire all his trainers. They are killing him from the inside faster than a punch to the gut that leads to internal haemmorage. With trainers like these who needs political opponents? True enough, his punch thrown at Duterte about being able to buy drugs in Davao has become the latest social media joke (see image).So what to expect from the 2nd debate? Many are already raising complaints that it will be hosted by ABS-CBN which they claim has always been biased to the administration candidate. Still others are warning the network to tone down the amount of advertising. I am personally going to boycott all companies that buy ad time for the 2nd presidential debate. Let’s scare them sponsors so that we can have an informative, dignified and impartial 2nd Philippine Presidential debate 2016.
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In Photos: The President is on a Fight
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2016-09-14 16:03:29+08:00
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President Rodrigo Duterte went to grace the 48th anniversary of the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing at the Villamor Airbase in Pasay City. The commander-in-chief revealed that the Yellow Forces are planning to impeach him.The President said that all of the attacks against him even before he flew to Laos for ASEAN summit until he got back in the country are plots of the “Yellows”.After an hour of speaking before the Air Force men, Duterte joined a kind of fight on a table. A boodle fight is a traditional dinner at the military.Look how gamely the President is in a boodle fight. Indeed, he is a rockstar!What can you say about this? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/photos-president-fight/
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British Government Clarifies News Report About Visa-Free Entry By Filipinos Into The UK
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['Pol Pinoy']
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20/08/2016 0:00
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The British government today issued a clarification regarding a news report published in the Da1lymail.com that Filipinos are now eligible to visit the United Kingdom without obtaining a visa.The report stated that newly-appointed British Prime Minister Theresa May had announced a new visa policy for 3 countries that included the Philippines, Republic of South Africa and Rwanda.The decision reportedly took into consideration the Socio-Economic, Political, Foreign and Human Rights Policies instituted over the past 60 months by the named countries.Today, however, the Office of the British Prime Minister clarified that the news report is not entirely true, saying that only Filipino citizens who speak with a British accent are eligible for the new visa-free policy.So, Pinoys, it’s time to practice your British accent!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/08/20/british-government-clarifies-news-report-about-visa-free-entry-by-filipinos-into-the-uk/?share=email
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When A President Misspells A Word
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['Pol Pinoy']
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31/05/2017 0:00
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No other president in history has ever been so careless in his tweets, often misspelling words that kids easily ace in the National Spelling Bee. Like Donald Trump. Like ‘covfefe.’Trump’s tweet has gone viral but no one has dared to correct his spelling.Well, we will.The correct spelling is ‘cofveve.’ It means to have coffee ☕️ first and converse later.Let’s hope Trump can correctly pronounce ‘nuclear,’ unlike that other President who says it the ‘nucular’ way.Calling the attention of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos!
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Adobo Chronicles
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8-Year-Old Boy Dedicates Heartfelt Poem To President Duterte, Asks Tablet For His Birthday
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['Vic Patnugot']
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8/8/2017 0:00
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A young poet from Marinduque goes viral with his impressive poem which he dedicates to President Duterte. Alexis Fabrero, who resides at Sitio Apartahan Barangay Tigwi, Torrijos, Marinduque recited the poem he wrote in front of a cellphone camera while standing on a mound of dirt in their vegetable garden brandishing a machete on his hip for effect.The video quickly gained traction as many social media users find his poem both impressive and inspiring. He delivered the poem like a classic poet pouring emotions to each and every word complete with gestures.The machete he wore on his hip, which he uses to help his father work their vegetable garden, only gave a nationalistic effect to his recital which of many us found amusing.According to report by Marinduque News, a local website in that province, Alexis is a grade 3 student in elementary and is a consistent honor student in his class.The young poet wishes to have the opportunity to shake hands with the president as a gift for his upcoming birthday on August 6. He also wanted to ask for a scholarship for his two younger siblings as well as for himself. Marinduque News reports that the video of Alexis reciting his heartfelt poem has already been viewed over a million times and garnered almost 30 thousand shares and counting as of this writing.Aside from having the chance to shake the hands of the president, he also wanted a tablet for his birthday prompting the the editors of Marinduque News to open a donation drive where netizens may donate so that they may buy him a present.Here's the video of Alexis Fabrero, now dubbed as Batang Makata ng Bayan, reciting his poem for President Duterte, followed by the full transcript below:“Magandang araw po, sa taga It’s ShowtimeLalo kay Ate Vice, sa inyong lahat diyanAko ay nagsadya, sa inyong harapanUpang makiusap, ako ay payaganTula sa pangulo dito sa programa, kanyang mapakinggan.Magandang araw po, kagalang-galanganMahal na pangulong, kapitag-pitaganSa sandaling ito, sa’yo po’y nagpupugay.Ako po ay batang, taga MarinduqueHinubog sa aral at gawang mabutiMay takot sa Diyos sa droga’y tumanggiBawal magpasaway, ng hindi magsisi.Sa aking panonood, ng mga balitaAking namamasdan, ang inyong mga mukhaSa loob at labas, nitong ating bansaAking namamalas, ang inyo pong mga gawa.Sa murang isip ko, akin pong nalamanKayo ang pangulong, mabait matapangPuso’y maawain, laging mapagbigaySa lahat ng taong, nangangailangan.Subali’t kung taong matigas ang uloSa bayan ay pasaway, ayaw magbagoLipulin ang salot, sakit ng gobyerno.Ako po ay kampi, sa inyo ay panigAlam kong tama lang, parusang ginamitKung hindi gagawin, kastigong makisigMas lalong darami, mga taong adik.Para po sa akin, bilang isang bataSa aking paglaki, paligid ko’y payapaSaan man magpunta, makisalamuhaSaan mang panig, sulok nitong bansa.Kaya salamat po, sa pagmamalasakitLipulin ang salot, sa aming paligidKami ay mamuhay, ng walang ligaligPuno ng pangarap, payapa’t tahimik.Ako po ay mayroon, isang kahilinganNa dapat idulog, sa inyong harapanBilang pagkilala, sa inyong tagumpayNais kong personal, kayong makamayan.Kung mangyari iyon, sa’kin ay biyayaNa dapat ipagbunyi, ng isip ko’t diwaItong Pilipinas ay malayang bansaLahat pantay pantay, may isang bandila.Sa aking pagtanda, di ko lilimutinNa isang pangulong, nagmulat sa akinAkoy magtiwala, sa kanyang layuninSiya’y inspirasyon, saan man makarating.Kaya salamat po, ako’y pinakingganBinigyang pansin, tula kong inialaySa isang pangulong, dangal nitong bayan.Salamat Ate Vice sa iyong kabaitanAking habilin, pusong nagmamahalIka’y mayakap, ng buong paggalangRegalo mong tablet, aking iingatan.Share this article if you think this kid deserves to meet President Duterte.
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Gumagawa lang daw ng sariling statistics! PNP exec debunks Trillanes claims vs. Davao City
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2018-02-16 10:15:08+08:00
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Philippine National Police (PNP) Directorate for Operations chief Director Camilo Cascolan debunked the claims of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV that Davao City is considered as the ‘most dangerous place’ in the country.According to Cascolan, Trillanes should study the crime statistics of Davao City first before saying anything against the bailiwick of President Rodrigo Duterte.He said that PNP is ready to give the legitimate crime statistics of Davao City to Senator Trillanes if he’s willing to see it.“Ewan ko kung ano motibo niya but I think he has to study his statistics. We will give him the stats if he wants to so he will know what is happening in Davao City,” Cascolan said.The PNP exec also said that Trillanes deserved to be a ‘persona non grata’ in Davao City for his derogatory remarks and false info that he spread during a forum in Chicago, USA.Davao City councilors led by Vice Mayor Bernard Al-ag decided to ban Trillanes in visiting Davao City because of his remarks against their hometown and people.“Good for him because he is actually doing a lot of fake news when it comes to murder and rape,” Cascolan said.Cascolan pointed out that Davao City was considered as the safest city in the Philippines, according to a survey conducted two years ago.“He cannot say that Davao City is not safe. There was actually a survey I think it was done in 2015 or 2016 and Davao City is said to be the safest city considering that if you go out at night wala na problema,” he added.”He believed that when President Duterte became the the highest official in the Philippines, many criminals became hesitant to do their old bad habits.“Because wala na yung mga criminal na sinasabi nilang (there is no more criminal that they say) hounding our people during night time,” he said.According to an article of Philippine Star published on 2016, Davao City posted the number of murder incidents from 2010 to 2015.The statistics was released during the time of former PNP chief, Director General Ricardo Marquez who’s an appointee of former President Aquino.At the same time, he also expressed his disbelief to the goal of the newly-elected President at that time to eliminate the illegal drug problem in three to six months.“Baka salita lang yun. Kasi even in the most advanced countries with the best police equipment, drugs continue to happen. Crime will be a part of our lives and it is important sa kapulisan na naiintindihan nila yung trabaho nila,” Marquez said last year.It seems that Senator Trillanes used the same statistics released by PNP during that time and became his basis to label Davao City as ‘dangerous’ and likened the supporters of President Duterte to the ‘North Koreans’.“Pero yung mga taga Davao ay so brainwashed into believing that Davao City is the safest city, not only in the Philippines, but in the world.” he said.“Tanungin mo sila, ganon, para silang mga North Koreans,” he added.However, several supporters of Duterte said that Trillanes should compare the size of Davao City compared to the other cities with high crime rates like Quezon City and Manila before labeling the hometown of the President as dangerous.According to Wikipedia, Davao City has a land area of 2,443.61 km2 while Quezon City has an area of only 165.33 km2.
