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Senate Minority Bloc Forms New Coalition
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['Pol Pinoy']
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31/05/2017 0:00
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“We will fight till the last one of us remains standing!”With these words, a group of five senators belonging to the Minority Bloc announced the formation of a new coalition aimed at opposing every proposal and every move of their pro-Duterte colleagues.Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and his fellow minority bloc members Senators Antonio Trillanes IV, Kiko Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, Bam Aquino formed the new group which they are calling the Voltes V.“We chose the name because it represents the superpower of a small but determined group of individuals committed to fight injustice, bullying and other political as well as social ills,” Senator Hontiveros said.The group hopes to recruit mostly young people — especially the students of U.P. — to help them in their opposition to Duterte and his allies in Congress.The group said that it still needs to contact incarcerated Senator Leila de Lima to determine whether she wants to join the new coalition.“If she does, we’ll rename the group to Voltes V+1,” Hontiveros said.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/05/31/senate-minority-bloc-forms-new-coalition/?share=email
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PHILIPPINES’ CONGRESS DECLARES WEEK-LONG RECESS FOR PACQUIAO-MAYWEATHER FIGHT
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['Pol Pinoy']
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24/04/2018 0:00
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It is pretty much a given that whenever Manny Pacquiao has a scheduled fight, the Philippines comes to a stand still.The Philippine military and the rebel groups declare a ceasefire, crime rate drops to zero, and road traffic becomes nonexistent.The May 2nd (May 3 in the Philippines) championship fight between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, is no exception… and more.President NoyNoy Aquino has declared May 3rd a National (nonworking) Holiday, and the House of Representatives will go on a 7-day recess, from April 28 to May 3rd.House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. told The Adobo Chronicles that he had no choice but to declare a recess because “there’s just not going to be a quorum to be able to conduct official business.”More than two-thirds of the 290-member House of Representatives will be flying to Las Vegas to be at ringside to support their esteemed colleague. Pacquiao is an elected representative from his native province of Sarangani. How they got their tickets and who’s paying for them were not exactly clear.It is not uncommon for Pacquiao to charter a passenger plane so that his family, colleagues and selected fans can attend his fight in person.Congress resumes its regular session on May 4th, although many expect that majority of members will be absent, as they will still be dealing with jet lag from the almost 18-hour flight from Las Vegas to Manila.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/04/24/philippines-congress-declares-week-long-recess-for-pacquiao-mayweather-fight/
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Leila De Lima Gets Fashion Tips From Fellow Lady Senators
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['Pol Pinoy']
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23/10/2016 0:00
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Beleaguered Senator Leila de Lima found herself getting friendly advice from female colleagues in the Senate as she continues to be hounded by controversies regarding her alleged links with drug lords inside the New Bilibid Prison.According to the Inquirer, De Lima was recently overheard having girl talk with Senators Loren Legarda and Nancy Binay at the session floor.Legarda gave De Lima some fashion tips. She noted that De Lima, who was clad in black, looked like she had just gone to a funeral.Binay agreed. “Wear happy colors!” she told De Lima.As an example of colorful wardrobe, Legarda and Binay showed their photos of past red carpet ceremonies (before President Duterte scrapped it) during the presidential state of the nation address.“And drop that scarf,” both senators told De Lima.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/23/leila-de-lima-gets-fashion-tips-from-fellow-lady-senators/
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CARLSON TUCKER APOLOGIZES TO ASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION FOR DAILY CALLER ARTICLE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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13/08/2017 0:00
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Conservative commentator Carlson Tucker, editor-in-chief and founder of the news site The Daily Caller, has apologized to the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) for an article posted on the site. It was written by TDC’s managing editor Christopher Bedford.The article accused AAJA of “concealing” the location of its 2014 Annual National Convention which opens today in Washington, D.C. It claims that the nonprofit journalism organization misled its convention attendees by announcing a downtown D.C. venue when in fact, the convention hotel is in Chinatown.Tucker said he has placed Bedford on administrative leave pending a full investigation of what happened.“Bedford intended his piece to be a guest blog post in The Adobo Chronicles, but erroneously posted it on The Daily Caller,” Tucker said. “We are a respectable, legitimate news organization and the publication of a bad satire has hurt our reputation,” he added.The Adobo Chronicles was unsuccessful in reaching AAJA President Paul Chung by cell phone for his reaction to Tucker’s apology. Apparently, wi-fi access in the basement of the convention hotel is, at most, spotty.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/08/13/carlson-tucker-apologizes-to-asian-american-journalists-association-for-daily-caller-article/#respond
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SC Justice lectures Lagman after the lawmaker insisted that Marawi Crisis cannot be consider as ‘rebellion’
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2017-06-14 20:07:37+08:00
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Supreme Court Justice Marianlo del Castillo said told Albay First District Representative Edcel Lagman that the situation in Marawi City can be considered as act of rebellion during the first day of oral arguments on three petitions to nullify the declaration of Martial law.According to Lagman who represented the opposition lawmakers said that ‘“Acts of terrorism are not necessarily equivalent to actual rebellion and the consequent requirement of securing public safety,”Lagman said that President Rodrigo Duterte, “must be factually correct” and “may no be arbitrary or capricious in appreciation of the facts.”He slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s report to congress, which Lagman labeled as full of lies and falsities.He stressed that President Rodrigo Duterte didn’t consulted the defense secretary or the generals before declaring martial law.“It stands to reason that when the President exercises a very serious, extraordinary power, he must be supported by the necessary coordination, recommendation, and consultation from the ranking officials of the defense and military sectors,” Lagman said.He also said that the video of Isnilon Hapilon planning to takeover of Marawi City that convinced the senators to support the martial law declaration was recovered two days after martial law was declared so it’s not the basis of President Duterte to declare martial law.But Supreme Court Justice Mariano del Castillo quizzed Lagman about his arguments about the martial law declaration.Justice del Castillo asked Lagman if the lawmaker already visited Marawi City since the crisis erupted to which Lagman answered no.del Castillo said that petitioners cannot say martial law in Mindanao if they didn’t personally visited Marawi City and experienced the real situation in the place“So it would be too difficult to say that the situation there does not amount to rebellion. You’ve not been there, you’re not on the ground, you don’t know the situation there. How can you dispute now the findings of sufficiency of factual bases for the declaration?” del Castillo said.The SC Justice said that many soldiers already died and people already evacuated in their homes because of the war in Marawi City and he asked Lagman why he’s so worried about the martial law in Mindanao.“The military casualty count as of last Sunday is already 58 soldiers, Congressman, dead soldiers of ours. And there are 25,000 evacuees now in Iligan City. So for you the situation is still not that serious for Martial Law to … I mean, Martial Law will only be with us for 60 days, assuming that he [Duterte] won’t lift the proclamation earlier. With all the safeguards, I don’t know why you are so worried.” del Castillo told Lagman.del Castillo also said that Maute Terrorist Group who pledged their allegiance with the Islamic State raised their flags all around city, a sign that the armed group wanted to remove the power of the government over Marawi City.They’re precisely putting up their flag there to supplant the authority of the local government of their own, in effect they’re trying to remove the allegiance of Marawi City from the government,” del Castillo said.But Lagman said that the raising of an ISIS flag is the Maute Terrorist Group ‘cheap propaganda’The lawmaker also believed that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) can end the Marawi City crisis without the imposing of martial law in Mindanao.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/sc-justice-lectures-lagman-lawmaker-insisted-marawi-crisis-cannot-consider-rebellion/
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Miss Philippines Pageant Opens Up Competition To Drag Queens And Transgender Persons
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['Pol Pinoy']
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18/01/2016 0:00
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Canada may be the first country to allow a transgender woman (Jenna Talackova) to compete in the local Miss Universe pageant, but the Philippines is the first to officially open up its national beauty pageant to drag queens and transgender persons.Whether you are a heterosexual male who just wants to dress in drag or someone assigned the male gender at birth who has transitioned into a woman, you now have an equal chance as the rest of the ladies to win one of the coveted crowns in the Binibining Pilipinas (Miss Philippines) pageant.The Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc (BPCI) today released the revised contestant application form that includes a question on one’s gender or sex (sic). The charity is the local franchisee for several international beauty pageants, including Miss Universe and Miss InternationalBPCI chairperson Stella Marquez Araneta said that beauty queen aspirants no longer need to lie about their gender. “All are welcome to apply — male, female, drag queens, transgender women or men.”
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/01/18/miss-philippines-pageant-opens-up-competition-to-drag-queens-and-transgender-persons/
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The election-winning path FORWARD for the Philippine Opposition
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2018-04-24 08:29:47+00:00
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Granted, the Opposition regard Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as “a mass murderer and a traitor who sold the country to China”. However, if they don’t like the Philippines to be led by said president, then they will need to produce an alternative proposal (not just a mere slogan like “Join the Resistance”). Filipinos need a real opposition. Not the sorry excuse they get today.The first step is a simple one. Ditch the Yellowtards.If that option is too hard to fathom for now, perhaps the Opposition can, instead, consider the simple questions; like: WHAT’S NEXT after, say, their “JoinTheResistance” campaign? It seems many in the Opposition are, themselves, waiting for answers to that question. And if, by some miracle, Opposition “thought leaders” actually do come around with an answer, the next one they need to ponder is, what’s the plan for getting Filipino voters to buy into that vision? After all, you need to win some sort of election to get things done in the Philippines.This is why the option to ditch the Yellowtards is an important one to consider. They are no longer of any value to the Opposition. In fact, it is quite evident that they’ve become a liability and a hindrance to success at the polls. The Opposition need to recognise that Duterte successfully harnessed the grassroots back in 2016. The Opposition need to build a strategy around a goal to successfully yank that voter base away from him.To explore a wider range of strategic pathways to winning an election, curiosity is important. Unfortunately, the Yellowtards have lost that along the way. They’ve become too comfy with their sacred dogma now. That’s why they’ve lost their edge and, being the blunt force they are now, need to bow out of the game and allow more modern thinking to take root in the Opposition.Most important of all, the Opposition should rethink the constant use of certain terms — like “fascism” and “human rights”, for example. They don’t resonate with the masses. The concepts are too high up the asses of the Yellowtards to reach. They don’t win elections in the Philippines anymore. And that’s what it’s all about. Winning elections.What is the Opposition’s election winning strategy? With or without the Yellowtards, this is a question the Opposition ultimately need to confront — hopefully with open minds.[Based on a recent Twitter conversation.]
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2018/04/the-election-winning-path-forward-for-the-philippine-opposition/#comments
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Raissa Robles Declines National Book Award
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['Pol Pinoy']
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19/11/2017 0:00
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It would have been the highlight of her career as a book author. Raissa Robles’ book on the Marcos Martial Law, ‘Never Again,’ won the book award for non-fiction.The award was given out by the National Book Development Board (NBDB).But alas, NBDB is a government agency, and so it would be a conflict of interest for Robles to accept an award from the government that she criticizes and despises. Furthermore, the agency is funded by taxpayer money and she constantly questions foreign travels of Duterte officials on taxpayer dime.So, being the ‘investigative journalist’ that she claims she is, she decided to decline the award.Well and good!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/11/19/raissa-robles-declines-national-book-award/#respond
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Presidential Palace: None Of President Aquino’s Statements Should Be Taken Literally
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['Pol Pinoy']
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28/12/2017 0:00
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Time is running out for Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino and his Transportation Secretary Joseph Abaya. The Filipinos are eagerly awaiting the day — on January 1, 2016 — when both men will have themselves run over by a train. It was a promise made by Aquino in 2013 if, by the end of 2015, the serious problems plaguing Metro Manila’s mass transportation, particularly the MRT (light railway) are not resolved.In a desperate attempt for damage control, Aquino’s communications secretary Herminio Coloma came to the rescue today saying that none of the president’s statements should be taken literally.“He was merely joking,” Coloma said, “just like when he makes statements and claims about the accomplishments of his administration.”“When the president says something like ‘the Philippines is the New Darling of Asia,’ or ‘the Philippines will soon become a First World Country,’ we should not take him seriously.”The statement from the presidential palace comes as a disappointment to many who were gearing up for a great, televised spectacle come January 1st.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/28/presidential-palace-none-of-president-aquinos-statements-should-be-taken-literally/#respond
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Beyond Hollow Blocks, meet Duterte’s new spokesman
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2017-11-02 00:39:51+08:00
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The country was shocked when President Rody Duterte revealed that former Spox Ernesto Abella will be replaced by Kabayan Partylist Representative Harry Roque. They say, a screaming lion is replacing a pigeon with a calming voice.Roque is known to be vocal and straightforward articulator even before the days of Pnoy.Now who is Harry Roque who recently said that he will not curse like Duterte but he will scream and throw hollow blocks. Here’s a fast fact from TV5.HE IS:Kabayan Partylist Rep.Human Rights AdvocateNagtatag ng CenterLawNagturo ng Constitutional Law at Public International Law sa UP sa loob ng 15 yearsHere’s more:Bad ass right? Now the Presidential Team is getting more interesting with Harry Roque as the new Duterte’s mouthpiece.Your thoughts? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/beyond-hollow-blocks-meet-new-dutertes-spokeman/
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PHILIPPINE TOWN TOTALLY BANS URINATING
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['Pol Pinoy']
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15/06/2018 0:00
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in Camiling. Not in parks, not in street corners, not anywhere public or private. Yes, not even in the comfort of your own home.Violation of the ordinance carries with it a fine of 500 Pesos ( about $11).Camiling, it seems, is going for a Guinness Record as the one and only urine-free place in the world.If you think this story is a hoax, look closely. We’ve got the public notice to prove the new law soes exist. (If you don’t speak or understand Tagalog, ask your Filipino co-worker or neighbor for a translation!)2015 is “Visit the Philippines” Year! Oh what fun!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/15/philippine-town-totally-bans-urinating/#comments
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Announcing: The Adobo Chronicles’ “Most Influential…”
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['Pol Pinoy']
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3/11/2017 0:00
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Now that TIME magazine has announced its 2017 Most Influental Teens, it’s time for The Adobo Chronicles to hand its most prestigious award of the “Most Influential…”The publisher and editors of The Adobo Chronicles, during their annual meeting at the San Jose headquarters, announced their choice for this this award.Here they are…
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/11/03/announcing-the-adobo-chronicles-most-influential/?share=email
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Trump White House Fires Remaining Members Of Advisory HIV/AIDS Council, Seeks New Applicants
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['Pol Pinoy']
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29/12/2017 0:00
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On the eve of the eve of New Year’s eve, President Donald Trump fired all the remaining members of the Presidential Council on HIV/AIDS, months after about half a dozen members resigned in protest of Trump’s position on health poilicies.At the same time, The White House announced that applications to fill the vacant seats are now being accepted, with very strict qualifications for those wanting to serve in the council.Among other things, applicants must pledge, as part of their cover letter, that they will never ever use these seven “banned” words in line with Trump’s overall health policy:TransgenderScience-basedEvidence-basedFetusEntitlementVulnerableDiversitySo if you’re interested in a White House Council seat, and ready to erase the seven words from your vocabulary, send your resume to 1600 Pennsylvannia Avenue, Attn: Seven Banned Words.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/12/29/trump-white-house-fires-remaining-members-of-advisory-hiv-aids-council-seeks-new-applicants/?share=email
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Bakit Ayaw Ko Kay Mar
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2016-05-04 17:57:14+08:00
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Matagal ko pinag-isipan kung isusulat ko ba ito. Marahil, karamihan sa inyo na hindi boboto kay Mar ay alam na ang dahilan. Pero marami sa inyo na boboto sa kanya ay siguradong inis sa akin sa pag-iinarte kong ito. Pero ayaw ko sa kanya. Simple lang ang dahilan. HINDI SIYA TOTOO.Nagsimula siyang Mr. Palengke na ginamit niya para makilala sa mga tao. At bumenta siya. Alam niya ang kiliti ng masa. Topnotcher Senator agad dahil sa galing ng packaging. Lahat ay idinaan sa public relations para magmukha siyang malinis, marangal, makatao at makabayan. Gumawa siya ng imahe na kailangan niyan panindigan kaya kumuha siya ng asawa para perfect na ang formula. Parang scripted na talaga.At naumay na ako. Alam ko naman na mayaman ang angkan niya. At naiindihan ko kung may kakonyohan siya. Hindi niya kasalanan na ipanganak na may nakaumang na diamante sa harapan. Pero ito ang ayaw ko. Nagkukunwari pa rin siyang mahirap at akala niya ay mga mangmang tayong napapaniwala niya. Hindi siya umubra sa ninja moves ni Binay pero imbes na baguhin ang strategy, may natutunang bagong estilo si Mar.Nag-aral si Mar sa pinakapamosong eskwelahan sa mundo. Kaya ng magulang niya ang pera. Duon siya nag-aral sa mga schools na hindi pangkaraniwan. Dapat mas madami siyang alam sa ekonomiya dahil dalubhasa siya sa larangan na yan. Pero kahit gaano pa siya katagal sa panunungkulan, wala siyang masyadong nagawa. Kasi lahat ng ginawa niya, practice lang para sa talagang gusto niya, ang maging Presidente.Kaya ba niya? Kung titignan mo ang makukulay niyang diploma, siyempre naman. Pero kung susumahin mo lahat ng katangian niya, may kulang siya. Malaking pagkukulang. Ambisyon niya ang maging President pero hindi niya tadhana. Ang problema, sa isang lumaking mayaman na katulad niya, hindi totoo ang tadhana, pera lang ang katapat nyan.Kaya ngayon, pilit niyang kinakamit ang bagay na hindi itinadhana sa kanya. At kaya niyang sirain ang lahat ng gustong humarang kasi dati na siyang nagbigay daan sa isa pang olegarkiya dahil alam niya kung kelan titiklop. Pero panahon na niya ngayon at walang hahadlang sa kanya.Gusto niya maging pangulo kahit wala siyang kakayahan. Mas pinili niya balahurain ng kanyang boss kesa umalis sa poder nito at bitawan ang pangarap niya. Lumunok ng pride na parang putang bayad hanggang sa lunukan.Nagbubulag-bulagan sa mga kapalpakan ni PNoy kasi nasa isip niya, “ako na ang susunod”. Matutupad na ang pangarap niya. Pero sa kasamaang palad, kung matapobre siya, mas matapobre ang nauna sa kanya. Kaya ayun, puro kapalpakan ang lahat. Yun din ang gagawin niya. Kasi pareho ang isip nila. Sila ang tama kasi hawakng mga katulad nila ang buong Pilipinas. At kaya nilang manira ng kalaban kasi hawak lang naman nila kung ano ang papakinggan at papanuorin ng taumbayan. At patuloy niyang ginagawa ito because they can.Ayaw ko kay Mar kasi dahil hindi siya marunong lumaban ng patas. Mahilig siyang manlamang pero halatang pikon siya pag nalamangan. Walang dapat lumamang sa kanila. Yan ang turo sa economics.Ang pandurugas, pagnanakaw at kaepalan ay hindi gawain ng tulad niyang alta-socialidad. Ang tawag diyan “business opportunity” or “societal realities”. Na ang nagiging biktima ng kahirapan ay collateral damage na dapat tanggapin. Na walang masamang asal if couched in very respectable language. Walang nakikitang kahirapan basta kayang takpan ng kinang ng ilaw at makukulay na pader. Malinis at mataas ang tingin ni Mar sa sarili. At halatang-halata yan. Sa kanya, kahinaan ang kahirapan at tanging siya lang ang may karapatang ayusin ito. Kaya siya ang hindi dinapuan ng sakit na ito.Ayaw ko kay Mar dahil hindi niya kailangan maging Presidente at hindi natin siya kailangan maging Presidente. Wala siyang nagawa o magagawang hindi pangkaraniwan kasi kung meron man, matagal na sana nating nakita ito. Mar insists to be President not because he believes he can do the job but because he feels he is entitled to it as a birth right.Ayaw ko kay Mar dahil hindi niya tayo naiintindihan. At hindi niya tayo maiintindihan. Kasi ang sagot niya palagi sa kahirapan ay tapal na solusyon. Pawiin ang gutom sa pagbigay ng pagkain pero hindi niya kayang aayusin ang dahilan bakit tayo nagugutom.Bakit? Ganito mag-isip ang mga tipo ni Mar, “Bakit mo tuturuan paano makalikom ng isang kaban ng palay ang mangmang kung pwede mo silang takamin sa paunti-unting butil ng bigas para habang buhay silang magpapasalamat.”Parang si PNoy lang. Kaya nga niya ipinagpapatuloy. | BRUCE RIVERAYou can follow Bruce Rivera’s facebook HERE.Any thoughts about this story? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/bakit-ayaw-ko-kay-mar/
