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Journalism is not a crime but some ‘journalists’ are downright crooked
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2016-10-05 13:51:18+00:00
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Much as it may have pained the editors of mainstream news sites like the Inquirer.net, a Get Real Post comment featured on GRPundit on the 1st October 2016, Reporters Karen Lema and Manuel Mogato of @Reuters LIED about the Duterte “Hitler” quote, was consistently cited as the place where it all started. They refer to what is purported to be a full-scale attack on Reuters “veteran reporters” Lema and Mogato by an “online lynch mob”.The account of the purported attack was first revealed in a statement issued by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) on the 3rd October 2016 and picked up by a handful of news sites. A certain Kara Patria Constantino David published the statement verbatim in a Facebook post…In a short while, [the GRPundit article had] become a meme featuring the photos of our colleagues that has been widely circulated by the President’s followers, often with added comments expanding on the call for violent punitive action, and calling for controls on freedom of the press and of expression. Mr. Duterte’s injunction to his supporters not to harm journalists and leave them to pursue independent reporting about his government seems to have fallen on deaf ears, drowned by the overflowing zeal of an army of social media warriors who are quick to deflect the slips in judgment and pronouncements he has made as if he is infallible.The statement, as evident in the excerpt above, stopped short of insinuating that GRP was the instigator of the troll attack on Mogato and Lema. Indeed, political blogger Ellen Tordesillas gave that distinction to a certain Yolly Reyes Junto who, posted the content of that GRPundit article (and, it seems, not citing her source in the post) on Facebook along with what is likely to be the meme refered to in the NUJP statement. Throughout her blog post, Tordesillas attributed the “tirade” to Junto herself…Once again, warped thinking was on full display when a Yolly Reyes Junto posted on Facebook her rant against Reuters reporters Manny Mogato and Karen Lerma over the story of President Duterte comparing himself with Adolf Hitler. Junto’s Oct. 1 post started with a purported disclaimer: “I am no Duterte fanatic. I criticize him more scathingly than anyone when his mouth is out of line. But this time, Duterte really didn’t say anything wrong.” Then her tirades against the Reuters reporters: “The real culprits behind the fuss over his Hitler comment are Karen Lerma and Manuel Mogato, two Filipino reporters of the Reuters news agency, who wrote this article: ‘Philippines’ Duterte likens himself to Hitler, wants to kill millions of drug addicts’.”To be fair, the NUJP resisted the temptation to suggest that it was the intent of GRP to instigate these threats of violence against Mogato and Lema. Get Real Post writer Paul Farol makes it clear that he stands with the NUJP “against Dutertard Attacks” and that GRP, and its broader GRP Community members, do not condone threats and attacks against anyone. Farol was (and is) himself the recipient of vicious online attacks…Personally, what really got my goat is GRP being labelled by the Inquirer.net as a “pro-Duterte” site. Our writers will attest to the fact that GRP and its administrators do not prescribe any specific position on any particular issue nor do we prescribe any partisan affiliation. Every GRP writer is at full liberty to express any position on any matter. Indeed, we rely on our broader community of readers and commenters, both on-site within our Web assets and in our Facebook communities to keep us honest.While it may be true that many of our articles (specifically mine, in particular) can be construed as Duterte-leaning, the arguments and positions taken are, like all GRP articles, firmly grounded on sound principles. In short, if there are compelling arguments against what we write, they are in our comment sections. If there are positions to be taken counter to what many claim to be “the collective GRP position” (for argument’s sake, imagining there is such a thing), we haven’t seen any compelling enough to change the general views of any one GRP writer (for now).My biased opinion starts with this: The Yellow Camp has been discredited after 30 years of No Results and, four months into the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, are yet to prove that their camp had and could have done things better. More importantly, they have yet to prove that these “extrajudicial killings” (which they have conned the world’s “journalists” into writing about rabidly) are directly linked to Malacanang or even to the police. Prove me wrong.Flaws notwithstanding, the Duterte Way continues to earn the confidence of a broad swathe of Philippine society. Could Duterte do better? Yes. Personally, I think he should shut up 80 percent of the time, stay on-script with his speechwriters, and leave the nuanced technical talk to his staff. For that matter, his staff should step up and be better at managing their boss and protect him from the crooked way Filipino and foreign journalists conspire to “interpret” his words in a way preferred by their editors.[Photo courtesy The Guardian.]
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/10/journalism-not-crime-journalists-downright-crooked/#comments
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Nostradamus Predicted the Duterte Presidency
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['View All Posts Pinoytrending']
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2016-05-12 07:20:15+08:00
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A Netizen shared on social media that Nostradamus one of the famous prophet predicted the Presidency of Rody Duterte in the Philippines.This is what the prophecy says:NOSTRADAMUS PROPHECY ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES “The Peace and Justice and the Blood of Love” From the Blessed Land Of Promise of the South Eastern…“The SUN of divinity holding the 8th fire will burn all nations having the power of the 3 stars (Philippine Flag)“Blessed are you Land of Promise, the golden 8 sunbeams shine (Philippine Flag) as noon day will shine from you”“At the Southern area He (Duterte) will be born in the Year of the SERPENT” (1989, started his might in Davao)”“And will start his work at the year of the TIGER (2010, He will be known all over the Philippines)“Land of Promise! (Philippines) the place where the Greatest Lover will arise” Glory to the Moon who became SUN!!!” (From murder capital to now safest city)“This is the Glory of all Glory, the Hope of all Ages is born at the City of Eagle (Davao)…and will end his final missiom at the Largest City”…“Blessed are you Land of Promise! (Philippines) the restorer of the Universe!!!”“Thanks of all Thanks to you, SUN OF MEN (Son of Man) Thanks for your light.”(c) Credits to the ownerThe prophecy is not yet confirmed if its really from Nostradamus.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/nostradamus-predicted-duterte-presidency/
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Yellow Bloggers Turn Their Backs On Kris Aquino
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['Pol Pinoy']
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22/04/2018 0:00
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It didn’t take long since Kris Aquino praised President Rodrigo Duterte for the Yellow bloggers to turn their backs on the ex-President’s sister.It all started when Aquino ranted on her Instagram Account following a taped segment aired by Korina Sanchez on her TV show. The segment featured Aquino’s ex-husband James Yap.Not only did Aquino call the segment a slap on her face by the Missus of former presidential candidate Mar Roxas whom Kris campaigned for; she also was all praises for Duterte’s kindness.To her surprise, Aquino was instantly blocked from the Twitter accounts of her former Yellow army friends, including Jim Paredes, Cynthia Patag, Maria Ressa and Raissa Robles.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/04/22/yellow-bloggers-turn-turn-their-backs-on-kris-aquino/
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Mocha Uson Receives International People’s Choice Award!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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5/6/2018 0:00
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‘Tis the season for awards. Incarcerated Senator Leila De Lima has received yet another award from Amnesty International, while Rappler’s Maria Ressa has been given a journalism award by the Knight Foundation.Not be be left behind, PCOO Assistant Secretry Mocha Uson has just received the International ‘People’s Choice Award’ for the blogger with the most number of followers and engagements. Uson has about 5 Million followers as compared to Rappler’s 2 Million (and declining.)Uson’s recognition is a testament to the power of the people, and to the fact that what matters most is not corporate or political influence, but whom the Filipinos trust and believe in.And it’s looking like Filipinos trust and believe in Uson, rather than Ressa and De Lima.Congrtatulations to Mocha!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/06/05/mocha-uson-receives-international-peoples-choice-award/?share=email
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FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER FINALLY COMES OUT!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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9/8/2016 0:00
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This, according to a confirmed report from The Huffington Post. Coming out in support of Edward Snowden and against the NSA’s domestic spying, that is.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2013/08/09/former-president-jimmy-carter-finally-comes-out/#respond
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3 Big Reasons Former President Ferdinand Marcos Should Be Buried Among Heroes
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['Oratio Imperata']
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3/5/2016 0:00
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There’s been a lot of talk since soon-to-be president Mayor Rodrigo Duterte announced that he would finally allow former president Ferdinand Marcos to be buried among heroes. Indeed, hardcore Marcos supporters see this as a chance to vindicate their dear leader in the annals of history and show that there was indeed some good that he had done for the country. On the other hand, there are a lot of hardcore anti-Marcos partisans who see this as an insult to history as they remember it (or are taught to remember it) and simply will not stand for the move.All in all though, Mayor Duterte only stated that he would allow it. It’s still far from official whether or not he’ll actually go through with the idea. Indeed, the man isn’t even president yet and already just about everyone already has their undies in a bind, but I digress. Thing is, there are people who are outright saying that his decision to allow former president Marcos to be buried in the “Libingan ng mga Bayani” (Graveyard of Heroes) may decide whether or not people will be endeared to him in the upcoming six years that he will be president of our beloved country.If you ask me though, I will say that burying former president Marcos with heroes is certainly a good idea and this is not just because I am a Marcos supporter mind you. Well, yes, I am indeed a supporter of the Marcos family and a pureblood Ilocano to boot (if that actually means anything) but I’m not just saying this to promote them. Indeed, despite being a Marcos supporter myself, I am often rather leery of Imelda Marcos as she brings rather questionable implications to my mind but I think I’ll just reserve said implications for another article. Still, the idea of former president Marcos being buried among heroes brings me hope and here’s why:It Will Finally Bring Closure To The Whole WorksLook, I may support the Marcos family and their efforts but I also think it’s time we moved on from the past. Truth be told, while I doubt the Marcos regime is far from perfect, the presidents that followed them were either no better or possibly even worse. That is why I think it would be better for all if he was buried among other heroes and leaders of the past to prove to the Filipino people that his reign during Martial Law and the troubles that came along with it are finally over.Being a Marcos supporter, I can’t help just how both hardcore pro and anti Marcos supporters at one another’s neck. It hurts me on a deep level how the country can’t seem to heal because of petty political issues. This isn’t just about one’s political party anymore ladies and gentlemen, this is about finally uniting the country for the future.By allowing former president Marcos a right and proper burial we can finally put the ghosts of the pasts at peace and move on to a much brighter future. Indeed, I think that one of the biggest reasons the Philippines never progresses is because we are all collectively stuck in the past. People keep talking about the atrocities of Martial Law but even after thirty years of being free from their alleged “tyranny”, has anything even improved? Some even go as far as to say things have only gotten worse in the thirty years since former president Marcos was ousted.Ladies and gentlemen, this is no longer about just the Marcoses and the Aquinos. This is about us, as a people. Let us bury the past and move on as it will only prevent us from making the best of the present and preparing ourselves for a better future.It Will Show That We Can Finally Put Our Divisiveness AsideThing is, even a traitor like Emilio Aguinaldo who, from my own observation, looks like our version of Benedict Arnold is buried among the heroes of our history. By burying former President Marcos with them, it will show that we can finally put our petty issues aside.Ladies and gentlemen, I think it really is time that we put our squabbles aside because they cause us more trouble than they worth. Indeed, if one looks back at the Yolanda Crisis, Mar Roxas was quick to bring up the feud between the Marcoses and the Aquinos which resulted in delayed disaster relief and continued suffering of the Yolanda survivors. By laying former president Marcos to rest, we can prove to ourselves that petty politics and our clannish ways no longer have any kind of hold on us.It means that we have essentially “buried the hatchet” and that we can finally work together as one people for the betterment of our nation and the following generation.It Will Knock Sense Into President AquinoYes, I am one of President Aquino’s many detractors but, to be really honest, I haven’t really given up on him. Why? Because, truth be told, I wasn’t at all that different from him a few years back. However, something happened, or rather a series of things happened, that changed me thoroughly. And yes, the changes were very painful but I will say that they made me a better person since then. I realize now that it had to be painful because, if it wasn’t, I doubt I would’ve changed at all.So I hope that allowing former president Marcos to be buried among heroes will cause President Aquino untold amounts of grief so that he can finally wake up to reality. I pray that the pain will be enough for him to fully realize that no, his “Straight Path” has not really helped anyone and that his term has only caused his people misery and suffering. With his delusions finally gone, perhaps he can finally put himself back together as a man, start over and finally find a woman who will actually love him for who he is rather than just his money.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/05/3-big-reasons-former-president-ferdinand-marcos-buried-among-heroes/#comments
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FILIPINOS BETTER OFF THAN U.S. CITIZENS COME 2016 OLYMPICS IN RIO DE JANEIRO
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['Pol Pinoy']
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8/9/2018 0:00
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Philippine citizens may have a hard time visiting the United States on business or tourism, but the Filipinos are better off than U.S. citizens when it comes to the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held next year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Philippine citizens need a visa to enter the United States and thousands are denied their visa applications year after year. This, despite the fact that U.S. citizens do not need a Philippine visa when traveling to the island nation as long as they do not stay beyond 30 days.But when it comes to Brazil, Filipinos have an advantage over U.S. citizens. Philippine citizens do not need a visa to enter Brazil, but U.S. citizens do.So when it comes to the 2016 Summer Olympics, Filipinos will have the last laugh, while U.S. citizens will be scratching their heads trying to complete and submit the strict visa application requirements.Oh, did we already mention the visa processing fee of $160?Last June, Brazil’s tourism minister said that the country may lift its visa requirements so that Americans can come to see the 2016 Rio Olympics, but nothing has yet been made official.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/08/filipinos-better-off-than-u-s-citizens-come-2016-olympics-in-rio-de-janeiro/
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Raissa Robles’s MISGUIDED “report” on how Cambridge Analytica inlfuenced the 2016 Philippine elections
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2018-04-06 00:31:34+00:00
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An article on the role “Cambridge Analytica’s parent company” supposedly played in the victory of current President Rodrigo Duterte in the 2016 elections is making the rounds. The “report” published on the South China Morning Post and authored by renowned Filipino “investigative journalist” Raissa Robles insinuates that the firm helped “rebrand” Duterte as “a strong, no-nonsense man of action”.This, according to the snippet quoted by Robles off the firm’s website…“In the run up to national elections the incumbent client was widely perceived as both kind and honourable, qualities his campaign team thought were potentially election-winning,” the SCL web content said. “But SCL’s research showed that many groups within the electorate were more likely to be swayed by qualities such as toughness and decisiveness. SCL used the cross-cutting issue of crime to rebrand the client as a strong, no-nonsense man of action, who would appeal to the true values of the voters.”Then again, this supposedly brilliant bit of analytics insight delivered to the mystery Duterte support effort (which may not have existed) that may (or may not) have contributed to building the successful campaign that catapulted Duterte to the presidency in 2016 is a no-brainer. Crime and indecisive no-action politicians have long been a scourge of Philippine politics. Campaign strategists who apply a bit of traditional brain to their craft would have spotted this opportunity straightaway. And in Duterte, they found a person who could simply remain consistent with his proven track record spanning decades as mayor of his southern Philippine city and be outright winnable at the same time.In short, Duterte could simply have happened to be the right person who was in the right place at the right time coming into an election to be decided by voters who evidently have had enough of 30 years of Liberal Party (a.k.a. the Yellowtards) bullshittery. So, this is really more a chicken-and-egg dilemma. Did the analytics result in the win? Or did the analytics simply validate the candidate? Either way, sinister corporate forces were not at work here as Robles “reports”.Robles is only too quick to give too much credit to these sorts of Big Data consulting services. She recklessly assigns a cause-and-effect relationship between a merely inferred “involvement” of Cambridge Analytica’s “parent company” in Philippine politics and the victory of Duterte in the 2016 elections. And even if it was true that such a consulting service was provided to the Duterte campaign, how big a contribution it had on the success of the campaign remains debatable just the same.Dr. Robert Epstein, a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology asserts that Cambridge Analytica Is Not The Problem…I conduct scientific research on online manipulation, and, at this point, I probably know more about it than anyone else in the world. Online manipulation of our thinking, opinions, purchases and votes is real, powerful and scary; the numbers are mindboggling, in fact. But Cambridge Analytica is not the problem, mainly because the methods it uses to manipulate are not very powerful. Compared with the real threats out there, they are, in fact, trivial.It simply means that these new technologies and new tools of the influencing trade are widely accessible and that the use of science to target influence campaigns are things everybody does…During the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton had far more powerful digital tools at her disposal than Trump did. To give you just one example, in 2015, Google czar Eric Schmidt — who, at one point, had offered to oversee Hillary’s digital campaign — set up a secretive tech company called The Groundwork, the sole purpose of which was to make Hillary president. It was staffed by many of the same people who served on Obama’s 2012 tech team, which was also supervised by Schmidt. 5,000 data points? P’lease. The Groundwork had access to Google’s entire data base — hundreds of thousands of digital facts about each of us, including our search histories and emails — so much information, in fact, that Google could likely have computed the election results days before Election Day. (Although Google obviously screwed up on its Electoral College calculations, Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 3 million, almost certainly with Google’s help.)In comparison, Dr. Epstein points out, “Cambridge Analytica’s manipulations are trivial”. Dr. Epstein then asserts where the real power to influence minds resides…So who has the power to change minds and flip elections? It’s the platforms: and that means Google, Facebook, and, to a much lesser extent, Twitter. This is because no matter what content people are generating — and when Cambridge Analytica is placing ads, it is a content provider — Google and Facebook have complete control over what people will see (“filtering”) and in what order information will be displayed (“ordering”).It is quite laughable to watch as the depleted minds of the corporate media mouthpieces of the Yellowtards continue to scrounge around for little morsels of information (or mere notions) to serve as fodder for their flaccid “Opposition” to the Duterte administration. Rather than compete on strategy, the Yellowtards are merely sniping with rubber bullets.Filipinos do not deserve this sort of idiotic political Opposition. They deserve a real one that could deliver true strategic challenge to the wildly-popular government of President Duterte. Insulting the intelligence of an entire electorate is so 1980s-era Philippine politics. As is evident today, that tired old excuse of an opposition “strategy” no longer works.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2018/04/raissa-robless-misguided-report-on-how-cambridge-analytica-inlfuenced-the-2016-philippine-elections/#comments
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NEW OSCAR ACTING AWARDS RULES ANNOUNCED
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['Pol Pinoy']
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28/10/2016 0:00
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both as best actor/actress and best supporting actor/actress.In justifying the new rules, the Academy said that in films with single actors or actresses,“they are basically interacting with themselves and that takes some acting ablity; so they need to be recognized for such great skill.”Will we see Sandra Bullock nominated for Best Actress and Supporting Actress, and Robert Redford for Best Actor and Supporting Actor?