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Look: Inday Sara, Paolo take oath
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2016-06-20 17:42:53+08:00
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Daughter of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, Inday Sara and son Paolo Duterte took oath as Mayor and Vice Mayor of Davao City Monday morning at the Hall of Justice.Look at the photos below from Paolo’s facebook:Any thoughts? Leave your comments below!
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http://duterte.today/look-inday-sara-paolo-take-oath/
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AMONG ALL ASIAN COUNTRIES, PHILIPPINES RANKS SECOND IN INTERNET SPEED
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['Pol Pinoy']
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2/6/2018 0:00
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President NoyNoy Aquino calls the Philippines the new ‘Darling of Asia,’ and he has the beef to prove it: infrastructure growth, foreign investments, dollar remittances from overseas Filipino workers and expatriates, and cheap labor.Now, the country has earned another distinction in terms of technology.The Philippines has just officially ranked second among all countries in Asia in as far as Internet speed is concerned. Second from the bottom, that is, next only to Afghanistan.Furthermore, Internet service in the Philippines is the most expensive and ranks among the highest in the world, and Aquino could not be any prouder.Watch the video announcement below. Click then go do your laundry. By the time you’re done, the video will finish downloading.
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Adobo Chronicles
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Sereno Interview On BBC: What Did The Inquirer See Or Hear That Most Of Us Didn’t?
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['Pol Pinoy']
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13/06/2018 0:00
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Moments after that live, BBC interview with Maria Lourdes Sereno, Internetdom exploded with posts and comments practically tagging the ousted SC Chief Justice’s responses to hard-hitting questions by host Stephen Sackur as a disaster, and concluding that she embarrassed herself, and the country.But the Philippine Daily Inquirer saw it much differently than the rest of us. In its report about the Sackur-Sereno encounter, the newspaper painted her as some heroine, one out to give voice to the voiceless Filipinos.So what did Inquirer see or hear that we didn’t?The Adobo Chronicles investigative team looked into how Inquirer came up with its story and this is what it found out:Inquirer assigned a newbie, an unpaid intern reporter to cover the story by watching the YouTube recording of the ‘Hardtalk’ program. The intern turned off the audio of the program while she played her favorite Internet game, FarmVille 2 on a split screen. She got so immersed in the game for most of the duration of the interview. Realizing she’s missing out on writing a juicy report that could cause her firing, the Intern then turned the audio back on which was at about 25 minutes into the 30-minute interview.And the rest is history, the Inquirer came up with its headline story, so different from what everyone else saw and heard.Now you know.
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Adobo Chronicles
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If Grace Poe And Bongbong Marcos Are Elected President And Vice President, One Of Them Has To Step Down
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['Pol Pinoy']
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8/3/2016 0:00
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Now that the Philippine Supreme Court has removed all legal impediments to Senator Grace Poe’s candidacy for president, it is time to look forward to the May 9, 2016 elections.Poe, the consistent frontrunner in national polls, was previously disqualified by the Commission on Elections by virtue of her being a foundling as well as questions regarding her residency.Earlier, The Adobo Chronicles reported that vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos has admitted and is standing by his statements that he and Poe are siblings. It has been rumored for quite some time that Poe, who was adopted by actors Fernando Poe, Jr. and Susan Roces, was an illegitimate child of Ferdinand E. Marcos with Rosemary Sonora, Roces’ sister.All eyes are thereforce focused on both the presidential and vice presidential race. If Poe is elected president and Marcos wins the vice presidency, one of them has to step down.Constitutional experts say that the two cannot sit as president and vice president simultaneously because of conflict of interest as well as laws against nepotism.So Poe is hoping that Marcos is not elected vice president and Marcos is hoping that Poe fails to clinch the presidency.Poe and Marcos are running under different political parties. In the Philippines, voters can choose their president from one party and the vice president from another.Sibling rivalry is real. Even in politics.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/08/if-grace-poe-and-bongbong-marcos-are-elected-president-and-vice-president-one-of-them-has-to-step-down/#respond
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‘THE LITTLE RASCALS’ : REUNITED AFTER TWENTY YEARS!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/9/2017 0:00
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2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the Hollywood film, ‘The Little Rascals.’ To celebrate the occasion, the entire cast came together to recreate the film poster that captivated movie fans 20 years ago.Some have lost hair, others grew more and one has even turned from brunette to blonde. But if there is one fact of life that we all can learn from this momentous reunion, it is this:Cats may have nine lives, but adult dogs never grow old.Happy 20th Anniversary, Big Rascals!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/09/04/the-little-rascals-reunited-after-twenty-years/#respond
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EBOLA SCARE: DONALD TRUMP CANCELS MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT
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['Pol Pinoy']
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26/10/2017 0:00
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Yesterday, The Adobo Chronicles reported that Donald Trump, franchise owner of the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant was quarantined for 21 days for exhibiting never-before-known symptoms of Ebola.Today, Trump announced from his undisclosed quarantine quarters that he was canceling the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant scheduled for January in the City of Doral, Florida.(Doral, incorporated on June 24, 2003, is a city located in north-central Miami-Dade County, Florida. Conveniently located just one mile from Miami International Airport and twelve miles from Downtown Miami, the city is home to approximately 50,213 residents.)In making the announcement, Trump said that it would be hypocritical of him to continue with the pageant since he has repeatedly asked the Obama administration to ban all incoming flights from Africa for fear of the deadly virus. The African continent sends a huge delegation of contestants to the annual Miss Universe pageant. “There just would ‘t be enough contestants to justify holding the pageant,” he said.Trump’s many businesses have recently experienced bankruptcies, and it wasn’t clear how the cancellation of the 2015 pageant will impact his overall business empire.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/10/26/ebola-scare-donald-trump-cancels-miss-universe-pageant/
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Michele Bachmann Defends Trump, Says She Always Has Her Pack Of Tic Tacs
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['Pol Pinoy']
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8/10/2016 0:00
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Former Minesotta Representative Michele Bachmann is not at all bothered by Donald Trump’s comments about kissing and groping women. It’s just ‘bad boy talk,’ she told Chris Matthews on MSNBC.“In fact, I myself always carry a pack of tic tacs in my bag,” she said, referring to Trump’s comment about having a tic tax in his mouth before kissing women.It appears Ms. Bachmann is always ready in case she encounters Trump.We wonder is she’s also ready to let her pet pussy cat out the next time she sees the Donald.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/08/michele-bachmann-defends-trump-says-she-always-has-her-pack-of-tic-tacs/
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Philippine Version Of Hit Song ‘Despacito’ Climbs To Top Of The Charts
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['Pol Pinoy']
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25/07/2017 0:00
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Justin Bieber may have cancelled his Manila concert, but the hit song ‘Despacito’ by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee –featuring the Canadian singer — will remain in the music charts for a long time.Well, not the Bieber version, but the cover of the English-Latin song, by a talented local artist.In addition to topping the charts, the song has been adopted as the official theme music of the Duterte administration.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/07/25/philippine-version-of-hit-song-despacito-climbs-to-top-of-the-charts/?share=email
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The gay who hurts his mother on a viral video is now identified
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2016-03-02 13:54:43+08:00
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The whole internet was disturbed by the video that has gone viral on Facebook yesterday.The video shows a gay man hurting his mother in front of his friends.Many people criticised the abusive son and they vowed that this person will receive the right punishment of the law.Finally the person on the video was finally identified by the Netizens and there are some rumours that women rights activist is already in action to file a case against the suspect.This gay man identified to be Dheng Cheon Alvarez, a resident of Manila City, he is working as a part time parlorist in his friend.Many people is still criticising Dheng until now and the Netizens is willing to help the poor mother of the suspect.“We are here to give some moral support for the mother of Dheng who experienced physical abuse from his own son”One of the Netizen said to our source.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/gay-hurts-mother-viral-video-now-identified/
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IF ELECTED PRESIDENT, DUTERTE WILL ABOLISH CONGRESS, BINAY WILL ABOLISH THE PRESIDENCY