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Adobo Chronicles’ Yellow Dirty Dozen Online Poll — Vote Now
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['Pol Pinoy']
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11/4/2017 0:00
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte continues to be in the No. 1 spot in TIME Magazine’s online poll on the 100 Most Influential Persons in the world. The poll is nearing its conclusion.Now it’s time for yet another poll. This time The Adobo Chronicles’ Yellow Dirty Dozen that would nicely complement the TIME poll, especially if Duterte is declared the final No. 1 most influential person.We have gathered twelve of the most visible Yellow personalities — all opposed to Duterte’s government and programs and who continue to cling to the fading hope of maintaining power and influence in the Philippines 🇵🇭.Vote for your top favorite in the poll below and keep checking back for status updates. You can vote as many times as you want.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/04/11/adobo-chronicles-yellow-dirty-dozen-online-poll-vote-now/#respond
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Hillary Rules Out Appointing Bill Clinton As Secretary Of State
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['Pol Pinoy']
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17/05/2016 0:00
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In campaign stops in Kentucky today, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said that in addition to being First Gentleman, her husband Bill will play a major role in her administration.However, in an exclusive interview with The Adobo Chronicles, ruled out appointing her husband to the position of Secretary of State.Theoretically, the 42nd president of the United States would be eligible to serve in his wife’s cabinet. However, Hillary said that appointing him Secretary of State would be too close to the presidency and would be in violation of the Constitution’s 22nd Amendment prohibiting a U.S. president to serve a third term.The Secretary of State is fourth in line to succeed the president of the United States, behind the Vice President, Speaker of the House and the Senate President.When asked what position she would give her husband if she is elected president, Hillary said she is leaning towards Chief of Staff and head of White House interns.Enough said.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/05/17/hillary-rules-out-appointing-bill-clinton-as-secretary-of-state/?share=email
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Duterte, Rappler, Utos ni bossing, and Tone-deafness
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2017-11-13 07:04:52+00:00
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Singing karaoke-style is of course, a staple of Filipino hospitality. Quite a few Filipinos, I can imagine, will vividly remember being forced by their parents to, ignominiously, sing for a house guest. When Filipinos grow up, either karaoke machines, or on occasion, a live band, provides the means through which they can “showcase” their musical prowess, often at the expense of the neighbors.One can be forgiven for thinking that it probably would’ve been better to listen a cat screech, than it was to hear Rodrigo Duterte sing at the ASEAN summit gala dinner. But one can’t really have it all: maybe that’s why he became a lawyer, mayor, and eventual president of the Republic of the Philippines, instead of a professional singer (who would’ve probably become a washed-up has been by now). Tone-deaf as he may be in music, one can’t help but notice that the word doesn’t necessarily apply to how he’s handled the Philippines’ relations with other countries, so far.President Duterte, however, made a tongue-in-cheek remark about how he sang “upon the orders of the commander in chief of the United States”. Local media outfits, like Rappler, were quick to pick this up, and make it appear that Duterte was taking orders, or being subservient to US President Donald Trump. Hooray for eye-catching, but misleading headlines!Any Filipino with even with just half a brain instinctively knows, that the context of such a remark revolves around the Filipino colloquialism “utos ni bossing” (literally “the boss’s orders”). When Filipinos either make requests of, or receive requests from, each other, they humble themselves (nagpapakakumbaba). Sometimes, however, there is sarcasm (and the occasional passive-aggression) at work. Sarcasm and nuance, unfortunately, often don’t translate very well between languages. In this case, neither do media outfits like Rappler.It seems then, that the simplest conclusion one can draw here, is that Rappler, despite using quotation marks for “upon the orders”, was not after framing the context of Duterte’s remarks properly. And because this isn’t the first time it has done so, one can be excused for thinking that it never was. Granted, since, technically, Rappler is a privately-owned enterprise, it can’t help but make profit its priority. But to have to resort to sensationalist and deliberately misleading reportage, especially with someone whose politics run opposite to yours? Why should the gossiping hen social media network get a free pass on that?Baka naman kasi utos ng bossing, whoever that boss actually is.It also has become apparent as well, that Rappler remains tone deaf about why there is growing hostility towards its style of reporting, and why it is losing readership to blogs and bloggers. The outfit sticks to its claims that it is because media outfits like it have to deal with government-sponsored trolls, sock-puppets, and social media statistic manipulation. But really, it is because, rather than deal with, and incorporate opposing points of view into its “reporting”, Rappler is quick to throw around the term “fake news”, to claim that Duterte’s supporters are uncultured, unthinking morons, and that its freedom of expression is being suppressed.Because many Filipinos are too lazy and parochial in their regard for information, however, dinosaur media outfits like Rappler – who are only too willing to tell their readers what to think – will always have a space to operate in in Filipino society. And because of an apparent deference to – and oftentimes a blatant conflict of interest with – media, the people who are in a position to recommend punitive measures against media outfits, for unnecessarily sensationalist, misleading, sloppy, and downright malicious reporting, very rarely do so. As a result, mainstream media will keep getting away with their “misinterpretations”.In other words, no one is addressing the big elephant in the room.Mas madali mag maang-maangan, bingi-bingian, at bulag-bulagan.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/11/duterte-rappler-utos-ni-bossing-tone-deafness/
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FOR THE PHILIPPINES, IT JUST KEEPS ON GOING AND GOING
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['Pol Pinoy']
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31/12/2016 0:00
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Putrajaya, Malaysia- Just like the energizer bunny, the Philippines just keeps on going and going and going.On the last evening of 2013, the Philippines won yet another international beauty pageant, Miss Tourism International held in Malaysia. Miss Philippines Angeli Dione Gomez bested 59 other beauties from around the world to win the title previously held by another Filipina. Miss Gomez joins the list of Filipinas who won major international beauty crowns this year including Miss World, Miss International and Miss Supranational, not to mention the third place finish in this year’s Miss Universe Pageant.As a result of this latest win, the decision by the Association of Beauty Pageant Franchise Holders (ABPFH) to ban the Philippines from participating in beauty pageants for the next two years has been revised yet again. The ban will now remain in effect for four years. See previous story about the ban as reported in The Adobo Chronicles.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2013/12/31/for-the-philippines-it-just-keeps-on-going-and-going/?share=email
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50 celebrities included in Duterte’s drug list
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['View All Posts Pinoytrending']
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2016-09-24 22:10:56+08:00
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Incoming SBMA chairman and the original PDP Laban Presidential Candidate last election Martin Diño revealed on Saturday that at least 50 celebrities are included in the drug list of President Rodrigo Duterte.The information that was revealed by Diño in a press conference in Quezon City. Majority of the celebrities are using party drugs and at least 10 are suspected selling it.He also said that some of the celebrities that included in the drug list have already taken drug tests.The Philippine National Police are still validating the list and there’s still no news if the President is going to reveal the celebrity drug list soon.Last August, Robin Padilla appealed to President Duterte not to publicize the list of celebrities who are drug users.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/50-celebrities-included-dutertes-drug-list/
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CNN Camera Crew Just Happened To Be At Bus Terminal When They Spotted VP Candidate Leni Robredo
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['Pol Pinoy']
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23/03/2016 0:00
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Liberal Party (LP) vice presidential candidate Leni Robredo is known for her simple ways, consciously trying her best to avoid the spotlight and the television cameras.Many will remember the last State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President NoyNoy Aquino, when Robredo was caught taking the backway stairs to the Congress Assembly Hall to avoid the red carpet festivities. That was before she was named LP’s vice presidential candidate.Well, yesterday, Robredo was caught riding a passenger bus in Cubao, Quezon City, on her way to her hometown to spend the Holy Week holidays. On camera, she said it was just practical for her to take the bus which only costs P1,000 as opposed to a plane which would be $7,000.So, the CNN camera crew that interviewed her on the bus just HAPPENED to be at the bus terminal. What a lucky television crew.And judging by the CNN video, the bus was already in motion, on its way to Naga City. CNN just HAPPENED to be headed to the same destination as Robredo.It’s more fun in the Philippines.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/23/cnn-camera-crew-just-happened-to-be-at-bus-terminal-when-they-spotted-vp-candidate-leni-robredo/#respond
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Blogger Raissa Robles Volunteers To Raise Philippine Flag In Disputed Island
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['Pol Pinoy']
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22/04/2017 0:00
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She loves her country so much, she wrote a book to make sure Martial Law in the Philippines will not be repeated. She also criticized Philippine soldiers for not being able to raise the Philippine flag in the disputed Pagasa Island in the South China Sea. Now, blogger Raissa Robles is putting action where her mouth is.In an exclusive interview with The Adobo Chronicles, Robles said she was volunteering to do the flag raising herself. All she needs is a jet ski that would take her from Manila Bay to the South China Sea. Other than that, she is not asking for any special accommodation, not even security for her adventure to Pagasa Island.Few anti-Duterte fanatics would even venture to suggest that they personally undertake such a dangerous mission. But that’s Raissa, a true patriot and icon of freedom and democracy.She’s being true to her name Raissa = Raise the flag.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/04/22/blogger-raissa-robles-volunteers-to-raise-philippine-flag-in-disputed-island/?share=email
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FIRST AMENDMENT: DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO BAN FOOLISH PEOPLE FROM AMERICA
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['Pol Pinoy']
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13/12/2017 0:00
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First, Donald Trump said the United States should close its borders to Mexicans and immigrants. Then he called for the banning of Chinese birth tourism. Then he called for shutting out all Muslims from entering the United States.Now, the Republican presidential candidate and frontrunner says America should ban all foolish people, referring to those who advocate freedom of speech under the U.S. Constutution’s First Amendment.In a campaign speech in South Carolina this week, Trump suggested that “we should close the Internet in some places as a way to stop terrorism. He says he will call Bill Gates and others who know what’s going on.Trump said he expects many people to criticize his Internet closure proposal on First Amendment grounds, but “these are foolish people. There are a lot of foolish people and they should all be banned from America.” This latest statement didn’t sit well with many of his own supporters, especially the foolish people who keep on voting for him in the polls.Trump continues to surge in the polls with a double-digit lead over his closest rival Senator Ted Cruz.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/13/first-amendment-donald-trump-wants-to-ban-foolish-people-from-america/
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ANDERSON COOPER TO TESTIFY AT AQUINO IMPEACHMENT HEARING
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['Pol Pinoy']
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29/07/2017 0:00
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In less than 24 hours since NoyNoy Aquino delivered his 5th State of the Nation Address (SONA), the beleaguered Philippine president is facing yet another impeachment complaint. This time it is from the Philippine Senate.The new complaint is based on what senators called “presidential lies” in connection with Aquino’s claim during his televised speech that in less than 24 hours, the government and the Aquino administration were on the ground in Leyte and other Cental Philippine cities and towns, providing assistance and relief to victims of typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). The strongest typhoon ever to hit landfall left thousands dead and homeless and resulted in billions of pesos in damage to public and private property and infrastructure.“Aquino violated his presidential oath to tell the truth and nothing but the truth to the Filipino people, and that is an impeachable offense,” the senators said.A senate hearing on this new impeachment complaint is scheduled later this week. The first witness to testify will be CNN correspondent Anderson Cooper who was among the first among international journalists to report on Haiyan from ground zero. Cooper’s reports and first-hand accounts pointed to the exact opposite of what Aquino said in his SONA.Here is one of CNN’s broadcasts in which Cooper describes what he saw on the ground in Tacloban, Cebu and other cities.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/07/29/anderson-cooper-to-testify-at-aquino-impeachment-hearing/#respond
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The Philippines is ‘in crisis’ because its Opposition lacks direction
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2018-03-12 00:25:38+00:00
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“Thought leaders” of the Philippine Opposition have been screeching about various imagined crises gripping the Philippines since Day One of the administration of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. While these screeches have grown louder over the last year-and-a-half of Duterte’s presidency, the actual underlying nature and sense behind these quaint cries of “outrage” haven’t really evolved. At the heart of the prolonged outrage fads being sustained by the Philippine Opposition are promises made by Duterte during the campaign that actually won him the vote in 2016.It seems to escape the Opposition (who continue to be led by the Liberal Party, a.k.a. the Yellowtards) that continuing to harp about character traits of the Duterte government that actually endear it to Filipinos has got losing strategy written all over it. The behaviour President Duterte exhibits today is no different to the behaviour he exhibited during the campaign. So here’s a memo to the Yellowtards…If Duterte cussed and offended his way to an election win in 2016, guess what: Cussing and offending as president will continue to work for him.Simple logic, right?Yet exhibiting “outrage” over Duterte’s cussing and offensive remarks continues to be a cornerstone of the infrastructure of cluelessness that underlies the Yellowtard “cause”. It’s like a “strict parent” who continues judging a daughter for marrying a guy with a nose piercing and a big “Jesus Saves” tattoo adorning the entire acreage of the left side of his neck. Not exactly someone you imagined would be part of photos of family Christmas dinners for years to come, right? But the daughter obviously chose a guy who happens to have a nose piercing and a big “Jesus Saves” image tattooed to his neck to be her life partner. If you were that daughter, there really is no way a mother who constantly attacks your choice will win you over.The Opposition and the Yellowtards who lead them need to come up with a smarter opposition strategy. Perhaps the easiest step to take towards that goal is to ditch the Yellowtards. The Yellowtards, after all, lost the 2016 elections because Filipinos have grown tired of being gaslighted by these people for the last 30 years. Psychology Today defines gaslighting as “a tactic in which a person or entity, in order to gain more power, makes a victim question their reality.” So for 30 years, the Yellowtards had convinced an entire generation of Filipinos that who they were fit a hybrid mold of Western European (and North American) liberal ideals crossbred with Mandela- and Gandhi-style “non-violent” hocus pocus.Thus it is common to see Yellowtards lamenting “this is not who we are” when waxing outrage over the latest Duterte remark. This is because these are people who had been led to believe that “who they are” fits a sad caricature fashioned by Hollywood Joe and not by teleserye Juan. The fact is, Filipinos have hardly changed since “independence” in 1946 and though they remain beholden to the earlier, they remain, at heart, more akin to the latter.It seems that by the time Duterte appeared in the national politics scene and started making inroads into the closed clique of the Imperial Manila Mafia, Filipinos were already in the process of snapping out of 30 years of emotional abuse being perpetrated by the Yellowtards. Gaslighting, after all, is a particularly insidious form of emotional abuse that the Yellowtards had mastered and conscripted the Philippines’ mainstream media into subjecting Filipinos to on a national scale.Gaslighters are masters at manipulating and finding the people they know will stand by them no matter what—and they use these people against you. They will make comments such as, “This person knows that you’re not right,” or “This person knows you’re useless too.” Keep in mind it does not mean that these people actually said these things. A gaslighter is a constant liar. When the gaslighter uses this tactic it makes you feel like you don’t know who to trust or turn to—and that leads you right back to the gaslighter. And that’s exactly what they want: Isolation gives them more control.Fortunately, after 30 years of being gaslit by the Yellowtards, Filipinos woke up. Duterte happened to be at the right place at the right time. The true sense of getting “woke”, as it turns out, has more to do with Filipinos who managed to step out of the matrix of lies of Yellowtardism and embrace who they truly are as a people.This is the more profound psychology that explains the continued popularity of Duterte that baffles the Opposition and their cronies in the Western European and North American media. The Philippine Opposition continue to rely on the strategic direction of the Yellowtards — which is to turn up the gas on the yellow-coloured emotional abuse that once worked on Filipinos. Unfortunately for them, that no longer works. We see it in the sad “activism” of the Yellowtards and their communist allies and how they’ve become mere punchlines. The once-powerful symbols that drew from once-lofty “missions” to “protect freedom” are now as ideologically flaccid as the “thought leaders” who foolishly build their rhetoric around these. Indeed, some of their “thought leaders” have, themselves, become “woke” to this reality and are now advising Yellowtard “activists” to desist from wearing yellow in their rallies!The Opposition need to get smarter. The first step to achieving this is to be less emotional in formulating a strategy. This is why they need to ditch the Yellowtards — because Yellowtards are intellectually-lazy and wholly gravitate to emotionalism as a means to face challenges that require sound and modern thinking. More importantly, the Opposition will do themselves a favour by reflecting on this timeless piece of wisdom issued by the great Albert Einstein: you cannot solve a problem using the same thinking that created it.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2018/03/the-philippines-is-in-crisis-because-its-opposition-lacks-direction/
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BREAKING: Leni Robredo Ousted From Liberal Party
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['Pol Pinoy']
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30/05/2017 0:00
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Representative Josephine Ramirez-Sato (Occidental Mindoro).“By supporting Duterte’s declaration of Martial Law, Robredo contradicted the position of the Liberal Party 🎉 . It makes us stupid and fragmented in the eyes of the Filipino people,” the resolution said. “We cannot continue to keep a balimbing (turncoat) in our ranks.”Moral of the story: Never take a nap during office hours.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/05/30/breaking-leni-robredo-ousted-from-liberal-party/
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Hate For Gloria Or Hate For Aquino Incompetency?