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2013/10/28/new-oscar-acting-awards-rules-announced/
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U.S. TO EXTRADITE COMEDIAN MARGARET CHO TO NORTH KOREA
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['Pol Pinoy']
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12/1/2018 0:00
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North Korean general Cho Young Ja, played by Margaret Cho.She was solemn and quiet at first, holding up her freelance magazine, Movies Wow, and wanting only to take a picture with Meryl Streep. Cho kept reappearing during the three-hour telecast as the North Korean general who is obsessed with American entertainment.In a statement, the State Department said that the extradition is part of Washington’s ongoing efforts to re-establish diplomatic relations with North Korea. “It’s a good faith effort to show the Pyongyang government that America is sincere in wanting conciliation with the communist country,” the statement said.The U.S. does not have an extradition agreement with North Korea.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/01/12/u-s-to-extradite-comedian-margaret-cho-to-north-korea/?share=email
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Duterte and Poe: one promises radical change and the other represents the status quo
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2016-03-24 10:18:10+00:00
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If popularity surveys are to be believed, it is going to be a close race between Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Grace Poe for the Presidency. Some people’s prediction that Poe’s popularity would surge after the Supreme Court decided to allow her to run did not come true. While she still maintains the lead against her rivals, Duterte’s popularity stats are closing in on her.It probably has something to do with the fact that the Supreme Court’s supposed majority decision to reverse the Commission on Election’s disqualification cases against Poe is still in doubt. Some claim that there was no majority decision on the question of whether Poe is a natural-born citizen or not in the first place. To get a majority vote, eight justices out of 15 should rule in favour of Poe but only seven justices voted in her favour. However, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno overruled that claim by insisting that the seven justices already constitute a “majority”. Likewise, some say that Sereno ignored the fact that out of the 15 justices, only 12 participated in that particular question.It’s either Sereno is not good in math or she’s just good at dismissing dissenting opinions. Either way, the Supreme Court’s decision has not resulted in the boost in numbers Poe and her supporters were hoping for. If we were to be honest, the only reason she is popular is because of her father, the late actor Fernando Poe, Jr. Unfortunately, using her father’s popularity is also turning a lot of voters off. Her use of Poe alone instead of her married name Llamanzares is already an insult to the voters. As a writer, I still get confused about which of her names I should use. I just stick to the shorter one anyway. But it is still annoying because I am conscious of the fact that that’s not the name she uses in official documents anymore and it makes one realise that she is being dishonest in using a popular name just to get an edge over her rivals.During the second Presidential debates, Poe and Duterte were also the audience favourite. Poe came across as articulate and expressive at first but if one were to listen to what she said again very carefully after all the excitement had subsided, one would realise that her words did not have any substance. They were mostly motherhood statements. One example was when she was asked what she would do if she was woken at four in the morning with the news that the Chinese have sunk two of the country’s navy ships. She replied by saying that she would rise up and not complain about the earliness of the hour. The audience probably gave her brownie points for being confident in providing a quick rebuttal even when her answer was not really a valid one.Poe also showed her feisty side in her responses to her rivals Vice President Jejomar Binay and Liberal Party bet Mar Roxas who are both part of the current administration. Binay was even said to have been “hurt” by her bluntness considering Binay and Poe’s late father were close chums when FPJ was still alive. It is a good sign that she is not one to back down when it comes to criticising other public servants. However, it also highlights the fact that she still refuses to criticize President Benigno Simeon Aquino even when she openly blames some of the President’s cabinet members for their incompetence.A lot of people have noticed that she has been very careful not speak ill of BS Aquino even when he is very protective of his staff and cabinet members including those who are useless at their jobs. They see this as a sign that Poe is already into patronage politics even before she wins the Presidency. This is the reason why some conspiracy theorists are saying Poe is BS Aquino’s spare tire. Meaning, if Poe wins over the President’s bet Roxas, BS Aquino is still safe from prosecution. That theory is on the assumption that the President has control over the justice system including the Supreme Court justices. In the Philippines, that theory is not too far-fetched considering some justices were handpicked by the President and may have to return some “favours”. Some of them are also a bit star-struck and could be beholden to popular names like Aquino and Poe. Why else would some of them declare Poe qualified to run and disqualify others in the past who did not meet the residency criteria like she did? Maybe it’s because they are not as telegenic as she is.If the race comes down to a toss-up between Duterte and Poe, it will be like choosing between a suitor and a single mother. Duterte is like a suitor who can sweep his love interest off her feet by promising the moon and the stars without bothering to say how he will do it. It sounds romantic but the love interest also needs to be practical. People should be careful in falling for sweet nothings. Having said that, Duterte’s confident demeanour, especially in the way he says he can solve criminality within three to six months, probably turns a lot of people on – those who are sick of escalating crime rates in the country. But still, there are people who are really interested in the details of how he is going to do it though.I suppose Duterte doesn’t want to reveal his secret plan so the crooks won’t get a chance to pre-empt his strike. It’s up to the people if they will allow themselves to fall head over heels for Duterte just like what that old romantic line says “come what may”. It is always tempting to let yourself go and trust in the man who looks like he can take care of you. You just have to be prepared for the consequences just in case he fails to deliver on his promise.Poe, like a single mother, would have to rely on doing anything to survive even if it means selling her principles to the highest bidder. That’s what some people are saying of her when she accepted campaign funds from one of the Philippines’ most powerful businessman. She insist that she is not a puppet but as the old mafia saying goes “I do a favour for you, you do a favour for me”. That’s just how it works. In other words, only the gullible crowd would fall for her motherhood statements.One thing is for sure, while Duterte promises radical changes like the introduction of a federalized government, which could see the end of Imperial Manila dictating the terms for the different regions in the country, Poe will continue the status quo – with the ruling class comprising of few elites calling the shots in the country’s economy. No wonder Duterte is starting to become appealing to more voters.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/03/duterte-poe-one-promises-radical-change-represents-status-quo/
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THE MISSING LINK IN THE FILM ‘ALOHA’
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/05/2018 0:00
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One of the biggest criticism about the newly-released film, ‘Aloha,’ is the casting of Emma Stone as a ‘hapa,’ a Hawaiian term that refers to someone who is of mixed heritage.Stone plays the role of Allison Ng (pronounced ‘ING’), a U.S. Air Force pilot who is a quarter Chinese, a quarter Hawaiian, and a quarter Swedish. (Stone, in real life, is part Swedish.)Asian American groups have protested the fact that the character was not played by an actress of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage.The film’s director, Cameron Crowe (‘Jerry McGuire’) maintained that because of her Swedish heritage, Stone was a perfect fit for the role.Critics, however, continue to be puzzled by a missing link to the character of Allison Ng. “If Ng is supposed to be a quarter Chinese, a quarter Hawaiian, and a quarter Swedish, what race or ethnicity is the remainding quarter? ” the critics asked.Crowe could not give a response and referred media questions to the film’s writer.Oh wait, Crowe IS the writer.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/30/the-missing-link-in-the-film-aloha/?share=email
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Raissa Robles’ New Book On Martial Law Now Available
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['Pol Pinoy']
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13/12/2017 0:00
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Now that the Congress of the Philippines has approved a one-year extension of Martial Law in Mindanao, Raissa Robles’ book, “Marcos Martial Law: Never Again,” has been rendered moot and academic.But Robles is not one to easily give up.Today, she announced that she has quickly written a sequel to her book to make it more relevant to recent developments.The title of the new book is “Marcos Martial Law: Forever and Ever.”National Bookstore has refused to carry the new book because the old book didn’t sell very well.To get a copy of the new book, check your street corner newstands.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/12/13/raissa-robles-new-book-on-martial-law-now-available/?share=email
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20% Of The Country Above All Else, Senator Pangilinan Tells Sara Duterte
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['Pol Pinoy']
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14/10/2017 0:00
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“May hangganan din ang tumanaw ng utang na loob.” (Debt of gratitude has its limitations.)This was how Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan responded to Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte’s attacks that he was “opportunistic.”In her Facebook page, Duterte this week accused Pangilinan and Senators Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV of having presidential ambitions. She also recounted how they asked for help from her and President Rodrigo Duterte regarding endorsements in the previous elections.‘Twenty percent of tbe country above all else “ Pangilinan told The Adobo Chronicles.He was apparently referring to the latest Pulse Asia survey that shows President Duterte enjoying an overwhelming 80% approval rating among Filipinos.Pangilinan — advocate of the 20% minority. Or less. But nevertheless above all else.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/10/14/20-of-the-country-above-all-else-senator-pangilinan-tells-sara-duterte/
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The interesting timing of Pia Wurtzbach’s homecoming
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2016-01-25 13:22:51+00:00
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All the big events seem to have come together on this day, the 25th January. It’s the birth anniversary of the late Corazon ‘Cory’ Aquino, mother of current President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III. On this day also, exactly 12 months ago, 44 elite police officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) were massacred by members of the terrorist Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Mamasapano.Today is also the much-anticipated homecoming of newly-crowned Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach who ended a 42-year title drought since Margie Moran won the crown in 1973. An interesting theory making the rounds in social media is that the Philippine government had something to do with the timing of Wurtzbach’s triumphant return to the Philippines. Theorists speculate that today was specifically chosen to schedule her arrival to distract Filipinos from the Mamasapano incident which, to this day, the Aquino government is still to convincingly address head-on. As if confirming this conspiracy theory, Senate President Franklin Drilon, during a courtesy call paid by Wurtzbach to the Senate reportedly quipped, “Your presence here has generated more interest than the Mamasapano hearing…”Indeed, there is much that Filipinos need to be distracted from. The Aquino government needs to distance itself from Mamasapano even as it struggles in vain to desperately wash the murdered 44 SAF officers’ blood off its hands. At stake is the candidacy of the ruling Liberal Party bet (and Aquino minion) Mar Roxas who as Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary at the time of the massacre himself also has a lot to answer for.Wurtzbach also publicly supports United States military presence in the Philippines under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) recently upheld by the Philippines’ Supreme Court.“I think that the United States and the Philippines have always had a good relationship with each other. We were colonized by the Americans and we have their culture and our traditions even up to this day and I think that we’re very welcoming with the Americans. And I don’t see any problem with that at all,” she said during the top 5 contestant’s question-and-answer portion of the pageant which she eventually won.Obviously, Miss Universe’s immense star power lends credibility to these words, so much so that no less than a Philippine Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago herself (a staunch critic of the EDCA and related military agreements with the US) has expressed an interest to discuss the matter with Wurtzbach.If indeed Wurtzbach had succeeded at overshadowing Mamasapano and Cory Aquino’s birthday today, there is irony in that achievement considering that she is, as the other two were, once again pitched by the country’s noted opinion shapers as the quintessential Filipino “hero”.Unfortunately, the substance beneath what being a “hero” is really all about routinely flies over Filipinos’ heads. The important common denominators — the gruelling training that earns SAF troopers their special place in the police and armed forces, the “sacrifice” of Cory Aquino that propelled her to the presidency in 1986, and the hard work in Wurtzbach’s long journey to the top — are all key to how Filipinos should be regarding their heroes. When Filipinos begin to understand the true essence of what it means to be a “hero” to a people, the aspiration to emulate these heroes becomes a bit more realistic and even practical — and the hollow idolatry ends.Perhaps then it is fitting that the Philippines’ third Miss Universe share this important day with the 44 fallen SAF troopers and former President Cory Aquino as one to commemorate every year. Collectively, they are perfectly aligned to highlighting the juxtaposition of rare beauty, preventable tragedy, and emo politics that are constant features of the bewildered character of Philippine society.[Photo courtesy Emirates247.com.]
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/01/the-interesting-timing-of-pia-wurtzbachs-homecoming/#comments
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LOOK: List of senators who express their support to Rappler
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2018-01-16 02:03:08+08:00
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Several senators mostly from the minority bloc expressed their support to Rappler after the news website slapped by revocation of license to operate by Securities and Exchange Commission.In a tweet, Senator Risa Hontiveros slammed the government over their decision against Rappler and called it ‘pure harassment’ and an act of dictator.“The revocation of Rappler’s registration is pure harassment and a clear attack on press freedom. It is also Marcosian. It’s a move straight out of the dictator’s playbook. I urge the public and all media practitioners to defend press freedom & the right to speak truth to power.” Hontiveros said in a tweet.The revocation of Rappler's registration is pure harassment and a clear attack on press freedom. It is also Marcosian. It's a move straight out of the dictator's playbook. I urge the public and all media practitioners to defend press freedom & the right to speak truth to power. — risa hontiveros (@risahontiveros) January 15, 2018In a seperate interview, Minority leader Franklin Drilon called decision “worrisome.”“That’s worrisome but let me read the resolution first.” Drilon told the press.Senator Francis Pangilinan, chairman of Liberal Party (LP) said that his party expressed their support to Rappler which he dubbed as the ‘truth tellers’.“Our party leaders are likewise determined to speak out; over the next few days, you will hear more from us, and we ask that you spread the message: We stand with Rappler and all other truth-tellers,” Pangilinan said.Our party leaders are likewise determined to speak out; over the next few days, you will hear more from us, and we ask that you spread the message: We stand with Rappler and all other truth-tellers. We stand for freedom— the very essence of liberalism. — Kiko Pangilinan (@kikopangilinan) January 15, 2018“We stand for freedom — the very essence of liberalism. We offer a platform where we can come together and determine what we can do to rise to the challenges to our freedoms and our constitutional democracy. We are here,” he added.We offer a platform where we can come together and determine what we can do to rise to the challenges to our freedoms and our constitutional democracy. We are here.#holdtheline #defendpressfreedom #standwithrappler — Kiko Pangilinan (@kikopangilinan) January 15, 2018Senator Antonio Trillanes condemned the decision of SEC and he said that it’s a clear evidence that Duterte is moving to silence the freedom of the press.“I strongly condemn the SEC’s revocation of the registration of Rappler. It is a clear attempt by Duterte to muzzle the few remaining independent media outfits in the country. It would also send a chilling message to other media entities to force them to tow the Administration’s propaganda lines,” Trillanes said in a statement.Senator Bam Aquino expressed his disappointment in a short tweet and he said: @rapplerdotcom shutdown, fake news wins. DefendPressFreedomSenator Leila De Lima who’s currently detained for drug charges said that she’s standing with Rappler in their fight to protect the freedom of the press.“Salute to the brave men and women of Rappler! We stand with you in this fight to preserve and defend freedom of the press.” De Lima said.Salute to the brave men and women of Rappler! We stand with you in this fight to preserve and defend freedom of the press. #StandUp4HumanRights #DefendPressFreedom — Leila de Lima (@SenLeiladeLima) January 15, 2018Chairperson of the Senate committee on public information Senator Grace Poe said the SEC decision should not be an attempt to silence media organizations that apparently Duterte critics.She said that the government should look at the mistakes did by Rappler, however the decision of SEC should not use that kind of way to silence a media outlet.“Ano ba ang kanilang naging pagkukulang? Kung meron silang hindi nagawa na required sa lahat ng media outfits o kaya sa mga website na katulad nila, kailangan natin tingnan kung saan sila nagkamali. Basta lang, huwag ito ang paraan na mapatahimik ang sinumang grupo o organisasyon na maghayag,” Poe said.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/look-list-senators-expresses-support-rappler/
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Vatican Delays This Year’s Easter Sunday By One Week
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['Pol Pinoy']
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16/03/2018 0:00
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Because this year’s Easter Sunday falls on April 1 — April Fool’s Day — Pope Francis has decreed a one-week delay in the celeberation of Christ’s Resurrection.Speaking in his native Spanish from St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis said, “We cannot turn our believers into non-believers, especially on this joyous day in the Roman Catholic calendar. Easter is definitely not a joke.”It will be recalled that the Pope in February also urged lovers to postpone their Valentine’s celebration because it fell on Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting and abstinence.We commend the flexibility of the Pope and the Catholic Faithful!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/03/16/vatican-delays-this-years-easter-sunday-by-one-week/#respond
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2017 Toyota Model Will Include Toilet Car Seat
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['Pol Pinoy']
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24/09/2016 0:00
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Giant car manufacturer Toyota has something in store for motorists that are constantly stuck in nightmarish traffic. Like in Metro Manila.Today, Toyota unveiled its 2017 sedan model that includes a toilet car seat on the driver side. Toilet seat on the passenger side is optional.The Japanese car maker said that this will be the perfect solution for motorists who are faced with the call of nature while stuck in traffic.Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada also said that this new car technology will eliminate cases of motorists having to relieve themselves along roads and highways which is a misdemeanor.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/09/24/2017-toyota-model-will-include-toilet-car-seat/
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Rodrigo Duterte was a clear standout in the 3rd and last presidential debate #PiliPinasDebates2016
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2016-04-24 15:42:30+00:00
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In tonight’s last presidential debtate endorsed by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) dubbed the hashtag #PiliPinasDebates2016, the candidates really did not have much to work with. They had no credible military capability to put teeth in the rhetoric they spewed about the China threat to the Philippines’ sovereignty in the South China Sea, no sharp-enough engineering minds to dissect the traffic issue plaguing Metro Manila, and no clear enough vision for the Philippines.In that setting, former Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte stood out, mainly because he had direct experience and results to show for in the running of Davao City — a major city in Mindanao that, in the words of renowned social media maven and noted tour guide Carlos Celdran “is one of the friendliest and one of the most hospitable cities in the Philippines.”Unlike other big Philippine cities where Filipinos live in fear for their lives and property day to day, Davao City is one where sustainable economic growth on the back of a strong foundation of safe and reliable public transport infrastructure is actually possible.Do not be afraid to take public transportation in this town. Thanks to strong laws, you have some of the most polite, and some of the most honest taxi drivers in the country.Celdran assures his viewers…No one here will rip you off.Note the key enabler Celdran credits in his gushing review of Duterte’s crowning achievement: strong laws.Strong laws are a primary feature of Duterte’s pitch to Filipino voters. During tonight’s debate, Duterte cited this as the cornerstone of his assurance to Filipinos that when he says “stop” he means it and means to enforce it. Laws, of course, are not something the Philippines lacks and there is ample legislation to support the strong anti-crime focus that many crime-weary Filipinos have been clamouring for. In that regard, strength is something that Duterte projected really well in tonight’s debate.On this alone, Duterte stood in stark contrast to rival candidates who had lots of promises to make but little actual promise to demonstrate before the audience. Platitudes and motherhood statements flowed in abundance. Perhaps, to be fair, there were some candidates who lent substance to their rhetoric. Unfortunately, #PiliPinasDebates2016 is not a Senate inquiry. It is reality TV. In that setting, Duterte’s skill at throwing emotional hooks into his audience shone through.Pity Mar Roxas, the Liberal Party bet who otherwise seemed to have much to offer in the way of intellect and administrative chops to the presidency. Like Duterte, Roxas enjoys a solid government service record. Unlike Duterte, however, Roxas’s administrative record is all messed up. Roxas squandered years of golden opportunity to accomplish a lot of things in the Cabinet of incumbent President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III. Instead, he dropped the ball on several crucial occasions with fatal consequences. The Haiyan disaster response fiasco in 2013 which resulted in the preventable loss of tens of thousands of Filipino lives, the massacre of 44 Special Action Force officers in Mamasapano in 2015, and the handling of various high-profile infrastructure failures, not to mention the PR gaffes, over the last six years irrevocably taints Roxas’s record.As such, even with the articulate promises and vision statements he managed to get in during tonight’s debate, Roxas is dead in the water. He cannot possibly win the 2016 presidential elections without resorting to a massive state-sponsored cheating project.Overall, the debate did not really add any new insight as far as anyone’s guess around what’s in store for the Philippines over the next six years. It likely did not help move the swing vote and, in all likelihood, merely solidified the support of the decided voters. In the homestretch leading to the May elections, this non-event may be the sad defining moment that did not make it happen for the majority of candidates in this race.
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/04/rodrigo-duterte-clear-standout-3rd-last-presidential-debate-pilipinasdebates2016/#comments
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KRIS AQUINO’S ‘PRIVATE’ MEETING WITH POPE FRANCIS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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16/01/2018 0:00
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Like a kid in a candy store, presidential sister and TV personality Kris Aquino excitedly posted photos on her Instagram account of her ‘private’ meeting with visiting Pope Francis during the latter’s first stop in Malacañang, the Philippine presidential palace.It wasn’t really a private meeting as hundreds of other dignitaries and guests with Malacañang connections were there as well, as seen in the photos.She took the opportunity to show Pope Francis the rosary that she claimed was given by the pontiff to her son Josh during a previous visit to the Vatican.What Kris didn’t say in her Instagram post was that after she kissed the Pope’s ring and showed him the rosary, Francis said, “And who are you again?”
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/01/16/kris-aquinos-private-meeting-with-pope-francis/
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TOURISM OFFICIALS WANT TO STOP GOOGLE STREET VIEW IN THE PHILIPPINES
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17/09/2018 0:00
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On Wednesday, the Philippines became the 69th country included in Google’s Street View, which shows not just maps and routes but also actual photos of street addresses.Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and tourism officials say images of the Philippine capital and the country’s main tourist spots on Google’s Street View could help attract more visitors to the country.Google country marketing manager Ryan Morales said the images captured over six months last year include panoramic street views of Manila and 39 other cities, 30 historic and heritage sites as well as Pacquiao’s southern hometown where he began his career as one of the world’s most popular boxers.But in less than 24 hours since the Street View launched in the Philippines, tourism officials asked the Supreme Court to issue a restraining order to stop Google from including Street View on Google Maps.Apparently, the Department of Tourism (DOT) has been receiving thousands of emails from irate potential tourists from all over the world, complaining that the street images they were seeing on Google Maps are a very far cry from the scenic photos and majestic videos that have been featured in Philippine tourism promos.Instead, Google searches are showing photos of slum areas and other images that are not representative of DOT’s own exotic view of the Philippines.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/17/philippine-tourism-officials-want-to-stop-google-street-view-in-the-philippines/?share=email
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BREAKING: Adobo Chronicles Awarded A Pulitzer Prize!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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11/4/2017 0:00
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Champagne started flowing at The Adobo Chronicles headquarters in San Jose, California, after the last of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced today.AdoboChron was proclaimed winner of this year’s Best Unbelievable News, besting other finalists like The New York Times, TIME Magazine, and CNN.The three news giants had hoped that their entries which all depicted chaos, death and anarchy in the streets of Manila as a result of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs would land them the much-coveted prize.In the end, the Pulitzer jury decided against the news giants in favor of a relatively new start-up news source, The Adobo Chronicles.Publishers of The Adobo Chronicles announced an open-to-the-public celebration for this great honor at its headquarters on Good Friday. There will be lost of chicken and pork adobo to go around.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/04/11/breaking-adobo-chronicles-awarded-a-pulitzer-prize/
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OPRAH WINFREY VERY NERVOUS ABOUT THE LAUNCH OF SARAH PALIN’S ONLINE NETWORK
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28/07/2017 0:00
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Oprah Winfrey is the undisputed “Queen of All Media, with a career spanning many decades, and personal accomplishments that would put Donald Trump to shame.The 60-year old Winfrey is not only a talk show host, but an actress, producer and philanthropist. She is acclaimed as the most influential woman in the world. When Oprah cries, everybody cries! One of her latest career milestones was the establishment of her own television network, OWN, or Oprah Winfrey Network.The Adobo Chronicles has learned that Winfrey is very nervous about the recent launching of the Sarah Palin Network. “Tired of media filters? Well, so am I,” the former Alaska governor proclaimed Sunday on her Facebook page. “So let’s go rogue and launch our own member-supported channel. “Palin’s internet video channel is accessible to both fans and critics at a subscription rate of $9.99 a month. The former vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor described her new channel as a “community” where she and viewers can share ideas. “I want to talk to directly to you on our channel on my terms and no need to please the powers that be,” she says, promising to go beyond soundbites and to “cut through the media’s politically correct filter.”Winfrey told The Adobo Chronicles that she has never been so challenged by anyone in her entire life, much less from a rifle-carrying hockey mom. She is running scared that the launch of the Palin channel will be the beginning of the downfall of the Winfrey media empire. “When you have Americans believing the unintelligible soundbites and wacky opinions from the likes of Palin, America has a big problem,” Winfrey said. “And when such wackery is given a bully pulpit via the ever-expanding world of social media, the threat to America’s sanity becomes even more real.”Asked if she had any plans to counter Palin’s latest move, the billionaire Winfrey said she will purchase all available subscription spots on the Palin network, then block all content from reaching its intended audience. “In effect, Palin would be broadcasting only to me,” Winfrey added.Now we know who the real diva is!