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['Pol Pinoy']
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22/03/2018 0:00
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Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to end corruption by abolishing Philippine Congress, and to increase the salaries of government employees, if he is elected president in 2016. Duterte is considered one of the strong contenders for president, although he has not yet decided whether or not to run.“If we will follow the presidential form of government, it will take us 40 to 50 years before we can achieve the needed reforms,” Duterte told guests during the Federalism Forum here last Thursday.Reacting to Duterte’s statement, Vice President Jejomar Binay who is considered the frontrunner in the 2016 presidential race, countered by saying that if elected, he will abolish the Office of the President. Instead, Binay said he will establish a monarchy.“I believe that the Royal form of government is the only answer to the country’s problems,” Binay said, adding that too much politics is the root of all corruption in the Philippines.Binay said that a monarchy will also eliminate the need for future elections which are always tainted with fraud, since the head of the monarchy is always determined by ascendancy.Imagine Malacañang, the presidential palace, occupied by Haring Jejomar (King Jejomar), Reyna Elenita (Queen Elenita), Prinsepe Junjun (Prince JunJun), Prinsesa Abigail (Princess Abigail) and Prinsesa Nancy (Princess Nancy).So if you want a monarchy for the Philippines, vote for Binay in 2016!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/03/22/if-elected-president-duterte-will-abolish-congress-binay-will-abolish-the-presidency/
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VERIZON BUYS AOL, WILL OFFER NEW CUSTOMERS FREE INTERNET ACCESS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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12/5/2018 0:00
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Verizon said Tuesday that it would buy AOL at $50 a share in a deal with an estimated value of $4.4 billion. The move is an effort to expand Verizon’s digital and video offerings.So, if you’ve been holding on to your AOL account all these years, you’re in luck!As part of the deal, all AOL account holders who switch to Verizon for their Internet, phone and email servcies will get free Internet access for life!Dial-up, that is.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/12/verizon-buys-aol-will-offer-new-customers-free-internet-access/
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Trump Favors Abolishing Electoral College
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['Pol Pinoy']
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21/12/2016 0:00
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For the first time since winning the presidential elections in November, Donald Trump is now publicly endorsing the abolition of the electoral college.Trump won the presidency with the required electoral college votes, but lost to Hillary Clinton by as much as 3 Million in the popular vote.“It’s time to make our electoral process reflective of the true will of the American people,” Trump tweeted at 3 a.m. today, adding that “the electoral college should be replaced with Trump University.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/12/21/trump-favors-abolishing-electoral-college/?share=email
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LONGGANISA, TOCINO MAKERS DISPUTE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION PRONOUNCEMENT ON CANCER
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['Pol Pinoy']
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26/10/2017 0:00
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What would a Filipino breakfast be like without longganisa (sausage) and tocino (pork or chicken cured meat)? Both, of course, are processed meats which the World Health Organization (WHO) is now officially saying cause cancer.WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in a report released in the Lancet medical journal, says that many studies show the links between cancer and the consumption of hot dog, bacon, red meat and processed pork, beef and lamb.“These findings further support current public health recommendations to limit intake of meat,” Dr. Christopher Wild, who directs IARC, said in a statement.Edgardo de la Cruz, president of the National Association of Longganisa and Tocino Makers (NALTM) said his group disputes the WHO findings, saying that Filipinos (and Filipino expatriates) have been eating their products every morning for many decades without any reports of increased cancer incidence.“It is unfair to single out processed meat among the many food products and beverages that do, indeed, cause cancer,” de la Cruz said, adding, “We demand that WHO retract its statement because it will have a very serious impact on the longganisa and tocino business.”NALTM is afraid that the WHO announcement will cause heart attack among small business owners who depend on longannisa and tocino-making, much more than processed meat will cause cancer.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/10/26/longganisa-tocino-makers-dispute-world-health-organization-pronouncement-on-cancer/
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Senators Hard At Work: Hontiveros Wants To Declare August As Monsoon Month; Poe Wants Inquiry On Kris Aquino’s Role in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’
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['Pol Pinoy']
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20/08/2018 0:00
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The Philippines’ Senate probably holds the distinction of being the most hardworking legislature anywhere in the world.Here’s more proof:Senator Risa Hontiveros, fresh from her proposal to declare August 16 as a National Day of Remembrance to honor Kian Delos Santos, the 17-year-old who was killed in anti-drug operations of Caloocan City police last year , is now proposing to declare the entire month of August as ‘Monsoon Month.’ Hontiveros said this is to sympathize with millions of Filipinos who have experienced non-stop monsoon rains this month . Her bill leaves it up to local government units (LGUs) on how they would like to celebrate or commemorate the occasion., is now proposing to declare the entire month of August as ‘Monsoon Month.’ Hontiveros said this is to sympathize with millions of Filipinos who have experienced . Her bill leaves it up to local government units (LGUs) on how they would like to celebrate or commemorate the occasion. Senator Grace Poe who is known for her fierce advocacy against fake news, derailed planes at NAIA and other national issues, is now proposing to hold a Senate inquiry on the role of Kris Aquino in the Hollywood box office hit, “Crazy Rich Asians.” Specifically, Poe wants to invite the film’s producers to question them on why Aquino’s screen appearance took just seconds despite all the hoopla about the Queen of all Media’s ‘first MAJOR Hollywood project” and the huge number of luggages and garment bags she brought with her to Singapore during the filming.If you have any advocacy you would like the lady Senators to focus on, please contact their Senate offices directly.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/08/20/senators-hard-at-work-hontiveros-wants-to-declare-august-as-monsoon-month-poe-wants-inquiry-on-kris-aquinos-role-in-crazy-rich-asians/?share=email
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Donald Trump Challenges Marco Rubio To A Size Contest
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/3/2016 0:00
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You saw it all at last night’s Republican presidential debate. Donald Trump held up his two hands and asked the audience if they looked like small hands to them. Then, referring to Marco Rubio’s previous comments that something else in Trump was mostly likely small as well, the frontrunner candidate assured everyone that there definitely wasn’t any problem down there.Now, hours after that contentious albeit very entertaining debate in Detroit, Trump has challenged Rubio to a size contest.“Let’s bare it all for the world to see who is big and who is small,” Trump said.He was, of course, referring to the size of their brains.Rubio has yet to accept the challenge.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/04/donald-trump-challenges-marco-rubio-to-a-size-contest/
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Veteran columnist reveals Globe and Smart telecom allegedly funding the terrorist group NPA for P3 billion a year
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2018-01-14 10:19:24+08:00
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Manila Times Columnist Rigoberto Tiglao had a shocking revelation that he wrote in his January 12 article.In his article, Tiglao said that the two telecom giants in the Philippines, Smart and Globe has became the biggest source of money for the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the terrorist group New People’s Army.His sources said that the two companies, financed the CPP-NPA in exchange of the safety of their 20,000 telecom towers that built all over the country which cannot be guarded by the authorities all the time.Tiglao believed that the lowering cases of cell sites being destroyed by the terrorist group is because of the alleged agreement between the two companies and the terrorists.“The telcos have calculated that it is cheaper to pay the NPA than hire heavily armed private security guards, who have proven again and again to be so quick to surrender to communist terrorists. “The NPA in many instances, didn’t even have to fight the security guards,” a source said. “The NPA simply tells them they will attack the site, and the security guards abandon their posts. Why shouldn’t they?” Tiglao said in his article.Tiglao wrote that the telcos is giving 3 billion pesos to the CPP-NPA and the huge part of the money are received directly by their top leaders including the Filipino Communist chairman Joma Sison who’s still in exile in the Netherlands.“NPA had been demanding “P50,000 to P200,000 as yearly tax per site, and as much as P500,000 for a newly set up cell site.” Tiglao said.Tiglao also mentioned that a military intelligence source said that there’s a secret alliance between the telcos and communists, moreover the NPA encampments usually had a strong cell signals that the rebels rely on.New People’s Army officials were also spotted using the latest Apple laptops that connected on the internet which they allegedly used to communicate with their members.The two telcos are not yet giving any comments on the accusations of Tiglao.What can you say about this, do you believe on the claims of Tiglao against the two telcos? Comment your thoughts below!