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['Oratio Imperata']
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2018-07-24 17:26:12+00:00
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Oh, how sweet it is to see the yellows squirm even more. They hate Gloria and on Monday, July 23 there she is taking center stage at a SONA eight years after she was last president. If all you did was pay attention to the SONAs for 2010-2015 you would have constantly heard her name attached to whatever disaster. What the yellows will never tell you is in the back of their minds whatever faux outrage they are voicing really is their frustration with their heroes.The yellow movement from the start was never much of a movement. For all their self-aggrandizing they never moved any of the kingpins behind their “issues” to jail in the last 32 years. That sure is some movement. As potent or impotent as their most recent ideal president.I cringed when during Bong Bong Marcos’ campaign many yellows said he should be in jail. I looked at my calendar and it said 2016. As of that date, not a single Marcos family member that I grew up with ( on TV and in newspapers) saw the inside of a jail. What did the yellows want? Were they expecting Bong-Bong to a find an empty jail cell and squat??The Yellows have no merits of their own to sell you. They have no vision or track record. What they were able to do in 2010 was capitalize on emo. Notice I said emo, not logic or tangible accomplishments. We had our perfect storm of a high profile and perfectly timed death of the mother able to lift up her low IQ son into the presidency. As the recent Gilas brawl will tell you, pinoys will often gravitate towards emo ( we fought them) and in order to flee from the reality of the lack of tangible accomplishments (the final score of the game).I have explored over the last six years in GRP why the yellows were able to sell Noynoy to the public. Noynoy is the very product of the dysfunctional pinoy culture we always discuss here at GRP. The pinoy does not value work. The pinoys do not realize what goes into an Olympic gold medal that when the time comes to elect a president and give out their own gold medal then they don’t necessarily see work as a prerequisite. It is one thing to bring a faulty product to the marketplace. The problem is when the faulty product continues to exist in the marketplace then it is the marketplace that is just as faulty.There was once an Archie comic strip featuring Jughead Jones where he hears his mom in the distance calling him to do a chore. The next panels show him crossing a stream and crawling underneath a barb wire fence. Jughead finally comes to the conclusion that avoiding hard work is hard work in itself.Five years ago I wrote a piece with the premise that Noynoy spends all his time trying to look like he should be president than spending that time doing the work of a president. He knows he was not qualified. He knows he did not earn his position by doing anything. In order to maintain the false image of President Noynoy the main strategy was to prove he is the good guy by creating a bad guy. So let’s deprive GMA of her rights, we will detain her since our fans will equate that with imprisonment, let’s pull the plug on her projects, let’s remove her appointees on a stage paid for by the taxpayers. Incentives to remove the Chief Justice also paid for by the taxpayers.I wrote that piece when we were halfway through Noynoy’s “term” as president. I used examples that we could see three years into his reign of incompetence. There are few times in life that you hate being right. Now that we are two years removed from Noynoy being evident we are only starting to tally the cost of his effort to fill a false image. A cost measured in the currency of human lives. He is in denial over the consequences of his rushed campaign tool Dengvaxia. He, Garin and Abad show up to inquiry after inquiry admitting nothing. Like they are waiting for a scapegoat to appear out of thin air. Despite his blunders, he is not mentioned in Duterte SONAs and he still does not attend.I have written a lot over the years here about Noynoy cutting corners in order to get validation as a good president. Did he pull the plug on the SAF 44 because letting them live will cause his dreams for a Nobel Peace Prize to die? Did Noynoy himself declare his allies innocent of any crime just to maintain the illusion of Daang Matuwid? Did he interfere with other such investigations that might trace back to him?Like mother like son. The Cory government ultimately had no high profile prisoners to answer for ” dark times of Martial Law”. They could care less who ultimately killed their patriarch. The Yellows in fact utilized people like Ramos and Enrile to their advantage at one time or another as allies and/or scapegoats. Noynoy’s favorite punching bag during his term was there on Monday. But not as a bullet point on a PowerPoint slide to underscore why he inherited a ton of problems. She was there being sworn in as the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Faulty sound system and all.The Marcos family not only were never imprisoned but returned from their Hawaii vacation to live life freely in their home country and even serve in public office. Does that sound like a family paying for Martial Law atrocities to you? Gloria was the source of all evil in every Noynoy SONA. She Who Must Not Be Named. Yet Noynoy had her like a fish in a barrel. All the legal firepower at his disposal from 2010 to 2016 and yet nobody could get a guilty verdict. I repeat, she was right there in hospital detention, unlike Andy Bautista who could be sleeping with the fishes in the San Francisco Bay for all we know?
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2018/07/hate-for-gloria-or-hate-for-aquino-incompetency/#comments
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SF Giants Fans To Picket Super Bowl City On Saturday
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/2/2016 0:00
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Thousands of Giants fans are expected to descend upon Super Bowl City in San Francisco this Saturday to protest what they are calling a city-sponsored event that discriminates against baseball fans.Although Super Bowl 50 between the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers will actually be held at Levi’s Stadium in the city of Santa Clara, San Francisco has organized a week-long event in the Embarcadero featuring concerts, fireworks, vendor displays, street dancing, food and booze, and viewing of the championship game live via jumbo screens.“We have never seen anything like this before,” the protesters said. “The 49ers are not even in the game so why is the city of San Francisco making such a big deal out of Super Bowl 50 ?”The Giants fans feel insulted that San Francisco has not done a similar event for their baseball team in the past (when the Giants were not in the World Series).They plan to chain themselves to BART and Muni trains and block mass transportation to and from Embarcadero.The San Francisco Police Department is advising football fans to refrain from wearing 49er or any other NFL team t-shirts or paraphernalia for their own safety and to prevent any untoward confrontation.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/02/04/sf-giants-fans-to-picket-super-bowl-city-on-saturday/#respond
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UN Human Rights Council Calls Risa Hontiveros “Fake Senator”
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['Pol Pinoy']
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25/09/2017 0:00
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The United Nations Human Rights Council today called Risa Hontiveros a “fake senator.” This after the Philippine lady legislator criticized the Philippine government’s claim of victory in the UN Body’s acceptance of the country’s Universal Periodic Report (UPR) on human rights.Hontiveros called the Philippine victory “fake.”A spokesperson for the UN Council said that when decisions or actions favor her politics and that of her allies, Hontiveros is all praise. But when they go against her, she calls its fake.“Such is the mark of a fake politician,” the spokesperson said.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/09/25/un-human-rights-council-calls-risa-hontiveros-fake-senator/#respond
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The New And Improved Inquirer
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['Pol Pinoy']
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21/04/2017 0:00
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The Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) is in hot water these days after allegations surfaced that it owes the government billions of pesos in unpaid rent, not to mention taxes overdue from businesses its owns, including Dunkin’ Donuts.So, in an effort to rebuild its sagging reputation and credibility, the Inquirer unveiled its new masthead that better reflects its true identity and political leaning (see photo.)The PDI also took the opportunity to thank those who have stood by the newspaper and continued to patronize it despite all the controversy and accusations hurled against it.“We would like to specifically mention the thousands of tuyo and tinapa vendors who have continued to subscribe to the paper to boost their retail business (see other photo.)PDI also apologized to its readers for its failed campaign to dissuade people from voting for President Rodrigo Duterte in TIME’s online poll for the 2017 100 Most Influential Persons in the World. Duterte came out No. 1 in the poll.Change is indeed coming to the Inquirer!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/04/21/the-new-and-improved-inquirer/#respond
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(VIDEO) SAN FRANCISCO PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER HOLDS NEW RUBIK’S CUBE WORLD RECORD!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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8/5/2018 0:00
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A new Rubik’s Cube world record has just been set by a San Francisco Presbyterian Church minister when he clocked in at 5.0 seconds, the fastest time solving a 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube.The previous record was set earlier this year by American teenager Collin Burns at 5.25 seconds, followed by Mats Valk from the Netherlands, at 5.55 seconds in 2013.The Rev. John Weems broke the record at last Sunday’s church service, witnessed by the congregation at the Calvary Presbyterian Church on Fillmore Street in San Francisco.HERE’s how he did it.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/08/video-san-francisco-presbyterian-minister-holds-new-rubiks-cube-world-record/?share=email
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HOLLYWOOD REDEFINES THE MEANING OF ‘ASIAN’
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['Pol Pinoy']
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31/05/2018 0:00
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First, Emma Stone was cast to play Allison Ng, a Hawaiian-Asian character in the newly-released film, ‘Aloha.’ Now, Tilda Swinton is about to play an Asian character in a comic film now in production.The Oscar-winning actress is poised to star as the Ancient One in the upcoming Marvel superhero film Doctor Strange, despite the character’s originally written gender and ethnicity. The character is supposed to be a 500-year-old Tibetan sorcerer.While Marvel’s consideration to cast a female as the male Sorcerer Supreme is being praised by some fans of the franchise, others are upset that a white actress has been cast as an Asian character.In traditional Marvel storylines, the Ancient One was a peaceful male farmer of Asian descent, which Swinton is most certainly not.Not everyone is offended or upset by this new Hollywood trend of casting white actors to play Asian characters. Asian actors see this as an opportunity for them to be cast as white, blue-eyed and blonde characters.Will Hollywood cast Michelle Yeoh as the new Wonder Woman?
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/31/hollywood-redefines-the-meaning-of-asian/?share=email
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THE ONION WINS PULITZER PRIZE
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['Pol Pinoy']
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15/04/2017 0:00
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The Pulitzer Prize Board announced today that The Onion has been awarded a 2014 Pulitzer Prize, joining other winners from The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Oregonian and Detroit Free Press all of which were revealed yesterday. The board said that it specifically delayed the announcement of the award to The Onion to generate more attention to the new award category of “Amazing News.”The Pulitzer Prize has been awarding excellence in journalism and the arts since 1917.Champagne flowed at the undisclosed offices of The Onion as the publisher and editors made the announcement to their staff.Unlike the other prizes, the category of “Amazing News” is not awarded to a single story, series or work. Rather, it is an encompassing recognition of “a consistent and trademark news coverage that always catches the attention of readers,” according to the Pulitzer board.The 2014 Finalists for the “Amazing News” Pulitzer included ‘The Andy Borowitz Report’ published by The New Yorker, and the independently-published The Adobo Chronicles.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/04/15/the-onion-wins-pulitzer-prize/#respond
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Class-Action Lawsuit Readied Against Philippine Religious Clergy For ‘Offending Religious Feelings’
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['Pol Pinoy']
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7/8/2018 0:00
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The Supreme Court has upheld a decision of the Court of Appeals that found activist and tour guide Carlos Celdran guilty of offending religious feelings.At issue here is Article 133 of the Revised Penal Code. The Lower Court said that Celdran “meant to mock, insult, and ridicule those clergy whose beliefs and principles were diametrically opposed to his own.”The case stems from Celdran’s holding of a protest sign with the word “Damaso” during a Church service. (Damaso is in reference to a Spanish friar in Dr. Jose Rizal’s novel, ‘Noli Me Tangere.)Today, The Adobo Chronicles learned that a group of still unnamed Filipinos is preparing to file a class-action lawsuit against members of the religious clergy who unfurled a political banner while singing ‘Bayan Ko’ inside a Church.The group said that the Clergy offended their religious feelings and that the Constitutional provision of Separation of Church and State was violated.Suing is a two-way street!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/08/07/class-action-lawsuit-readied-against-philippine-religious-clergy-for-offending-religious-feelings/?share=email
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CNN WANTS WEED NAMED AFTER THE NETWORK
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['Pol Pinoy']
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24/08/2016 0:00
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A recent segment on CNN is causing quite a stir in the Cannabis world. But it is not most people would think.In a recent special report, CNN’s chief medical correpondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, whose name was once floated as a candidate for the country’s Surgeon General position, indicated that he has changed his earlier position on medical marijuana. Gupta said he now believes that MJ has its medical uses and can bring grams and grams of relief to individuals suffering from chronic and untreatable conditions.The Helping Hands Dispensary in Colorado was so elated over the CNN report that it named one of its marijuana strains after Gupta. It started selling the strain under the name, “Sanjay Gupta Kush.”Upon learning of this move by the marijuana dispensary, CNN called the owner expressing its displeasure about the Gupta Kush.“CNN was visibly very upset, demanding that we drop the name,” the owner said. The Atlanta-based cable news network threatened to sue the dispensary unless it changed the name of the strain to “CNN Kush.”“After all, the report was broadcast on CNN,” the network told the owner. Besides, CNN added, “we need all the publicity we can get in view of our declining ratings, not to mention the new competition we are getting from the newly-launched news cable network, Al Jazeera America.”
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2013/08/24/cnn-wants-weed-named-after-the-network/
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MR. TRUMP IS MATH-CHALLENGED
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['Pol Pinoy']
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14/12/2017 0:00
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Donald Trump has said that 68% of his supporters would vote for him if he ran as an independent rather than a Republican. But what he is not saying is that this doesn’t mean he’ll win the nomination. Let’s do the math:One recent poll shows that Trump had 27% support among Republican primary voters. Senator Ted Cruz, who is currently in second place, had 22% support while Marco Rubio had 15% support.So, if 68% of Trump’s 27% supporters would vote for him as an independent, that would result in an 18% support which puts him second to Cruz.If the remaining 9% of Trump’s supporters (27% minus 18%) voted for Cruz, that would put the Senator at 31% — a double digit lead over the real estate mogul.If, on the other hand, the remaining 9% voted for Rubio, that would mean the Florida senator would have 21% support which would put him in second place and Trump in third.It looks like Trump missed a few of his math classes when he was attending college at University of Pennsylvania!Note: The Adobo Chronicles’ math wizard on staff contributed to this report.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/14/mr-trump-is-math-challenged/?share=email
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OBAMA IN HOSPITAL, ASKS AMERICANS TO KEEP CALM
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['Pol Pinoy']
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7/12/2017 0:00
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President Barack Obama visited the hospital Saturday for a sore throat related to acid reflux.Obama’s physician, Dr. Ronny Jackson, said a preliminary exam on Obama’s throat showed swelling, and the results of a subsequent CT scan were normal. “The president’s symptoms are consistent with soft tissue inflammation related to acid reflux and will be treated accordingly,” Jackson said.The president’s trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, was suggested by Jackson, said White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest.Earnest added that the President has asked his fellow Americans for positive thoughts. “I ask the nation to keep calm,” Obama said, “there is no need to panic. I am covered by Obamacare.”
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/12/07/obama-in-hospital-asks-americans-to-keep-calm/#respond
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Daughter of Noli De Castro’s message to the people who wants to oust President Duterte “GOOD LUCK”
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['View All Posts Pinoytrending']
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2017-01-10 00:56:16+08:00
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Department of Tourism Undersecretary Kat De Castro shared that she met President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacañang Palace yesterday and had a little chat with him.After talking with the President, the daughter of Noli De Castro also has a message for the people who wanted to oust the President.“Those who want to oust him, GOOD LUCK. Lol.” De Castro wrote in her post.She also said that the President is still in a perfect condition, still sharp and witty.It seems that the President was already aware with the controversy faced by the Office of the Vice President who allegedly plotted to oust him.When a Facebook user asked Kat De Castro about the new exposè, she refused to reveal the President’s comment.De Castro also posted her latest photo together with the President in Malacañang Palace.