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/07/28/oprah-winfrey-very-nervous-about-the-launch-of-sarah-palins-online-network/?share=email
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Baguio City Ordinance: The Adobo Chronicles’ List Of Alternative Cuss Words
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['Pol Pinoy']
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7/11/2018 0:00
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You’ve heard by now about the new Baguio City Ordinance prohibiting the use of profanity in local schools and businesses that cater to the youth. But no worries, we have great news for you.Thanks to the help of our readers and followers, we have compiled a list of alternative cuss words that won’t get you in trouble with Baguio authorities.Let’s get right into it:Fake you!Puto ni Inang (Mother’s rice cake. Yum!)Anak ng Tokwa (Son-of-a-Tofu)Ukis ti Saba (Banana peel)Anak ng Pato (Son-of-a-Duck)Pautang Ina! (Can I get a loan, Mother?)Duck headAsh Whole (Be sure to enunciate the ‘h’)SIYETe (Why, the number 7 of course)Bull Sheet (Remember, long ē)LECHugas (They’re aplenty in the Baguio City Market)Putahe ng Ina Mo (Your mother’s recipe)Cooking ng Ina Mo (Your mother’s cooking)PAKYUt (Trying to be cute)Poinsettia Ka!Pakangkongan (Spinach field)Pakingking (Why, the male version of course. Very Royal!)Lady GAGA (Make sure not to forget ‘Lady.’)DiGUNGGONG (Our apologies, Mr. President)PHUC (My Vietnamese friend)PukeManFake an American accent: PukiMoe, TitiMoeOh, and the Ordinance only prohibits verbal utterances. There’s always sign language:(Please add your own in the Comments section)
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/11/07/baguio-city-ordinance-the-adobo-chronicles-list-of-alternative-cuss-words/?share=email
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Pulong Duterte blasts Atty. Falcis: “Yung oxygen, ginagamit namin para mabawasan ang stress namin sa mga katulad mo”
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2017-03-31 07:59:44+08:00
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Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo “Pulong” Duterte lambasted Attorney Jesus Falcis for his speculations that President Rodrigo Duterte had a serious illness.Falcis wrote a post on his social media account on March 29 about the viral photos of President Rodrigo Duterte where his grandchildren surprised him.The lawyer noticed that there’s a machine that placed near the bed of the President, giving him an idea that Duterte had a serious illness.He said that the machine was only used by people who suffered in severe respiratory illness.The lawyer also mentioned Article VII, Section 12 which tells that the President must inform the public about his true state of health.Falcis was unsure if the machine was used in Oxygen or for Dialysis.2 days after the post of Falcis, Vice Mayor Pulong Duterte answered the question of the lawyer and informed him about the true purpose of the machine.Duterte asked Falcis if he wanted to point out that the health condition of the President can be used as ground for impeachment.He also said that Falcis might absent in his science lesson and he explained that the Oxygen Tank that President Duterte used is a stress-reliever.Pulong believes that Falcis only passed the bar because of his penmanship.“Atty Jesus Falcis, kung d ka ba naman abugok maraming purpose ang oxygen palibhasa absent ka sa Science.. eto ginagamit namin para mabawas bawasan ang stress sa kagaya mong ABUGOK at sa mga kasama mong CONG-GOK at SENADOR NA UGOK na puro impeachment lng ang laman ng utak! Sa tingin ko pumasa ka lang sa Bar exam dahil sa penmanship mo,” Vice Mayor Duterte wrote.Pulong Duterte’s also included a picture of him using the oxygen concentrator of his father while showing his middle finger for the yellows.Yesterday, President Rodrigo Duterte also explained that he need to use the machine when sleeping because of lack of oxygen.He also gave an advice to the members of the Philippine Councilor’s League that if they wanted to relieve their stress and to become look younger, they must use an oxygen concentrator.
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/pulong-duterte-blasts-atty-falcis-yung-oxygen-ginagamit-namin-para-mabawasan-ang-stress-namin-sa-mga-katulad-mo/
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Philippine Presidential Elections: Mar Roxas Leads In New Poll!
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4/4/2016 0:00
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Mar Roxas has every reason to be very happy these days. The former Interior Secretary is leading by a wide margin in a new poll on the Filipinos’ top choice to be their next president.For many months now since the election campaign began, Roxas has fared very poorly in the polls, oftentimes taking the bottom slot.This new poll, which comes just about a month till election day on May 9, shows Roxas in the top spot at 37.5%, or more than 12 % ahead of second placer Vice President Jejomar Binay. Binay got 25% while Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senators Grace Poe and Miriam Defensor-Santiago were all tied for third place with 12.5% each.The poll was conducted jointly by ABS-CBN, GMA-7 and the Philippines Daily Inquirer. It was a single-question poll which asked likely voters: “If elections were held today, which of the five presidential candidates would you least want to win?”
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/04/04/philippine-presidential-elections-mar-roxas-leads-in-new-poll/?share=email
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Leni Robredo Hires Blogger Drew Olivar As Spokesperson For ‘Angat Buhay’
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['Pol Pinoy']
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9/8/2018 0:00
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Leni Robredo has changed her mind about suing ‘Pepedederalismo’ blogger Andrew Olivar for the latter’s previous videos accusing the Vice President of, among others, traveling to South Africa just to have sex.Instead, realizing the potential of having Olivar on her side, Robredo is hiring the ‘boklo’ as spokesperson for her ‘Angat Buhay’ program.Robredo told The Adobo Chronicles that spokesperson Georgina Hernandez has not been effective in creating a favorable public image for the Vice President. With the instant fame of Olivar because of that viral video with Mocha Uson, Robredo thinks that the blogger could be a great asset to her office.Congratulations to Drew!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/08/09/leni-robredo-hires-blogger-drew-olivar-as-spokesperson-for-angat-buhay/
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BEST SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL GOES TO … HAWAIIAN AIRLINES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/01/2018 0:00
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Hawaiian Airlines tops the competition, airing a commercial promoting its regular flights from the U.S. Mainland to the Philippines.Many have read novelist Dan Brown’s most recent book, ‘Inferno’ in which he described Manila as the “Gates of Hell.”Hawaiian Airlines’ commercial hit the bull’s eye with its tag line, “Fly to the Gates of Hell, with a stopover in Paradise.” It is a promotion for its flight from the U.S. Mainland to Manila with a stopover in Hawaii.Philippine Airlines is reportedly very upset because the Hawaiian Airlines commercial is sure to negatively impact its ticket sales.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/01/30/best-super-bowl-commercial-goes-to-hawaiian-airlines/
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Philippine President Duterte A Rock Star In Japan
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['Pol Pinoy']
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11/9/2016 0:00
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When Shinzo Abe met Rodrigo Roa Duterte in Laos, the first thing that the Japanese prime minister told the Philippine president was, “You’re famous in Japan!“. He wasn’t kidding.Duterte is considered a rock star in Japan. His unconventional ways and tough talk have gained the admiration of the Japanese — both young and old.One famous concert venue in Tokyo advertised that it would freature the Filipino leader in a satellite feed from his hometown of Davao City where he just arrived from a state visit to Indonesia.The drug-free concert sold out just hours after the show’s organizers announced Duterte’s video appearance.As soon as Duterte came on the satellite feed, the concert crowd cheered and lit glow sticks, bringing the packed hall into a state of pandemonium.In his video message, Duterte encouraged the concert crowd to stay away from illegal drugs.Other concert venues and dance clubs throughout Japan are planning to hold similar events featuring Duterte’s live message from the Philippines.Many Japanese are looking forward to Duterte’s state visit to their country after learning that the Filipino leader has accepted the invitation from Abe.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/09/11/philippine-president-duterte-a-rock-star-in-japan/?share=email
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Watch: 3 Generals tagged in drug trade meet PNP Chief Bato
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2016-07-06 15:50:16+08:00
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WATCH THE VIDEO BELOWMeeting of PNP Chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa with Chief Superintendent Bernardo Diaz, former director of the Police Regional Office 6; Chief Superintendent Edgardo Tinio, former director of the Quezon City Police District; and Director Joel Pagdilao, former chief of the National Capital Region Police Office at 11:50am today held at Office of the Chief PNP, National Headquarters Bldg., Camp Crame. The three are among the five ‘Police Generals’ tagged earlier by Pres Rody Duterte who are allegedly involved in illegal drugs.What can you say about this clip? Leave your comments below!
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http://duterte.today/watch-3-generals-tagged-drug-trade-meet-pnp-chief-bato/
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UST Takes Back Mocha Uson’s Diploma
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['Pol Pinoy']
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25/01/2018 0:00
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Asec Mocha Uson was very gracious in returning the Thomasian Award given to her by the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Alumni Association.Uson made the move after the USTAAI received intense public criticism for its decision to honor her for government service.But alas, UST has decided to take back Uson’s diploma after she mistakenly said that Mayon Volcano was in Naga City.A UST spokesperson said that university standards dictate that graduates should at least know their basic Philippine geography.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/01/25/ust-takes-back-mocha-usons-diploma/#respond
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Dialing Senator De Lima’s Cell Phone Number: All Circuits Are Busy
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['Pol Pinoy']
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20/09/2016 0:00
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While Senator Leila De Lima was delivering her privilege speech attacking Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Manny Pacquiao, and President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, her cell phone registered thousands of incoming calls. Her phone was, of course, on silent mode.The calls came in soon after National Bilibid Prison inmate Herbert Colangco testified at today’s Congressional hearing on drug business proliferation at the national penitentiary that he had spoken by phone to De Lima, revealing the cell phone number he dialed to do so.Colangco and other witnesses testified that De Lima, then the Secretry of Justice, benefited from drug deals inside the prison.The incoming calls included several from Deputy House Speaker Gwen Garcia who tried to call De Lima’s supposed cell phone number to verify the truth and accuracy of Colangco’s testimony. To Garcia’s surprise, the number she dialed corresponded with a saved cell phone number she had on her phone’s address book which belonged to De Lima.Others who tried to call De Lima’s cell phone number merely got a recorrded message saying, “All circuits are busy. Please try your call later.”The cell phone number is 0917-842-19**
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/09/20/dialing-senator-de-limas-cell-phone-number-all-circuits-are-busy/#respond
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President Duterte to Cayetano “You are still my Vice President”
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2016-05-16 16:29:57+08:00
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ScreengrabPresident Rody Duterte is still considering Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano as his Vice President despite of getting low numbers on the Vice Presidential Elections.The Davao City Mayor that soon is going to become the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines is showing his full support to his tandem.He also offered Alan Cayetano to become the DFA or DOJ Secretary.Many supporters of DUTERTE-CAYETANO is very happy that the two candidates didn’t broke their promise to help each other after the election, win or lose.The Presumtive President is also not speaking about the two leading candidates in the Vice Presidential Race.Photo Credits: Hernel TocmoMeanwhile Presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte, Manny Villar, and Koko Pimentel led the signing of coalition partnership between PDP-Laban and Nacionalista Party.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/president-duterte-cayetano-still-vice-president/
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STARBUCKS TO PURCHASE ALL ABC STORES IN WAIKIKI
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/1/2017 0:00
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that means two or three in every block or corner of Waikiki’s major thoroughfares like Kuhio and Kalakaua Avenues. Effective February 1, 2014, all ABC Stores will become Starbucks Coffee Shops. Starbucks has , however, assured everyone that it will add Kona coffee to its regular menu to keep the Aloha spirit in their business. It will also offer spam sushi as part of its breakfast menu, as well as macadamia nuts for its snacks. In place of its iced coffees, Starbucks will offer shaved ice coffees.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/01/04/starbucks-to-purchase-all-abc-stores-in-waikiki/?share=email
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Maria Sofia Love possibly becomes ‘Persona Non Grata’ and ‘passport cancellation’ as punishment for disrespecting the national anthem
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2017-09-11 18:54:29+08:00
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Yesterday, a viral video of Pinay transgender Maria Sofia Sanchez also known for her screen name as Maria Sofia Love sparked outrage on social media.The video of Sofia Love showed the Pinay Transgender danced the National Anthem of the Philippines sexually. She placed her hand on her crotch instead of her chest while laughing and dancing dirtily an action which is very illegal in the country.Because of her disgusting actions, she might not allow to enter the Philippines anymore.In an interview of News5 journalist Raffy Tulfo to Teddy Atienza, Chief of Heraldry Section on National Historic Commission of the Philippines, they shared that they already studying possible punishments to the Pinay Transgender for disrespecting the national anthem of the Philippines.Being declared ‘Persona non Grata’ or cancellation of passport might be the best possible punishment to Maria Sofia Love, according to Atienza.Atienza also informed Tulfo, that despite of being living overseas, Sofia Love might not escape her responsibilities for doing the disgusting act because she uploaded her infamous video on social media which already watched by millions of netizens.NHCP urged the Department of Foreign Affairs to cancel the passport of Maria Sofia Love and also asked the Bureau of Immigration to help them trace the location of the Pinay transgender.“Kung Pilipino siya, maaring kanselahin ang kanyang passport at kung siya po ay iba na ang citizenship niya ay maaring mai ban po natin siya sa tangapan ng immigration,” Atienza said during the interview.Blogger RJ “Thinking Pinoy” Nieto posted the letter wrote by NHCP to Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, asking the DFA to cancel the passport of Maria Sofia Love for disrespecting the national anthem of the Philippines.According to the letter, NHCP also asked the DFA to trace the real identity of the Pinaytransgender.Atienza also has a message to the Filipino citizens:“Nananawagan po kami sa lahat na ang pambansang sagisag, lalo na po itong ating National Anthem, Lupang Hinirang.. ito po ay nabuo dahil sa pagmamahal ng ating mga bayani sa ating bayan hindi po ito ordinaryong kanta na ginagawa ang kanyang pambabastos dito,” Atienza said.“Iwasan po natin yang mga bagay na yan at mayroon pong kaukulang kaparusahan sa mga taong gumagawa niyan,” he added.Most of the netizens agreed that Sofia Love must face consequences for what she did in the National Anthem of the Philippines.Maria Sofia Love became an instant Facebook celebrity because of her one-liners like “Pak” and “Para sa Ekonomiya”But several of her former fans noticed that the Pinay transgender is acting strangely in some of her videos, that made them to unfollow Sofia Love on Facebook.Defenders of Maria Sofia Love also explained that the Pinay Transgender didn’t disrespected the national anthem intentionally.What can you say about this controversy faced by Maria Sofia Love, do you think she deserved a penalty for what she did? Share your thoughts below!
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/maria-sofia-love-might-become-persona-non-grata-passport-cancellation-punishment-disrespecting-national-anthem/
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Justin Trudeau’s Scented Candle Outsells That Of Donald Trump And The US President-Elect Is Not Happy
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['Pol Pinoy']
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3/12/2016 0:00
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It’s beginning to look at lot like Christmas, and the shopping for gifts and Christmas tree stocking fillers are in full swing.Scented candles are among the more popular items during the holidays and two new products have been introduced to the market. One bears the scent of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the other, the scene of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.The numbers are in, and Trudeau’s scented candles have far outsold Trump’s. As expected, Trump is not happy.The Adobo Chronicles has just learned that Trump fired his scented-candle promo team for doing a lousy job.We wonder though, if any advertising or marketing group will ever succeed in promoting the Trump scented candle.Incidentally, Trudeau hasn’t even employed a promo team for his scented candle. The sales just keep going and going.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/12/03/justin-trudeaus-scented-candle-outsells-that-of-donald-trump-and-the-us-president-elect-is-not-happy/#respond
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SINGER MILEY CYRUS USES IPAD PRO TO COVER UP
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['Pol Pinoy']
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21/11/2017 0:00
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Last year, Miley Cyrus sparked outrage with her Bangerz tour when she groped backup dancers and encouraged the audience to smoke marijuana. But on Thursday night, the former Disney star upped her on-stage antics, kicking off her Dead Petz club gigs in Chicago with a big bang.In one number, Cyrus appeared on stage at The Riviera Theater practically topless with a prosthetic penis protruding from her bottom front.While most of the audience members went wild and cheered her on, a woman who came to the concert with teenage daughters called 911 to complain about the nudity and sexual content of the show. Chicago police responded immediately and tried to stop the concert.Rather than ruin the entire show and disappoint adoring fans, concert producers asked Cyrus to cover up. The closest thing to a cover-up that stage managers could get hold of was an iPad Pro that belonged to one of the musicians.Cyrus did cover up with the iPad Pro (see photo) and the show went on without any further interruption.Yet another feature of your iPad Pro that Apple didn’t tell you about!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/11/21/singer-miley-cyrus-uses-ipad-pro-to-cover-up/?share=email
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WATCH: Leni namulot ng basura sa Amerika?
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2017-06-27 00:39:53+08:00
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Vice President Leni Robredo said in a radio station that she came from the US to help her daughter prepare for the first day of her class in the prestigious Harvard University.“Nagpa ka nanay ako doon for two days” said Robredo who was very proud that she did something motherly.She then added that they went outside, in the streets, picking up garbage that are still useful. Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the Philippines is a scavenger in America. Click Below the Watch the Video: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-leni-namulot-ng-basura-sa-amerika/
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6 traits that should automatically disqualify a candidate
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6/12/2015 0:00
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1. IgnoranceNot the bigotry kind, I'm talking about the dictionary definition of ignorance:Ignorance: lacking knowledge, training, or awareness in general.It's a quality most businesses would do well to avoid in their employees. Ignorant employees are less suited to the task, harder to train, and less focused while at work. And even the most menial of tasks can be disrupted by employee ignorance.Lack of training aside, it's always more desirable to find employees who show an interest in the products they represent, whether manufacturing, selling, or anything in-between. Workers who show effort to remain well informed and current within their industry or perhaps are even passionate customers themselves not only tend to be better suited for their jobs, but they're generally more confident and proactive as well.How to avoid ignorant employees: screen resume's carefully by strict minimum education & experience requirements as the position requires. For entry level jobs, look at relevant education or personal interest. Interview candidates who have additional training/certification.In the interview: see what they know about the company & its products. An ignorant person would have done little to no research before the interview, even if they did, they might not fully understand it enough to discuss it.2. ApathyApathy is the ugly cousin of ignorance and it's arguably just as bad – if not worse. In fact, in most cases, I'd rather hire a person who cares about doing a good job but is under-trained than a person who is qualified but doesn't care about their work.An apathetic employee is just in it for the paycheck. They're extremely difficult to motivate, and can act generally inconvenienced by doing their job – let alone anything above and beyond. Apathy is the killer of motivation, a detriment to quality, and a catalyst for poor customer service. But worst of all, apathy is contagious. A virus that can spread from a single employee to the entire staff in the matter of a single work day. It's something most companies should avoid at all costs.How to avoid hiring an apathetic employee: Look at their work history. Do they seem to jump from job-to-job without any clear career path? Have they never received a promotion?In the interview: Ask them why they applied for this position in this company. Gauge their response on the relative passion for the work, company, or industry they express. Also, can they demonstrate how they've ever improved anything at a job, a product, process, etc. or went above and beyond their normal duties?3. Dishonesty"Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don't have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it's true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy." ― Warren BuffettThere may be a place in business for those who can spin a story, those who are good on their feet, and those can talk their way out of anything. I'm thinking sales, here…mostly – that person who can sell ketchup to a woman in white gloves [as the saying goes].But something that simply can't be tolerated, in any way, is flat out dishonesty.A dishonest person is generally only feels bad for the bad things they do when they get caught. Otherwise, they really don't care who they're getting the better of, be it their employer, co-workers, or (worst of all) your customers. They tend to overstate their abilities, can be lazy in the most unproductive ways, and are generally a liability within just about any company. There's a time and a place for rule breakers in any company. But when you're doing the good kind of rule breaking, you shouldn't need to lie about it.How to avoid hiring a dishonest employee: 40% of employees distort information on resumes and applications. Do your research: follow up on employee's claims and you can rule out a good amount of dishonest candidates.In the interview: ask them about their most impressive claims, see how convincing they are. You might be surprised how many lies you will catch.4. InconsistencyA short step up from the employee who consistently under-performs is the one who performs brilliantly only so often. Few worker traits frustrate managers more than inconsistency. Especially when it's an employee who's potential is clear during their rare spans of brilliance.An inconsistent employee is generally unreliable. They might miss work regularly or show up late, they can be full of excuses and personal problems, and they only seem to do their best work when it's on their terms. In a pinch, they're the last person you will be able to lean on and they can even become the cause of the pinch themselves. Depending on the employee, it may be something you can put up with for a while, but the irony is that inconsistency tends to be the most consistent trait on this list.How to avoid hiring an inconsistent employee: This one is tough. They can be well educated and have an extensive work history. In fact, one red flag might be too many breaks in work and a lack of length from any single position.In the interview: Inquire about punctuality/absences from previous employers if possible.5. SelfishnessGreed can sometimes be good. Commission and performance based employee's especially. There needs to be the hunger for more and in these situations, it's a mutually beneficial trait. But with these situations sometimes comes a more sinister sin: selfishness. Those that think only of themselves.Selfish employees may sometimes work hard when there's a payday in it, but beyond that, there's little that will motivate them. It's not that they're lazy, they just don't see what's in it for them. They'll do almost anything to get a sale, but once the commission is in, they couldn't care less.Selfish workers also tend to be terrible in team situations. They'll go out of their way to do as little as possible while claiming the maximum credit for the group project. It's another trait for those who are just in it for the paycheck. The last person you really would want as an ambassador of your brand, and a cancer in the workplace. Greed can be good if it lead to drive, but beware of selfish candidates.How to avoid hiring a selfish employee: selfish people tend to gravitate towards performance based incentives and are generally overlooked for management positions. They also tend to have little career aspirations or have little true passion for their industry beyond the paycheck. Look for this lack of focus.In the interview: Ask the candidate why they left their previous positions. A selfish person will talk less about the work or company and more about the benefits (or lack thereof).6. LazinessWhenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it. "Walter Chrysler"A certain type of laziness can be an asset, I suppose, if you're looking for an easier way to get a specific task done. But as fun as this quote is, and as true as it can be in a very limited capacity, true laziness is perhaps the most debilitating trait to have in an employee.Truly lazy employees won't just find an easier way to do things (which may not necessarily be a good thing, FYI) they'll look for a way to not do anything at all, if they can. They happen to be great at re-assigning tasks, but often make terrible managers. Lazy workers use up their vacation days early and take "personal" and "sick" days (often without pay). Yet they might even be the first person in the office and the last to leave, their defining trait is that they do the least amount of work in the time between. Another candidate for 'in it just for the paycheck' type – perhaps the worst one.How to avoid hiring a lazy employee: Lengthen your application process. Include a questionnaire towards the end with yes or no opinion questions. Leave a large space for the answers: those who put only YES or NO without an explanation, eliminate from the talent pool.In the interview: Ask what they know about the company. Like ignorance, a lazy person would have done little to no research on the company before the initial interview.-----------------This is a GRP Featured Comment. Join the discussion!http://getrealphilippines.com/blog/2015/12/3-big-reasons-mar-roxas-just-disqualify/comment-page-1/#comment-1511672
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GRPundit
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https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2015/12/6-traits-that-should-automatically.html#comments
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FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE ONION REPORTS THE TRUTH
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['Pol Pinoy']
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26/06/2018 0:00
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In this modern Internet age, one should always exercise critical thinking when reading or listening to the news. That applies to FOX News, CNN, or The Onion.Yesterday, The Onion reported that its long-time CEO, Steve Hanna, is stepping down.And that’s the truth, and nothing but. No, really, even if you’re reading it here on The Adobo Chronicles ® .