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/veteran-columnist-reveals-globe-smart-telecom-allegedly-funding-terrorist-group-npa-p3-billion-year/
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EXCLUSIVE! This Is How DU30 Will Insult Leni Robredo During His SONA
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['Pol Pinoy']
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20/07/2018 0:00
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Leni Robredo has said that she will attend Rodrigo Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday and is ready to face insults from the President.The Adobo Chronicles has obtained a copy of the President’s speech, and indeed, he will insult Robredo right at the beginning of his SONA.Here’s the first paragraph of the speech:Mr. Senate President, Mr. Speaker, esteemed Justices of the Supreme Court, our brave men and women of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, my fellow countrymen…
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/07/20/exclusive-this-is-how-du30-will-insult-leni-robredo-during-his-sona/
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CNN CALLS 2016 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FOR HILLARY
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['Pol Pinoy']
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10/12/2016 0:00
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The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election is over. At 10:12 p.m, eastern time last night, the most respected and credible cable news network in the world called the election and declared Hillary Clinton the winner.Republicans and the red states are just now just waking up to the news that they had lost yet another election without even trying.Soon after calling the election, CNN reported that President Hillary Clinton has arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa, to join President Barack Obama and former Presidents George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter at ceremonies honoring the late Nelson Mandela.The Adobo Chronicles has learned that elaborate plans for Clinton’s inauguration in January 2017 are now being put together. No less than future First Man Bill Clinton is heading up the inaugural committee.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2013/12/10/cnn-calls-2016-u-s-presidential-elections-for-hillary/?share=email
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About Those Facebook Disclaimers And Statements You’ve Been Posting
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['Pol Pinoy']
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16/10/2016 0:00
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If you have posted the following statement or disclosure on your Facebook page, this is for you.Just in case: Deadline tomorrow !!! (and yesterday and the day before and the weeks and months before .)Everything you’ve ever posted becomes public from tomorrow. (They’ve always been public since the inception of the Internet.)Even messages that have been deleted or the photos not allowed. (Yes, these too have always been public.)It costs nothing for a simple copy and paste, better safe than sorry. (You’ll be sorry for posting or reposting this because you’ve just increased the chances that your personal info got into the hands of people you don’t even know.)Channel 13 News talked about the change in Facebook’s privacy policy (and so did every Tom, Dick and Harry.)I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, messages or posts, both past and future. (They always have with or without your knowledge or permission.)With this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. (This statement absolutely does nothing.)The content of this profile is private and confidential information. (Good luck, kiddo!)The violation of privacy can be punished by law (UCC 1-308- 1 1 308-103 and the Rome Statute). (What, The Vatican is behind all this?)NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. (Duh!)All members must post a note like this. If you prefer, you can copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates. DO NOT SHARE. Copy and paste (OK, did you read what we just said above????)PEACE!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/16/about-those-facebook-disclaimers-and-statements-youve-been-posting/
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League Of City Mayors Launch Campaign To Defeat Senatorial Candidate Florin Hilbay
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['Pol Pinoy']
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21/10/2018 0:00
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Be careful what you say because it could always come back to haunt you.Such is the fate of Florin Hilbay, the Solicitor General during the administration of President NoyNoy Aquino.Last week, he filed his Certificate of Candidacy for the 2019 Senatorial elections.But alas, the campaign period has not even officially started but the mayors belonging to the League of Cities of the Philippines have already launched a campaign to make sure Hilbay loses in the election.Many will recall that sometime last year, in criticizing President Rodrigo Duterte, Hilbay all but insulted the country’s city mayors, saying that “mayors are not really trained…at the level of international politics.”Well, it looks like international politics is not the issue here. Hilbay faces a huge challenge in local politics in his bid to be a national legislator.Moral of the story: don’t mess with city mayors!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/10/21/league-of-city-mayors-launch-campaign-to-defeat-senatorial-candidate-florin-hilbay/
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Unidentified Man Buys $27M Worth Of Power Ball Tickets, Is Guaranteed To Win Tonight
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['Pol Pinoy']
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13/01/2016 0:00
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It is the biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history — $1.5 Billion and counting. And someone, for sure, is going to win it tonight!An unidentified man who lives in New Orleans, Lousiana, spent the last 48 hours making the rounds of convenience and other stores selling Power Ball lottery tickets, purchasing a total of $27 Million worth of tickets. At $2 a piece, that’s at least 14 Million tickets.The man, inspired by mathematical analyses of possible number combinations to hit one of 13,983,816 ways to win the jackpot, said that he is investing all of his money in tonight’s drawing. He has also mortaged all his property.Assuming the final Power Ball jackpot is $1.5 Billion, and he pays up to 50% of his winnings in taxes, he would still net $750 Million, making his $27 Million investment all worth it.That is, of course, also assuming that no one else picks the winning combination in tonight’s drawing.So, don’t give up. You still have one in 14 Million chances to win the Power Ball. Or two in 14 Million chances, if you buy two tickets. And so on…
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/01/13/unidentified-man-buys-27m-worth-of-power-ball-tickets-is-guaranteed-to-win-tonight/?share=email
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Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach Challenges Filipina Women Petitioners To A Fist Fight
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['Pol Pinoy']
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12/10/2016 0:00
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Reigning Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines has challenged an elite group of Filipina women who have signed a letter to the Miss Universe Organization to cancel the pageant in the Philippines to a fist fight.The letter is petitioning that the upcoming Miss Universe pageant not be held in the Philippines in January as scheduled.The petitioners cited the current political atmosphere in the Philippines as well as what they perceived to be an anti-women stance of the Duterte administration as among the reasons to cancel the pageant in the Philippines.But Wurtzbach is not taking this issue just sitting down.In a post on her Facebook page, she assured the beauty pageant-loving Filipinos that she will take care of making sure the popular international beauty contest will be held in the Philippines as scheduled.She also challenged the petitioners to a fist fight if it comes down to that.“When I won the Miss Universe crown, I said that I want to be “confidently beautiful with a heart.” My heart goes out to the Filipino people who take pride in being the host country for this popular international beauty pageant,” Wurtzbach said.What a fighter our Miss Universe is!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/12/miss-universe-pia-alonzo-wurtzbach-challenges-filipina-women-petitioners-to-a-fist-fight/
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“Savage Girl” excited to become a Tita to a baby girl soon
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2017-01-29 00:19:52+08:00
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Many Netizens were horrified when they saw the Facebook account used by Liezyl Margallo, 23 years old when she was hiding in different parts of the Philippines because of her crimes that raped and tortured children in exchange of money together with her partner Peter Gerard Scully.Margallo, admitted that she’s hiding in the name Shannon Carpio when she was arrested this week in Malapascua Island in Cebu.“Savage Girl” was arrested for luring children and operating pedophile ring who produced a video titled “Daisy” that considered by many investigators as the worst child abuse video that they ever seen.Margallo and Scully’s victims are crying non-stop while being tortured and raped while being watched by their customers coming from different parts of the world who’s ready to pay hundreds of thousands just to view them live.The couple allegedly victimized nine children that Margallo lured in Mindanao.But when the Netizens discovered the Facebook account used by Margallo, one of the photos posted by Shannon Carpio last year is about her excitement to become a tita to a baby girl.This is her post:Im floating in the air Going to be a Tita soon. Welcome to the club baby Girl. See you soon, congratulations to my wonderful brother and sister in Law wish u all the best in the near future with my beautiful niece Love you always #ItsAGirl#welcomeToTheFamily#niece #many Netizens were horrified that she still felt an excitement for the future of her niece after what she did to many children and described it as “creepy”This is some of the reactions of the Netizens when they saw the post of Margallo.Many believes that Margallo is one of the candidates for death penalty if ever that the Duterte administration reimposed it.