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WATCH: Robin Padilla pushes a foreigner for allegedly disrespecting an OFW
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2018-02-26 20:45:57+08:00
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“Don’t do that to my countryman, okay?! Don’t do that! Don’t push her!”This is what Robin Padilla said to a foreigner who allegedly pushing away the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) fans of the actor.The incident happened in a hotel in Hongkong where Padilla was apparently stayed as he attended the ‘Tapang at Malasakit’ event organized by the supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte.In a Facebook live video that was being streamed on Robin Padilla’s Facebook page last Sunday, February 25, 2018, it showed that the actor invited the people to watch the event that would held in Hongkong.After the short invitation of Padilla, Filipina fans quickly approached the actor and requested for a groupfie.However, a foreign man suddenly popped out on the other side of the action star. Eager to have a picture with Robin, the man gestured at the Filipina to move away from Robin’s side.This disrespectful behavior angered Robin Padilla that made him to push the man.The foreigner quickly apologized to Padilla who told him to avoid showing rude behavior to his countrymen.Padilla’s action received mixed reaction to the netizens, some said that he’s being too sensitive.“Dapat ikinausap din.. Pwede nmn sabihan na excuse me sir nauna si ms pinay..respect pls.. Dinadaan lagi sa bakbakan may pagkayabang mo din robin.. Ang warfreak mo parin ang tanda mo na..” Roel’s Masterpiece Youtube channel commented.But his fans understand where the actor who’s known for being nationalistic is coming from.“Hindi mo masisi robin padilla sa ginagawa nya, ang bastos kase ng foreigner guy.. isang tunay na pilipino si robin Padilla ayaw nya kase binabastos ang kapwa pilipno nya kaya nga minahal sya ng sambayanan pilipino kaya ito sikat pa rin sya kaya nga tinawag syang idol ng bayan , kaya ito lang masasabi ko sau (joelou alferez) baguhin natin ang sistema , masanay ka na hindi tau pwde laitin o bastosin ng mga bastos na foreigner guy..“ a netizen who defended Padilla said.The action star is known for his nationalist stance and in one occasion, he even lectured a foreigner living in the Philippines for not speaking Filipino.Padilla also like talking about history and he idolized several revolutionary leaders like Andres Bonifacio, in which he also portrayed in a movie.You can watch the whole video here:As of writing, Padilla is not yet speaking or giving any comments on the incident.
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WORLD HOSPITALITY SURVEY: PHILIPPINES RANKS NUMBER ONE IN WARMEST WELCOME TO VISITORS
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19/05/2017 0:00
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Filipinos are known to be among the most, if not the most warm and hospitable people in the world. This trait has recently been confirmed by a worldwide survey conducted by the World Travel Association (WTA).WTA surveyed one million frequent travelers from the Americas, Europe, Asia and other continents. The single- question survey asked “Which of the countries you have visited in the past year has extended to you the warmest welcome?” The Philippines topped the list in the survey.Survey respondents were in agreement that their warm welcome experience happened as soon as they landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Upon disembarking from the plane and entering the airport terminal, they said they were immediately greeted by entertainers singing hit songs like ‘Gangnam Style.’ The warm atmosphere was further enhanced by the non-functioning airconditioning units at NAIA, making the temperature inside the terminal feel almost twice the heat and humidity outside. The average temperature in Manila during the summer months is 34 degrees celsius or 94 degrees fahrenheit.Philippine Transportation Secretary Jun Abaya said he was elated over this new honor bestowed upon the Philippines and “extremely proud of the work by airport authorities.” He commended NAIA General Manager Jose Angel Honrado for creating a warm atmosphere at the airport.In the light of this new survey, the Department of Tourism (DOT) has decided to change its campaign meme of “It’s More Fun in the Philippines” to “The Philippines: Hot as an Oven!” “A visit to the Philippines is a life-changing experience that starts right at NAIA,” DOT said.
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Duterte blasts Aquino: “Subukan mong pumasok sa shabu, pupugutan kita ng ulo”
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2017-08-02 17:38:15+08:00
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President Rodrigo Duterte blasted Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III after the former President said that no one happened in the war on drugs of the current administration.During his speech at the 113th Anniversary celebration of Bureau of Internal Revenue in Diliman Quezon City, the tough talking President threatens to behead his predecessor if Aquino tries to enter illegal drugs business.“Wala bang nangyari? Sige subukan mong pumasok sa droga, kung di kita pugutan ng ulo..buang ka” President Rodrigo Duterte said.The President also mentioned the 5 narco generals who allied themselves to former President Aquino and defeated Presidential candidate Mar Roxas.“G*** ka, mga generals mo… puro nakadroga, konektado”The names of the five generals are retired Deputy Director Gen. Marcelo Garbo; retired Chief Supt. and now Daanbantayan, Cebu Mayor Vicente Loot; Police Director Joel Pagdilao; and Chief Superintendents Edgardo Tinio and Bernardo Diaz.He even labeled Mayor Vicente Loot as the biggest of the narco generals.However, the five generals denied the allegations of President Duterte.Duterte also teased the former President, saying that Aquino never delivered an impromptu speech.In an interview, former President Noynoy Aquino questioned the effectiveness of the war on illegal drugs launched by the current administration.He also said that despite of not launching war on drugs, Aquino boasted that his administration was abled to reduce illegal drugs user during his time.“Parang wala yatang nangyari.” Aquino said while talking about the war on drugs of the current administration.Aquino also questioned the bloody raid happened in Ozamiz City last Saturday where 16 people were killed including Mayor Aldong Parojinog.Malacañang Palace called the remarks of Aquino on Duterte’s drug war as a ‘political opportunism’“Comments like the above from past leaders imply a jaded cynicism borne of a history of political opportunism,” the palace spokesperson Ernesto Abella said.Abella said the results of the anti-illegal drug campaign “speak for themselves.”“One, the Duterte administration’s anti-drug campaign resulted in the unprecedented voluntary surrender of more than 1.3 million drug personalities,” he said.“Two, 96, 703 drug personalities have been arrested in the first year of the present administration’s anti-drug campaign compared to 77,810 drug personalities arrested in the six years of the previous administration,” he added.
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THE CHINA CONTEST: WIN A LAS VEGAS TRIP, COURTESY OF THE ADOBO CHRONICLES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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29/08/2018 0:00
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is eligible to participate. View the above Donald Trump video in its entirety and count the number of times he mentions ‘China.’ Email your final answer to [email protected] Announcement of winner or winners (in case of a tie) will be made on September 15, 2015 on AdoboChronicles.comThe PrizeA three-day complimentary stay at a penthouse suite of the Trump Towers in Las Vegas, Nevada* for guessing correctly.Consolation prize: round-trip limousine service from San Diego to Tijuana, Mexico, courtesy of Uber** for the closest guess to the correct answer.*subject to final confirmation by Donald Trump**based on availability
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Daughter of former trial justice slammed Actress Agot isidro “Ikaw ang forever Third World. Wag mo kaming idamay”
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2016-10-14 03:57:11+08:00
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Lorraine Marie T. Badoy, a known supporter of President Duterte, Doctor, Human Rights Advocate and daughter of a former Sandiganbayan Associate Justice slammed the actress Agot Isidro for calling President Duterte ‘psychopath’She rebutted Isidro post against President Duterte, asking the actress how an elite suffer hunger when the American and E.U aid withdrawn in the Philippines.Lorraine Marie compared Agot to a wife who stays with a partner who repeatedly abused her and loves her oppressors.In response of Agot post that PH will suffer hunger if the US aid withdrawn, Lorraine Marie said that he would not let his daughters feet remain tiny and useless, “I will not be the mother who will bind her own daughter’s feet so they remain tiny and useless. I will instead unbound her feet and I will tell her to RUN FREE!””She also mentioned Heneral Luna’s famous quote ““Wala ba tayong karapatan mabuhay ng malaya?”Netizens lauds Lorraine Marie for defending the President against criticisms.Lorraine Marie also said that President Rody Duterte wants to unchain Ms. Isidro from the oppressors.Before she ended the post, Lorraine Marie told Agot “kaw ang forever Third World. Wag mo kaming idamay”Her post got thousands of reactions on Facebook, earned praised from the President Duterte supporters and thanked her for raising the voice of the people who wants to defend the President against Isidro’s post.Friends of Lorraine showed their support to her and also commented their opinion about Agot’s post on Facebook.
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ABORTION: REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAYS MEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE
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4/8/2018 0:00
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A little-known Republican senator from Oklahoma, James Lankford, told his colleagues that men like him have the right choose whether or not women should have an abortion.He made the statement during Monday’s senate floor debate on the proposal to defund Planned Parenthood which ended up being rejected in the subsequent vote.Lankford argued on that he had the right to lecture women about whether or not they should get abortions because he had impregnated his wife and “had something to do with the birth.”Lankford’s argument resonated well with Republicans and Tea Party members, as well as religious conservatives who hailed the senator as the new hero for men’s rights. Several of the Republican candidates for president have also taken notice of Lankford and are seriously considering him to be their vice presidential running mate.“I admire his courage, but most especially his logic on this highly-sensitive issue,” Senator Ted Cruz said.
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Face Swap Horror Story has gone viral on the internet!
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2016-04-02 03:56:41+08:00
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Photo Credits: Creepyism Facebook FanpageFace Swap application is one of the trendy and best application that you can find on your phone, but something creepy was happened to one of the user of this app.According to the source, the user was trying to swap his face to her stuff toy, but after doing the swap, she noticed that her face was swapped in a wrong place. Her face was swapped in the wrong place and the app gave her became a ghost like face.She still not deleting the photo as an evidence if someone asked her.Some Netizens was convinced that this is an error on the application, but many is still baffled why her camera detected a face on her back?Some paranormal experts said that the camera detected an unseen facial figure on the picture and they explained that some cameras can detect things that we cannot detect by our own eyes.
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Is Reporter Mariz Umali supporting Daang Matuwid?
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2016-06-04 16:08:28+08:00
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Mariz Umali together with his friend who is a member of “IAMNINOY RUNNERS”, a group of runners who supported the Liberal Party. Photo Credits: NetjournA picture of the reporter Mariz Umali who allegedly catcalled by President Elect Duterte is circulating now on the internet.The source of the circulating picture is not yet identified, but the supporters of Rody Duterte claimed that Mariz Umali is still a supporter the Liberal Party.Umali is not yet speaking about the circulating picture of her on social media, but her supporters said that the reporter has the right to exercise her political views.
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/reporter-mariz-umali-supporting-daang-matuwid/
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After Dengvaxia, ASHfixia!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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14/02/2018 0:00
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Many Filipinos skipped their Valentine’s celebration in favor of their Catholic tradition relating to Ash Wednesday. They trooped to their parish churches to be blessed with ash on their foreheads.But alas, some parishioners of the San Roque Cathedral in Caloocan City got the shock of their lives. Little did they know that they were getting tattoos instead.According to reports, when said parishioners tried to wipe off the ash from their foreheads because they felt some burning sensation, off came their skin as well.Ah, the sacrifices one has to make as a devout Catholic. A cross tattoo.There’s Dengavaxia, now there’s Ashfixia!
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CONTROVERSIAL NEWS ANCHOR WANTS TYPHOON TO VEER AWAY FROM PHILIPPINES AND HIT JAPAN INSTEAD
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5/12/2017 0:00
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and said that Cooper did not know what he was talking about.Another typhoon now threatens the Philippines. Typhoon Ruby is showing some considerable strength which could cause serious damage to the Philippines.In reporting on preparations for Typhoon Ruby, Sanchez on the TV news show “TV Patrol” said that Filipinos can still pray to God to spare the Philippines by changing its course. She wants the typhoon to hit Japan instead.Here’s how the conversation between Sanchez and co-anchor Noli de Castro went:Korina: Kaya pa natin idasal yan para lumihis (We can still pray so that the typhoon will veer away)Noli de Castro: Sana ay hati na lang tayo. Kalahati sa Pilipinas, kalahati sa Japan. (Hopefully, only half the typhoon will hit us and the other half will hit Japan)Korina: Puwede bang sa kanilang lahat? (Is it possible for the entire typhoon to just hit Japan?)Noli: Huwag naman.(Hope not.)Korina: Sa kanila na lang lahat. Parang mas kaya nila. (Let Japan have it all. Looks like they’re more capable)Sanchez seemed oblivious and unconcerned about the criticism over her comments. She told The Adobo Chronicles: “Well, I’m a born-again Christian and I have faith that God will spare the Philippines from this super typhoon. The Japanese are non-Christians so it is very possible that God will perform a miracle and divert the typhoon towards their country.”Clueless in Manila, this Korina.
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Cynthia Patag Elected National President Of Anti-Duterte Fans Club
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8/9/2016 0:00
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Once in show business, always in show business. But sometimes, politics also sets in. As in the case of singer- actress Cynthia Patag.Today, Patag was elected national president of the newly-formed Anti-Duterte Fans Club. The celebrity-filled event was held at the posh Shangri-La Hotel in Makati.An avid supporter of the Aquino administration, Patag was one of several showbiz celebrities that campaigned for administration candidate Mar Roxas.Even after Roxas’ landslide defeat, Patag and company continued to use their social media accounts to criticize and discredit President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.Just hours after her election, Patag took to her Facebook account to express her true feelings. She is heartbroken and misses Mar Roxas terribly. As netizens would say, “hindi maka-move on.”Upon reading the post, Roxas immediately sent a text message to Patag asking her to delete the post because it could be misinterpreted by his wife, Korina Sanchez.
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MANNY PACQUIAO: FROM RAGS TO RICHES TO RAGS
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2/7/2018 0:00
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No rags to riches story could be more inspiring than that of Filipino champion boxer Manny Pacquiao.Growing up very poor in his home province of Sarangani where at a very young age he had to fend for himself and his family, Pacquiao rose to become one of the highest-paid athletes of all time. His latest fight against Floyd Mayweather brought to his purse an unprecedented amount in excess of $150 Million.He has extensive properties in the Philippines and recently purchased a mansion in Beverly Hills, California. But all those properties and cash are all gone, thanks to Philippines’ chief tax collector Kim Henares.The Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner has been on Pacquiao’s case for many years and has finally caught up with the boxer. Pacquiao’s properties and cash assets have been sequestered to fulfill his tax obligations to the Philippine government.Pacquiao has not been seen in public since after his shoulder surgery.The Adobo Chronicles® finally caught up with Pacquiao in Sarangani. Apparently, he is now living in a small studio unit converted from a relative’s garage.While Pacquiao refused to talk to our reporter, he agreed to have his photograph taken in his tiny apartment enjoying his favorite Filipino food, chicken adobo.
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VIDEO: Senator Leila De Lima Reacts To ‘Almost’ Fistfight Between Trillanes And Zubiri: Wala Lang!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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17/01/2017 0:00
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Sometimes, we don’t need to say anything.Just watch the video below and focus your attention on Senator Leila De Lima.This happened when Senators Trillanes and Zubiri almost engaged in a fistfight in the Senate Hall.
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Senator Sotto to limit the imposition of death penalty to high level drug trafficking and manufacturing only
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2017-02-07 11:14:21+08:00
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To avoid the possibility that the death penalty would only be used against the poor people without money to pay for private lawyers, Senator Tito Sotto is willing to sacrifice the other considered heinous crimes just to reimpose the death penalty.During the Senate Hearing on Death Penalty Tuesday (February 7) Senator Tito Sotto said that his Senate Bill No. 4 will be limited to high level drug trafficking and manufacturing crimes because he believes that no drug lord is poor.This is very different to the death penalty bill pushed by the House Body that included Treason, Corruption and Murder.Sen. Sotto believes that penalty bill has 50-50 chance but has better chances if focused on high level drug trafficking that destroyed the lives of many people.
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FCC TO BAN THE TERM ‘REDNECKS’ FROM THE AIRWAVES
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2/10/2017 0:00
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Just hours after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it will consider banning the term ‘Redskins’ from the airwaves, Commissioner Tom Wheeler said it will do the same for the term ‘Rednecks.’Redskins, of course, is the name of the NFL football team which Native Americans and other advocacy groups consider to be offensive and derogatory. There has been extensive debate in the media as well as in the sports and political arenas about the continued use of the name by the Washington, D.C. team.The term Redneck is often used to describe a rural poor white person of the Southern United States. It can be a derogatory slang term similar in meaning to ‘cracker,’ ‘hillbilly,’ and ‘white trash.’ In the mid-1970’s, the term had expanded in meaning to refer to ‘a bigoted and conventional person, a loutish ultra-conservative.’ It is often used to attack white Southern conservatives. At the same time, some white Southerners have reclaimed the word, using it with pride and defiance as a self-identifier.The FCC said it will soon conduct public hearings in America’s heartland, to determine whether to ban the term ‘Rednecks’ from all broadcasts. “The FCC is certainly sensitive to populations that are offended by any and all terms used in the broadcast industry,” said Wheeler.One person that is sure to attend the public hearings to oppose the ban is Grammy Award-winner Gretchen Wilson whose 2004 debut song ‘Redneck Woman’ won the ‘Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 2005.Meanwhile, the Asian American Journalists Association is reportedly preparing a petition for the FCC to ban all terms and references that are offensive to Asians and Asian Americans, including ‘Jap,’ ‘Chink’ and ‘Gook.’