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/26/for-the-first-time-ever-the-onion-reports-the-truth/?share=email
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United Airlines To Charge For Use Of Overhead Bins, Philippine Air Lines To Ban Dried Fish In Cabin
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['Pol Pinoy']
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6/12/2016 0:00
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United Airlines just announced a new ticket option called “Basic Economy,” banning the use of overhead bins for luggage.With the new policy, passengers in the main cabin are stuck with paying for a checked bag, or paying for a more expensive ticket to bring it on board as a carry-on.Across the Pacific Ocean, Philippine Air Lines (PAL) also announced that it will no longer allow passengers to bring dried fish as carry-on items. The Philippines’ flag carrier said that the new rule is in response to a customer survey in which many passengers, especially non-Filipinos, have complained about the aroma of dried fish that Filipinos bring on board.So if you’re planning to bring dried fish as a gift to your relatives in the U.S. or other countries, be prepared to pack them as checked-in luggage.Or fly first class on United!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/12/06/united-airlines-to-charge-for-use-of-overhead-bins-philippine-air-lines-to-ban-dried-fish-in-cabin/?share=email
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WITH ONE MOUSE CLICK, GOOGLE ERASES SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLAND FROM WORLD MAP
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['Pol Pinoy']
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14/07/2018 0:00
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Before today, a search on Google Maps would point you to an island in the South China Sea called Zhongsha.Its international name is Scarborough Shoal and is one of disputed territories in the Spratly Islands, a group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atols, cays and islands in the South China Sea. The Spratly archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines, Malaysia and southern Vietnam. All three countries plus China claim part of the archipelago as part of their respective territories.With the click of the mouse, Google erased the island from the map after an outcry from Filipinos who maintained that naming the island Zhongsha would suggest that it belongs to China, when in fact, it belongs to the Philippines, or so it is claimed.“We’ve updated Google Maps to fix the issue. We understand that geographic names can raise deep emotions which is why we worked quickly once this was brought to our attention,” Google’s office in Manila said in a statement.China, meanwhile, has accused Google of taking sides on a territorial dispute that should be settled by the governments involved, not by a private company. Furthermore, China says that Google’s action is in retaliation for the Chinese government’s crackdown on gmail and the Google search engine in the Chinese mainland.So, if there is a name of an island or body of water anywhere in the world that you are not happy about, don’t despair. All you need is to start a petition for Google to erase it from the map. Or at least change its name.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/07/14/with-one-mouse-click-google-erases-south-china-sea-island-from-world-map/#respond
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Philippines: Starbucks To Serve San Miguel Beer And Sisig After 5 P.M.
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['Pol Pinoy']
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12/4/2016 0:00
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Five Starbucks locations in Washington, D.C. began serving wine, beer and other small plates Tuesday afternoon. It is part of the Seattle-based coffee company’s strategy to increase sagging revenue by trying to capture the happy hour adult crowd.Not to be outdone, Starbucks Philippines has announced that effective this Friday, its locations across the country will start serving San Miguel Beer, along with a Filipino favorite appetizer, sisig. The new menu will be available every day after 5 p.m.As part of its initial promotional period, Starbucks will serve complimentary sisig for every bucket of San Mig Light purchased by customers.Customers under the age of 21 will not be allowed to purchase beer, but senior citizens will be entitled to the usual 20% off.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/04/12/philippines-starbucks-to-serve-san-miguel-beer-and-sisig-after-5-p-m/#respond
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Will the next anti-Duterte rally be AWESOME enough for Millennials?
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-09-12 04:48:58+00:00
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According to various sources, there will be (yet another) protest rally against the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in the coming days. What are these rallyists going to protest? Duterte’s purported authoritarianism? Martial Law in Mindanao? “Killings” related to his “war on drugs”?So what else is new?This is, after all, the era of the millennial A.D.D. generation. There must be something new on offer. The goal of a protest rally after all is to attract attention. Given today’s young attention-deficited electorate, attention is a fleeting asset for players in the attention-seeking industry. Millennials are always in search of the next awesome thing that will interrupt the din of highly-perishable content flooding their social media timelines. In short, this next “big” anti-Duterte rally will perish if it fails the Millennial Awesome Test.As far as has been observed, the “killings” circuses and violence porn the Opposition has been serving through their various media channels has failed to move nor impress the majority of Filipinos. The media stunts have, in short, not been awesome enough for a generation who rely on Facebook and Google algorithms to tell them what to plant their eyeballs upon and click on “Like” or “Retweet”. The venues, and props of these rallies have, thus far, failed to provide awesome enough backdrops for selfies and poetic enough slogans and sound bytes to quote in status updates.To be fair, selling violence porn to a people long desensitised to violence is a tough pitch to sustain. Tabloids and TV Patrol have dominated that niche for decades and propaganda campaigns based on politicising “victims” have been worn to tatters over 30 years of Yellow necropolitics and Martial Law Crybabyism. Quite simply, expecting different results whilst doing the same thing over and over again is a fool’s project.More importantly: To come up with something new and awesome requires imagination.Unfortunately, because many of the Opposition’s key “influencers” prefer to spend their online days cocooned in their echo chambers, preaching to their choirs of like-minded “followers”, and blocking or “muting” people who disagree with them, they have lost touch with the pulse of the broader audience they should have been chasing. This explains why their rhetoric has failed to evolve from the snoozefest it has become to the awesome propaganda hooks the A.D.D. generation demand. When you are constantly told you are correct, spot on, and awesome by your cherry-picked audience, your creative faculties become deluded and atrophied.The trouble with Opposition “thought leaders” is that they want their audience to assure them that they are right. They lost the whole point of the game — which is to publish your views so that they are tested by a skeptical audience. The real game in this business is to stress-test one’s points of view. The call to the audience of a truly cluey thought leader is “prove me wrong” rather than “tell me I am right”. You cannot stress-test your points of view when you limit your engagement to within your clique of like-minded folk.The coming anti-Duterte rallies will likely exhibit again and again the products of liberal and left-leaning activists’ inbred thinking. Indeed, the oxymoronic quality of a protest rally intended to persuade people that Duterte’s government is an authoritarian one flies over the pointed heads of these “activists”. That one can freely rally on Manila’s streets without fear of being arrested, by itself, invalidates that notion even before the placards and pumping fits come out. The Opposition needs to come up with something new to replace the old red herrings that have, for so long, been fodder to their tired rhetoric and street sloganeering. The thing with herrings is that they quickly begin to stink when left out in the sun. And that is not awesome.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/09/will-the-next-anti-duterte-rally-be-awesome-enough-for-millennials/#comments
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Mar Roxas’s fatal campaign error: Selling continuity to a people who wanted change
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2016-05-02 07:54:25+00:00
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It should have been obvious from the onset. Filipinos are not happy with the status quo under which they slog through life in the Philippines. Day-to-day, they are beaten down by rampant crime, imprisoned by gridlocked traffic, cowed by Islamic terrorism, and deeply embarrassed by an inability of their own armed forces to protect their country’s sovereignity. Underneath all that is the vast foundation of systemic problems that continue to hinder progress at the grassroots — galloping population growth, intractable unemployment, and shifting weather patterns wreaking havoc on agriculture and public safety.But despite these obvious issues that impact ordinary Filipinos everyday, the administration of Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III had consistently trumpetted “achievements” that fly way above ordinary Filipinos’ heads. “Improved” economic indicators (like GDP annual growth) and credit rating “upgrades” are the stuff macroeconomists’ wet dreams. But for ordinary Filipinos working on scraping together a day’s earnings everyday those “sound economic fundamentals” mean nothing.Unfortunately for Wharton boy Mar Roxas, those nebulous economic numbers formed the foundation of his ill-fated presidential campaign. Perhaps, as many have observed, because Roxas is hopelessly out of touch with ordinary Filipinos, Roxas had grossly mis-read the sentiment of the public he was pitching himself to. Unhappy people generally want change. Roxas, instead, sold to them continuity.Huu-wwwhattt?! Continue what is clearly broken??This seems to have been the collective gasp of Filipino voters looking to the president’s Anointed One for answers upon finding out he had none such — which possibly explains why voters had now abandoned Roxas and Robredo and crushed the Liberal Party’s hopes of maintaining that much cherished but now-irrelevant status quo.Filipinos have always been an emotional lot, which is quite ironic because the original Yellow Horde that won current President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III the presidency in 2010 knew this well. Against the cool rationality of seasoned executives like Gibo Teodoro and Dick Gordon who espoused relatively well-thought-through visions and platforms back then, Aquino rose to power on the back of the vacuous sentimentality that erupted following the death of his mother, former President Cory Aquino.Indeed, one of the casualties of that battle that pitted Aquino’s emo campaign against the Vulcan reasoning of his rivals and detractors is none other than Mar Roxas himself. Roxas had to “sacrifice” his presidential bid to make way for the sweeping — but ultimately empty — promises of The Pedigreed One.It seems that the lessons of that one-time Liberal Party victory failed to make its way into Roxas’s quaint campaign. The situation has now been reversed in a twist of tragic fate. Roxas is now regarded as the most rational amongst a line-up of candidates who, within their respective followings, have successfully pitched an emotional campaign. Indeed, nowhere else is this successful tapping into strong public sentiment more evident than in the campaign (or, shall we say, non-campaign) of frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte.Duterte’s campaign is hardly rational. But it worked. The gaping hole of irrationality left by Roxas’s pitch to the Filipino voter was the niche grabbed by the Duterte campaign. Roxas’s continuity tagline, though logical in many aspects, merely highlighted the numerous failures of the administration that he served for six years — a government that left a legacy of crumbling infrastructure, unresolved plunder allegations at the highest levels, and botched emergency and military responses that resulted in thousands of preventable deaths.All of these failures plus Roxas’s foolish promise to continue the administrative approach that had underlain these failures paved the way for Duterte’s irrational but wildly-successful campaign. From being an undecided and even reluctant candidate from Mindanao voted least likely to succeed just a few months ago, Duterte had risen to the top and is now poised to ace these elections.With the benefit of hindsight, it is easy to see now that Roxas was — and is — the face of failure for the Liberal Party. The insult of being beaten to the vice presidency by Jejomar Binay in 2010 was added to the injury of having to step back to allow his chum Noynoy to run for president. The appalling PR disaster that was his role as the face of the Philippine government response to Supertyphoon Haiyan in 2013 had reduced Wharton’s child to a national laughingstock. The degeneration of the MRT, the jewel of Metro Manila’s public transport crown, into an international punchline had all but dealt a fatal blow to Roxas’s ability to issue new promises to his people. Most tragic insult of all is his being left out of the command loop by his own boss even as 44 of the Philippines’ most elite crack police commandos under his charge were slaughtered by Islamic terrorists in early 2015.Yet Roxas’s supporters remain baffled as to why their bet is losing at the polls. Perhaps it is because, like Roxas, the Yellow Horde fail to or, worse, will not see the obvious situation before them — that ordinary Filipinos just want a change in their personal circumstances — a piece of that “economic growth” pie Roxas and his camp had myopically talked about ad infinitum but failed to make relevant to the Filipino voter.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/05/roxass-fatal-campaign-error-selling-continuity-people-wanted-change/
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Demonizing political enemies is a tradition of the Aquino gov’t that De Lima was a part of
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2016-09-24 13:33:51+00:00
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After being ousted as chairman of the Senate Justice Committee, Leila De Lima is, predictably, playing the victim card, claiming that she no longer “feels safe”…De Lima said she was not confident whether Philippines security agencies would protect her. “Can I rely on the government and (Philippines National Police) for safety or (National Bureau of Investigations) for my security? Can I rely on the (Armed Forces of the Philippines) to give me security? What is my choice?”Perhaps.But in issuing a blanket indictment of all of the Philippines’ state security and law enforcement agencies, De Lima merely puts up a mirror to her own face. The Philippines’ police and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), after all, constitute components of a system that De Lima was, herself, a key part of — over the term of her former boss, former President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III and even beyond that in various posts in previous governments.It may fly right over De Lima’s head but it is ironic that De Lima would not trust a system that, for six long enough years, she had every opportunity to reform.Now, as a Philippine senator, De Lima has even more opportunity at her disposal, this time as a legislator whose job it is to craft laws and propose improvements to existing laws. But what is De Lima doing with her precious time as senator instead? We’ve been seeing it all on TV and on our social media timelines in recent weeks. De Lima chooses to waste her taxpayer-funded time in the Senate to organise these circuses and perform tele-dramas before the cameras.To begin with, it is hard to see what aid to legislation the probe into those alleged “extrajudicial killings” (EJKs), will deliver. Is De Lima going to take ownership and follow through with a legislative agenda that takes into full account what lessons (if any) are learned from her EJK probe? That remains to be seen. Many observers doubt that there is any bigger purpose to De Lima’s EJK probe beyond it being a mere channel through which anti-Duterte rhetoric is broadcast.The trouble with Yellow camp politicians like De Lima is they remain disinclined to shedding their now-tired old penchant for painting the police as the enemy and the Establishment as a usual suspect. That sort of stance sounds ok when one only has street rallies as a means to exert influence. But when one is a Philippine Senator (or even, once, a Justice Secretary), making demons of state forces and state institutions becomes moronic at best. As Senator, De Lima should act the part — that of a Philippine Government official.Her latest stunt, inviting the United Nations to investigate EJKs and demanding that Malacanang accede to this — what is tantamount to a meddling in Philippine domestic affairs by an international body — is nothing short of an affront to the mandate granted to her by the Filipino voters…De Lima’s resolution said the call for the investigation by the United Nations came amid perceptions “that our local institutions of law enforcement and justice, including domestic mechanisms of accountability of public officials appear to be either inadequate, compromised or weak.” She said the Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation “cannot be expected to even initiate—much more sustain—an independent investigation into the killings.”De Lima should ask herself this confronting question: Whose fault is it that things are today as she had described above? Most Filipinos know the answer. And it is that knowledge of the answer to that important question held by a big enough section of the electorate that catapulted current President Rodrigo Duterte to power in the 2016 elections. It’s time De Lima and her ilk learn how to handle The Truth.[Photo courtesy ABS-CBN News.]
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/09/demonizing-political-enemies-tradition-aquino-govt-de-lima-part/#comments
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Leni Robredo Protests Reduction of 2019 OVP Budget By P95 Million
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['Pol Pinoy']
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29/07/2018 0:00
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Leni Robredo is not happy about the P95 Million reduction in the 2019 Budget of the Office of the Vice President, and she is filing a formal protest.Under the P3.757 Trillion national budget proposed for 2019, the OVP will receive P447.6 Million which is almost P100 Million reduction from its 2018 budget.In lodging her protest, Robredo said: “Paano na yung pa-merienda ko sa mga reporters or my foreign speaking enagements? Naunsyami tuloy yung plan to revisit the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.” (What happens now for the refreshments I offer to reporters, my foreign speaking engagements and my plan to revisit the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin?)