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/savage-girl-excited-become-tita-baby-girl-soon/
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Kim Kardashian Has The Last Laugh In Paris Robbery
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/10/2016 0:00
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Armed robbers forced their way into a private Paris residence where Kim Kardashian West was staying, tied her up and locked her in a bathroom before making off with more than $10 million worth of jewelry, police officials said.A spokeswoman for Kardashian West said the reality TV star, who was in Paris attending fashion week shows, was badly shaken but physically unharmed. Police said she left Paris Monday morning.Today, Kardashian revealed that all the jewelry taken from her, including a ring given to her by husband Kanye West, were all fake, just costume jewelry.Kardashian definitely had the last laugh, but we can’t say the same thing for Kanye.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/04/kim-kardashian-has-the-last-laugh-in-paris-robbery/#respond
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PHILIPPINE PORK BARREL SCAM: ‘NAPOLES LIST’ FINALLY REVEALED
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['Pol Pinoy']
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25/05/2017 0:00
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After weeks of intense pressure from senators and congressmen as well as the media, Philippine Justice Secretary Leila de Lima finally revealed the so-called ‘Napoles List’ which contained names of individuals that benefited from the 10 Billion-peso pork barrel scam. The scam allegedly siphoned taxpayer money into ghost nongovernmental organiztions (NGOs) and projects as well as the pockets of senators, congressmen, Aquino administration officials, the Justice Department, journalists and yes, even Catholic bishops.The ‘Napoles List’ was contained in a signed affidavit obtained from suspected pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles. De Lima persistently refused to make the list public, saying that the Justice Department needed more time to conduct a more thorough investigation of the celebrated case.But today, de Lima made the list public.The Adobo Chronicles obtained an early copy of the list. Because of limited space, we are publishing the list in installments of ten, starting with these names:Elena Magtanggol Perla Silanganan Bayani Magiliw Alana Puso Lupa Hinirang Duhat Magiting Dibdiban de la Cruz Juan Tamadino Dyesebel Moreno Darna ZobelWhile no senators and congressmen are on this initial list, it does not mean that they are scathe-free. In fact this initial list are names of mistresses and gigolos of senators and congressmen who received money from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel funds.Stay tuned for the next installment.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/05/25/philippine-pork-barrel-scam-napoles-list-finally-revealed/#respond
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This Is Not A Hoax: Pastor Prays Over Mayor Duterte So He And Bongbong Marcos Will Win Elections!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/04/2016 0:00
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We begin this news report with a disclaimer: THIS IS NOT A HOAX.In one of perhaps the most awkward moments in Philippine political history, a pastor publicly prayed over Mayor Rodrigo Duterte asking the Almighty to bless the candidate so he will win the elections as the new president of the country.It happened during a campaign rally attended by Duterte and his vice presidential running mate Senator Alan Cayetano.But while the pastor prayed for Duterte, he also prayed for a vice presidential candidate to win the elections. His name was not Alan Cayetano, but Bongbong Marcos.Here is the video:
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/04/30/this-is-not-a-hoax-pastor-prays-over-mayor-duterte-so-he-and-bongbong-marcos-will-win-elections/
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Miss Universe: Mar Roxas Will Be Pia’s Escort On Homecoming Parade Float
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['Pol Pinoy']
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6/1/2016 0:00
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The stage in Metro Manla is set for the grand homecoming of Filipina Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.Stella Marquez Araneta, chairperson of the Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc., (BPCI) today announced that Wurtzbach will be coming home on January 23 , will have a press conference on the 24th and a grand parade on the 25th.BPCI, the local franchise owner for the Miss Universe pageant, is leaving no stone unturned to make this the biggest and most memorable homecoming for a Filipina international beauty queen ever. The Philippines has waited 42 years for another Miss Universe crown. Margarita Moran won the crown in 1973 while Gloria Diaz won it in 1969.Marquez said the BPCI is coordinating very closely with Malacañang (the presidential palace) to make the January 25 parade successful. She also announced that Wurtzbach will have a very private audience with President Aquino before the parade. Aquino was rumored to have dated Wurtzbach in early 2015.As for the parade itself, Marquez said that presidential candidate Mar Roxas — Aquino’s anointed one — will escort the New Miss Universe on the parade float.It is Malacañang’s hope that this will give Roxas a much-needed boost in the polls. National and Metro Manila surveys have consistently put Roxas at the bottom among the declared presidential candidates, lagging behind Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Grace Poe and Vice President Jejomar Binay (Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago is in 5th place).In exchange for the privilege of Roxas as the parade escort, Malacañang has promised to donate an undisclosed amount to BPCI to be charged against DAP, the Aquino administration’s controversial and unconstitutional Disbursement Acceleration Program.Welcome home, Pia!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/01/06/miss-universe-mar-roxas-will-be-pias-escort-on-homecoming-parade-float/
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LOOK: List of senators who voted “YES” and “NO” to Martial Law until December 31
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2017-07-22 18:08:13+08:00
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The majority of the 17th Congress of the Philippines gave an extension to the Martial Law imposed by President Rodrigo Duterte in the whole island of Mindanao until December 31 this year.16 out of 24 senators voted in favor of Martial law while four opposed it.Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Nancy Binay didn’t voted because of their absence to the joint session held by congress Saturday.Meanwhile, Senator Leila De Lima was detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center that made her disallowed to vote.This is the result of the voting:YES TO MARTIAL LAW EXTENSION:Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel IIISenate President Pro Tempore Ralph RectoMajority Leader Vicente Sotto “Tito” Sotto IIISonny AngaraJoseph Victor EjercitoFranchis “Chiz” EscuderoSherwin GatchalianRichard GordonGregorio “Gringo” HonasanPanfilo “Ping” LacsonLoren LegardaManny PacquiaoGrace PoeJoel VillanuevaCynthia VillarMiguel ZubiriNO TO MARTIAL LAW EXTENSION:Minority Leader Franklin DrilonFrancis “Kiko” PangilinanPaolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IVRisa HontiverosABSENT:Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (out of country)Senator Nancy Binay (in a foreign trip)Meanwhile, the majority of the members of the house of the representatives favored the extension of Martial Law in Mindanao.261 members of the congress favored the martial law, while 14 opposed it.The lawmakers who opposed the martial law extension are Representatives Gary Alejano, Lito Atienza, Teddy Baguilat, JC Belmonte, Gabriel Bordado, Arlene Brosas, Ariel Casilao, France Castro, Emmi De Jesus, Sarah Jane Elago, Edcel Lagman, Antonio Tinio, Tom Villarin and Carlos Zarate.Only 158 votes from both houses of Congress were needed to get a majority of the votes.The members of the opposition on Saturday expressed their fear for the possible expansion of martial law in the whole Philippines because of the tremendous amount of support got by the Duterte administration from the 17th congress.“Hindi pa rin panatag ang loob natin na kung sakali sa darating na mga araw na magkaroon ng isolated acts of terrorism either in the Visayas or in Luzon, will this be the basis to declare martial law in Luzon, in Visayas or nationwide?” Senator Pangilinan said.Hontiveros also insisted that Martial Law would not help the military to their anti-terrorism operations in Marawi.“Absent any plausible explanation, I can only reach one conclusion: martial law has no strategic contribution to the military’s anti-terrorism operations in Marawi,” Hontiveros said.“I fear that the plan to extend the martial law in Mindanao will pave the way for a Philippines-wide martial law,” she added.The Malacañang also released a statement following the support gained by the extension of martial law in Mindanao, saying that ‘the debate is over’ and the government must now continue their job to fulfill President Rodrigo Duterte’s promise to Mindanao.“We thank Congress for approving the extension of martial law until December 31, 2017,” Presidential Spokesperson Abella said.This week, President Rodrigo Duterte asked for a 150 day extension of martial law in Mindanao to exterminate the armed groups that brought chaos in the southern part of the Philippines.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/look-list-senators-voted-yes-no-martial-law-december-31/
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Miss Universe Returns To The Philippines, Tax Woman Confiscates Her Crown
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['Pol Pinoy']
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23/01/2016 0:00