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What Rappler Will Censor
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['Pol Pinoy']
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27/08/2016 0:00
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Rappler, the popular Philippine Internet news propaganda site, has announced that it will be ” aggresively deleting crude and disrespectful posts and comments that violate standards of civility.”In a bold statement on its site, Rappler said, “Debates and discourse have always been anchored on basic principles of human decency, respect, and values.”“We have zero tolerance for comments that curse, trash, degrade, humiliate and intimidate. Such behavior does little to inspire intelligent and informed discussion that is the foundation of a vibrant democracy.”When asked by The Adobo Chronicles what word would trigger Rappler to delete comments from netizens, CEO Maria Ressa said, “the word ‘yellow.'”So there you have it, dear netizens, post your comments on the Rappler site if you must, so long as you avoid using the word ‘yellow.’ The word is crude, disrespectful, lacking in human decency, respect and values.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/08/27/what-rappler-will-censor/
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS FILE CLASS-ACTION SUIT AGAINST SMART PHONE MANUFACTURERS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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3/1/2018 0:00
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The International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers (ISPWP) has filed a class-action law suit in San Francisco alleging that smart phone manufacturers like Apple, Nokia and Samsung have all but killed their profession and business.There was a time when weddings were a profitable source of income for professional photographers and videographers, but all that has changed since smart phone companies started to manufacture and market their products that included high-resolution cameras and video recorders.This situation couldn’t have been more evident than during the December 30 wedding of Philippine actress Marian Rivera and actor Dingdong Dantes, held in Quezon City (see photo) . Nevermind that it was labeled the “Wedding of the Century” and a “Royal Wedding;” the couple decided not to hire a professional wedding photographer. Instead, in their wedding invitation, they asked their invited guests to bring their smart phones and take as many pictures as they can and send them to the couple to put in their wedding album.From all indications, it was by Philippine standards, a very expensive and extravagant wedding, but there was a zero bill for photography and videography.The class-action suit is being watched very closely by wedding photographers all over the world. It could mean the end of their profession or a big boost to their business.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/01/03/wedding-photographers-file-class-action-suit-against-smart-phone-manufacturers/?share=email
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President Duterte’s Approval Rating Dips To Minus Five Percent Amid Miss Universe Rumors
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7/10/2016 0:00
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The Philippines’ Daily Inquirer is reporting that it is rumored the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant scheduled to be held in Manila this coming January is being cancelled. The report cited security concerns as well as Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s recent comments about the Jews as among the reasons for cancellation.In recent weeks, the country’s Department of Tourism has denied the cancellation rumors.Rumor or not, beauty contest-obsessed Filipinos are not happy. You can mess with anything else but not their beauty pageants. Miss Universe especially.In a nationwide survey following the Inquirer report, Duterte’s approval rating nose-dived from 97% to minus 5%. Respondents overwhelmingly cited the cancellation rumors as their only reason for the negative rating they gave the president.The Adobo Chronicles asked Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar about the Inquirer report and he said he has not spoken to Duterte about it.Reigning Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines meanwhile said, “No comment.”
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UP Confers Yet Another Honorary Doctoral Degree On NoyNoy Aquino
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['Pol Pinoy']
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19/04/2017 0:00
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In an effort to recover from the embarassment resulting from the rejection by President Rodrigo Duterte of an Honorary Degree from the University of the Philippines, the Board of Regents today announced a substitute honoree for its 2017 Commencement Exercises. And it’s another president — former President NoyNoy Aquino.It’s also another honorary degree for Aquino from U.P. Previously, the University conferred upon Aquino an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at its 100th General Commencement Exercises.This year, following Duterte’s decision to decline the award and after protests from the smartest of students, faculty and alumni of U.P., the Board of Regents said that this time around, Aquino will be conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering.In making the announcement, U.P. said that this new honorary degree for Aquino is in recognition of his very impressive engineering feat while president, especially in building straight roads (Daang Matuwid), defying Engineering technology that relied on curved and winding roads.“No other human being has perfected the art of straight roads,” the Regents said. “It is an accomplishment that the entire world can emulate. Aquino’s ingenuity is a source of great pride for the University and the Filipino people.”
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/04/19/up-confers-yet-another-honorary-doctoral-degree-on-noynoy-aquino/?share=email
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FORMER PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO BANNED FROM HAWAII
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['Pol Pinoy']
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19/12/2016 0:00
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The islands of Hawaii are a convenient and strategic place for deposed, disgraced and criminally-charged Philippine politicians when fleeing, or trying to flee, their country. Honolulu became the temporary home of the late Ferdinand Marcos, his wife Imelda and their children when the dictator was forced to leave the Philippines following the historic People’s Power Revolution.Another former president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, more popularly referred to as ‘GMA,’ is rumored to be planning an escape to Hawaii’s Big Island. GMA is currently under hospital arrest for criminal charges of plunder and electoral fraud committed while she was president.GMA’s plan just went poooof!Hawaii’s mayor Billy Kenoi has signed a bill that bans genetically-engineered crops and plants, better known as GMO. Bill 113 was passed by the Hawaii County Council last November.Arroyo’s chief of staff delivered the bad news to her at her hospital bed at a government hospital in Manila. The chief of staff did not realize that he had misread the news from Hawaii, thinking that the Big Island had just banned his boss, GMA, from coming to the islands.Now, the Hawaii County Council picked up the idea. It is now considering a bill to ban GMA, in addition to the already banned GMO.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2013/12/19/former-philippine-president-gloria-macapagal-arroyo-banned-from-hawaii/
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Palace says that ‘threat to democracy’ tag to President Duterte by local media is ‘fake news’
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2018-02-22 12:54:11+08:00
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Spokesperson Harry Roque believed that the ‘threat to democracy’ tag to President Rodrigo Duterte by some media outlet based on the ‘Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S Intelligence Community’ was fake news.According to an interview with Presidential Communications Assistant Seretary Mocha Uson, Roque said that he was caught in the trap by several media outlets who asked the reaction of the palace on the threat to democracy tag by the U.S intelligence Agency.However, when they checked the original report, the author didn’t directly wrote that Duterte is a ‘treat on the democracy’He said that the document only said that the “Democracy and human rights in many Southeast Asian countries will remain fragile in 2018 as autocratictendencies deepen in some regimes and rampant corruption and cronyism undermine democratic values.”The document said that the countries in these Southeast Asian region, including the Philippines ‘will struggle to preserve foreign policy autonomy in the face of Chinese economic and diplomatic coercion’.This is what the U.S intelligence agency exactly wrote about the Philippines:In the Philippines, President Duterte will continue to wage his signature campaign against drugs, corruption, and crime. Duterte has suggested he could suspend the Constitution, declare a “revolutionary government,” and impose nationwide martial law. His declaration of martial law in Mindanao, responding to the ISIS-inspired siege of Marawi City, has been extendedthrough the end of 2018.Philippines was listed to the ‘regional threats’ in Southeast Asia, however the report didn’t directly wrote that Duterte is a ‘threat to democracy’“Walang sinabi mismo sa report na threat sa democracy sa Southeast asia si President Duterte,” Roque said.“Pina-react nila (media) ako sa isang non-existing na statement pala na diumano ay sinabi ng mga Amerikano na threat to democracy sa Southeast Asia si Presidente Duterte,” he added.Roque said that he was ‘worried’ about the threat to democracy tag by America because in the history, U.S was known for allegedly leading in ousting several leaders.He suspected that the media only made up the tag.“Nagpapa react sila sa isang fake news, ngayon nagdududa ako na sila ang nag imbento niyan,”Roque also said that their report about the U.S Intelligence agency report was ‘malicious’Yesterday Roque said that the palace was ‘concerned’ as U.S Intelligence agency allegedly tagged President Duterte as a threat to democracy.“We view this declaration from no less than the intelligence department of the United States with some concern,” presidential spokesman Harry Roque told DZMM radio.Roque also defended the President, saying that Duterte is impossible to become an autocrat.“For one, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is no autocrat or has autocratic tendencies. He adheres to the rule of law and remains loyal to the constitution,” Roque said in a statement.
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/palace-says-threat-democracy-tag-president-duterte-local-media-fake-news/
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DONALD TRUMP TO HIS UNDOCUMENTED EMPLOYEE: “YOU’RE FIRED!”
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['Pol Pinoy']
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18/08/2018 0:00
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump laid out his immigration policy last weekend: build a border wall paid for by Mexico, deport all of the 11 Million undocumented immigrants now in the U.S., and amend the constitution to re-define birthright citizenship.Today, Trump fired one of his employees, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico whom he employed at the Trump Soho building in New York. Trump knew this employee was undocumented, but he fired him not because he didn’t have work authorization but because this young man caused him some big-time embarrassment.Ricardo Aca, from Pueblo, Mexico, works in the restaurant at the Trump Soho building. He works very hard while still living with his family in Brooklyn, and fully asserts that he is NOT a murderer, drug dealer, or rapist. And as far as the Republican adage that “Mexicans are lazy,” Aca works three jobs, while his step father works two jobs. They work hard to try to get ahead and have a better life.Aca has also gone to college and earned his associate’s degree in commercial photography, and is now using his skill to show everyone what immigrants are really like. He is proud to be Mexican, and he is proud of the work he has done.Trump is very worried that he has just lost his credibility as an anti-immigrant candidate for president with Aca coming out as an undocumented Trump employee.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/18/donald-trump-to-his-undocumented-employee-youre-fired/#comments
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WATCH: Scenes seconds after Davao explosion
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2016-09-03 00:44:47+08:00
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As of this writing, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella has said that there are 10 people died on the spot and at least 60 injured after an unknown explosive device went off at Davao Night Market particularly at the massage area, 11pm, Friday, September 2.Witnesses posted photos and videos minutes after the explosion. Some were caught running and sought safety to nearby buildings.” I saw a smoke and then, minutes after, a huge blast took place. May bata pa nga napilay. ” witness Januz Laquihon said.Here are the photos and videos posted online.WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENTAny thoughts on this? Leave your comments below!
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Duterte Daily Stories
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http://duterte.today/watch-scenes-seconds-davao-explosion/
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Philippines Bans China From Participating In The 2017 Miss Universe Pageant In Manila
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/8/2016 0:00
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The territorial dispute between China and several Asian countries over islands in the South China Sea has gone from the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague to the International Beauty Pageants.It will be recalled that the court has recently ruled in favor of the Philippines over a case brought before it, challenging China’s claims over the disputed territories.There are reports that China has banned the participation of the Philippines, along with Japan and Korea in the upcoming Miss Bikini Universe, an annual beauty pageant held in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province. All indications point to the South China Sea territorial dispute as the reason for the ban.In retaliation, the Philippines today announced that China will not be allowed to participate in the 2017 Miss Universe Pageant which will be hosted in Manila next January.The Philippines was recently named as host of the Miss Universe Pageant, the third time for the country. Coincidentally, the Philippines has three Miss Universe title holders — Gloria Diaz, Margarita Moran and the reigning queen Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/08/04/philippines-bans-china-from-participating-in-the-2017-miss-universe-pageant-in-manila/?share=email
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AFTER LOSING THE FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP, JAPAN FILES FORMAL PROTEST AGAINST WINNER UNITED STATES
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['Pol Pinoy']
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5/7/2018 0:00
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The United States soccer team routed Japan 5-2 to win the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup today.Team USA scored two goals within three minutes, and was ahead 4-1 at halftime. While Japan did ultimately score two goals on the previously unstoppable American defense, it was never even close to being enough to compete with the U.S. team.The game ended up being the highest-scoring final game in the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and avenged America’s loss to Japan in the 2011 World Cup.But the final game wasn’t the end of the story.Minutes after its devastating loss to the United States, Japan filed a formal protest before the FIFA Board of Governors, seeking to disqualify the U.S. team and asked that the World Cup trophy be withdrawn and instead be awarded to Japan.In its formal petition, Japan said that the American team was coached by Jillian Ellis who is openly lesbian. Two U.S. team members, Ali Krieger and Abby Wambach are openly gay as well.Japan argued that “this is supposed to be the Women’s World Cup, not the Lesbian World Cup. Our team was put at a heavy disadvantage.”The Adobo Chronicles® tried to reach FIFA and the U.S. Women’s soccer team for comment on Japan’s petition, but was unsuccessful. It looks like the celebration is in full swing and cell phones have been silenced.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/07/05/after-losing-the-fifa-womens-world-cup-japan-files-formal-protest-against-winner-united-states/?share=email
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WATCH: Cayetano grills Lascañas, lies spotted
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2017-03-07 18:01:09+08:00
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Senator Alan Peter Cayetano grilled SPO3 Arthur Lascañas during the senate hearing on Davao Death Squad implicating President Rody Duterte, Monday.Cayetano pointed out that Lascanas was conflicting against his own statement. The latter said on affidavit that DDS was formed in 1988 while he actually started to join the Anti-Crime Unit in Davao in 1989.Lascanas also said that even before Rody Duterte became a Mayor, he was already a killer. These are just samples of his conflicting statements. ClICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW:Any thought on this? Leave your comments below!
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http://duterte.today/watch-cayetano-grills-lascanas-lies-spotted/
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Lost In Translation: From ‘Aloha’ To ‘Saks Fifth Avenue’
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['Pol Pinoy']
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6/9/2016 0:00
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Hawaii residents and visitors have very poignant memories of the old International Market Place in the heart of Waikiki.For a few bucks, one can purchase locally-made puka shells, inexpensive ukeleles, aloha shirts, beach mats and many more.But gone are the days of the old market. Enter the new International Market Place.The banyan tree and some unearthed Hawaiian burial sites have been preserved, but everything else is new, including a modern English translation of the word, “Aloha.”White the old market greeted visitors with a warm “Aloha” sign and message, the new market chose to replace it with an English translation: Saks Fifth Avenue.Enough said.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/09/06/lost-in-translation-from-aloha-to-saks-fifth-avenue/?share=email
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California Wants To End Daylight Saving Time, Daly City Wants To Adopt Filipino Time
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['Pol Pinoy']
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25/02/2016 0:00
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Daylight Saving Time (DST) could be a thing of the past in California, if a bill introduced by Assemblymember Kansen Chu (D-San Jose) is approved by the state Legislature.AB 2496 would keep California on Pacific Standard Time year-round. Chu says there is no evidence DST reduces energy consumpion.Hawaii and most of Arizona stay on standard time year-round. In the past, some parts of Indiana did not observe DST.Following the introduction of the proposed bill, Filipinos living in Daly City have launched a petition asking their city council to enact a resolution that would make Filipino time the standard time year-round in this Bay Area city, oftimes referred to as “Little Manila” because of the huge number of Filipino residents.The petition claims that Filipinos in America are having difficulties and challenges navigating between California time and Philippine time. There is a 16-hour difference between the two time zones. With increasing globalization, it just makes sense that we get rid of time differences, not just between the U.S. and the Philippines, but worldwide, the petition concludes.Filipinos working in call centers and those engaged in business process outsourcing (BPO) operations in the Philippines welcome the Daly City proposal, saying that it would be nice to do business in real time.(Editor’s note: “Filipino time” in this context does NOT refer to Filipinos being always late to appointments and schedules.)
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/02/25/california-wants-to-end-daylight-saving-time-daly-city-wants-to-adopt-filipino-time/?share=email
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ANOTHER TOP HONOR FOR THE PHILIPPINES!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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3/2/2017 0:00
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not to mention a few spots in the Guinness Book of World Records.This country of 100 Million people has just earned another feather to its cap: it has just been named the third top country in alcohol consumption, next only to South Korea and Russia.Well, between Filipino favorites lambanog (coconut wine) and San Miguel Beer, this honor comes as no surprise.So, “Mag-beer muna tayo!” (Let’s go ahead and have some beer).