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/07/29/leni-robredo-protests-reduction-of-2019-ovp-budget-by-p95-million/
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In Case You Were Wondering, This Is How The VP Debate Moderator Looks Like
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/10/2016 0:00
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You knew someone was asking questions. You heard her voice and heard her name mentioned by both VP candidates. But if you tuned in right after last night’s vice presidential debate started (introductions not included), you were probably thinking the questions were coming from a television studio or by Skype. So did millions of CNN viewers.Not once did the cameras show the face of the debate moderator. IN ALL OF 90 MINUTES!Her name is Elaine Quijano, the first Asian American to moderate a major U.S. political debate. She is a woman of Filipino heritage.We’re not suggesting racism or sexism, or CNN bias (Quijano is with CBS). Ironically, before joining CBS, she was with CNN.So in the interest of public service, we’re now showing you how she looks like. You’re welcome!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/04/in-case-you-were-wondering-this-is-how-the-vp-debate-moderator-looks-like/
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Liquor Lovers Upset Over Suspension Of Tequila’s Twitter Account
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['Pol Pinoy']
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22/11/2016 0:00
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It’s Thanksgiving week and most people have started planning their traditional dinner menu including their choice of wine, champagne or liquor.For many, tequila is their choice of liquor. They can’t do without it for their margarita, tequila sunrise or long island iced tea.So it is no surpise that they were extremely upset to wake up this morning to find that the Twitter account of their favorite liquor has been suspended.The complaints line of the San Francisco-based social media portal was overwhelmed with angry tequila lovers.Twitter staff spent most of the day today fielding calls and explaining to their irate customers that the Twitter account that was suspended was for a different Tequila. Tina Tequila, that is.The Twitter account of Tequila, reality TV-turned social media star, was suspended following a string of neo-Nazi tweets that drew increased attention over the weekend, when she attended a conference of “alt-right” white nationalists in Washington, D.C.At the conference, the 35-year-old Vietnamese-American model posed for a photo in which she and two other individuals performed the Nazi salute. She shared it on Twitter, writing the caption, “Seig [sic] heil!”So relax, real Tequila (the liquor) fans, you’re good to go. Tweet and Re-Tweet away!Cheers!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/11/22/liquor-lovers-upset-over-suspension-of-tequilas-twitter-account/
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PHILIPPINE ARCHBISHOP: NO MORE IVORY FOR RELIGIOUS IMAGES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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5/11/2017 0:00
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Archbishop Socrates Villegas, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) , has issued a “pastoral guidance” prohibiting priests from receiving or blessing religious images made of ivory and any material derived from protected and endangered species.However, he said that those statues and images of ivory already in use prior to the issuance of the pastoral guidance, should be safeguarded, and may remain in use for purposes of devotion and in recognition of their historical value.“The Catholic Church must do its part. No matter the beauty of a work of art, it cannot justify the slaughter of wildlife, the use of endangered organic forms and the lending of a seal of approval to the threat posed to biodiversity by poachers and traffickers,” Villegas said.Citing Pope Francis’ acclaimed encyclical on the environment, Villegas said: “Every instance of beauty is a reflection of the infinite beauty of the Creator. We cannot, without offending the Creator, deface his creation.”Asked by reporters why the pastoral guidance did not include wooden crosses which are mostly derived from trees, the uprooting and cutting of which cause deforestation, which ultimately harms both animal and human species, as well as the environment, Villegas simply said, “next question, please!”Talk about opening a Pandora’s box!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/11/05/philippine-archbishop-no-more-ivory-for-religious-images/?share=email
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Five Routes to the Presidency in the Philippines
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2016-05-14 11:22:28+00:00
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With Mayor Rody Duterte’s trail-blazing ascent to the presidency, we may have to rewrite the books on the ins and outs of politics in the country. He was from a marginalized region of the country way down South with a thick Visayan accent, had no pocket money of his own to launch a national campaign, came into the race late, left-leaning, gun-wielding and hardly resembling your typical showbiz mestizo from Imperial Manila that Filipinos are head-over-heels beholden to. How he pulled off such a feat is up for historians and analysts to chew on for many years to come.There is no clearly defined equation or formula on how to get to the top in Philippine politics, but it’s very much like romance; you can’t really tell which combination of traits a man or woman would consider of critical weight in choosing a partner. But one underlying common denominator for all politicians in the Philippines to making it big is a good mix of popularity (name recall), competence (abilidad) and charisma (mass appeal).Five Routes to MalacañangIf Jesus claimed “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me,” in the case of the top government post in the land, there are various routes that one can take to get there. For all wannabe future presidents of the Philippines, listen well and plan accordingly.1. Political Dynasty RouteThis is the widely traveled traditional hiker’s trail to the apex. Just look at the number of people trying to seek public office by riding on the established political brand name of their politician parents or ancestors. We saw Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and NoyNoy Aquino; and now Mar Roxas and Bongbong Marcos are banking on their famous last names to get to higher office. It works most of the time, but not all the time. This usually involves being long entrenched in a powerful political clan or party with a vast machinery, strong elaborate connections, and a huge war chest to spend millions on a nation-wide campaign.Along this route goes the tried and tested “corporate ladder” of getting to the top. Start as a mayor or governor, then move to be a congressman or senator, and finally to the top national post. After a stint in congress, Abby Binay recently won as Makati mayor; we will likely find her further following in her father’s footsteps.2. Showbiz RouteBeing on national TV or the big screen is about the most effective way to becoming a famous hit household name and talk of the town anywhere in the country. Let’s lump together all the action/romance/comedy actors/actresses, news casters, talk/game show hosts, basketball players, boxers, singers and every variant of the entertainment and sports industry. The rule is easy:maximum visibility = popularity = votesAfter the anti-meritocracy Yellow camp came into power, we have seen a relentless barrage of people retiring from showbiz and entering into the political scene. Even people like Erap and FPJ with hardly any credentials for the office were emboldened to pursue their national wet dream. Now it looks like Manny Pacquiao is on the way. But it is a comfort to see that the electorate is maturing and evolving as the likes of Edu Manzano and Alma Moreno didn’t make it to the Senate’s magic 12, which is like being just 2 steps away from the top post. Dream on guys, but it looks like Filipinos are finally waking up.3. Controversial Headline News RouteVirtual nobodies can become instant one-day superstars by finding a way to be on the headline news; and what’s more effective than stirring controversy or inducing trouble? Look at how military rebels like Honasan and Trillanes (following their idol FVR) are now big political names, with the latter even getting more media limelight by attacking other big-fish politicians. Having your name flashed on prime-time news or highlighted in bold on the headline of our national dailies is the most cost effective way for people with no pocket money to reach the top. The often unsolicited service of the hounding flies of the news/media industry is free – so why not avail of it? This is an effective route for people with wild imaginations who have nothing better to do than look for trouble.4. Necropolitical Narcotics RouteStarting with Cory, who we may suspect had her heart-ailment-stricken dead-dog-anyway husband assassinated on the airport tarmac that fateful day, we have had a long string of copycats on this avenue of using their deceased relative as some kind of powerful drug to capture the heart of emotional gullible sympathy-voting Filipinos.What was effective for India’s Ghandi family was discovered as a new open crack into Malacañang Palace. Cory used it, and so did her son PNoy. Like some virtual domino effect, who knows? They might have PNoy killed so Kris can win by a landslide in the next elections. Grace and Leni used the technique recently, showing enormous success. Watch out Mar; Korina might someday find your casket handy.5. “Champion of Radical Change” RouteIf you recall, Obama rode on the slogan of CHANGE (with a matching book he authored “The Audacity of Hope”). This sells well for a disgruntled populace who are tired of all the bullshit they see in the incumbent and his administration. With Obama’s skin color symbolizing a new era of a radical shift in America, his hope of change swept the country in a wave of euphoria as he barreled his way to the Oval office.Likewise, Cory sold us the idea of freedom, hope and people-power-driven change, and the Filipino gladly bought it – hook, line and sinker (to many people’s regret). Du30 is now the symbol of radical change, as he does everything that is opposite to the political-correctness rule book, much to the masses’ surprise, amusement and delight.Even this early into the transition stage, we are already seeing him drawing up the plans for a Constitutional Convention (for his pet project, a federal government setup, and fixing the 60/40 ownership rule) and warning all to get ready for radical changes in lifestyle with curfews, time limits for drinking/karaoke, and smoking bans. In stark contrast to PNoy, he is just so radically fast that he even plans to bypass Congress by issuing an Executive Order rather than to wait for a bill to effect the long overdue “freedom of information.”Life is a sinusoidal wave, and we will keep on seeing that 180-degree U-turn take turns alternating up and down on the curve of human existence. We are now offered change from incompetence to meritocracy, from apathetic ivory-tower rule to inclusive growth, and from a polished-demeanor statesman to a care-free cussing iron-fisted rogue. After 3 decades of sham democratic freedom, we are back to a strongman.After yet another 30 years, will Filipinos (tired of discipline-imposing restrictions) come back begging and clamoring for the return of the Yellow camp’s anything-goes leadership? Only time will tell.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/05/five-routes-presidency-philippines/
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FLORIDA’S GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS: FANGATE!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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16/10/2017 0:00
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A televised debate between the candidates for Florida governor was almost called off Wednesday night because of a fan. A fan fan.As the debate coverage went live, neither incumbent Governor Rick Scott (R) nor challenger and former Governor Charlie Crist showed up on stage. The moderating panel panicked.Minutes later, Governor Crist took to the podium but the moderators announced that Governor Scott will not be participating in the debate because there was an electric fan underneath the podium designated for Crist.Scott’s campaign insisted that per the agreed-upon debate rules, fans were not allowed on stage.The Crist campaign, however, said that it was their understanding that what was prohibited were human fans or political followers of the candidates in the audience, and not electric fans on stage.Scott eventually showed up and the debate went on as scheduled.The debate will forever be known as fangate!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/10/16/floridas-gubernatorial-elections-fangate/
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IN PHILIPPINE CITY, ORDINANCE PROMOTING SEXISM, AGEISM AND HOMOPHOBIA GOES INTO EFFECT
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['Pol Pinoy']
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13/08/2017 0:00
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a man and another man older than the specified age as backrider CANNOT ride in tandem, except if they are father-son But ordinary Filipinos are smarter than the politicians. Many have eluded law enforcers by dressing up as women so that an adult man can ride in tandem with another man who is not his relative. Others have put on mickey mouse and other children’s costumes to look like 10 year-old backriders. Last week, The Adobo Chronicles reported that Philippine Senator Tito Sotto III has proposed a similar law that would apply to the entire country.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/08/13/in-philippine-city-ordinance-promoting-sexism-ageism-and-homophobia-goes-into-effect/?share=email
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Philippine Politics: The New And Improved Mayor Rodrigo Duterte
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['Pol Pinoy']
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23/04/2016 0:00
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Will the real Rodrigo Duterte please step forward?Just like that famous commercial for a soap detergent, there is a new and improved presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte — prim and proper, no profanities and an image of a rebel standing up against the elite and the biased media.In a speech at his alma mater, the Lyceum of the Philippines, where he did not utter a single profanity, Duterte said he is actually taking “the posture of a radical” when speaking in a brutally frank manner. This is to challenge the ruling class and the public officials who seem to only care for the elite.“I am testing the elite in this country because, historically, we are fundamentally a feudal country,” he said. “I am testing the waters of radicalism. (I act) as if I am irreverent, (but) it’s not really true. I pray to God always.Duterte also took a swipe at Manila-based media, saying he does not have such a bad mouth in reality. He said he just uses foul language because he is fed up with journalists who twist his statements. “In this country, (the ruling class) wants everything to be prim and proper. They control the media, they control television and all, and they want to do governance in accordance with their interest. That’s how it is,” he said.So, as an estimated 54 Million Filipinos troop to the voting booth on May 9th, they will be choosing between two Duterte’s: the foul-mouthed mayor and the God-fearing, prim and proper candidate for president.Many will probably vote for both.Stay tuned for The Adobo Chronicles’ extensive coverage of the 2016 Philippine presidential elections, brought to you by the new and improved Tide detergent.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/04/23/philippine-politics-the-new-and-improved-mayor-rodrigo-duterte/#comments
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U.S., China Simultaneously Unload Aid, Donations To The Philippines At Clark
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['Pol Pinoy']
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29/06/2017 0:00
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In an unusual display of international cooperation, both the United States and China yesterday unloaded their respective government aid and donations to the Philippines at ceremonies held at Clark Airbase in Pampanga.The Chinese and American planes parked side by side on the tarmac and it was a sight to behold.China 🇨🇳 turned over P370 million worth of arms and ammunition to President Rodrigo Duterte, along with a P5 million donation for the families of slain soldiers in Marawi City. This is on top of the P15 million it earlier donated to the Philippine government for the rehabilitation and relief operations in the conflict-torn city of Mindanao.The United States 🇺🇸 , on the other hand, unloaded its generous donation to the Marawi siege victims — 300 cases of SPAM. (Unknown perhaps to the Donald Trump administration, most of the victims of the Marawi siege practice the Muslim Faith and do not eat pork.)Duterte expressed the Filipino people’s gratitude to both governments. “Change has indeed come,” he said.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/06/29/u-s-china-simultaneously-unload-aid-donations-to-the-philippines-at-clark/?share=email
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In Philippine politics, women should NOT “woman up”. They should MAN up.
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2018-03-07 03:10:51+00:00
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“Tought leaders” of the Philippine Opposition don’t do their cause any favours by constantly playing the Woman Card whenever they feel offended. Real feminists, after all, fought hard for “gender equality”. By that, we presume, women would like to be on equal footing with men. I wonder if they really know the core essence of what that means.Men are competitive by nature — which is why sport is dominated by men and still remains widely-regarded as a “guy thing”. Video games are even more dominated by men and this considers, perhaps, the fact that most video game themes involve winning by crushing an enemy. In short men like games, particularly contests where there are clear victors and where becoming a victor entails beating the other guy. A decisively beaten enemy by that definition no longer poses a threat to the winner — which is why the definition of a winner in a man’s vocabulary is elegantly simple.In that regard, there are really clear differences between men and women. Men like beating people and dominating a realm. Women, on the other hand, prefer to get along with one another and share their realm. Bringing this context to the Internet and, specifically, the Philippines’ online political discourse raises some interesting things. It is evident that much of the chatter surrounding a “need” for a strong and congenial “social media community” is dominated by women’s voices. Yet despite years of trying to come up with a “united” community of Netizens focused on using social media for “social good”, the digital landscape remains a fragmented wasteland of cliques battling one another for ascendancy. Interestingly, within these cliques are even more vicious catfights between certain types of people (I’d get in trouble if I were even a wee bit more descriptive than “certain types”) scratching each others’ faces out with bared claws.The short of it is that men relish a fight and walk into battles expecting to be perceived to be strong and deserving of a decisive win. This is different from the trademark notion of Laban (also literally “fight”) associated with the Liberal Party (a.k.a. the Yellowtard) leadership of today’s Opposition. Yellowtards go to battle under their Laban banner wanting to be perceived to be weak but righteous and expecting to be made victims of and then, as a result of that victimhood, come out as some sort of perverse “winner”. Compare a man’s notion of a fight (the earlier) and the Yellowtards’ notion of a “fight” (the latter). The striking difference lies in just how logically-convoluted the latter narrative is. The Yellowtard definition of “winning”, in that regard, is not elegantly simple.What does all this have to do with feminism? Well, it’s simple really. The worst thing for a man is to find out he won because his enemy pulled punches. That would make winning in such a fight (in the real sense of the word) a hollow victory. Consider, in that regard, the way “feminists” play the Woman Card whenever something in politics doesn’t quite go their way. Oppostion “thought leaders” have, of late, been highlighting that Duterte takes issue with or, we are told, is even “frightened” of strong women. So far, several prominent “heroes” have been set upon a pedestal by the Yellowtards for all to worship — they are (somewhat in chronological order of elevation), presumptive “vice president” Leni Robredo, jailed “Senator” Leila De Lima, bullied “blogger” Jover Laurio, failed “CEO” Maria Ressa, and banned “reporter” Pia Ranada.Hey, look, all of them are women!Yes, they happen to be women. That they happen to be women, to be fair, should neither make them more entitled to heroic veneration nor accord them special treatment. They are people who happen to be women — at least that is, how I understand, real feminists ought to be regarding them. Extend that logic further and it becomes evident that highlighting the gender of these bozos (i.e. playing the Woman Card on their behalf) only serves to undermine the true essence of gender equality. Habitual highlighting what gender a person happens to be runs counter to a key pillar of the feminist cause: gender neutrality.In short, bozos who habitually play the Woman Card in the midst of a fight should be asked this question:Is it because you want punches to be pulled?What kind of victory do women want in the battles they walk into emboldened by 21st Century feminism? Politics is a battlefield and the fact that cannot be changed about that battlefield is, it had traditionally been (and still is) dominated by men. Do women expect men to pull punches when faced with an adversary who happens to be female. The answer to that question depends on how substantial people want their victories to be.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2018/03/in-philippine-politics-women-should-not-woman-up-they-should-man-up/
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Now It Can Be Told: Duterte Was, Indeed, In A Comma
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['Pol Pinoy']
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17/06/2017 0:00
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Rumormonger Carlos Celdran and others were correct after all in spreading on social media that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s absence from public view in past days, including from the Independence Day rites last June 12, was because he was in a coma.Except that it was more of a comma — not coma. He needed a little pause from all his hard work and lack of sleep. He had to re-energize and recoup.But now he’s baaaaack!Celdran and company must now be in a comatose themselves from embarrassment.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/06/17/now-it-can-be-told-duterte-was-indeed-in-a-comma/#respond
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Filipino American Millionnaire To Donate All Her Money To Build Drug Rehabilitation Centers In The Phlippines
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['Pol Pinoy']
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17/10/2016 0:00
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She’s Filipina American, multi-millionaire, chair of the US Pinoys for Good Government, and a staunch supporter of the Yellow Liberal Party. Her name is Loida Nicolas Lewis, chief campaigner for defeated presidential candidate Mar Roxas.And she has it both ways. Once, she said some very kind words about Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.Then, she signed a letter to the Miss Universe Organization to cancel the Miss Universe pageant scheduled to be held in the Philippines next January. The letter cited an unfavorable atmosphere under the Duterte presidency.But she is also a philanthropist.So, because of her love of her homeland, she announced today that she was divesting herself of her millions — $600 Million as a matter of fact.She wants to donate all her money to build drug rehabilitation centers in the Philippines, to complement Duterte’s war on drugs which saw more than half a million Filipino drug dealers and users voluntarily surrender. It’s her way of continuing the Aquino administration’s “Daang Matuwid.”Wishful thinking.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/17/filipino-american-millionnaire-to-donate-all-her-money-to-build-drug-rehabilitation-centers-in-the-phlippines/
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Ireland’s President To Bill O’Reilly : You Are Not Welcome Here
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['Pol Pinoy']
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17/01/2016 0:00
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Conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly promised that if Democratic Bernie Sanders is elected president of the United States, he will move to Ireland. O’Reilly traces his roots to Ireland.Upon learning of O’Reilly’s plan, the president of Ireland, Michael. D. Higgins, said that the American pundit is not welcome in Ireland. “If he thinks his conservative views are much better off in our country, he is absolutely wrong,” Higgins said.Today’s Ireland is closer to being socialist than conservative, with policies on taxation, immigration, health care and gun control — the issues O’Reilly fears about socialist Sanders — flourishing and flourishing well.And O’Reilly may not be aware that Higgins and Sanders are brothers, separated at birth but with very similar political and social leanings. They even look like identical twins.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/01/17/irelands-president-to-bill-oreilly-you-are-not-welcome-here/?share=email
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Watch: VP Leni visits Pres Rody in Palace
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2016-07-04 18:12:21+08:00
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During the first meeting with Vice President Leni Robredo and President Rodrigo Duterte in the AFP event, the former asked the latter if she can have a courtesy visit at the Malacañang.Today, President Duterte flew to the Palace from Davao City for a work to be done including the meet-up with the Vice President. As to what they were talking about, no one knows. The conversation was offline. Stay tuned for updates.Watch the video below now!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-vp-leni-visits-pres-rody-palace/
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IATROGENICS: Why Rappler is Becoming a Victim of Its Own Medicine
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2016-10-20 06:34:32+00:00