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Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach arrived in her native Philippines today to a warm welcome at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). She wasn’t wearing her $300,000 crown.In her brief statement upon arrival, Wurtzbach thanked all who trooped to the airport in the early hours of the morning to welcome her. She did not mention anything about her missing crown.However, The Adobo Chronicles just learned that the crown was personally confiscated by the Philippines’ chief tax woman, Kim Henares of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). The BIR commissioner was on hand to greet her at the airport’s VIP lounge with an official tax statement demanding $30,000 (1.4 Million pesos) in taxes for the bejeweled crown.When Wurtzbach refused to pay up, saying that the crown is just “on loan” to her for the duration of her reign, Henares ordered her tax agents to confiscate the crown.Miss Universe is scheduled to hold a press conference tomorrow and is expected to reveal details of the confiscated crown.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/01/23/miss-universe-returns-to-the-philippines-tax-woman-confiscates-her-crown/?share=email
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GAY PRIDE AFTERMATH: NYPD COP FIRED FOR GOING BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY
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['Pol Pinoy']
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29/06/2018 0:00
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especially in your police uniform.”Upon hearing the news, several New York gay bars reached out to the officer, offering him a job as security guard or bouncer.The Adobo Chronicles® could not independently confirm the police officer’s sexual orientation.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/29/gay-pride-aftermath-nypd-cop-fired-for-going-beyond-the-call-of-duty/#comments
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Inday Sara reveals secrets of Kiko, Risa, Trillanes last election
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2017-10-12 08:26:56+08:00
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Hunger Games of the Philippines. This is how Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte defined the new political group of the opposition called Tindig Pilipinas for mimicking the 3-finger sign.Inday revealed some moments she had with Senator Kiko Pangilinan, Trillanes, and Risa Hontiveros last election through a post on her facebook account.Read her full message below:Kiko Pangilinan- Several years ago nagkita tayo dito sa Davao, sa isang golf club, pinuntuhan mo si PRD. Gusto mo tumakbo Presidente, ansabe mo? “With Sharon’s indorsement and your (PRD) indorsement I’m sure I can make it.” Dati pa-indorse ka sa kanya ngayon may pa hunger games salute effect ka. Risa Hontiveros – Sa picture ikaw ang pinaka makapal ang foundation acheng. Habang tinutulungan ko si PRD at ang nanay ko mangampanya, nasa byaheng du30 ako, ilang beses mo ako inabala, kinulit at tinawagan para humingi ka ng tulong sa boto mo sa Davao City? I can remember your bored face listening to me in our law office just so you can get support for Davao. Trillanes – Years ago, nagrequest ka makipag kita sa akin dito sa Davao,nasa Damosa ka, ano sabi ko sa emissary mo? No. You know why? I never liked your circus sa Manila Peninsula. Pero meron ako picture na nakipagkita ka kay PRD kasi humingi ka ng tulong niya sa VP campaign mo. VP Robredo – I’ll reserve my remarks kasi sabi mo naman hindi ka member ng Hunger Games Pilipinas. Lahat ito hindi chismis kasi personal knowledge ko at may corroborative witnesses ako. Matanong ko lang, nung mga panahon na humingi kayo ng tulong, may isyu ba kayo sa governance ni PRD? Wala. Ngayon na nanalo na siya? Meron. Hunger Games, Pilipinas: Plastic na, oportunista pa. Kayo 3 may ambisyon mag Presidente, I grew up in politics, mas matagal pako sa pulitika kesa sa inyo 3 combined. I smell ambition a million miles away. Akala ninyo yung circus ninyo ngayon magpapanalo sa inyo sa 2022? Hindi. Ano ititindig niyo? Paninindigang Trapo. Mamuyboy ko? Yes. You don’t use PRD whenever convenient para sa pulitika ninyo. Kung wala ang boto ng Mindanao, mananalo kaya kayo?Ouch!READ PART 2 here > “Yellow senators react, Inday Sara strikes again” http://duterte.today/part2-yellow-senators-react-inday-sara-strikes/What can you say about this post of Mayor Inday? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/inday-sara-reveals-secrets-kiko-risa-trillanes-last-election/
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President Rody Duterte won by landslide
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2016-05-09 19:38:01+08:00
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PDP Laban Presidential aspirant Rody Duterte is leading the Partial and Unofficial Results and according to some analyst, there is no chance that Grace Poe or Mar Roxas is going to win anymore.Mayor Duterte is still leading by 4-5M to the second placer Grace Poe and some analyst expected that this gap will still increase.Many supporters is planning to celebrate the victory of Mayor Rody Duterte in their homes.We interviewed some of the supporters of other Presidentiables and said that they already accepted the result and they are willing to cooperate with the next President of the Philippines.“We congratulate Mayor Rody Duterte, please do what you promised in the Philippines” One of the Netizen said to our source.The soon to be President Rody Duterte offered friendship to his opponents.Rody Duterte said that his victory party in Malacanang will be simple and no liquor will be served, only cola.The final result of the election will be announced on the next day.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/president-rody-duterte-won-landslide/
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Duterte Orders Closure Of Baguio City
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['Pol Pinoy']
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25/03/2018 0:00
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First, it was Boracay that President Rodrigo Duterte ordered closed for rehabilitation. Next up is Baguio City, the summer capital of the Philippines.The annual Holy Week trek to this mountain resort has begun. Thousands upon thousands of lowlanders go up to Baguio to escape the summer heat and to experience a breath of fresh and cool air that the city is famous for.But alas, many visitors may not find what they’re looking for. Gone is the scent of pine trees. Gone are the sunflowers that adorn the facade of the city’s mountains and hills. Traffic has become a nightmare, and pollution has become an everyday occurence. Visitors can expect a short supply of water and electricity. It’s an environmental disaster.So today, Holy Monday, President Duterte ordered the closure of Baguio City and gave local officials 60 days to rehabilitate this once-upon-a-time R&R haven for the U.S. military.The closure begins Monday after Easter Sunday.So if you’re in Baguio now, make the most of it. Unless you’re a city resident, this may be your last chance to go horseback-riding, shopping for fresh vegetables and strawberries, and wearing the sweater that’s been kept in your closet all year round.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/03/25/duterte-orders-closure-of-baguio-city/
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EU Ends Visa-Free Travel For Americans; Philippines To End Visa-Free Travel For EU Citizens
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['Pol Pinoy']
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23/05/2017 0:00
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as part of a reciprocity agreement. US citizens can normally travel to all countries in the bloc without a visa.The vote urges the revocation of the scheme within two months, meaning Americans will have to apply for extra documents for 12 months after the European Commission implements a “delegated act” to bring the change into effect.Meanwhile, in the Philippines, lawmakers are set to vote for the revocation of the visa waiver for citizens of the European Union traveling to the island nation. This, after the EU Parliament passed two resolutions that interferes with the internal affairs of the Philippines.Filipino Senators and Congressmen declared EU as ‘persona non grata’ after it called for the investigation of the alleged extrajudicial killings under President Rodrigo Duterte’s War on Drugs and demanding the immediate release of incarcerated Senator Leila De Lima who has been charged with drug-related crimes.Under current Philippine immigration law, citizens of EU countries can visit the Philippines for up to 30 days without a visa.If the new law is passed, EU citizens will be forced to never leave home without a visa (in addition to American Express and MasterCard) when traveling to the Philippines 🇵🇭.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/05/23/eu-ends-visa-free-travel-for-americans-philippines-to-end-visa-free-travel-for-eu-citizens/?share=email
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(VIDEO) AMERICA RUNNING OUT OF WHITE MALE COMEDIANS FOR LATE-NIGHT SHOWS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/03/2018 0:00
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male and white.On Monday, Comedy Central announced that Trevor Noah, a biracial South African will replace Jon Stewart as the new host of “The Daily Show” when the latter steps down later this year.One can just imagine the shock with which White America learned of Stewart’s replacement. “Comedy Central is going nuts,” said one late-night TV redneck fan. “How dare they put someone on late night TV who looks like just 13% of the population?”“He’s not even an American,” quipped another talk show enthusiast from Texas. (Nevermind that talk show hosts Craig Ferguson is Scottish and both James Cordon and John Oliver are Brits).Noah will become the second black late-night show host when he takes over ‘The Daily Show,’ joining Larry Wilmore, who is also black, host of ‘The Nightly Show.’As the British like to say, “Keep Calm” America, White is on the way out. Black is in. Can we all just get along?