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/02/03/another-top-honor-for-the-philippines/?share=email
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LAGLAG BALA IS OXFORD DICTIONARY’S WORD OF THE YEAR
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['Pol Pinoy']
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17/12/2017 0:00
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Webster’s Dictionary has chosen its ‘word of the year,’ and it is not really a word. So has Oxford Dictionary, and it’s actually two words.Webster’s word of the year is the suffix, ‘ism,’ and was the most searched dictionary entry in all of 2015. People have been searching the meaning of words such as racism, sexism, ageism and terrorism. Webster says it’s a reflection of what people around the world have been reading in the news, or concerned about as they go about their everyday lives in these troubled times.Oxford Dictionary, on the other hand, has chosen an international word(s) for its new 2015 entry: laglag bala.Laglag bala refers to a scheme at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) whereby unsuspecting passengers are questioned and detained for having live bullets in their luggage. It appears that the scheme is part of a modus operandi by some unscrupulous airport personnel aimed at extorting money from local and foreign passengers.Laglag bala was the most searched term in Oxford Dictionaries, online and off-line and has dominated local and international news for most of the last quarter of 2015.Yet another international record for the Philippines!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/17/laglag-bala-is-oxford-dictionarys-word-of-the-year/
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Anti-corruption advocate lambasts LP senators, explains why Bong Go must be not be invite by the senate
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2018-01-23 16:32:18+08:00
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Newly appointed Presidential anti-corruption commissioner Greco Belgica questioned why the senators from the Liberal party were calling Special Assistant for the President (SAP) Christopher “Bong” Go for a senate investigation on the Philippine Navy’s frigate project.In his lengthy Facebook post, Belgica labeled Senators Kiko Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon and Antonio Trillanes IV as thieves that trying to convince the people that they were fighting corruption by investigating Bong Go without any sufficient reason.He believed that the opposition were only trying to discredit President Rodrigo Duterte again by hitting and shaming Go.Belgica also listed several reasons, why Bong Go must not be invited in the senate.According to him, Defense Secretary Lorenzana and former Navy Flag Officer in Command Vice Admurak Ronald Joseph Mercado already cleaned the name of Bong Go over the navy project controversy.He pointed out that the navy project deal happened during the former Aquino administration, so he believed that Duterte and Go were not involved in the controversy.Belgica also questioned why the case was brought in the senate and not in the Office of the Ombudsman if there’s a sufficient evidence against Go.The anti-corruption commissioner urged the people to fight back to block the opposition senators from trying to discredit Bong Go in public.He also listed the alleged money got by the LP senators from the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) of the Aquino administration.Belgica claimed that Drilon got PHP 311-M,Trillanes PHP 245-M while Pangilinan received PHP 395.84-M.Furthermore, he mentioned the alleged ghost projects by Drilon and Trillanes.In the last part of his post, Belgica told the Senators that they were no conscience for allegedly stealing public funds and he believed that the evidence that would prove that they were corrupt was strong.The post of Belgica went viral on the internet and shared by several pro-Duterte bloggers including Sass Rogando Sasot and Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson.This is the whole post:DAP Big Boys!!! DRILON, ANTONIO T, PANGILINAN TRUTH BE TOLD AND DEFENDED!LET US SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT!THE CORRUPT THIEVES AND PLUNDERERS WHO STOLE THE FILIPINO PEOPLE’S MONEY! STARTING WITH MR. FRANKLIN DRILON, KIKO PANGILINAN, TRI-LI-LING etc.SUDDENLY NOW ARE “RE-PACKAGING!!!” THEMSELVES AS “ANTI-CORRUPTION!” ADVOCATES BY CALLING FOR THE SENATE INVESTIGATION OF THE Special Assistant President (SAP) Sec. Christopher “Bong” Go without any MORAL NOR LEGAL BASIS!!!FURTHERMORE, NO SHRED OF EVIDENCE AT ALL!!! AGAINST SAP SEC. BONG GO! AS THE IMMUTABLE LEGAL MAXIM STATES:“NO EVIDENCE, NO CASE” Ang imbistigasyon sa Senado laban kay SAP Bong Go ay imbistigasyon laban kay PRRD. These corrupt people who are senate freaks are destroying SAP to destroy PRRD. They are hitting SAP Bong Go because by doing so they are hitting President Duterte. Yun lang po yun. Para malinaw, wala silang ebidensya at kaso at wala silang balak dalin ito sa korte. Simply, because they are NOT after the truth but only to shame and discredit SAP Bong. 1. Sinabi na ni former Navy FOIC Mercado at Sec Lorenzana na walang kinalaman si SAP doon. So wala ng paguusapan and a need for a Senate Investigation. CASE CLOSED. Latest Statement of Former Navy FOIC Ronald Joseph Mercado and published in the Manila Times on Jan 18, 2018 entitled: EX-NAVY CHIEF CLEARS BONG GO “Former Navy chief Ronald Joseph Mercado on Thursday defended Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go, saying that the close aide of the President had nothing to do with the Philippine Navy’s frigate project.“Christopher ‘Bong’ Go never asked anything about the Philippine Navy’s P18 billion Frigate Acquisition Project,” Mercado said in a statement.“On my side, when I was flag officer in-command, we never once, with so many times we were together in many foreign Navy ships, and there was never an instance, not once, that he even asked me about the frigate. Never,” he said.“He never intervened, much more talk to me about these things,” he added. Mercado said he was “shocked” over news reports that “other personalities” were being dragged into the controversial Navy frigate project.He also denied that he received a letter inviting him to go to Malacañang to defend why he chose Thales Tacticos. 2. Yung deal na yun ay deal pa noong panahon ni Pnoy. Anong kinalaman ni SAP at PRRD doon? Edi WALA! Gawa gawa lang nila. Si Pnoy et.al ang dapat nilang ikanta!!! sa mga corruption, plunder, at mga krimen na ginawa ni Panot!!! 3. Hindi corruption ang ipadala ng PMS ang papeles na tinangap nya sa department concerned dahil normal yun. Anong gagawin mo sa papel, o request na dinala sayo pero hindi naman para sa office mo? Shempre padadala mo sa office concerned. And the message did not say panaluhin mo. Na pinalalabas ng dilawan. It was an endorsement na sayo to ayusin mo ang trabaho at wag mong kukurapin yan. By doing so, lalong itatama ng agency concenred ang trabaho nya dahil alam nya na binabantayan sya. Di nya pwedeng magic-kin ang proseso. The endorsement was a normal office procedure of any normal office. 4. Bakit sa Senado nila dinala? Bakit hindi nila dalin sa Ombudsman kung may kaso talaga sila? Kakampi na nga nila si Ombudswoman Conchita Carpio-Morales! Kasi wala silang EBIDENSYA BUT ONLY FABRICATED LIES! Kaya ang balak talaga nila dyan ay pag mukaing masama si SAP, batuhin ng kasinungalingan at kahit hindi totoo pipilitin nila palabasin na mag mukhang totoo ang sinasabi nila kahit walang ebidensya at BINTANG! AT KASINUNGALINGAN! lang ang dala nila! IMBENTO AND MALING BINTANG! Also known as “STORY TELLING A LIE!” nothing more and nothing less!!! These demonic evil fools are up to destroy SAP Bong Go to destroy PRRD.This is alarming!If you DO NOT WANT the drug lords back, the culture of corruption without fear, and the old system back of “Matuwid na Daan kuno!”, “Noynoying”, plundering the people’s money!!!, SAF 44 massacre, Typhoon Yolanda sufferings!!!, the INCOMPETENCIES!!! and the do nothing LP leaders starting with PNoy, Abad, Drilon, Mar Roxas, Kiko Pangilinan, Trillanes, Risa Hontiveros, Leila De Lima and Bam Aquino, then these people- SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THEIR HYPOCRISIES, LIES AND FAKE SENATE INVESTIGATIONS WE MUST FIGHT BACK!!! In the 1st place, walang KARAPATAN sa mata ng Diyos at ng matinong tao mag imbistiga ng kurapsyon si KIKO, DRILON, TRILILING et.al dahil sa SOBRA CORRUPTION NILA. Alam nyo ba? na si Kiko ang unang nakatangap ng DAP. Naglilinislinisan yan! samantala sya ang nauna pa kumuha ng DAP nya at mas Malaki ang kinuha nya kay TRILILING! Kung san nya nilagay e hindi ma account at Makita, dahil GHOST PROJECTS!!! Mantakin mong magpagawa ng katakot takot na juvenile centers sa buong Pilipinas e wala naman halos tumayo! 2.5M pareparehas, wala naman nakikita! ang taong bayan!Puro pamigay daw sa tao ginawa nya, e sya lang naman ang nagsasabi nun!Matindi talaga si Kiko! Sa kasinungalingan!!! at panloloko!!! Ang DAP na kinuha ni DRILON, ANTONIO at PANGILINAN ay: Drilon P311.26MTrililinb P245MPangilinan P395.84M Yan ang dapat pakita nila. Walang pang PDAF nila dyan. Pinansuhol sakanila yan para iimpeach si CJ Corona. Binulsa daw nila yan at kinumsyunan. Si SAP Bong wala. Bintang lang at wala silang ebidensya. Ginagawan lang nila ng ISTORYA at ILALATHALA ang kanilang KASINUNGALINGAN sa MEDIA. ALL LIES AND MADE STORIES!!!Ito namang si Drilon at Trililing ang daming nilagay sa ilo-ilo, na ghost projects, double to triple funding ng isang project!!! dahil marami silang ka kutsaba doon at madali ayusin ang mga pekeng papel!!! Ang style nitong 2 ito ay magpopondo ng mga PROYEKTO na may PONDO na!!!Ang tawag duon ay double to triple funding of projects!!! Ang napaka mahal na Iloilo Convention Center (ICC) na pet project ni Drilon ay pinapondohan nya ng P700M. Ayon, hangang ngayon kulang kulang pa. Ang matindi dito, may P700M na pondo na, na kinuha nya kung sang pondo, e bat nilagayan pa nya ng P150M ng DAP nya? San napunta yun? Bakit nya papopondohan ang isang proyektong na may pondo ng pinagkukunan? Para kanino amg 150M na yun? San napunta yon? Yan ang tanong? Ito namang si Trililing, walang katapusang GHOST PROJECTS, naglagay ng naglagay ng pondo sa ilo-ilo dahil marami siya kasi na kasabwat na mga magdalo doon. Kung totoo sila sa anti- corruption sila bakit di nila ilabas at ipakita lahat ng sagot dyan? These MORONS! just want to pull PRRD down by embarassing SAP and discredit PRRD. Shame on you! Di na kayo nahiya o na konsiyensya!!! Ang dami nyong kasalanan sa Diyos, sa taong bayan, sa bansa natin- puro sabit at pagnanakaw! di nyo maayos ayos dahil overwhelming ang ebidensya at makukolong kayo!!!Source:
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Sarah Palin Investigated In Connection With Russia’s Involvement In U.S. Presidential Elections
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['Pol Pinoy']
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12/12/2016 0:00
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As more evidence is surfacing regarding unlawful foreign intevention in last November’s presidential elections, former Alaska governor and VP candidate Sarah Palin has been named as a person of interest in the ongoing investigation to determine the possible intervention of Russia in U.S. politics.The focus of the investigation is whether or not Palin had prior knowledge of Russia’s involvement in the elections, and kept it to herself.After all, she had previously publicly admitted that she can see Russia from her backyard in her Alaska home.So she must have known about Russia’s plot top influence the elections in favor of her candidate Donald Trump.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/12/12/sarah-palin-investigated-in-connection-with-russias-involvement-in-u-s-presidential-elections/
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Senator Bam Aquino Says It Was He Who Recommended Rappler And Vera Files To Facebook
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['Pol Pinoy']
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17/04/2018 0:00
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Senator Bam Aquino is infamous for being a credit grabber. Remember when he went around the country proclaiming that he was the author of the free education bill? Well, the facts would speak for themselves.Now, Aquino is once again grabbing credit by saying that he was the one solely responsible for the designation of Rappler and Vera Files as Facebook’s partners in the fact-checking program in the Philippines.”It was my video chat with Mark Zuckerberg that convinced him that Facebook partner with Maria Ressa and Ellen Tordesillas,” Aquino told The Adobo Chronicles.Truth be told, subject of course to fact-checking by Rappler and Vera Files.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/04/17/senator-bam-aquino-says-it-was-he-who-recommended-rappler-and-vera-files-to-facebook/#respond
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HALLOWEEN IN THE CASTRO RETURNS IN 2014!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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28/10/2016 0:00
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It was an agreement four years in the making, oftentimes marred by shouting matches among city hall officials, representatives of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, merchants and homeowners. But the Halloween party in San Francisco’s gay Castro district finally returns in 2014.It will be recalled that the Halloween bash attracted as many as 500,000 each year and has become a major tourist attraction, second and third only to the Pride parade and Folsom Street Fair. Stabbing and shooting incidents, believed to be perpetrated by straight revelers, prompted city officials to permanently ban the event beginning in 2010.As part of the agreement, the “new” Castro Halloween will be open only to members of the LGBTQ community who will have to register with city hall and be included in a “gay registry.” Registrants, who will take an oath admitting that they are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or questioning, will be issued special identification cards linked to the official registry. The IDs will be the only accepted pass to gain entry to the Halloween event. ID’s will be scanned at entrances to the event to confirm that individuals are listed in the official registry.Get ready to say “Boo!” Again.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2013/10/28/halloween-in-the-castro-returns-in-2014/
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8 Of 10 Millennials Like Duterte; Here’s What The Remaining 2 Think
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['Pol Pinoy']
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24/11/2017 0:00
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The Philippine Daily Inquirer is reporting that based on a recent survey, 8 out of 10 Filipino millennials like President Rodrigo Duterte’s style of leadership.Well, what about the remaining 2?The Adobo Chronicles conducted its own independent survey to find out what the rest of the millennials think.The answer was clear: the remaining 2 out of 10 millennials hate Vice President Leni Robredo.100% accounted for!
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/11/24/8-of-10-millennials-like-duterte-heres-what-the-remaining-2-think/
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This American defends Duterte from his friends in US, believing that President Digong is a “True Leader”
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2016-08-28 01:33:37+08:00
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John Arceneaux an American shows his support to President Duterte and he posted a video on Facebook, telling the story about his friend who asked him why he supported the President of the Philippines.“I was asked by a very old friend that I had for years, why do you support President Duterte from the Philippines, because he is being called a human rights violator?”John Responded to his friend and defends the President for his acts.“I respond, just because amnesty international and the UN and the news media in Australia, and certain other oligarch driven machine say that a man is a human rights violator doesn’t mean that the western media narrative is true” John said to his friend.John also explained to his friend how the past administration neglected the police and covered up the drug cartels by accepting money from them, his friend realised that President Duterte is a good leader.He believes that President Duterte is not a genocider and not a human rights violator.“So President Duterte is not a genocider, he is not a human rights violator, he is a man of law, man of compassion, a man of truth, a man of honesty, he is not bought with a price, he doesn’t serve the oligarchs”John said to his video.John was also amazed by the knowledge of some common Filipino about the Oligarchs that most of the westerners didn’t know.Netizens lauds John for defending the President of the Philippines and they are amazed because Duterte is slowly becoming popular in other countries.
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/american-defends-duterte-us-believing-president-digong-true-leader/
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In the Philippines, It Pays To Be 100 Years Old, But Not To Be A Nurse
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['Pol Pinoy']
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28/06/2016 0:00
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In the Philippines, it literally pays to be 100 years old, but it doesn’t pay to be a nurse. Thanks to the brilliance of outgoing President NoyNoy Aquino.On June 23, Aquino signed into law Republic Act 10868, granting a P100,000 cash incentive and other benefits and privileges to Filipinos who reach the age of 100.The law, authored by Albay Representative Edcel Lagman, also provides that Filipino centenarians will receive a “letter of felicitation” from the president of the Philippines.However, many believe that few will benefit from the law because of another proposed measure that Aquino vetoed recently.Aquino vetoed a bill that would have raised the entry-level salaries of Filipino nurses.Critics of the outgoing president said that it is unlikely that any Filipino will reach the age of 100 since there will be no nurses to take care of them in their twilight years. “The exodus of nurses will all the more increase in the coming years because of low salaries. And that is assuming they will not already have switched jobs from nursing to call center agents,” they said.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/06/28/in-the-philippines-it-pays-to-be-100-years-old-but-not-to-be-a-nurse/
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Yolanda Victims Want Buried Relief Goods Exhumed And Transferred To Dinky Soliman’s Frontyard
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['Pol Pinoy']
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2/12/2016 0:00
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It was during the tenure of Dinky Soliman as secretary of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) under the Aquino administration that super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) hit the Philippines, causing massive devastation and loss of many lives.Relief for those who survived the tragedy was slow to come. Worse, food items intended for victims left homeless and hungry were left to rot and later buried underground.That was in 2013.Fast forward to 2016.The former DSWD was seen joining a protest rally of those against the burial of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos in Libingan Ng Mga Bayani. They are demanding that the buried remains be exhumed (“Hukayin”), claiming Marcos didn’t deserve to be interred in LNMB.Well, what comes around goes around.Today, thousands of Yolanda victims have called on the government of President Duterte to exhume the buried relief goods in Leyte and transferred to the frontyard of Soliman. The group promised to hold a daily vigil at the EDSA Shrine until their demand is met.The Adobo Chronicles tried to reach Soliman for comment, but her cell phone has been disconnected.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/12/02/yolanda-victims-want-buried-relief-goods-exhumed-and-transferred-to-dinky-solimans-frontyard/?share=email
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Adobo Chronicles’ Exclusive Interview With Anti-Duterte Blogger Raissa Robles
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['Pol Pinoy']
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11/9/2017 0:00
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It was a rare privilege for The Adobo Chronicles to be given the opportunity to sit down one-on-one with self-proclaimed investigative journalist, Twitter guru and book author Raissa Robles.Here’s a transcript of that interview:AChron: Congratulations, Ms. Robles, we heard your book, “Never Again” was nominated for some obscure awards.Robles: Why, thank you. I thought you would not even mention that in this interview.AChron: Well, we’re a fair and balanced news outlet, so we give credit where credit is due.Robles: By the way, today, 9/11 is a day we all commemorate and should never forget.AChron: The collapse of the Twin Towers?Robles: No, the birthday of Ferdinand E. Marcos.(End of interview)
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/09/11/adobo-chronicles-exclusive-interview-with-anti-duterteblogger-raissa-robles/?share=email
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High-performance choppers transport Kris Aquino to Cebu LP campaign!