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Hashtags: #TakeBackMariaRessa #OmidyarNetworkI can only feel for Maria Ressa. Her motherly interest to defend her team from criticism resulted in more harm rather than good. Nassim Nicholas Taleb comes to mind. He coined the the term “naive interventionism”, from iatrogenics in the medical field. Iatrogenics is a case wherein a doctor/medicine administers unnecessary treatment that will do more harm than good.In his book, Antifragile, Mr. Taleb shared this story…In 1930’s, 389 children were presented to New York City doctors; 174 were recommended for tonsillectomy. 215 were presented to a second set of doctors, and 99 were said to need surgery. The remaining 116 were shown to a third set of doctors; 52 were recommended for surgery. Note that there is a morbidity rate of 2-4% for each case. Every child who underwent an unnecessary operation has shortening of her life expectancy. The intent to do good caused more harm.The deaths of Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and George Washington were all suspected to be partly due to iatrogenics as well. The excessive use of medicine to hasten their recovery and ride back to battle resulted in their deaths.The Sick and the Impatient VictimIn my “Rashomon Effect” piece, I hope Maria Ressa finally understood that even she is not immune from human flaws. The best she can do as a journalist is to not get distracted, quit justifying herself, focus on REPORTING the facts, and most importantly, STOP moderating us. Expect criticism, expect hate. As journalists, that is the burden the job carries. Let the people be. Sometimes, not intervening is the cure . As the master once said:So other people hurt me? That’s their problem. Their character and actions are not mine. What is done to me is ordained by nature and what I do by my own. – Marcus AureliusIf they are free from any political agenda, someone in their team needs some SPANKING. Their efforts to “intellectually” justify themselves resulted in increased perceived intellectual snobbery which drew more wind to the fire and got them all burned.Anybody who can’t take the heat will be unable to separate themselves from their emotions. Heightened emotions amplify bias and cloud objectivity. We cannot deny that this happened in the mass Duterte movement. Sad thing is, the same thing happened to Rappler as well! As I mentioned in my first article that as the fifth estate- it is our responsibility to challenge the media. If the media, as the fourth estate, need to hold the public servants accountable; we, the fifth estate, also need to hold the media accountable. This! Yeah, this. This.Maria Ressa could have stopped the public animosity before it caught fire, but I was very surprised that she took the ride. Although I unfollowed Rappler years ago when they started writing clickbait titles, my confidence in her remained intact. But all that changed when Rappler started moderating comments—that was a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT. They got impatient with public opinion and decided on an unnecessary treatment.They took unneeded medicine. #TakeBackMariaRessaKeeping my Zen-like peace, I let it be. I kept silent because I felt it is useless to argue, and there will always be someone such as the likes of ThinkingPinoy, Sass, and GRP to represent. Much respect to these guys, listen.However, the “Weaponizing the Internet” series was my wake-up call. I breathe through the internet and the lies were as clear to me as sunrise. Worse, she talked of cognitive bias like it was a one-way thing, like she was immune to it. That was ALARMING to me. The samurai’s self-deception is getting worse and I felt the need to break the silence. In his seclusion, the monk is out on a peaceful rage. **Om Mani Padme Hum**If Symptoms Persist, Consult your DoctorIt is NOT too late for Maria Ressa to save her beloved Rappler. But she cannot do it with her team’s elitism and intellectual snobbery. She is SPOILING them by NOT pointing out these pervasive behaviors. This TEAM CULTURE breeds PUBLIC distrust. The media cannot distance itself from its people. By that, they need to stop treating Rappler’s FB comments as a forum section, where deleting comments and demeaning people is becoming a normality. In a democracy, the people is NOT the enemy. #TakeBackMariaRessaAs an anonymous paid troll with unquestionable credentials, I sincerely offer you my prescription:Pride Chicken is Expensive. Listen to those who matter, the people.Stop demeaning people. We know you’re an elite. STAHP already.We are NOT bots. We have emotions. We have feelings. #JoneeehhlDon’t moderate us. The comment section is therapeutical to us.Stop justifying yourself. We don’t need your customer service.Do your job. REPORT the facts until Mocha Uson shares your posts.Stop sensationalizing yourself. We had enough of De Lima already.Accept your humanity- and your bias. Reevaluate your interest.Practice humility. Intellect does not win you women. Trust me!Stop being an elitist. Study Siddharta and the KardashiansDo NOT be distracted. Trolls love attention, don’t give them that.Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.**cough**carlos***cough**celdran**Hospital Admission: Time to Reevaluate Options and ReorganizationIf the Rappler team will be unable to adapt these prescriptions, their primary stakeholder (Omidyar) will need to step in. They’ll have to reevaluate their options. They need to check if the team’s behavior is in alignment with their intended VISION and, Company Culture. Because even if Rappler is saying they are doing well overall, search engine traffic still drives majority of their revenue stream. Social media is TOO BIG of a business chunk to miss out on—just look at the FB engagement data, for God’s sake. Rappler may not be losing money, but they are missing SERIOUS GROWTH opportunities. Investors should NOT be happy. Businesses exist for revenue. Or if it should be for the cause, then it should be for the people, otherwise, whose interest is it?Unless Omidyar is gunning for being one for “Elite Media”, a TOUGH reorganization needs to be made. The team culture apparently seems to be corrupted by elitism. As a Venture Capitalist, I take it that Omidyar are very familiar with the concept of the Diffusion of Innovation. With that snobby team culture, there’s no way Rappler can reach the critical mass in comparison to their competitors, they are keeping the early majority for themselves. Learn from us, your so called TROLLS. Our reach covers the whole scope of people: from innovators to laggards, from thought leaders to Mocha Uson. There is no separation of classes with us. The stakeholders need to be involved, Maria Ressa is now obviously too attached to shake the tree for everyone. #TakeBackMariaRessaThe Naive Interventionism of the Rappler SupportersLastly, whoever is running the FollowRappler campaign must stop. Please stop. I know your intention is to help Rappler but you are actually doing them more harm. Iatrogenics. Naive intervention. Do not make the same mistake. You are giving the people hints on who’s behind you and further linking yourselves with political agenda. It is not looking good, take it down.MARIA RESSA BADLY NEEDS TO FIRE SOMEONE! Someone got burnt and is getting restless. I can smell it.Remember antifragility—the more you hit, the stronger it gets. That is Mother Nature’s design. The arrogance is making the people stronger. This should not be the case.Stop. If you are wounded, let it heal or it will only complicate itself.Much love,MarcusPS,In my effort for deliberate anonymity, my Facebook profile got ejected hours after my post against Rappler went live. Facebook is requiring my full name and proof of identification. Against FB’s guidelines, I had my name structured in a way that my network of friends would be able to distinguish my full name yet remain unsearchable. I am NOT famous; I just bent the rules (just like the rest of the others) and got targeted specifically.Looks like the Rappler team got the wrong ninja skills. I commend your efforts of finding my account and getting it reported. You need not intervene. We cannot afford for you to get distracted, the stakes are HIGH.PPS,I have nothing but love for you Maria Ressa. Much like ThinkingPinoy, Sass, GRP and others, I would value your word to a higher degree if you go independent and unfunded. It will help free you from the bias and self-absorbed surroundings. It will free you from the burden of BUSINESS. It will free you from your shackles.It will bring back the inspiring, uncompromising Maria Ressa that moved the hearts of the Filipinos.It’s time to take back the respect you once had. It’s to take back the old MARIA RESSA! TAKE BACK MARIA RESSA! #TakeBackMariaRessaIn case we can’t bring you back, at least, listen to our indignation. Do not argue but listen. As the fourth estate, it’s the honorable thing to do.PPPS,And to you, the reader, a Filipino. Gather your friends, your family, anyone. Let your voice be heard. Let our voice be heard. If they won’t listen, then let us SHOUT. If they SILENCE us, then the system already failed. We are no longer a democracy. #TakeBackMariaRessaBe passionate but let us try to be objective. But since you reach the bottom of this piece, you are no headliner and probably smart enough to not do that. Just remind those that are not, explain in the language they’ll understand.PPPPS,To my teammates who probably know me based on my series of arguments, yes it is me. Forgive me, I lied. I was not sick for 4 days. I’m just away on a philanthropic mission.—Uncopyrighted: No permission needed to copy, distribute, or modify the content of this article. Do whatever the hell you like.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/10/iatrogenics-rappler-becoming-victim-medicine/#comments
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Members of Congress represent what is wrong with Philippine society
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-08-18 15:06:20+00:00
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Most Filipinos are accustomed to receiving bad news. It’s like a part of life to live with sad endings and also tragedies. Perhaps it has something to do with the Catholic mantra “if someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also” or perhaps some people are simply not the master of their own fate. But, whatever the case, Filipinos in the Philippines seem to be living in a perpetual nightmare. This is evident in the horrendous traffic Filipinos have to endure every day. This is also evident in the way Filipinos tolerate the abuse they get from their public servants since the country was granted “independence” by their colonial masters.Take the case of Judy Taguiwalo. She was handpicked by President Rodrigo Duterte to head the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Over more than a year of holding that role, she did not receive complaints even from the harshest critics of the current administration. As a matter of fact, Taguiwalo was very much lauded and well-praised by people from all camps. They said she doesn’t just do her job, she does it well too, which is a rarity for a public servant in the Philippines. Despite that, members of the Commission on Appointments, comprised of members of Congress, rejected her appointment.A lot of Filipinos were baffled as to why their representatives in Congress are not in tune with their sentiments about Taguiwalo. The people want her in DSWD so why did they reject her? There was no valid reason not to confirm her in the post. Her rainbow haired predecessor was so incompetent and was infamous for callously burying relief goods underground because she failed to distribute them before the expiry date, but was confirmed to her post without a hitch.Tuguiwalo’s rejection as Secretary of DSWD was disappointing to a lot of people. The worse part was, the members of the Commission on Appointments did not feel obliged to explain their decision. They deliberated behind closed doors and those who said “no” to her remained unnamed. That has to be one of the ruthless things members of Congress had done to the people they supposedly represent. There is no way for the public to know who among the politicians are playing politics. How can the voters tell which one among their representatives betrayed them? How can they avoid voting the wrong candidates in the next election?There’s talk that members of Congress rejected Judy as DSWD Secretary because they want to use her department’s dole outs in the form of Conditional Cash Transfers (as traditionally done) to buy votes – a scam she didn’t want to be a part of. It seems members of Congress from both the lower and upper house want a piece of the action from the DSWD to fund their next election campaign. Some say that some congressmen prefer that the DSWD course its projects through them instead of delivering these directly to recipients. They must miss their pork barrel funds that much.Tuguiwalo’s rejection is proof that Duterte can only do so much to effect real change in the Philippines. It seems lawmakers themselves don’t want change. The CA’s rejection of Duterte’s cabinet appointees is also proof that the Philippines is not the dictatorship some of his critics insist it is. The system, although broken, still works for members of Congress. It works for their own interests especially. As a friend pointed out, “everyone else is still the same corrupt, incompetent, treasonous scumbag waiting to enrich him or herself at the expense of the Filipino people who, by and large, are too hungry to care.”I did not realise the DSWD is very important to lawmakers. Neither did a lot of people. These “lawmakers” are supposed to be busy crafting laws, not dipping their fingers in DSWD affairs. But as another astute observer pointed out, the DSWD is the source of election war kitty because of the cash and goods coming out of the department. The “Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) is the biggest vote buying programme”.What happened to Taguiwalo proved a lot of things about Philippine society. While she touched a lot of people with her sincerity and dedication to her work, I also think that being considered a rarity in government is a tragedy and a reflection of how dysfunctional the society has become. There are only a handful of public servants who can be trusted to do their jobs and sadly, they do not last very long in a corrupt system.This situation cannot be blamed on the uneducated or members of the lower and middle class in Philippine society alone. A lot of members of the elite promote mediocrity and patronage politics. Their allies in media help build the image and profile of friends who are unfit to lead. This is to entice the gullible members of society. We can see that a lot of these elites support the Aquinos who they see as “saints”. The Aquino family and their allies have influenced politics in the Philippines for more than three decades. Three decades of bad management has been exposed today now that the current administrator does want to sweep problems under the rug.Will the voters remember what the lawmakers did in the coming election? Will these politicians get punished in the polls and booted out? The irony here is that it is the people who keep electing the corrupt public servants again and again. They may be “pork barrel-obsessed lawmakers” but they were elected by the Filipino people nonetheless and get away with it. In other words, the people are in on the scam without realising it. Unless the people realise their fate is in their hands and that they have power to boot the scumbags out of government, things will not change for the better. That is the real tragedy.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/08/members-congress-represent-wrong-philippine-society/
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TOP TEN THINGS YOU’LL NEED UPON LANDING AT NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
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['Pol Pinoy']
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26/05/2017 0:00
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The murdered Filipino opposition leader must be turning and twisting in his grave as the international airport named after him has gained the reputation as the worst in the world. Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has been the subject of ridicule in recent months not only for overcrowding, confusing signage or lack thereof, clueless airport personnel, and most of all, non-functioning airconditioning units.As of press time, new airconditioning units have reportedly arrived but it is no guarantee that incoming and outgoing passengers will keep their cool.As a stop-gap measure, the Philippines’ Airports Authority issued a travel advisory recommending the top ten things traveling passengers will need upon disembarkation:1. Anahaw (wicker) fans. They’re relatively inexpensive. Foreigners can easily borrow these from their Filipino friends and neighbors. They are also sold at NAIA concession stands.2. If you want to go high tech, you can purchase battery-operated personal fans from almost every mall in America and elsewhere.3. Cotton towel, to wipe your sweat and keep you dry at all times, especially while in line at the immigration, customs and baggage claim areas.4. Plastic spray bottle. Make sure to fill it up with water before de-planing. You will need to squirt some mist on your face every minute or so.5. Deodorant. Be courteous to your fellow incoming passengers.6. Perfume. Make it a Prada. Filipinos love designer stuff7. Face mask. It will not only protect you from airborne viruses, but from the stench of sweat all around you.8. Bikini top for women. Think of it as entering a dry sauna. And make it Victoria’s Secret. Filipinos love designer stuff.9. Bikini bottom for men. Make it Calvin Klein. Filipinos love designer stuff.10. Ice-cold bottled water. Not just any bottled water. Make it a Fiji. Did we already mention Filipinos love designer stuff?Mabuhay! Welcome to Manila, you know, the place novelist Dan Brown calls “the gates of hell.”
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/05/26/top-ten-things-youll-need-upon-landing-at-ninoy-aquino-international-airport/
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ANDERSON COOPER APPOINTED U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE PHILIPPINES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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17/11/2013 0:00
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President Barack Obama has nominated CNN’s Anderson Cooper to be the next U.S. ambassador to the Philippines. The White House announcement on the nomination came on the heels of Cooper’s live reporting on the aftermath of super typhoon Haiyan which has devastated many cities and towns in Central Philippines. He is the host of the popular CNN news program, AC 360. His reports from Tacloban, the worst-hit among the cities in the province of Leyte, gained both praise and criticism.Many Filipinos, including expatriates from all over the world, have praised Cooper’s early coverage of the devastation in Tacloban and the Philippine government’s rescue and relief efforts which he described as lacking in coordination and clear strategy. On the other hand, Cooper earned the ire of Philippine President Noynoy Aquino who asked for “greater accuracy” in reporting on his government’s relief efforts and to focus on the strong spirit of the Filipino people in facing this calamity. Cooper responded on his news program that accuracy has been his hallmark as a journalist and that his reporting had always pointed to the enormous strength and fighting spirit of the Filipino people.A Filipino news anchor, Korina Sanchez, speaking from her air-conditioned broadcast studio in Manila, also criticized Cooper for his reporting on the government’s less than stellar response to the needs of Haiyan survivors. Sanchez said Cooper did not know what he was talking about. Cooper then challenged Sanchez to do her own reporting at “ground zero” in Tacloban. Sanchez is the wife of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas who is supposed to lead government relief and rescue operations.In nominating Cooper, Obama said that the CNN journalist is fully qualified for the job and brings with him extensive knowledge and experience with political, social and other issues plaguing foreign governments, including the Philippines. Obama said that Cooper has also proven himself to be fearless, independent, and sensitive to the interest and needs of both the U.S. and its long-time ally the Philippines.There seems to be bipartisan support in the Senate for Cooper’s nomination. That in itself is a rarity in America.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2013/11/17/anderson-cooper-appointed-u-s-ambassador-to-the-philippines/
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Bam Aquino Says Abolition Of NFA Council Will Affect Income Of Council Members
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['Pol Pinoy']
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6/4/2018 0:00
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Reacting to President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement that he wants to abolish the NFA Council, Senator Bam Aquino expressed deep concern about the presidential decision.In an exclusive interview with The Adobo Chronicles, Aquino said the the abolition of the NFA Council will severely affect the income of the Council members.”It is so unfair for the President to abolish the Council because it cuts down the overall take home pay of the members. The members are citizens who are trying to make ends meet in order to provide for their families.,” Aquino said.”I urge the President to reconsider his decision. It is the right thing to do,” Aquino added.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/04/06/bam-aquino-says-abolition-of-nfa-council-will-affect-income-of-council-members/#respond
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Starbucks Will Donate All Of Its Leftover Coffee To America’s Needy
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['Pol Pinoy']
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23/03/2016 0:00
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Coffee giant Starbucks today announced an unprecedented move to help feed America’s hungry population.The Seattle-based company is parterning with the Food Donation Connection and Feeding America in a program known as FoodShare that will allow the company to donate all of its leftover brewed coffee to food banks. With this program, FDC and Feeding America will pick up the coffee at 7,600 Starbucks-operated U.S. locations redistribute it.Other coffee companies like Peet’s and Seattle’s Best are expected to follow suit.It’s American corporate responsibility at its best!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/23/starbucks-will-donate-all-of-its-leftover-coffee-to-americas-needy/?share=email
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Matt Damon Defends His Role in “The Great Wall” Saying He Indeed Is Quarter Chinese
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['Pol Pinoy']
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29/07/2016 0:00
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You’ve seen it many times before — the whitewashing of Hollywood where Asian roles are played by white actors. For example: Emma Stone playing a quarter-Hawaiian in the movie ‘Aloha’ or Tilda Swinston playing a Tibetan Monk — The Ancient One — in Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange.’Now, a white actor has been cast to play the role of a warrior out to protect China’s Great Wall from attacking dragons. That actor is none other than Matt Damon.Naturally, Asian American groups have criticized Damon’s casting in a film, pointing out the ridiculousness of having a white warrior in ancient China.But today, Damon came to his own defense saying that he, indeed, is a quarter Chinese, something that he has revealed for the very first time since he started his acting career.Well, in that case, his casting is justified.The film opens in 2017.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/07/29/matt-damon-defends-his-role-in-the-great-wall-saying-he-indeed-is-quarter-chinese/?share=email
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VALKYRIE, PHILIPPINES’ TOP NIGHTCLUB, PERMANENTLY CLOSED
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['Pol Pinoy']
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24/06/2018 0:00
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One of the Philippines’ top nightclubs located in an uptown suburb of Manila, has permanently closed its doors after being accused of discrimination based on sexual orientation.Valkyrie’s bouncers recently barred a transgender fashion designer from entering the club, citing a supposed policy prohibiting “crossdressers” from entering the premises.The club’s management issued a statement on Tuesday stressing they do not discriminate against “trans women and transgender individuals.” Nevertheless, the management said it had no other choice but to close down the club permanently because of the firestorm that resulted from the incident.The Adobo Chronicles learned that the club building has just been purchased by the affluent Catholic Archdiocese of Manila which plans to convert it into a new parish church. The new church will retain the name ‘Valkyrie.’‘Kyrie’ is a Greek term for ‘Lord’ which is used extensively in the Catholic liturgy.It’s amazing how things work out perfectly!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/24/valkyrie-philippines-top-nightclub-permanently-closed/
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Trump Supporter Who Made Nazi Salute Assumed Donald Was A Hitler Descendant
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['Pol Pinoy']
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14/03/2016 0:00
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The woman who was photographed making a Nazi salute at the canceled Donald Trump rally in Chicago last week thought that the Republican presidential candidate was a direct descendant of Adolf Hitler.The photo showing Birgitt Peterson, 69, in a Trump t-shirt, eyes locked with a protester, her right arm raised skyward and palm faced downward, immediately went viral. Netizens commented that the photo is proof of Trump’s ‘fascist’ tendencies which have attracted many supporters like Peterson.For the first time since the photograph went viral, Peterson spoke out and explained why she did what she did.The West Berlin-born Peterson claimed she was a genealogist and had recently researched Trump’s heritage. It is no secret that Trump comes from a German and Scottish background.Peterson’s research further established Trump’s direct German lineage:Donald’s grandfather, Friederich (Fred) Trump. was born on March 14, 1869 in Kallstadt, Pfalz, Germany. He immigrated in 1885 to United States from Hamburg aboard the ship “Eider” and became a U.S. citizen in 1892 in Seattle, Washington. He died of influenza on 30 Mar 1918 in New York City, New York.Donald’s grandmother, Elizabeth Christ, was born on October 10, 1880 in Kallstadt, Pfalz, Germany and died on 6 Jun 1966 in Queens, New York.Peterson got excited and started to research if Donald’s lineage had any direct connection with Hitler. Her research got briefly interrupted because she had to leave her home to attend the Trump rally.“When I made the Nazi sign, I was still in my genealogy research mode. It was a subconscious act on my part when confronted by anti-Trump supporters,” she said.Peterson apologized for her reflex action, but said she will continue her research because she still feels that Donald was a direct descendant of the Führer.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/14/trump-supporter-who-made-nazi-salute-assumed-donald-was-a-hitler-descendant/#respond
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Philippine Senator Trillanes Wants To Subpoena Justin Bieber To Show His New Tattoo
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['Pol Pinoy']
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22/10/2017 0:00
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Apparently, it was not just Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte that Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes wants to strip before the Senate. He wants Canadian singer Justin Bieber to do the same.”I have asked the appropriate committee of the Senate to issue a subpoena to Bieber so he could show us his new tattoo,” Trillanes told The Adobo Chronicles.Bieber had recently posted a photo on his social media account showing his new tattoo which all but covers his entire front upper torso.In his request for the subpoena, Trillanes said that many Filipino youth idolize Bieber so it is important for the Senate to make sure that the singer’s new tattoo is real.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/10/22/philippine-senator-trillanes-wants-to-subpoena-justin-bieber-to-show-his-new-tattoo/#respond
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TOP TEN REASONS WHY MICHELLE OBAMA DID NOT JOIN THE PRESIDENT IN HIS STATE VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/5/2017 0:00
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It’s been almost two weeks since U.S. President Barack Obama visited Manila as part of his four-nation diplomatic tour of Asia, but the media and netizens still can’t figure out why he was not joined by First Lady Michelle Obama. It turns out the reasons revolved around the Philippines.The Adobo Chronicles interviewed sources close to the First Lady and put together the top ten reasons Mrs. Obama skipped the Manila visit:There is no Philippine First Lady whom she could hang out with to gossip about their husbands (President NoyNoy Aquino is a bachelor). She does not want to sit next to Vice President Jejomar Binay at the state dinner. She does not want to sit at the same table with convicts, i.e. former presidents. (Former President Joseph Estrada has been convicted of plunder and later pardoned by his predecessor. He is now mayor of Manila). She cannot stand Kris Aquino (TV host and sister of President Aquino who claims she is the ‘Oprah Winfrey of the Philippines’). She is allergic to hot and humid weather. She is allergic to rice stalks (she learned that it would be part of the state dinner backdrop). Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos was quoted as wanting to take a selfie with her. She hates karaoke, especially when it is boxer Manny Pacquiao who is singing. The Philippine government scheduled for her to visit St. Luke’s Hospital where former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was being treated at the time of the visit (Arroyo is facing criminal charges and has been under hospital arrest at a government facility). Alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles just wouldn’t stop texting her (Napoles is being held without bail in a special military prison).