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/03/30/video-america-running-out-of-white-male-comedians-for-late-night-shows/?share=email
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Facts matter in the Philippines, but only the facts that favour its elite
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2017-11-29 06:08:50+00:00
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The irony in the clique of “social media influencers” who hosted an event dubbed a forum on “Truth, Trust, and Democracy in the Age of Selfies, Trolls and Bots” just flies over people’s pointed heads. The event was organised “by the Journalism for Nation Building Foundation (JNBF), Rappler, and other stakeholder groups”. This is not mentioning, of course, that “other stakeholder groups” very likely only included groups who agree with the organisers on all points.So the dynamics of this little powow played out quite predictably. Basically, it was a gathering of onion-skinned crybabies from mainstream media (or those who closely schmooze with its execs) who cannot accept they are losing the battle to secure their traditional dominance over the discourse. They discussed how “bots” and “trolls” are supposedly having a chilling effect on “dissenters” but seemed to conveniently ignore the nature of key personalities in their ranks such as Florin Hilbay and Tonyo Cruz who are notorious for blocking all dissenting opinion and even making downright slanderous claims on their Twitter accounts.Indeed, Cruz in particular, was part of a panel of “experts” discussing, get this, the “limits of free speech”. Considering that Cruz sees no limit to his entitlement to making slanderous remarks about other social media personalities, it comes across as quite rich to see him part of this picture. Even more interesting is how “serial blockers” such as Cruz and Hilbay seem to be inconsistent with their own amigos in these little cliques when it comes to dealing with “trolls”. The eminent “journalist” Ed Lingao who sat with Cruz in this panel, for one, insists: “You have to engage them (trolls) because we cannot leave the internet to them.” Unfortunately Lingao stopped short of calling out deserters in his camp like Cruz and Hilbay whose cowardices are contributing to their mounting loss of territory to the enemy “trolls”.The inconsistency is surprising considering that this particular panel was a notably inbred one. Aside from Cruz and Lingao, two other celebrated heart-bleeders — Caloy “God’s Gift to Philippine Human Rights” Conde and Leloy “The Atenean – period” Claudio — sat as members in this panel to add to the din of mutual high-fives being verbally exchanged. Not really sure what kind of thinking went into deciding on the composition of this panel, but one would think that such a panel would have been made more dynamic had it been a bit more diverse in terms of points of view and partisan leanings represented.Two words can describe what went on in that panel: intellectual dishonesty. Indeed, that term can even be extended to describe the bigger soirée overall. The output of this affair cannot really be considered to be a good basis for drawing conclusions if the scope of input excluded such a broad swathe of the social media landscape. More inclusiveness would have contributed to making this occassion and its outcomes a bit more credible. Instead it merely sent out and reenforced the same messages that are pre-engineered to appeal to a narrow subset of the broader community of social media communicators. In short, it all seemed quite contrived — even scripted.Rather than address the root cause of why the mainstream is rapidly losing ground and why its credibility is on a death spiral, the notion of a “fake news” epidemic and an invasion of online “trolls” is put up as a scapegoat and a strawman to wax liberal rhetoric around. This focus on burning “fake news” and the “trolls” who bear them in effigy has reduced these Catholic-school educated latte-sipping clique of “activists” into no more than a swarm of moths flying around the liberal light in ever-smaller circles. They mirror the sad picture painted in the post-mortem written by Trent Lapinski of the catastrophic loss of the United States’ Democrats to current US President Donald Trump in the last elections…By only following other liberals on social media, and only reading liberal or corporate news, once again ignoring reality. When Hillary Clinton was caught rigging the primary against Bernie Sanders, and Democrats nominated her anyway they ignored reality. Everyone was simply insulating themselves within their own echo chamber ignoring anything outside their bubble.…which may as well be the post-mortem on the crushing defeat of the Philippines’ own Liberal Party in the 2016 elections. From what we’ve seen in the way “Truth, Trust, and Democracy in the Age of Selfies, Trolls and Bots” was conducted, it seems none of the hard lessons had been learned.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/11/facts-matter-in-the-philippines-but-only-the-facts-that-favour-its-elite/#comments
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Davao-based American writes open letter to netizens, priests who celebrated in the middle of the flood & fire tragedies that struck Davao City
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2017-12-26 23:13:49+08:00
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An expat living in the Philippines, slammed the netizens and a priest who celebrated the misfortunes happened in Davao City.Jonathan A. Watson, a writer working in Davao City, expressed his anger towards the people that spreading ‘toxic comments’ on the twin tragedies happened in the said city by writing an open letter addressed to them.Amid the mourning of the whole Davao City on the death of their fellow Dabawenyos, Watson read several comments from the netizens who hated President Rodrigo Duterte, celebrating and laughing over the victims of NCCC Mall tragedy.The expat said that he don’t know the victims personally, but he cried after reading the statements from the relatives of the call center agents who got trapped inside the burning building.In his open letter, he said that while the President was waiting patiently together with the families of the NCCC fire victims, the anti-Duterte’s were only sitting behind their computers while ridiculing and celebrating the tragedy happened in Davao City.Watson’s post became more interesting after he mentioned a Davao-based priest who made a laugh emoticon over an article about the NCCC Fire.He didn’t named the priest, but he hinted that the priest taught at Ateneo, but originally living in Manila.This is his whole open letter:Dear people outside of Davao, I understand some of you hate Duterte. If that’s your opinion, okay, that’s fine. But all of us are mourning right now over the flood and fire, and we do not appreciate you laughing at him for crying over the victims. Just because you perceive someone to be a bad politician, doesn’t mean that he/she doesn’t have a sense of human empathy. All of us Dabaweynos mourn in solidarity. Could they be fake tears like you say? Sure, let’s call your perception a possibility, but do you really think it’s the time to do that? I’m not a Leni fan, but I wouldn’t even do that to her. I don’t even know these victims and I cried reading after the statements of their loved ones. I found out all about it after working from midnight to six this morning helping pack relief goods for the flood evacuees. When I woke up, I was sore, not just from working my arse off to at least help do something, but sore inside from all the toxic comments. While some of us are doing something about the problems that hit our city- even Duterte, who didn’t have to be there- you sit behind your computers and laugh. I know for some of you it’s just concerning him, and not the victims, but we’ve also gotten people laughing at anything tragic that happens to us merely out of hate for a leader out from our land. If you can’t pack goods, put out fires, console evacuees and victim’s families, then I advise you to shut up. It’s Christmas and we don’t need anymore of your negativity. I was also appalled to see a certain individual make a laugh emoticon over the article- someone who taught at Ateneo here but is originally from Manila. He’s a priest. For the sake of mercy, the greatest Christmas gift given to us by our Lord, I won’t reveal names. But you know who you are. I’ve no problem with you disliking the President, but if you’re going to be a priest, act like it. Please. That being said, to all of those making fun of the President, the situation, or both, I don’t hate you. I believe you can turn around and stop. And I hope you all have a lovely Christmas. But please, for our sake here, stop with the negativity. God bless, and Merry Christmas.The post of Watson received thousands of reactions and shares from the netizens who were also shocked and disturbed on how the anti-Dutertes reacted on the tragedies happened in Davao City.“Wow!i can fully understand some trolls for hating the president but a priest?!!can’t believe a priest can do such thing!!what happen to catholic priest in the philippines??instead of uniting the people, they are a source of hate and division in our country..unbelievable” Netizen Ivy Garcia said.“Some people forget that if a tragedy happens to another city, Davao is always there to help!We will rise again!” Rizza Pioquinto-Sabid remarked“Hindi ko inilahat but sana nman mga taga manila respetuhin nyo kaming mga taga mindanao wag niyo kaming ilolookdown na parang hindi niyo kami kalahi iba-iba language natin pero pareho tayong mga pilipino. Respect us tulad ng pag respeto namin sainyu pag dumayo kayo dito sa mindanao. Porket taga mindanao presidente natin gaganyanin na ninyu? Why? Duterte is a filipino too hindi porket ang manila ang capital city ng pilipinas dapat taga diyan rin nakatira ang magiging presidente. I’m not saying this sa lahat ng taga manila this is for those who disrespect us for being a “taga mindanao.” Donica Dela Torre Rivas wrote.The year-end celebration of Davao City was cancelled by two tragedies, first is the typhoon Vinta that ravaged Mindanao and second is the NCCC mall fire which killed 37 people.On Tuesday President Rodrigo Duterte promised to get the truth about a blaze in his home city.“I assured them… that the truth will — let the truth come out,” Duterte said. “That is what they are asking for. Just the truth of what happened.”