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2016-04-21 02:06:09+00:00
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Rarely would one witness such an awesome array of Philippine government air assets assembled at one time — not even during a disaster! Exhibited in a recent set of photos making the social media rounds is what seems to be an armada of no less than five helicopters escorting presidential sister Kris Aquino to a campaign sortie. The photos along with a video were allegedly “leaked” and uploaded onto Facebook.Various Facebook users who have since shared the photos and video allege that these were taken last Tuesday in Dalaguete, Cebu. One user who studied the images closely observed that these choppers — “three Bell 412s and a UH 60 Blackhawk” — are superior “twin engine versions of the single engine UH 1H now deployed to the frontlines”. He also stated that two helicopters would normally have been enough to transport a VIP to a site such as Dalaguete but that Malacanang “wanted two ‘decoys’ in addition to the two ‘primaries’.”These lend credence to what many other people observe — that the massive scale of the set of equipment deployed to transport Kris Aquino represents an astounding mis-allocation of scarce Philippine government resources for an end that does not serve the interests of the Filipino public.Former North Catabato Governor MannyPiñol also shared the photos on his Facebook profile and wrote:Today, I saw four photos posted in the freedom wall by a Facebook user which showed Presidential sister and actress Kris Aquino landing in Dalaguete, Cebu to join a Liberal Party campaign using not one, but five government helicopters. Immediately, my blood boiled because two weeks earlier, a forest fire broke out in Mt. Apo destroying virgin forests with centuries-old red cedar trees. The government sent one helicopter to drop water on the firezone to no avail.The Bell UH-1H “Huey” helicopters which are the workhorses of Philippine Air Force support for counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism as well as disaster response operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines are 1970s-vintage helicopters of a family of Hueys widely used during the Vietnam War. These can transport up to 13 troops and have been used extensively for rapid deployment and medical evacuation (medevac) sorties to combat zones and disaster areas.The Bell 412 “Griffin” series of helicopters used by Kris Aquino for her campaign trip are high-performance choppers delivered to the Philippine military in 2015 as part of the modernisation programme of the Department of National Defense (DND). Some of these were configured for VIP transport and deployed as part of the Presidential Airlift Wing while others were configured for combat utility.While the need for decent VIP transport for local and foreign dignitaries is understandable, this unnecessary extravagance — specially surrounding a trip of dubious public benefit — only further degrades public confidence over the way their taxes are spent. Kris Aquino, for one, has been relatively mum about politics over the last several months since campaign period started, until recently. It is likely that the poor showing of the Liberal Party (LP) bet for the presidency, Mar Roxas and his sidekick Leni Robredo, has prompted the party machine to switch into high gear for the homestretch.Perhaps, when push comes to shove and all the cards are on the table, hiya takes a backseat to desperation. Kris Aquino, it seems, is the ace the LP had reserved specifically for such desperate times. Fortunately for the LP it also has a flight of shiny high-performance choppers to play that card. LP wins, Filipinos lose.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/04/high-performance-choppers-transport-kris-aquino-cebu-lp-campaign/
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Philippines To Ship Luxury Car Scrap Metal To Canada
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['Pol Pinoy']
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7/2/2018 0:00
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In 2013, a shipment from Canada arrived in the Port of Manila, disguised as recyclable plastics. But upon inspection by Customs, it was discovered that the 103 shipping containers had nothing but old wires, CDs, used plastic cups and soiled adult diapers.The Philippines wanted to ship back the trash but Canada has consistently rejected the idea.Forward to 2018.Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte presided over the crushing of dozens of smuggled luxury cars as a clear message that his government will not tolerate any form of illegal shipment.In an exclusive interview with The Adobo Chronicles, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that Duterte has instructed the Bureau of Customs to ship the scrap metal from the crushed luxury cars to Canada. Roque said that it was Duterte’s answer to the Canadian trash shipment of 2013.Now it’s even, but Duterte’s move was described by many as more classy: BMW, Mercedes, Lexus and Lamborghini scrap metal vs. soiled adult diapers.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/02/07/philippines-to-ship-luxury-car-scrap-metal-to-canada/
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Thousands of Netizen question the award that will receive by De Lima for standing up against Duterte
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2016-12-14 07:12:37+08:00
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Netizens questioned how Senator Leila De Lima who allegedly involved in protecting the drug trade received an award from a popular international political magazine in Washing D.C on Monday.Thousands of Netizens criticized by the decision of the Foreign Policy for including the Senator into 100 Foreign Policy Global Thinkers. She would be honored as a global thinking for standing up to an ‘extremist leader’.De Lima’s supporters congratulated her for winning an award for standing up against President Duterte, but most of the Netizens still don’t know how De Lima got the award.Sasot, believed that the award that Senator De Lima received was part of the PR strategy that she personally hired so the people would believe that she was ‘politically persecuted’ by the Duterte administration.Jay Chris Gabe questioned how De Lima who allegedly protected drug lords would be honored by an international organization.Jonavel Takeo said that De Lima only making noise so the people may forgot all the accusations against her.Cezs Arbolado-Badong believed that the opposition wanted to portray De Lima as a hero, but she’s confident that the lady Senator can’t gain new supporters.@ilda_talk, a writer from getrealphilippines that De Lima should be condemned than be awarded for not doing her job when she was the Justice Secretary.An org gave De Lima an award for her so-called fight vs EJK?! They should be condemning her for not doing her job when she was DOJ Sec! — ilda (@ilda_talk) December 13, 2016DLSU Professor Antonio Contreras questioned the timing of the award for De Lima and Comelec that happened on the same month.Jason Dela Cruz labeled the Foreign Policy as a one sided group which ran by the elites who supported De Lima.The Netizens also attacked the official Facebook fanpage of Foreign Policy and questioned the magazine for labeling Duterte as an extremist while the administration let De Lima leave the country.Hundreds of people also claimed that they sent an email to the magazine to express their anger for honoring De Lima.Despite of the people who opposed the award for Leila De Lima, the organization would still honored the lady Senator who’s also going to Berlin to attend the Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/thousands-netizen-question-award-will-receive-de-lima-standing-duterte/
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Five more appalling bits of election “wisdom” that need to go away
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2016-03-31 12:59:12+00:00
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National elections are around the corner here in the Philippines, again. The difference between this year and the elections in 2013 is that this time, aside from voting for 12 senators and local government officials, Filipinos will also be choosing a new president and vice-president.In the previous national elections six years ago, there were candidates whose track records were impressive, and a society that put its head above its heart would have taken these into consideration more. What happened then? Filipinos went for arguably the least qualified among the presidential candidates.Now, this year, we have presidential candidates who, from certain angles, all appear shady, dubious, and seemingly unfit to be president. It looks like Filipinos have painted themselves into a corner again with the stupid choices they make.And as the pool of prospective leaders Filipinos have to choose from worsens, so do the wisdom and the thought process that they use in exercising their right to vote.Last 2013, I listed down four appalling bits of election “wisdom” that need to go away. Here I have another five to add to that list.(1) Voting for the least evil is the pragmatic choiceA prominent, underlying theme in elections in the Philippines has, more often than not, been, “vote for the lesser evil.” Filipinos vote for someone because they don’t want someone else to win.Now, some of your more “educated” voters are passing this off as the most pragmatic thing to do, given that the prospective list of candidates for president and vice-president are, in their opinion, junk.But exactly how is “voting the lesser evil” pragmatic when it is simply repeating what has been done before?Voting for the lesser evil is not pragmatism; it is insanity. Filipinos vote like that because they don’t generate options for themselves. They merely wait for the list of names to be fed to them from the same list of “veterans” like they wait for the guava to fall down from the tree.Filipinos want change, yet they themselves don’t want to change. And they’re so proud of it.(2) Discipline is something that is implemented from the top-downYou can substitute “change” for “discipline” and the sentence above will still make sense.Filipinos are not known for discipline, or restraint. Their default mode is to find ways to skirt rules and do what they want regardless of the consequences.Filipinos are also known to be a people who would rather that someone tell them what to do instead of them doing things properly of their own initiative. “Thinking for themselves” is a phrase that hardly describes them.Why are discipline and change considered as external forces that have to be applied to Filipinos? Why can’t they discipline or change themselves simply because it is the right thing to do?No wonder Filipinos are so easy to fool. Because they don’t take the time to think things through.(3) Voting/not voting for X is a vote for something “negative””Voting for Bongbong Marcos is a vote to bring Martial Law back.””Not voting for Duterte is a vote to keep crime on the streets.”Both of these statements have a lot of impact and are meant to guilt voters into casting ballots “in the right place”, but they are essentially non-sequiturs.Those who are afraid of Martial Law coming back, if Bongbong Marcos wins the Vice-Presidency, ultimately reveal that they do not have any faith in the systems and institutions that were supposedly set up – during the first Aquino administration, no less – to “prevent another dictatorship from happening.” Unfortunately, systems and institutions are only as good as the people who use them. Filipinos may have gotten their freedom and democracy, but they didn’t necessarily get the smarts to use these systems and institutions properly.Even if support for Rodrigo Duterte seems to be growing on social media, there will always be a portion of the “chattering classes” who will have doubts before they cast their ballots for him. And these aren’t necessarily pro-Mar Roxas people or pro-any other presidential candidate. Duterte’s tough guy stance to fighting crime and his rather ambitious pronouncement to end crime in 3-6 months if he wins cannot be just taken lightly. The same scrutiny must be applied to all candidates.How is he going to manage to do it? How will he take into account the difference in scale between Davao and the entire Philippines? What happens in areas which Duterte’s potential administration will not necessarily be able to keep an eye on.Just because people don’t 100% agree to support Duterte, doesn’t mean that they want crime to continue. Everyone wants crime to be curbed, but doing it in any other way than legally should be enough to make one cast doubt. The ends do not always justify the means.(4) The man of action archetype is more important than the man of characterBoth are equally important for anyone vying for a leadership position. All the more so if it is a government position. It is often said among Filipinos that what is lacking is political will to change. However, Filipinos cannot wash off the accountability that they have because their leaders are popularly elected. So guess what, it all boils down to the voters.Unfortunately, the value system of Filipinos puts an inordinate deal of emphasis on appearances instead of substance. In Filipino society, those who talk the loudest get the most attention, even if there is virtually no correlation between the loudest talker and the best idea. Thinking is considered a time-wasting exercise among Filipinos. But one cannot execute well if one doesn’t think well of what he/she is going to do first. It also takes a certain amount of brain power to account for obstacles in one’s path, and to react accordingly.(5) A vote for a “different” type of politician will necessarily lead to improvementLet’s say it quite bluntly: politicians in the Philippines matter less than people make them out to. As I’ve already established above, it is the people who make or break the fate of the society they are in. Politicians, however, want to keep in power for as long as they can, so therefore it is to their interests to keep the public ignorant.Anybody can claim to be “different” and say that he/she is the answer to the public’s needs. However, it is up to the public to find out whether he/she means what he says and whether he/she has substance to back up his/her run for public office.That is why voter education is of utmost importance. When it is left to for-profit enterprises and to those with vested interests in keeping the masses ignorant, the whole thing goes awry.There is no substitute for well thought-out plans and well-scrutinized plans. Anyone who proposes something for the public must invite criticism and embrace it. Who knows, everybody will learn something from others that could be a key factor in the success of a project.***Like many, I remain skeptical of the upcoming elections. Six years is an awfully short time to expect Filipinos to have learned something about being wiser in choosing their leaders.They continue to breed at alarming rates. As the number of Filipinos increase, the average intelligence of the population goes down. We cannot assume that there are enough resources to make each new Filipino productive and to educate and mold him/her. Resources are limited, and Filipinos are such suckers for groupthink and are afraid of going against the grain because their society ostracizes them for doing so.Like last time, I leave the readers with the ever-relevant bit of election wisdom from the late comedian George Carlin:Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky; they don’t pass through a membrane from another reality. This is the best we can do, folks. This is what we have to offer. It’s what our system produces: garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you’re gonna get selfish ignorant leaders. So maybe, maybe, maybe it’s not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here, like, the public.
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Get Real Philippines
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https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/03/five-appalling-bits-election-wisdom-need-go-away/#comments
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PANTONE’S 2015 COLOR: TIKKA MASALA!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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5/12/2017 0:00
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Every year, artists from every corner of the design world look to the Pantone Color Institute for guidance on what hue will reign for the next 365 days. Last year’s color, Radiant Orchid, a chirpy shade of lilac, was widely heralded as one that symbolized the economic recovery, optimism for humanity, and a sense of sophisticated purpose.This year’s color is … drum roll … ‘Tikka Masala.’ Yes, as in Chicken Tikka Masala!“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal, while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness,” Leatrice Eiseman, the executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, said in the company press release. “This hearty, yet stylish tone is universally appealing and translates easily to fashion, beauty, industrial design, home furnishings and interiors.”There was mixed reaction among members of the design community. Michael Martin Navarrete Bello, a noted Filipino American interior designer based in San Francisco, said “The reddish-brown color reminds one of rust, the grimy, gag-inducing type that lines corners or frat boy dormitory-style bathrooms.”Social media has questioned what Pantone calls “a naturally robust and earthy wine red color” as “a color that makes you want to go to Olive Garden or order Tampax in bulk.”Others, including the American Hotel and Restaurant Association applauded the selection of Tikka Masala as the 2015 color. “It will be a boost to our members’ businesses as we expect our customers and diners to be looking out for Tikka Masala in our menus ” a spokesperson said.Update: The Adobo Chronicles would like to apologize for a major error in this story. One of our reporter interns apparently misinterpreted the color hue selected by the Pantone Institute. The corect name of the color is ‘Marsala,’ as in the wine Marsala from Sicily, Italy. We have fired the intern since the publication of this story.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/12/05/pantones-2015-color-tikka-masala/#respond
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Breaking: Obama To Nominate Himself To U.S. Supreme Court
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['Pol Pinoy']
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14/02/2016 0:00
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It has been widely rumored that if elected next president of the United States, Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders will nominate Barack Obama to the first vacancy that will occur on the Supreme Court.Well, that time has come with the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia.The problem is, neither Clinton nor Sanders is president yet.So today, The White House announced that President Obama will nominate himself to the highest court of the land, potentially assuring that the balance between conservative and liberals on the bench will tip towards the latter.As expected, Republicans will vigorously oppose the nomination. They will spend all of their time doing so which means they will focus their attention away from the current presidential campaign. This will all but ensure that Hillary or Bernie will be elected president, who will, in turn re-nominate Obama if the GOP Senate rejects the self-nomination.From POTUS to SCOTUS.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/02/14/breaking-obama-to-nominate-himself-to-u-s-supreme-court/?share=email
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Professional Regulatory Commission To License Investigative Journalists, Raissa Robles Protests
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['Pol Pinoy']
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14/09/2018 0:00
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One is called an attorney because he or she has passed the bar. One is called a doctor, nurse, engineer or CPA after passing a licensure exam.What about an investigative journalist?Currently, there is no professional exam for Filipinos wanting to become investigative journalists — or even just plain journalists.So when Raïssa Robles claims to be an “investigative journalist,” it is pretty much self-proclaimed, unverified, undocumented.Well, that’s going to change very soon.The Adobo Chronicles has learned that the Philippines’ Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) will start licensing investigative journalists. It would require aspiring investigative reporters to take and pass a government exam just like most professionals in the country.Robles has registered her protest with the PRC, claiming that at her age and in this stage of her fading career, it would be difficult for her to pass the exam. She is requesting PRC that her self-proclaimed status as an investigative journalist be ‘grandfathered,’ meaning that she be granted exemption from the required professional exam.PCOO Asec Mocha Uson and blogger Thinking Pinoy are filing a counter protest against Robles’ protest. Both welcome the professionalization of investigative journalism.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2018/09/14/professional-regulatory-commission-to-license-investigative-journalists-raissa-robles-protests/#respond
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IS HUFFINGTON POST MORE CREDIBLE THAN HUFFINGTON POST?
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['Pol Pinoy']
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1/7/2018 0:00
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A headline today reads, “Hawaii Becomes First State To Ban Plastic Bags.” Yet, another headline from 2014 reads, “California Becomes First State to Ban Plastic Bags.” Both headlines are from The Huffington Post.Perhaps Huffington Post Hawaii is not talking to Huffington Post U.S. Mainland?We’ll let our readers decide on which is more credible: Huffington Post or Huffington Post.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2015/07/01/is-huffington-post-more-credible-than-huffington-post/
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Amateur Photoshop Artist Shows Ellen DeGeneres The Way
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['Pol Pinoy']
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5/4/2016 0:00
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Talk Show host Ellen DeGeneres’ clothing line, GapKids X ED, is all about encouraging children to embrace what makes them unique. But it’s that “empowerment” aspect of the brand’s campaigns that left many confused by the most recent photos posted to GapKids’ Twitter account on Saturday.One photo showed two white children doing acrobatic moves while a third, older white child leans her arm on the black child seen in the ad. Many people on Twitter took issue with the tweet, which reads “meet the kids who are proving that girls can do anything.” Many thought the photo had some “racist” overtones.Upon learning of the criticism, DeGeneres immediately fired the advertising agency for her clothing line and asked an amateur photoshop artist to revise the ad. Here is what the artist came up with. DeGeneres reportedly really, really liked it!