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/05/04/top-ten-reasons-why-michelle-obama-did-not-join-the-president-in-his-state-visit-to-the-philippines/
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Light a Fire Movement: The ultimate hypocrisy of the Anti-Marcos movement
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-02-27 06:03:47+00:00
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The original anti-Marcos movements were nothing like that of the supposedly peaceful and prayerful “millennials” that make up today’s crop of Martial Law Crybaby activists. The originals seem to have been more of terrorists and involved, among other things, Filipino-Americans allegedly engaged in activities illegal under United States law — conspiring to launch private armies against the Philippine government from US soil, transport of explosives across state lines, and trafficking these to the Philippines. In the Philippines, these explosives were allegedly used for a spate of bombing attacks that rocked Manila in 1980.No less than Ester Jimenez, mother of the Yellow Camp’s chief celebrity cheerleader Jim Paredes was reportedly a member of the Light a Fire Movement, one of the groups suspected to be involved in instigating these acts of terror. It did not take long before the law caught up with them…Later, the core group of the Light-A-Fire Movement was arrested while meeting in Quezon City. Among them were businessman Eduardo Olaguer, Asia Institute of Management professor Gaston Ortigas and the 60-year-old Ester Jimenez, mother of Jim and Ducky Paredes. They were all convicted and sentenced to die by electric chair in 1984.The bomb blasts were deadly and were clearly meant to kill people as much as destroy high profile targets. One bomb exploded in Rustan’s department store in Makati killing one American tourist. Another exploded at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) while then President Ferdinand Marcos was in the building.Indeed, in light of these acts of terrorism, the outrage expressed by today’s Martial Law Crybabies over the arrest and detention of dissidents by Marcos’s government is quite baffling. Surely there is ample reason for any government to mount an aggressive operation to round up troublemakers when bombs explode randomly all over the capital city — specially one meant to terrorise the president himself. As a nation under martial law, Philippine government agents will have naturally acted and executed their orders within the framework of the extraordinary powers afforded them by that state.The Martial Law Crybabies have to do a bit better arguing as to why rounding up dissidents during those troubled years would constitute such an outrage. More importantly, they should first take stock of the terrorist heritage of their own movements.The appalling behaviour of Yellow celebrity activist Jim Paredes during the recently-concluded commemoration of the EDSA “people power revolution” on the occasion of its 31st anniversary made waves. Many observers have long been aware of the historical motivation behind the extremist zealotry of Paredes’s anti-Marcos and pro-Aquino activism. Unlike the non-violent stance that characterises the EDSA “spirit”, Paredes’s style mirrors more the angry and violent belligerence of his mother’s movement in the 1970s and 1980s.Jim Paredes, as Ilda wrote in her piece, “ruined the spirit”. More to the point, Get Real Post author Chino wrote in his piece The Light-A-Fire Movement was not Heroic how this original anti-Marcos effort is stained in blood…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.…and, with that hypocritical blood, Jim Paredes stains today’s hip anti-Marcos “millennials” and the Yellow and blue-and-whte camps (and campuses) from which many of them hail.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/02/light-fire-movement-ultimate-hypocrisy-anti-marcos-movement/
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Duterte’s critics should get an award for being inconsistent
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-11-03 03:15:14+00:00
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The Philippine Opposition, which consist mainly of the Liberal Party, its supporters, and allies, deserve an award. They deserve an award for trying. They are trying hard to paint a picture that the country is all “doom and gloom” under President Rodrigo Duterte. They are also trying hard to paint themselves as “victims” of oppression. The problem with what they are doing is that, it is not consistent with the reality that most people perceive. So all they are ever going to get in this game of perception is one of those consolation prizes they give out to contestants for their “efforts”.Take the case of former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Dinky Soliman who claims the culture of fear in the country is “strong”. She said that while mocking Duterte and other government officials during a “fun” Halloween party recently held by the group EveryWoman. She was also wearing the image of Philippine National Police Chief Ronaldo “Bato” Dela Rosa as her Halloween costume. She even mimicked Dela Rosa crying for the cameras. Of course she contradicted herself with her own actions.What fear is Soliman talking about? Who are fearful and who do they fear? According to them the party was meant to poke fun at public officials and online influencers supposedly oppressing ordinary Filipinos, especially women. But if there really is a “culture of fear” in the Philippines, how are they able to hold a party dedicated to mocking the current government they accuse of oppression without getting into trouble? Soliman and her group are just not making any sense.I can help them understand their own dilemma. Being oppressed is not their problem. Their problem is irrelevance. The only people who listen to them nowadays are the misguided liberals who like playing the victim card and those who are gullible enough to believe their sob stories. They are like women scorned who speak ill of the men who dumped them. The description is fitting since Rappler’s coverage of the event described the party-goers as holding “a beer pong game with the faces of Duterte supporters on the cups”. That was not very nice of them to do. There are a lot of women in Duterte’s cabinet and die-hard supporters.If the group EveryWoman is true to their ideals of protecting women’s rights, they should also protect the women who made a conscious decision to support Duterte. When they mock blogger and assistant secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Mocha Uson, they are inadvertently making a mockery of themselves and their beliefs. Some of the members of the Opposition also mock Duterte’s current partner Cielito “Honeylet” Avanceña by calling her “kabit” or mistress. Just because there is no divorce law in the Philippines doesn’t mean they can disrespect her. They are being inconsistent once again. If they espouse liberal views, which are supposed to be “progressive”, they should accept Avanceña’s lifestyle choice. Besides, Duterte’s first marriage was already annulled so therefore, she is not a “kabit”. Sadly, Avanceña gets more respect from members of the international community than members of the Philippine community. Foreign dignitaries treat her like a First Lady.Soliman and her cohorts ignore the fact that Duterte gives key positions in his government to women. Soliman and former Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Deles who is also a staunch critic of Duterte should accept that their time in the limelight is over. They had their chance to make a difference when they were still in power during former President BS Aquino’s term, but they didn’t even make a dent. Soliman was a failure as DSWD secretary especially when she allegedly mismanaged the Yolanda funds and had to bury the rotten relief goods instead of distributing these on time to those in dire need during the disaster because of her department’s incompetence. Deles was also a failure in her bid to sell the ill-conceived Bangsamoro Bill to the people. Now both are just drinking alcohol and wallowing in their miseries.Speaking of awards, Senator Leila De Lima who is currently detained for drug related charges was recently given the “highest human rights honour” – a prize for Freedom by the Liberal International (LI) during their 199th Executive Committee meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa. The committee is said to be championing De Lima as “a flag-bearer for human rights in the Philippines and beyond, setting a shining example for other human rights defenders”. That’s ironic considering De Lima has been a failure during her stint as Chair of Commission on Human Rights during former President Gloria Arroyo’s term. She was in a position to hold Duterte accountable for the crimes she accuses him of, but she failed to do so. Why couldn’t she speak out against Duterte during BS Aquino’s term? Was it because the Liberal Party needed Duterte’s help to win? Now that Duterte is the President and consequently defeated the Liberal Party in the Presidential Election, she is very vocal against him.Members of Liberal International should look deeper and do their own investigation into De Lima’s dark past instead of believing everything she is saying. As what I wrote before in a previous article, De Lima was Department of Justice Secretary for six years but did not stop or was too incompetent and, possibly, too corrupt to stop the debauchery that went on inside the national penitentiary with drug lords using the prison as hotel and running their drug operation inside. She allowed that to happen and is therefore, complicit in proliferation of drugs in the country. She needs to answer for that.No, De Lima doesn’t deserve the “highest human rights honour” particularly since she herself denied another human being’s right to presumption of innocence and right to travel abroad when she detained former President Gloria Arroyo even when the trumped up charges against her were still being concocted. We all know that the charges against Arroyo were eventually dropped and dismissed, but that was after she spent five years in detention. De Lima even ignored the United Nation’s ruling won by International Human Rights lawyer Amal Alumuddin-Clooney to free Arroyo and give her compensation for being a victim of political persecution under the Aquino government. De Lima is definitely not a victim of political persecution like Arroyo. De Lima is a victim of her own indiscretions.Another member of the Opposition that got a consolation prize is online news site Rappler. US-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) recently gave the site their highest honour – the W. Averell Harriman Democracy Award or whatever that means. According to NDI, Rappler “has suffered threats and severe internal pressure for its pioneering work in exposing disinformation and propaganda in the Philippines to manipulate public opinion”. I know what you’re thinking. Some of you are probably laughing out loud over this. This has got to be the most ridiculous justification for giving an award. It reeks of propaganda. Has NDI or even Rappler actually identified those who threatened or put pressure on them? They should receive an award for fiction instead.Rappler cannot claim to be a victim of threats and pressure if they are simply reporting news. The problem with Rappler is they also publish opinions of mostly staunch Liberal Party supporters. They cannot claim to be non-partisan. They are also into sensationalism – highlighting negative issues against the current government. This is why a lot of their readers have turned against them. They cannot blame the backlash from the public on Duterte. Rappler’s award from the NDI is simply a mutual back-patting exercise. They are people who hold the same liberal views. It’s not surprising the organisation would support Rappler‘s so-called “liberal” ideas. Just because they say the Duterte government’s policy on drugs includes extra-judicial killings doesn’t mean it is true. Only a court can determine if the deaths were due to extra-judicial killings after a thorough investigation was conducted, not before.One can be forgiven for thinking that De Lima’s and Rappler’s award are both PR stunts meant to paint the Duterte government as “oppressive”. Never mind when all those who oppose Duterte’s policies can go out into the streets hold rallies and “fun” parties just to mock him and speak ill of him without suffering or getting arrested.The members of the Opposition deserve each other. They can admire their “plaques” of appreciation to comfort each other as they suffer from their useless anxieties.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/11/dutertes-critics-get-award-inconsistent/
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Rep. Lagman wants to exhume the remains of Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani
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2016-11-19 00:52:08+08:00
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Albay Representative Edcel Lagman would file a motion in the Supreme Court to exhume the remains of the former President Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani.The representative also believes that the “secret” burial of Marcos is premature.According to him, the decision of Supreme Court on the burial of the late dictator is not yet final and executory.He would also file contempt of court against the the AFP, executive Secretary and AFP Chief of Staff who helped to organize the burial.Anti-Marcos protesters and the Liberal Party Senators supported the move of Representative Lagman and they will also appeal before the Supre Court to exume the body of the latePresident Ferdinand Marcos.Francis Pangilinan said during a press conference after the burial of Marcos, he said that the Marcoses reopened the wounds of the Filipinos who knew the real history during the Marcos administration.Kung akala nila ay nasarhan nila ang sugat na bunga ng mga pang-aapi at pag alipusta at pagpatay sa karapatan pantao na bunga ng martial law noong panahon ng dating diktador na si Marcos ay nagkakamali sila,” he said.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/rep-lagman-wants-exhume-remains-marcos-libingan-ng-mga-bayani/
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Philippines’ Department Of Tourism Unveils New Promo Slogan, A Double Entendre
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['Pol Pinoy']
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24/11/2016 0:00
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Advertising company McCann Worldgroup Philippines will be in charge of crafting the new tourism campaign of the country, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said over the weekend.Tourism undersecretary for advocacy and public affairs Katherine de Castro said the P650-million contract with McCann, which won the bid to be the advertising and promotions partner of the DOT for one year, includes the production and positioning of marketing materials, as well as the formulation of a new tourism slogan.The Adobo Chronicles spoke with a McCann spokesperson who informed us that the slogan selected for the 2017 tourism year is a take-off from the previous “It’s More Fun in the Philippines.”The new slogan is “More Fun in P.I.”P.I. of course stands for Philippine Islands (although the country is now known by the acronym of ‘PH.’)But it also stands for ‘P*tang Ina’ (Son of a Whore), the cuss words often heard from President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in his speeches and interviews.“President Duterte’s rhetoric and cussing have put the Philippines on the world map and we would like to capitalize on that,” the McCann spokesperson said.He added: “Why reinvent the wheel when we can just tweak it to reflect the current situation in the Philippines?”
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/11/24/philippines-department-of-tourism-unveils-new-promo-slogan-a-double-entendre/
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ADELE’S ‘HELLO’ CLIMBS TO THE TOP OF ‘MOST ANNOYING SONG’ CHARTS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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22/11/2017 0:00
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Remember Adele Dazeem, a.k.a. Idina Menzel, and her hit song ‘Let It Go’ from the animated film ‘Frozen?’Of course you do. You must have been one of the millions who thought of the song as the most annoying ever. Not because it was not a great song, but because it never stopped playing on radio, on YouTube, on Facebook, in Karaoke bars.Well, move over Adele Dazeem, it’s Adele’s turn, the real Adele, with her hit single ‘Hello.’The song has broken world records and there is not a single soul who has not heard ‘Hello’ or saw a music video of it on the Internet. Hey, even Saturday Night Live did an entire segment about the song — a spoof of what could happen at family dinners this Thanksgiving Day.Success has its downside, and we feel sorry for Adele.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/11/22/adeles-hello-climbs-to-the-top-of-most-annoying-song-charts/#respond
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EDITORIAL: We Agree With Senator Trillanes — Duterte’s Governance Skill Is But For The Barangay Level
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['Pol Pinoy']
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9/9/2018 0:00
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Opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has downplayed President Rodrigo Duterte’s governance skills, branding them as only suitable for the Barangay level.“Nagkamali po ang Pilipino. Sad to say nagkamali po kayo ng binoto… Pang-barangay lang po ito. Hindi pa lang siguro nabibisto pero ang governance skills niya pambarangay lang even the way he talks, even the way he dresses up,” Trillanes said in a press conference at the Senate.The Adobo Chronicles could agree more with the good Senator.Indeed, Duterte’s governance skill is but for the Barangay level.All of the 42,029 Barangays throughout the country/
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/09/09/editorial-we-agree-with-senator-trillanes-dutertes-governance-skill-is-but-for-the-barangay-level/#respond
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NO JOKE: CNN REPORTS ISIS FLAG WAVED AT LONDON PRIDE PARADE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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27/06/2018 0:00
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It looks like Don Lemon is not the only weird journalist in the CNN newsroom.The cable news network today aired a breaking news segment about London’s Pride Parade in which a reporter claimed that she witnessed a man waving an ISIS flag.CNN, which prides itself to be the expert in terms of international news, should know what the ISIS flag looks like, right?Well, it turns out that what the reporter saw as an ISIS flag was a black banner which was emblazoned with dildos and butt plugs.Here’s the video segment.Happy Pride, CNN!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/27/no-joke-cnn-reports-isis-flag-waved-at-london-pride-parade/?share=email
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Leni: ‘I will not allow the Vice Presidency to be stolen’
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2016-12-04 21:56:44+08:00
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After Vice President Leni Robredo received a text message from Cabinet Secretary Jun Evasco that she will not be invited for future cabinet meetings which prompted her to resign today, December 4,2016.Here is the full text of her statement:We had hoped this day would not come.I had been warned of a plot to steal the Vice Presidency. I have chosen to ignore this and focus on the job at hand. But the events of recent days indicate that this plot is now being set into motion.From the very beginning, the President and I had major differences in principles and values. Since I assumed office, I have been consistent in my opposition to issues such as the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, extra-judicial killings, reinstating death penalty, lowering the age of criminal liability, and sexual attacks against women.But we both had a mandate to serve the people. I had hoped that this shared commitment to the poor and marginalized would transcend the differences between us. So, I took the job of Housing Secretary when it was offered to me.In barely five months, we have solid accomplishments in HUDCC. This, despite the obstacles thrown our way, which are:One, the budget for all key shelter agencies in 2017 has been slashed by more than P19 billion. Two, all our key shelter agency appointment recommendations have not been acted on. Three, the Executive Order designed to make HUDCC effective was not signed.Then, we received a text message last Saturday from Cabinet Secretary Jun Evasco, Jr., relaying the President’s instruction through Bong Go for me “to desist from attending all Cabinet meetings starting this Monday, December 5.”This is the last straw, because it makes it impossible for me to perform my duties. Hence, I am tendering my resignation from the Cabinet on Monday, December 5, 2016. With this resignation, you can expect that I will continue to support the positive initiatives of this administration and oppose those that are inimical to the people’s interest.However, as your duly elected Vice President, I will not allow the Vice Presidency to be stolen. I will not allow the will of the people to be thwarted. I will continue to serve the Filipino family and fulfill their dream for a better life.What can you say about this? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/leni-will-not-allow-vice-presidency-stolen/
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Middle ‘Popcorn Camp’ grows while polar Dutertard and Yellowtard camps slug it out
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-02-28 01:37:02+00:00
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There was one thing celebrity “activist” and former Apo Hiking Society singer Jim Paredes achieved after his spectactular tililing rampage during the 31st anniversary celebration of the EDSA “people power revolution” last weekend. He managed to expose just how intellectually-bankrupt the Philippine national “debate” had become.Or perhaps the more appropriate conclusion to draw from Paredes’s “outrage” is just how this national “debate” has not changed at all. Way back in 2000, an “admired Filipino economist, based in New York” after taking stock of the political discourse at the time lamented, “What ails the country is that Philippine society is intellectually bankrupt.” In his now-viral epic tantrum on this supposedly hallowed historical highway, Paredes once again proved how vacuous Philippine political discourse remains.Indeed, what was once a society divided between the camps of the “Yellowtards” and the “Dutertards” during the elections has become polarised — camps of the die-hards increasingly relegated to the extreme ends of the spectrum while a sector increasingly growing disenchanted (or worse, merely bemused) with both grows in the middle. Let’s call this growing community of bemused observers, the Popcorn Camp. If there is a camp that a new, arguably more intelligent breed of politically-passionate Netizens and activists should begin to consider themselves a part of, it is this Popcorn Camp.I coined the term Popcorn Camp after, for some years now, observing how some participants in comment threads express a preference to just sit back and “eat popcorn” whenever “debate” ensues following the eruption of the next outrage fad. It alludes to how this snack is often consumed while watching a movie — particularly non-intellectual movies like action movies which, interestingly enough, are derisively referred to as “popcorn movies”. While these sorts can be derided as mere fence sitters, perhaps a better way to regard the position they take is as one of active listening. Indeed, it has often been observed how the mirons (unofficial arbiters and commentators) in a chess game are able to see all the right moves that the actual players seem to be missing.The interesting pattern emerging in the polar camps is how increasingly blinkered they are becoming and how increasingly focused on personalities and decreasingly hinged on ideas they have become. In the communities that grew within my own sphere of operations on the Internet, the guiding principle has always been to focus on the ideas and regard the personalities that happen to be orbiting around these at the moment as mere peripherals. One thing I have learned over the years is that these personalities come and go. The ideas, and specially the underlying fundamental principles, on the other hand, remain largely stable and consistent over time.A true intellectual class in the Philippines can only be one where ideas reign supreme over personalities. In this regard, Jim Paredes provides a handful of stark lesson to a whole generation of Filipinos.First is that celebrity and cult-of-personality is fleeting. Paredes has learned the hard way that ascendancy built upon celebrity tends to come back to bite. We see it in the way he now comes across as a sad relic of heady bygone days that can no longer be invoked.Second, being beholden to personalities makes it difficult to remain consistent over time. Paredes proved this a number of times, in the way he now contradicts his 2006 position that Filipinos require tougher government to shape up and another he took in 2007 when he wrote a critical piece citing the “Filipino archetype” that is wont to live in “a mythic, magical world where we expect a handsome prince to save us at the last minute, or that things will get better with the wave of a magic wand, without any need for us to change.” Both actually articulate valid and insightful thoughts about Filipino culture. However, they are wasted in a man who stubbornly defines himself by the politicians he remains steadfastly loyal to.Lastly, Filipinos of all people, should be the ones who could relate the most to the notion that the one who is first with letting loose an emotional outburst, is the ultimate loser. There is a popular Tagalog phrase for this concept that even kindergarten kids take to heart: Mapikon, talo. Between the stolid position the Duterte-aligned activist took and Paredes’s tantrum-like display, it is clear who was the loser in that melee.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/02/middle-popcorn-camp-grows-polar-dutertard-yellowtard-camps-slug/
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CNN News Anchor Wants Her Senator Sister To Resign
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/9/2016 0:00
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We’ve heard many sister stories before — stories of human interest, of success, of conflict. But nothing of the magnitude of a sister relationship gone sour over career. And it could only happen in the Philippines.Enter Pia Hontiveros. A familiar face and voice on CNN Philippines. She has established herself as a no-nonsense news anchor with many labeling her as the Anderson Cooper of the Philippines.Then comes Risa Hontiveros, former Congresswoman and newly-elected senator. A former journalist herself, Risa brands herself as a social activist trying to make a name for herself as a fearless politician out to challenge the status quo, and the Duterte administration.In recent weeks, Risa has championed the “Never Again” movement, personally distributing anti-Marcos books ( well, one book that is — the one authored by Raissa Robles) in schools. In response to the Davao City bombing, Risa has criticized President Duterte’s declaration of a “state of lawlessness,” saying that the military and police cannot run the country.Now, how is Pia supposed to objectively report on the news when the main character is her sister? She is conflicted. She know about ‘conflict of interest,’ and she understands about credibility.So today, she made a very difficult decision to publicly call upon her senator sister to resign so that she can freely report on the news.But Risa has her own idea: “Why doesn’t Pia resign as CNN anchor,” she asked.Well, if both of them resigned, their story would make for a great Oscar-winning movie. Perhaps the first ever Oscar Best Picture for the Philippines!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/09/04/cnn-news-anchor-wants-her-senator-sister-to-resign/
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TARGET STORE USES THE WRONG ‘ANNIE’ IN ADS FOR NEW CLOTHING LINE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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29/12/2017 0:00
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Target, one of the nation’s big box stores, just launched a new girls’ clothing line that it is calling Annie for Target.The launch was perfectly timed with the showing of the film, Annie in theaters nationwide. The film stars black actress Quvenzhané Wallis in the title role.In celebration of the iconic story, Target partnered with Sony Pictures’ “Annie” costume designer, Renée Ehrlich Kalfus, on a collection of girl’s apparel and accessories that captures the essence of the movie’s spirited characters.There was one big problem: all the models used in the Target ads were white.There is speculation on social media that Target refused to use black models for fear that its clothing line will not be patronized by consumers who are upset that the film stars a black instead of Caucasian actress.Although the Annie character is fictitious, many Americans had always envisioned a white girl playing the role, just like on Broadway and in musical theaters worldwide.In a statement issued today, Target said “this is not about race” as it prepared to launch another clothing line for adult women, Selma for Target. Its promo ads also features all Caucasian women, and is being launched in connection with the current theater run of another film, Selma, about the legendary Martin Luther King.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/12/29/target-store-uses-the-wrong-annie-in-ads-for-new-clothing-line/
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Duterte Critic Jim Paredes May Have Fathered A Child Outside Marriage
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['Pol Pinoy']
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19/06/2017 0:00
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Former Apo Hiking Society band member Jim Paredes is finally coming clean.The anti-Duterte critic and entertainer took to his social media account to admit that he may have fathered a child outside of marriage. He however sort of justified what he did by saying that he may have been drunk when the inevitable happened.Paredes’ tweet came on Father’s Day, a most appropriate day to open up his dirty closet.Still, we admire his courage. Kudos!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/06/19/duterte-critic-jim-paredes-may-have-fathered-a-child-outside-marriage/
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Raffy Tulfo blasts opposition: “Puro puna at sisi sa militar, pero ang Maute hindi pinagbuntungan!”