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/davao-based-american-writes-open-letter-netizens-priests-celebrated-middle-flood-fire-tragedies-struck-davao/
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The New Adobo Chronicles : Separating Fact From Fiction
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/03/2016 0:00
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This is no April Fools’ joke. Effective immediately, The Adobo Chronicles will have a new look!As it reaches its third anniversary, attracting close to 22 Million viewers worldwide, the Chronicles, known for its up-to-date news stories based — mostly — on facts, will now let its followers and readers discern which part of its posts is fact and which is fiction.All statements and paragraphs that are based on fact — historical and current events — will be written in italics. The rest will remain in regular font, to represent fiction.The publishers hope that with this new format, viewers will continue to enjoy and be entertained by our stories, while enabling netizens to weigh in and debate on current events happening around the globe.Here’s to many more years of Adobo!P.S. We forgot to type this entire story in italics. We apologize for our error.Another P.S. The Adobo Chronicles is a registered trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office | Registration # 4711386. And THAT is a fact!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/30/the-new-adobo-chronicles-separating-fact-from-fiction/
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Just call me Rody
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2016-07-14 21:33:40+08:00
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President Ordinary! A funny thing happened Monday night when I made a presentation before the Cabinet on the planned preparation for the expected onslaught of La Niña, the climatic phenomenon which brings unusually heavy rains.Following protocol, I started my presentation with the usual courtesies for President Rody Duterte and the members of the Cabinet.“You Excellency, members of the Cabinet …,” I said as I began to explain why, in the face of the unpredictability of climate, the country must strive to attain not only rice self-sufficiency but establish a 6-month buffer stock.Halfway through my presentation and as I kept repeating “Your Excellency” to address President Duterte, I noticed that he pulled a piece of paper and a ballpen from Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez.Sec. Dominguez sits between me and the President.After scribbling something on the piece of paper, President Duterte pushed it to Sec. Dominguez who passed it on to me.Pausing from my presentation to read the Presidential note, I saw the message:“Stop addressing me Your Excellency. Just call me Rody,” the note from the President said.I chuckled and told him: “Sorry, Mr. President.”While he simply wanted me and the other members of the Cabinet to call him “Rody,” protocol dictates that we address him using his title “Mr. President.”This is how simple this President is.This is the President who told airport authorities not to suspend commercial flights whenever he uses the airport.This is the President who has instructed his Cabinet members to travel economy class and to use ordinary vehicles without the No. 6 plate reserved for Department Secretaries.He leads by example in living a simple lifestyle.President Duterte is President Ordinary.Actually, by being very ordinary he has in fact become President Extra-Ordinary. BY MANNY PIÑOLAny words about this story? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/just-call-me-rody/
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The Light-A-Fire Movement was not Heroic
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2016-03-19 19:42:56+00:00
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One nearly forgotten chapter of Martial Law history was revived with the recent death of a controversial figure of the time: Steve Psinakis, one of the leaders of a terrorist group called the Light-A-Fire Movement. It was a group of upper class people who decided that violence was the solution against Martial Law abuse, and they perpetrated a lot of terrorist acts, including a bombing of the prestigious mall Rustan’s Makati, leading to around 70 people injured and one American death.Some articles looking at the history of this group tend to lionize the members are “freedom fighters” or “heroes,” simply because they were anti-Marcos. It’s based on the logic that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” and that “the enemy of a villain is always a hero.” It’s twisted logic that leads to questionable alliances and impunity.Simply put, the guys were terrorists. Even the articles that call them “freedom fighters” admit that that they operated in a way similar to Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups: the buying of weapons and explosives, training in terrorist methods, and risking innocent people’s lives just to destabilize a regime. American investigators found evidence of these activities. To use a commenter’s words, they were fighting evil with evil.Some people would say, Martial Law was abusive, so there is a reason for violence. Fight fire with fire (perhaps similar to the politicially correct rationale of Weather Underground in the 1960s). However, this is where the end does not justify the means. The use of bombings is terrorism, and even if not intended to kill people, what if an innocent suddenly gets caught in the blast? And indeed, one American innocent was claimed and others hurt. So Light-A-Fire has blood on its hands.It also becomes clear why my alma mater, Ateneo, engaged in a transfixed anti-Marcos agenda. Several of the Light-A-Fire members were Jesuits, and one member is the mother of Apo Hiking Society stalwart and eminent GRP antagonist Jim Paredes. Alfonso Yuchengco, owner of the recently money laundering-embroiled RCBC, was also a member. And Psinakis was married to a Lopez. Connect the dots.This is also another example of history being written by the victors. After Marcos was ousted in 1986, some members of the group became government officials, such as Heherson Alvarez (who I wrote about before as chasing a silly case against the Filipino chocolate product in Spain). Sadly, the charges to be pressed against the Light-A-Fire group were not pursued, despite knowledge being so openly common about their terrorist activities. Anyway, when you wonder why the Aquino regime today is so willing to cooperate with terrorists (BBL), perhaps it’s because some of them were themselves, or were associated with, terrorists.People would complain about impunity and lack of responsibility and accountability among Filipinos, and that in Philippine society, the wrongdoers are rewarded instead of punished. The Light-A-Fire Movement seems to fit this. They apparently never paid for the American life they took or the people they injured. One hopes though that charges against them could again be pursued to set the record straight, at least for the family of the man who was killed in the Rustan’s bombing. But that would be unlikely. All we could offer is something like this write-up with the goal of informing people.It’s also a chance where we can undo the twisting of the concept of heroes. Some would say, one person’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter. But when your methodology is to put at risk uninvolved civilians, you’re just a terrorist. Just because you hate someone, doing violence against that someone is “heroic.” Perhaps that is why in the 1970s, many action movies made with criminals as the “heroes.” This could either be an influence or a sign that Filipinos were losing faith in authority and discipline, but were also making it into an excuse to become me-first assholes. If we wonder why Filipinos became so bad-habited and uncaring about public space, we could probably see the process underway at that time. This mindset in Filipinos today needs to be turned around.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/03/light-fire-movement-not-heroic/
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Two senators are dumber than a first grader like Matobato, Lacson hints
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2016-09-25 14:19:40+08:00
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Sen. Panfilo Lacson responded to Senator Trillanes statement that Senators are smarter than a first grader.According to his post, Panfilo Lacson hinted that two Senators are dumber than the Senate witness Edgar Matobato, a self proclaimed assassin who worked in Davao City decades ago.“Some senators are smarter than a first grader. Two senators are dumber than the same first grader,” he said in his post.But Lacson didn’t gave the name of the two senator that he believes dumber than Matobato.Senator Antonio Trillanes claimed that some members of the panel bugged the witness.Some members of the panel were not convinced by the testimony of Matobato.Sen. Lacson, one of the members of the Justice and Human Rights Committee said that he does not find Motabato’s claims credible.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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A LUXURIOUS RESORT ISLAND VACATION AWAITS FILIPINOS RETURNING FROM EBOLA-AFFECTED COUNTRIES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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7/11/2017 0:00
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We say again: It’s More Fun in the Philippines.In the U.S., citizens returning from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa are quarantined in tents and isolated in hospitals. In the Philippines, they are offered a three-week luxury vacation in a resort island just off Manila Bay.An island hosting a Philippine Navy installation will serve as home for three weeks for 112 Filipino peacekeepers returning from Ebola-stricken Liberia. The members of the Philippine contingent will be quarantined on Caballo Island, located 2.6 miles east of Corregidor, when they return to the country on Nov. 11.“The peacekeepers will enjoy their stay in that island,” Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs chief Lt. Col. Harold Cabunoc told reporters at Camp Aguinaldo yesterday. He said the soldiers can go fishing and nature tripping. If they choose to stay indoors, the peacekeepers can surf the Internet or watch their favorite cable channel.Cabunoc said the island stay is a fitting reward for the Filipino troops who risked their lives to maintain peace in Liberia.Meanwhile, Philippine Senator Miriam Santiago proposed a new bill designating Caballo Island as a quanrantine island for all corrupt politcians convicted of or facing graft and corruption or plunder charges. “Nothing is a more appropriate punishment than isolating all evil people in the same small island,” Santiago said. “I know they can’t stand each other, so that would be a better option than locking them up in individual prison cells,” she added.
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