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2017-07-23 00:21:18+08:00
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“IST*PIDO, T*NGA, M*RON at TR*YDOR*This is what TV5 newscaster Raffy Tulfo described the lawmakers who opposed the 150-day extension of martial law in the whole island of Mindanao.Tulfo, who monitored the joint session conducted by the 17th congress to discuss the extension of martial law noticed that most of the lawmakers who opposed the wish of the current administration only blamed the military for what happened in Marawi City.“Kapansin-pansin na ilan sa mambabatas na nasa oposisyon– lalo na itong mga nasa party-list group, ay puro puna at sisi nila sa militar sa nangyayaring bakbakan sa Marawi at ang aksyon daw ng militar ang dahilan kung bakit lumalala ang kaguluhan doon.” Tulfo said in his Facebook post.But he expressed his anger when no member of opposition blamed the Maute Terrorist Group for what happened in Marawi City.“Pero ni isa sa mga ISTUPIDONG ito wala man lang nagbuntong ng sisi sa Maute.” he added.He also took a jab to one of the lawmakers who blamed the military for what happened to the Maranaos who evacuated to their homes because of the siege in Marawi.“May isang T*NGA na isnisisi pa sa militar ang nangyayaring evacuation ng mga sibilyan sa Marawi at hindi sa Maute.” he said.“At meron pa talagang isang M*RON na nagsabing kaya raw tumatagal ang gulo dahil may mga sibilyan ang di nagugustuhan ang ginagawang pambobomba ng militar sa grupo ng Maute at sumasanib sa Abu Sayyaf at Maute.” he added.He believed that the opposition favored the Maute Terrorist Group than the military who sacrificed their life to destroy the groups who wanted to spread chaos in the whole island of Mindanao.“Para sa mga TRAYDOR na ito lahat ng ginagawa ng ating militar para labanan ang mga terorista ay mali.” he said.“Sadyang mga pulpol lang ba talaga ang mga ito o wala lang silang pagmamahal sa ating bayan at sa ating mga pobreng mamamayan!!!!” Raffy Tulfo added.18 lawmakers stood up against the martial law extension in Mindanao, believing that the extension asked by the government might create some reason for the military to abuse their power.One of the oppositors, Bayan Muna partylist Rep. Carlos Zarate said, “Huwag tayong maging bulag at bingi sa panawagan ng ating mga kababayang patuloy na nagdurusa sa evacuation centers, nahihintatakutan sa kanilang mga barangay at baryo, dahil sa karahasang militar at walang habas na pambobomba bunga ng Martial Law.“Pangarap nilang makabalik sa kanilang mga tahanan at muling makapamuhay. Hindi ito mangyayari sa pagpapalawig ng Martial law sa Mindanao o saanmang panig ng bansa” he added.But despite of some lawmakers who opposed the martial law, the majority of the 17th congress still voted in favor of the extension asked by the government.261 lawmakers voted yes for Martial law, while 18 voted no.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/raffy-tulfo-blasts-opposition-puro-puna-sisi-sa-militar-pero-ang-maute-hindi-pinagbuntungan/
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Philippine Elections Body To Manny Pacquiao: Quit Boxing Match Or Quit Senatorial Race
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['Pol Pinoy']
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15/02/2016 0:00
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Exactly one month before Filipino voters will judge him on his bid to become a senator, Manny Pacquiao will be judged inside the boxing ring in Las Vegas. Pacquiao will face Timothy Bradley, Jr., for the third time for the welterweight title.Bradley defeated Pacquiao in a controversial split decision in 2012, while Pacquiao defeated Bradley in a unanimous decision two years later.As usual, a big controversy is brewing — not in the boxing ring, but in the Philippine political circus, we mean circuit.The Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) which oversees the election and campaign process, is reportedly considering to disqualify Pacquiao from the senatorial race because of campaign violations.COMELEC limits campaign spending and ensures equal opportunity among all candidates in as far as media exposure is concerned. The electoral body accuses Pacquiao of both violations.“By engaging in a televised fight on April 9, Pacquiao is at a tremendous and unfair advantage over his senatorial rivals because of the media exposure that will resuilt from the match to be held at MGM Grand,” COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista said.Bautista added that Pacquiao usually spends millions of dollars whenever he has a fight, especially abroad. Pacquiao is known to charter an entire commercial plane to bring his entourage, media and fans to watch him fight. “That would be in violation of the campaign spending limits,” Bautista said.The COMELEC said Pacquiao has one of two options: quit the boxing match with Bradley, or quit the senatorial race.Philippine elections will be held on May 9 this year.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/02/15/philippine-elections-body-to-manny-pacquiao-quit-boxing-match-or-quit-senatorial-race/#respond
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MANNY PACQUIAO CONFLICTED ABOUT HIS FUTURE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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1/2/2017 0:00
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Hollywood. He makes no secret about his ambition to be in the company of Oscar Award nominees, or better still, winners.His advisers, though, are saying that there is no reason for Pacquiao to be conflicted, even if he becomes an Oscar award-winning actor. After all, in the Philippines, it is not uncommon for movie actors to be elected mayors, governors, congressmen, senators, even president.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/02/01/manny-pacquiao-conflicted-about-his-future/?share=email
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LOOK: Inside Iloilo City Mayor Jed Mabilog’s mansion
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2017-08-31 03:29:09+08:00
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Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog made to the headlines after the government announced that the controversial cop, Senior Inspector Jovie Espenido would be appointed to the said city to resolve the illegal drug problem in the city.Several supporters of Mabilog became worried after President Rodrigo Duterte repeatedly tagged the Mayor in his speeches as a long time drug protector and decided to assign Espenido who killed the mayor of Ozamiz City during an anti-drug operation last month.Duterte also said that Mayor Mabilog’s house beside the Iloilo river ‘is like a palace’Because of that, he ordered a life style check on Mabilog to know how did he got so much money to build a big mansion.“Mabilog sent word that he wants to talk to me. His house is like a palace. Anak siguro ito ng mayamang-mayaman,” he said.But in a statement, Mabilog said that his mansion is not like a palace.“I have nothing to hide. My house, while often described as a palace, is not quite a palace. It is not as big as pictures would make it appear. Last year I opened our doors to the local media for them to see the inside,” Mabilog said in a statement.Several critics of Mabilog believes that the Iloilo Mayor is hiding something to the public.In a deleted blog post by Manuel “Boy” Mejorada, a staunch critic of Mayor Jed Mabilog, he made an expose way back the year 2015 about the alleged “White House” mansion which was declared to be worth only P3-M.Despite of being deleted, the copies of the blog post of Mejorada spread like wildfire on Facebook.The blog post included several photos of Mayor Mabilog’s mansion.According to Mejorada, the Iloilo City Mayor declared the “White House” mansion to be worth only P3-M in his 2014 SALN. This is contrary to the estimates of some engineers and architects who estimated the value of the white mansion.The Engineers and Architects said that the value of the mansion must be in the range of around P50-70m.They said that the windows of Jed Mabilog’s mansion alone costs around 7-M.Mejorada questioned how Mabilog got so much money to build a mansion.He’s also not convinced to the explanation of Mabilog that he inherited the house to his mother.This is the whole blog post of Mejorada:This palatial house sits on the banks of the Iloilo River, with a P90 million Esplanade built for its occupant by the government for the sake of “beautification”. Its owner, City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, has declared it to be worth only P3 million in his 2014 Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth. But architects and engineers estimate the value of this mansion to be in the range of P50-70 million, considering that its windows are the expensive Kenneth and Mock glass windows. The windows alone would be worth P7 million considering the size of the house, according to a wealthy friend who also has Kenneth and Mock windows installed on his house. Now where did the money come from? Mabilog said it came from his inheritance from his mother. That’s a blatant lie. His mother was never rich. That lot on which the mansion stands was donated to his mother by the Consing family for whom she had served as “mayor doma” for a long time. If you come to think of it, the property belongs to the family, and not to Jed alone. Mabilog also points to the work of his wife, Marivic, in Canada. How much does an accountant earn in Canada? She is not even chief executive officer, and the company is small. It’s time for Mabilog to reveal his sources of income to the people. Ilonggos have a right to know. Did he earn tens of millions of pesos from legitimate business? The Ombudsman says no. Where he got the fabulous sums of money is a mystery that even Sherlock Holmes might have difficulty figuring out. And if the money came from business, did Mabilog report the income to BIR or Kim Henares, and that he paid the right taxes? So many questions. And yet not a single credible answer from Mabilog.Bombo Radyo Iloilo also posted several photos inside the house of Iloilo City Mayor Jed MAbilog.7Do you think that the mansion of Jed Mabilog looks like a palace? Comment your thoughts below.
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Have skills? PTV4 opens jobs
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2016-06-18 13:40:39+08:00
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The Secretary of Communications Martin Andanar promised to upgrade the People’s Television Network. With that, PTV is now opening more jobs in preparation of the new and repackaged state-owned TV network in the Philippines.President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said that he will boycott other media network because of its unfair delivery of news. He said that he will only release statement on the government-owned network. True to his words, he banned the journalists during the Thanksgiving party in Davao and Cebu earlier this month.Andanar said that he will make PTV a quality network like the Bristish Broadcasting Corporation or very known as BBC. Now, do you want to join PTV? Look the job opening below!Send now your resume to [email protected] thoughts? Leave your comments below!
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DONALD TRUMP TO TREVOR NOAH: ‘SHOW ME YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE’
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['Pol Pinoy']
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31/03/2018 0:00
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Real estate mogul Donald Trump just can’t let go of his birther rants, and he seems to be getting more and more desperate about his misplaced crusade.Trump led the charge on the view that Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States, and questioned the authenticity of the president’s publicly-released copy of his Hawaii birth certificate.On the same day that Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced that he was running for president, Trump suggested that the Republican senator may not be eligible to become president because he was born in Canada. Cruz , of course, has maintained that he is eligible to be president since he was born to an American mother, despite having been born in Calgary, Alberta. He was a dual citizen until 2014 when he renounced his Canadian citizenship.Today, Trump launched his latest birther attack against Trevor Noah who, just this week, was named successor to Jon Stewart who would be stepping down as host of the satirical ‘The Daily Show’ sometime this year.“I need you to show your birth certificate,’ Trump challenged Noah, ‘to prove that you are truly African American.’Apparently, Trump missed that part of Comedy Central’s announcement and the subsequent media coverage of Noah’s appointment, stating that the biracial comedian is, in fact, from South Africa, born to a South African mom and a German dad.When informed about Noah’s non-U.S. citizenship, Trump immediately turned his attention back to Miss Japan, Ariana Miyamoto, a half-Japanese and half-African American who will represent her country in the next Miss Universe Beauty Pageant which he owns.Earlier, Trump had announced that he would disqualify Miss Japan from competing in Miss Universe because of her biracial status.
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Speaker Paul Ryan Grows Beard In Protest Of Impending Donald Trump Nomination
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['Pol Pinoy']
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20/05/2016 0:00
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U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan has not kept secret his displeasure over the impending nomination of Donald Trump as the Republican Party’s candidate for president.Despite his meeting with Trump last week which sought to unify the Republican Party, Ryan has declined to endorse the New York billionaire.In fact, he has grown his beard yet again in protest of the Trump nomination and as a public display of his differences with the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.“I will shave my beard after this November’s elections, and only if Trump is not elected the next president of the United States,” Ryan told reporters on Capitol Hill.Ryan seems to have the support of both Republicans and Democrats who were in agreement that Ryan’s beard looks a lot better than Trump’s hair.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/05/20/speaker-paul-ryan-grows-beard-in-protest-of-impending-donald-trump-nomination/?share=email
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In One Tweet, Jim Paredes Exposes The Truth Behind The Yellow Party
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['Pol Pinoy']
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25/06/2017 0:00
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Retired Filipino-Australian entertainer Jim Paredes, one of the staunchest supporters of former President NoyNoy Aquino and the Liberal Party, just exposed the real agenda of the Yellowtards (as they are called.) In one tweet.Paredes, who has been very vocal about the Philippines’ political atmosphere, and critical of President Rodrigo Duterte, must have been drunk or high on some crystallized substance when he hit the send button from his Twitter account. (He probably thought he was just sending it to his Yellow colleagues.)His Twitter message says everything about what he and the Yellowtards are fighting for:Ironically, Paredes’ tweet was retweeted by yet another member of the Yellow socmed army, Leah Navarro.Do they have their act together? It looks not.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/06/25/in-one-tweet-jim-paredes-exposes-the-truth-behind-the-yellow-party/?share=email
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From P500 only a month, AFP and PNP Combat Pay increased by P3,000
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2016-10-01 01:18:03+08:00
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President Duterte finally signed on Monday the Executive Order No. 3 increasing the Combat Duty Pay and Combat Incentive Pay of the members of Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines.From the former 500 pesos a month, President Duterte ordered to increase the combat duty pay to 3,000 pesos to all qualified troops of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.The former 340 pesos a month combat duty pay of the members of PNP also surged by 882 percent.Members of Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police lauds the Duterte administration for keeping its promise during the campaign period.The increase would take effect starting September.
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THE MARY JANE VELOSO STORY: NORA AUNOR TO STAR IN NEW FILM, ‘WALANG HIMALA!’
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30/04/2018 0:00
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Multi-awarded Filipino actress Nora Aunor is unstoppable. She is the lead actress in a new Filipino film that’s been accepted into this year’s prestigious Cannes Film Festival.Brillante Ma. Mendoza’s “Taklub” is one of two films from Southeast Asia included as additional entries in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes.Today, Indonesia-based Bali Films announced that it has signed an agreement with Aunor to star in a new film about the true-to-life story of Filipina Mary Jane Veloso, convicted of a drug crime and sentenced to execution. Veloso was spared from the firing squad (the only one of nine convicts scheduled to be executed this week in Indonesia) which many Filipinos are calling a “miracle.”It was of course not a miracle as pointed out in an editorial published by The Adobo Chronicles.The new film is a sequel to Aunor’s critically acclaimed film, ‘Himala’ released in 1982.Aunor will play the role of Veloso in this new film that revolves around the stay of execution granted to the Filipina convict. The plot maintains that there was no miracle and follows the many events that eventually led to Veloso’s being spared from the firing squad.The script was written by The Adobo Chronicles’ lead reporter, Maharlika Mendoza.President Aquino and his sister, Kris, will play cameo roles in the film.
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Manny Pacquiao In The Senate: 3 Wrong Reasons Pinoys Love Manny Pacquiao So Much
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2016-06-04 01:42:45+00:00
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Let me guess…You thought the match was over, didn’t you? Did you think my threat about a round 3 was just that: a threat? Well, you’re dead wrong! And if you thought that my last two articles was as far as I could go, you’re wrong again! Because there’s a lot more where that came from. A lot more, actually!Welcome to round 3 ladies and gentlemen. I hope you’ve had enough rest because I’m sure you’re going to wear yourselves out again.Seriously, you idiots are some of the funniest people out there. There was this one woman who couldn’t even defend her own ridiculous argument and, perhaps to compensate, decided to change her display picture which included that of her boyfriend as if she thought that would somehow make a difference. Then there was this guy who outright called me “evil” and simply started throwing Bible quotes at me as if trying to imply that Manny Pacquiao is some kind of living saint which, again, he clearly isn’t. Funniest of all though was this guy or girl (not really sure) who implied I was jealous of Manny Pacquiao even though, truth be told, I’d probably be perfectly happy with being a humble storyteller with the woman I loved by my side. Oh well, idiots, I suppose, will be idiots.But now comes the question: Why does Manny Pacquiao appeal so much to the Pinoy idiots who voted for him?Well, some say that it’s his dedication…The only problem with that is that he’s dedicated to his sports career rather than his political duties which raises the question: Why did he even tackle politics in the first place if he’s not going to take it seriously?Others say that it’s his religious devotion…Sure, the man knows his Bible verses. Unfortunately, as any good Christian will tell you, Bible verses aren’t enough. Heck, even demons can sometimes quote Bible verses.Then there are those who say that it’s his philanthropy…Well, I’ll give him that. He’s generous and kind to people. Again, unfortunately, as I’ve said before, the senate isn’t about giving to charity and that one can always give to charity without having to be in politics.The real reason ladies and gentlemen?It’s because they IDENTIFY with him. And no, it’s NOT his good traits that they latch unto either. They don’t really care about his generosity, kindness and determination. It’s his NEGATIVE aspects they see which, to them at least, means it’s okay for them to have it.Yes, that’s how the typical Pinoy idiot thinks. Their thoughts go along something like this: “Since Manny Pacquiao has it, then it’s okay for us to have it too and therefore we should always support him no matter what he does!”So what are these traits?Well, here’s three:NarcissismTruth be told, while Manny Pacquiao may present himself as a humble person, it’s obvious from all his endeavors that he just wants it all. Now, his intentions may indeed be good but good intentions alone aren’t a guarantee that a person will always be a good person and that his intentions will always remain good. All one has to consider is his choice of party-mates who are, for all intents and purposes, some of the most corrupt people in Philippine politics and the fact that he has not once called them out on their suspicious activities.He is either simply too proud to admit that he is corruptible or he already is and is just using his apparent “goodness” as a front.Your typical Pinoy idiot is pretty much the same.The usual rhetoric of Pinoy idiots can be summed up in the words: “We will do what we want regardless of the consequences!”They make it clear that they want it all regardless who they hurt in the process or how much they ruin things for the next generation. Just like Manny Pacquiao who has entered the senate thinking that he probably deserves the position even though he can barely focus on his job as a politician (as evidenced by his absenteeism and support and withdrawal of the BBL when he was still a congressman), many Pinoy idiots rush to make a decision that they all too often understand too little.IrresponsibilityHere’s something that really sucks. Before the election, Manny Pacquiao said that he would make less absences. Then, after the election, he goes on to say that he probably won’t be able to attend much because he’ll be focusing more on his interest in basketball.Again, I can only repeat my question: Why did he even tackle politics in the first place if he’s not going to take it seriously?Unfortunately, the common Pinoy idiots didn’t even notice this. Instead, thanks to their immature and irresponsible mindset, they simply see Manny Pacquiao as a solution to all their problems without them having to lift a finger! They see him as the savior who will somehow raise the Philippines and its people from poverty and defend it from its enemies even though the man’s only real skill is in the boxing ring.HypocrisySure, Manny Pacquiao is great at quoting the Bible and praying. However, if I remember correctly, boxing is perhaps one of the dirtier sports out there. Secondly, while he of course just loves using the LGBT community as punching bags, as already stated above, he has not once called out his political allies on their corruption. Worst still was when his party lost, he has now resorted to licking President Duterte’s heels like a beaten dog.And yes, Pinoy idiots are not so different. Sure, they make a show of being religious and wholesome. Unfortunately, these are all too often the same people who steal from one another like it’s going out of style. These people who make a show of praying and throwing Bible quotes are sadly the same people who rape their own children or sell them into slavery, sexual abuse or worse. They even like to boast that “They are the only Christian country in Asia!” even though majority of them can’t even be bothered to really understand the contents of the Bible.[Photo courtesy Telegraph UK.]
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Donald Trump Seeks to Disqualify U.S. Figure Skating Team Members Bound For Winter Olympics
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['Pol Pinoy']
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10/1/2018 0:00
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U.S. President Donald Trump continues to send mixed messages to the American people in as far as his immigration policy is concerned.After public statements saying that 260,000 Salvadoran and 24,000 Haitian nationals now living in the United States must leave, he recently indicated that he was willing to consider a compromise that would allow undocumented immigrants like the Dreamers (those who were brought to the U.S. as kids by their undocumented parents) to pursue a path towards citizenship.But now, after the U.S. Olympic figure skating team members were announced, Trump has sent yet another confusing message: skaters that do not look like Americans must be disqualified from representing the U.S. at the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea.About half of the U.S. figure skating team members are of Asian descent.”We have to show the world that we are Americans,” Trump told The Adobo Chronicles, “and we cannot have foreign-looking skaters standing on the medal stands while the ‘Star-spangled Banner’ is being played.”Jose, can you see?
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U.S. SOCHI OLYMPIAN SWEATERS START A BIDDING WAR
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['Pol Pinoy']
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8/2/2017 0:00
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patchwork and all.”It wasn’t clear if the U.S. Olympic Committee will sell or donate the sweaters to the winning bidder.
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Senator Bam Aquino Laments Botched Impeachment Hearings For Bautista, Sereno
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['Pol Pinoy']
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11/5/2018 0:00
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Truth be told. The Philippine Constitution provides for the removal of Constitutional officials through impeachment. That includes the positions of Commissioner of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.As mandated, it is the Senate of the Philippines that conducts impeachment hearings and votes on the ouster of the Constitutional officials.Well, two potential impeachment hearings were botched. First that of former COMELEC Commissioner Andy Bautista who resigned his position prior to the start of the hearings, and former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno who yesterday was ousted by her peers in a 8-6 vote.This morning, Senator Bam Aquino lamented the fact that the Senate was not given the opportunity to pursue the impeachment process for the two officials.In an exclusive interview with The Adobo Chronicles, Aquino said he was very much looking forward to donning the maroon robe that Senators wear during impeachment hearings. “I really like wearing robes, and maroon is my favorite color,” Aquino said.Well, maybe next time. How about impeaching the Commission of Human Rights Commissioner, Chito Gascon? The ball is in your court.
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COCA-COLA JINGLE CLIMBS TO THE TOP OF INTERNATIONAL MUSIC CHARTS
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4/2/2017 0:00
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from climbing the music charts worldwide.From China to Mexico to Israel, the Coke jingle zoomed to the number one song and music video, as it did in the Philippines. It didn’t matter that the jingle has all but one Tagalog line in the commercial’s final cut. Filipino American Leilani recorded the entire first verse of the 1913 Katharine Lee Bates lyrics in Tagalog, but only the line “sa ibabaw ng mga frutas” (above the fruited plain) was included in the commercial.Music lovers from all over the world were obviously delighted to see their native language featured in a television spot that was viewed by hundreds of millions of people.What a difference one line makes.As for the bigoted social media tweets and posts? The commenters can eat their hearts out, followed by a sip or two of Coke.
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Duterte Appoints Filipino Archbishop To New Key Cabinet Post
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27/03/2017 0:00
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If you can’t lick ’em, welcome them into your fold. This seems to be Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest strategy in dealing with his staunchest critics.Archbishop Socrates Villegas, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has just been appointed by Duterte as his Secretary of Religion and Morality.Villegas has been a vocal critic of the Duterte administration, using the Catholic Church’s bully pulpit to incite Filipino Catholics to resist and reject Duterte’s war on drugs, which many lost souls are blaming for the alleged extra-judicial killings.Just a couple weeks ago, Villegas and the CBCP issued a pastoral letter read in most Catholic Churches throughout the country, calling the government to task for drug-related killings as well as the efforts to reinstate the death penalty in the Philippines.Malacañang announced Villegas’ appointment during a special mass held in Davao City on Sunday.In appointing Villegas, Duterte said that “while the Philippine Constitution provides for the separation of Church and State, we might as well include the Church leadership in our team since they like to meddle in government affairs anyway.”Besides, it’s the Catholic thing to do,” the president added.
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Mar Roxas comics “Sa Gitna ng Unos” Illustrator explains that he is still a SOLID DUTERTE supporter
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2016-03-28 19:46:11+08:00
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Netizens criticised the comics of Mar Roxas titled “Sa Gitna ng Unos” that portraying his role in Yolanda tragedy. People said that the story of the comics is not accurate to the real happenings of Yolanda and just trying to convince the people to believe that the ex DILG secretary is the hero of Tacloban.The Illustrator of the comics Karl Comendador also explained to the angry Netizens that he is just working for Mar Roxas, but he stated that he is a Duterte supporter and his President is the Davao Mayor.Photo Credits: Karl Comendador Facebook TimelineThe illustrator explains that he is only working for politicians to make a living, but his work cannot change his political views.Karl Comendador received good comments from the Netizens and amazed by his courage to reveal that he is not supporting Mar Roxas even he is working for him.“His political views cannot be paid by anyone and that is very amazing” One of the Netizen comment about Karl Comendador.“Sa Gitna ng Unos” is still contributed from different parts of the Philippines to share the story of Mar Roxas when he responded in the devastated Tacloban City.Meanwhile, the supporters of Mar Roxas defends the story of the comics and believes that everything that you will read in the comics is based on true story.
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