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/04/05/amateur-photoshop-artist-shows-ellen-degeneres-the-way/#respond
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Hillary Clinton Unveils New Campaign Logo
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['Pol Pinoy']
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9/6/2016 0:00
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It’s official. Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic nomination for president, and the current occupant of the White House has officially endorsed her today.So it’s time for Clinton to focus on the general elections where she faces the GOP’s presumptive nominee Donald Trump.For starters, the Clinton campaign has unveiled a new logo that it says would better reflect the presidential contest that goes into full swing after both candidates have been proclaimed by their respective party conventions this summer.Hillary Clinton’s new logo, a blue and red “H” with a bold arrow as the crossbar is not that much different from the old one except that the arrow in the new design is facting left instead of right.During the Democratic contest, Clinton campaigned on a promise to move the country forward, hence the right arrow. But in the general elections, the arrow facing left would symbolize the fact that Clinton is leaning to the left as opposed to Trump who is gravitating to the right.Meanwhile, there is speculation that Trump might revise his own campaign mantra of “making America great again.” He is planning on launching a new meme of “Making the Trump Empire Great Again.” This new meme is to counter criticism by Trump opponents that the real estate mogul has had a history of failed business ventures ranging from repeated bankruptcies to losing the Miss U.S.A . and Miss Universe franchises, not to mention his celebrity reality show, “Celebrity Apprentice” going off air.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/06/09/hillary-clinton-unveils-new-campaign-logo/?share=email
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MAR ROXAS: THE ADOBO CHRONICLES’ PERSON OF THE YEAR
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['Pol Pinoy']
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28/12/2014 0:00
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It’s that time of year when The Adobo Chronicles names its “Person of the Year.” Last year, we named actor Jackie Chan our person of the year for having survived persistent news that he had passed away. Talk about nine lives.This year, the publisher and editors of The Adobo Chronicles had a fairly easy job of choosing the winner: Philippine Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas.The “Person of the Year” is awarded to the individual or group that has made the most impact on national and international news. We couldn’t have chosen any other person who has been in the news as much as Roxas has.During the aftermath of the worst typhoon to hit the Philippines, Roxas was seen in ground zero overseeing relief operations and giving aid to residents except those who were loyal to his and President Aquino’s political nemesis, the Romualdezes. When there was a shortage of garlic in the Philippines, he was seen carrying a sack of garlic on his shoulder. When there was rumor about a rice shortage, he was seen carrying a sack of goverment rice on his shoulder. When Metro Manila experienced the worst traffic nightmare ever, he was seen directing traffic in one of Manila’s most congested street intersections. When Metro Manila’s light railway system (MRT) was the subject of intense criticism for its overcrowding, inefficiency and mismagement, Roxas was seen riding the train on non-commute hours.We couldn’t think of a better person deserving of the Person of the Year title. It was a great 2014 for Mar Roxas and the Philippines.And Roxas could just well be the next president of the Philippines! It comes with a bonus: controversial television news anchor Korina Sanchez will be First Lady.
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Adobo Chronicles
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https://adobochronicles.com/2014/12/28/mar-roxas-the-adobo-chronicles-person-of-the-year/
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WATCH: Live President Rodrigo Duterte’s First State of the Nation Address
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2016-07-25 01:46:03+08:00
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Watch the live stream of Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s first State of the Nation Address in Batan Pambansa, Quezon City here.The official hashtag for the State of the Nation address of Rodrigo Duterte are and #DuterteSONA #PartnersForChangeLivestream of RTV:Livestream of PTV:The first state of the Nation Address of the first Mindanaon President will be witnessed by millions of Filipinos who are hoping for a real change.Almost 3,000 person were invited to watch the SONA of Rodrigo Duterte inside the Batasan Pambansa and they are expected to experience a really different SONA.Singer Bayang Barrios will sing the National Anthem in the program.President Rodrigo Duterte will show that he can do some of his promises within his first 25 days as the newest leader of the country.The SONA are directed by the best directors in the country like the award-winning Brillante Mendoza who said that he will show the real Duterte.It’s also rare that there will be no protest to be set during SONA, instead the activists will just do a program to deliver their wishes to the newest President.The President also ordered that the dress code will prohibit any expensive clothes because he believes that State of the Nation Address is not a fashion show, the foods that will be served are also simple and not expensive.
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/watch-president-rodrigo-dutertes-first-state-nation-address/
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Sen. Trillanes schooled by Witness SPO3 Edgardo Lascañas
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2016-10-03 19:00:52+08:00
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Audience laughs after witness SPO3 Edgardo Lascañas wisely answered to Senator Antonio Trillanes who tested the credibility of his testimonies.Senator Trillanes tested the credibility of SPO3 Edgardo Lascañas by trying to verify if Lascañas really gave a watch to Edgar Matobato before.Lascañas believed that the watch is not the sole basis of credibility.“Your honor, kung relo lang ang basehan sa credibility, parang may problema ata” this answer of Lascañas made the audience laugh.Trillanes insisted that if the receipt and the serial number of the watch matched, the statement of Lascañas would became worthless.But Lascañas who has Law credits, lectured Sen. Trillanes about Law that made the audience laugh again.“Your honor, wala pa akong nabasang libro sa law, yung test of credibility ay relo”Edgar Matobato claimed in his testimony that SPO3 Edgardo Lascañas was involved in alleged extrajudicial killings happened during President Duterte’s term as Davao City Mayor.Lascañas admitted that he met Matobato 30 years ago when the self proclaimed member of Davao Death Squad offered him a property in Samal Island.He also admitted that he did give a wristwatch to Matobato which was second-hand and not brand-new as Matobato previously claimed.Lascañas denied the existence of the Vigilante Group Davao Death Squad.“Wala pong Davao Death Squad. Media hype lang iyan,”
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Pinoytrending Altervista
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https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/sen-trillanes-schooled-witness-spo3-edgardo-lascanas/
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Top Ten Reasons To Move To The Philippines If Donald Trump Is Elected President Of the United States
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['Pol Pinoy']
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4/3/2016 0:00
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With the prospect of a President Donald Trump becoming more and more of a possibility, many Americans are considering moving out of the United States and taking up residence in countries like Canada, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland.But Americans should consider other options, like the Philippines.Here are the top ten reasons to move to the Philippines if Trump is elected president:1. Your $1 is worth 47 Pesos, and counting.2. Wherever you are in the Philippines, there is a beach to your north, south, east and west.3. Imagine owning a condominium for less than $50,000!4. Imagine Manny Pacquiao being your senator!5. You won’t miss CNN. There is a CNN Philippines.6. You will never get annoying phone calls. Texting is the primary mode of communication.7. Don’t worry about the traffic. Just stay home and you’ll be fine.8. Don’t worry about the hot and humid weather. Just hang out in the airconditioned malls.9. Once you reach the age of 60, you get 20% discount for all your purchases, free health insurance and priority service wherever you go.10. By the time you move, NoyNoy Aquino will no longer be president! What a deal!And a bonus reason: you don’t need to learn another language. You will more than get by with your English!
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/04/top-ten-reasons-to-move-to-the-philippines-if-donald-trump-is-elected-president-of-the-united-states/?share=email
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VENUE OF PACQUIAO-MAYWEATHER FIGHT ON MAY 2 MOVED TO MANILA!
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['Pol Pinoy']
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23/02/2018 0:00
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Within just fifteen minutes after official confirmation of the May 2nd championship boxing bout between Filipino Manny Pacquiao and American Floyd Mayweather was made public, the fight’s venue, the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, sold out.Seeing as how this is being dubbed as the fight of the century, perhaps even eclipsing the 1975 ‘Thrilla in Manila’ between Mohammad Ali and Joe Frazier, both the Pacquiao and Mayweather camps agreed to move the venue from Las Vegas to Manila.The new venue is The Philippine Arena, located just a few miles north of the capital. It has the distinction as the world’s largest indoor arena, with a capacity of 55,000. In contrast, the MGM Garden Arena can only hold 16,800 people.“We want all the boxing fans to have the opportunity to personally witness this historical event, so we wanted to find a bigger venue that can accommodate more people,” a spokesperson for the Pacquiao camp told reporters in Manila.Manila Mayor (and former Philippine president) Joseph Estrada welcomed the news, saying that this will bring millions of tourism and business dollars to his city. “With all the new hotel and condo infrastructure, we certainly will be able to accommodate boxing fans from all over the world who will visit the Philippines to personally witness the fight,” he said.President NoyNoy Aquino directed the Manila Airports Authority to speed up renovations and improvements at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in time for the May event.Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman also announced that she has scheduled another ‘camping’ for Manila’s street children and homeless families at a resort south of Manila during the week of the fight to hide them from view of visiting tourists. (It will be recalled that Soliman rounded up street children and brought them to the same resort during Pope Francis’ visit to Manila last month).
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Leah Navarro slams Duterte: “Habang may sagupaan sa Marawi, si Duterte nasa Russia nag papa cute”
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2017-05-23 22:37:32+08:00
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Former artist Leah Navarro slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s absence in the Philippines after the Maute Terrorist group was occupied Marawi City.Navarro started her rant on Twitter against President Rodrigo Duterte who is currently in Russia for a five day working visit.In her tweet, Navarro asked where is President Rodrigo Duterte when the people of Marawi City needed him most. She also said that she thought that the President loves Mindanao.She also tweeted that the President must prioritized the situation in Marawi City than his five day working visit in Russia.It seems that the artist urged President Rodrigo Duterte to cancel all of his appointments in Russia and go back to the Philippines to monitor the situation in Marawi City and help the victims of the siege.She even said that President Rodrigo Duterte visited Russia only just to ‘impress’ Russian President Vladimir Putin.She retweeted a tweet of @manaydo on twitter, asking if President Rodrigo Duterte intended to create chaos while he was outside the county.Navarro also questioned the priorities of the President, saying that Duterte prioritized his appointments in Russia than the safety of the people of Marawi.The tweet of Navarro caused outrage from the Netizens and quickly defended the President against the tweet of the former artist.Even Senyora on Facebook blasted Leah Navarro for her tweet against President Duterte.She told Navarro to avoid using the situation in Marawi just to score President Duterte.Blogger Sass Rogando Sasot also responded to Leah Navarro’s tweet, explaining the President Rodrigo Duterte is in Russia to ask for weapons that can be used against the terrorist.President Rodrigo Duterte leaves the Philippines one day before the Maute Group attacked Marawi City.The President is still not releasing it’s statement on the current situation of Marawi City, but the AFP already urged the trapped civilians to calm and stay inside their houses while the operation of the government against the terrorist group was still conducted.
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PHILIPPINES: IF ELECTED PRESIDENT, VP BINAY PROMISES FALSE TEETH, ADULT DIAPERS AND VIAGRA FOR SENIORS
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['Pol Pinoy']
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17/07/2018 0:00
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In a presidential campaign stop in this central Philippine city, Vice President Jejomar Binay appealed to senior citizens to help him become the next president.In a speech at Barangay Banago in Bacolod City, Binay said senior citizens deserve more than just free movies, free birthday cakes, senior citizen discounts at restaurants and free burial expenses.Binay said that if elected president, he will ensure that seniors will be given free false teeth, adult diapers and Viagra.“The problem of senior citizens who are male is they pee in their pants. Maybe in the future male senior citizens will be given diapers,” Binay said. He added: “The women have no problem with diapers because when they are old they have no panties … So we will not give diapers, we will just give Viagra…”Binay’s campaign promise seemed to have resonated among senior citizens not just in Bacolod but all over the country. The latest poll shows him moving up again to the top spot as far as the people’s choice for the next president is concerned.Senator Grace Poe, who has led the polls in recent weeks, is back to second place.
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If Elected President, Mar Roxas Promises To Move Baguio’s Mansion House To The Laperal White House
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['Pol Pinoy']
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2/3/2016 0:00
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It’s political campaign season in the Philippines and, as expected, the presidential candidates are making their respective promises to the Filipino electorate. The Aquino administration’s candidate, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, is no exception. He continues to tow the line of Daang Matuwid (Straight Path).His promise? If elected, he will abandon the summer residence of the president of the Philippines — the Mansion House — and move to the Laperal White House on Leonard Wood Street.The White House is a historical building orignally owned by the Laperal family and converted into a museum. It is known by many to be haunted. It was occupied by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II and served as a garrison, where — if some stories are to be believed — they brutally tortured and murdered many. Among them, the Laperal family, except Don Roberto, who would survive the war only to accidentally slip and fall to his death from the stairs in front of the house.Roxas said that giving up the expansive and elaborate Mansion House — one of Baguio’s top tourist attractions — would be in keeping with Daang Matuwid, which aims to abandon government excesses.On the other hand, Roxas said, he’d rather live in the White House during his visits to Baguio. ‘There is a very prestigious and presidential feel to it. It will put me in equal footing with the president of the United States whose official residence is also called the White House.”
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SARAH PALIN: ‘POPE FRANCIS MUST SPEAK AMERICAN WHEN HE VISITS THE U.S.’
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['Pol Pinoy']
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8/9/2018 0:00
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In an interview with CNN last week, former Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin said that Spanish-speaking people must speak American while here in the U.S. And that includes Pope Francis.The head of the Roman Catholic Church is scheduled to visit the United States on September 22-27, during which he will meet with President and Mrs. Obama, address a joint session of Congress, deliver a speech before the United Nations General Assembly and keynote a huge religious gathering in Philadelphia.The Argentinian pontiff has said time and again that he is not comfortable speaking in English. Spanish is his native language.So when Francis presides over a mass in Washington, D.C. on September 23, he is going to say it in Spanish, according to Cardinal Donald William Wuerl. “It is also in honor of the huge U.S. Hispanic population and the Catholic Church’s advocacy of immigration,” the Cardinal said.That didn’t sit well with Palin who was baptized a Catholic but began attending non-denominational Christian churches when she was young. At the age of 12, Palin was baptized in the Wasilla Assembly of God, a Pentecostal church whose preacher bordered on fundamentalist.“While I appreciate the fact that Spanish is the Pope’s first language, I believe that as I previously stated, he should speak American while in America,” Palin said.
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GEORGE W. BUSH, BARACK OBAMA ISSUE JOINT EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING LGBT DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE
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21/07/2017 0:00
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George W. Bush may no longer be president of the United States, but he still wields the power to issue executive orders, albeit under the signature of another president.President Obama on Monday signed an executive order expanding protections for federal workers and contractors from discrimination based on sexual orientation.“In too many states and in too many workplaces, simply being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender can still be a fireable offense,” Obama said. “So I firmly believe that it’s time to address this injustice for every American.”Bush, who is vacationing at the Bush family ranch in Texas, was asked by reporters for his reaction to the new executive order. “I am happy to do my share in the executive order,” Bush said, “and I commend President Obama for his willingness to collaborate with me in issuing the order.”Obama’s executive order maintains a provision from a 2002 executive order signed by Bush that exempts religious organizations that discriminate based on religious beliefs. Leaders of both the religious right and the LGBTcommunity have praised the new executive order, saying that never in the history of the United States have they seen two presidents belonging to opposing political parties working together to issue an executive order on a highly controversial issue such as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights.Meanwhile, advocates for comprehensive immigration reform have expressed the hope that Bush and Obama will also work closely together to issue an executive order to grant amnesty to millions of undocumented immigrants currently in the country.Many will recall that in 2002, Bush issued Executive Order 13269 on the expedited naturalization of aliens and noncitizen nationals serving in and active-duty military status during the war on terror. “Perhaps this time, Bush can co-sign an Executive Order with Obama to finally solve our broken immigration system,” the advocates said.
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Memorable Quotes From Raissa Robles’ Talk In New York
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['Pol Pinoy']
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20/10/2017 0:00
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In defiance of the U.S. Constitution’s provision for the ‘Separation of Church and State,’ blogger Raissa Robles held her small talk at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in New York.It was held Friday evening (Saturday morning Philippine time) before a couple dozen people invited to the forum sponsored by the FilAm Press Association. (Including Ma’m Margie who passionatley defended President Duterte.)For those who missed the oft-interrupted live streaming of the event, here are some of Robles’ most memorable quotes from her talk, with annotations by The Adobo Chronicles. (Note: because of weak wifi signal, we had to paraphrase some of what she said.)I’m here to share news and gossip.AC: More of gossip we believe.Unlike Duterte, NoyNoy Aquino didn’t have ladies surrounding him.AC: Gentlemen, perhaps?The Philippines is not Davao.AC: Of course not. The Philippines is a country. Davao is a city.Duterte supporters have been violent in the language online.AC: So when they call you boba or gaga, that’s violent?Duterte is not yet a dictator.AC: Now that’s fake news hahaha.I go for quality, not quantityAC: Can you imagine if this many people attended Robles’s talks? .
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https://adobochronicles.com/2017/10/20/memorable-quotes-from-raissa-robles-talk-in-new-york/
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Thinking Pinoy’s Latest Exposé: Jover Laurio and Raissa Robles Are One And The Same Person
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25/01/2018 0:00
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Leave it to R.J. Nieto, a.k.a. Thinking Pinoy (TP), to utilize his amazing research and investigative skills to finally expose the naked truth that Pinoy Ako Blog’s Jover Laurio and ‘investigative’ journalist Raissa Robles are one and the same person.TP has come up with this shocking conclusion which he will formally reveal on the next Karambola broadcast.While refusing to give details of his upcoming exposé, TP told The Adobo Chronicles that one of the strongest evidence to back up his allegation is that Laurio and Robles have never been seen in public together.Quite convincing proof, we might say!As for his next project? TP is working hard to prove that Juana Change is nothing but a disguised version of Senator Franklin Drilon. Now this we got to see!
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Conservative Author Ann Coulter Receives Boxes And Boxes Of Rotten Mandarin Oranges
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['Pol Pinoy']
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28/05/2016 0:00
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During a live television discussion on undocumented immigrants, conservative author Ann Coulter referred to Asian Americans as “Mandarin.”Her fellow panelist on the Chris Matthews show corrected her and said they are called “Asian Americans,” but Coulter insisted it was the correct term and refused to be policed for her language.Well, Coulter learned a lesson she will never forget.When she returned to her home after the TV interview, she found boxes and boxes of rotten Mandarin oranges waiting for her at her doorstep, and more boxes are reportedly on the way.She told The Adobo Chronicles, “I’m sure these oranges were sent in by Asian Americans upset by what I said on TV.”See? Even old dogs can learn new tricks. “Asian Americans,” Ann, “Asian Americans.”
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Man Nailed On The Cross: Proof Of Separation Of Church And State In The Philippines
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['Pol Pinoy']
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24/03/2016 0:00
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Once again, on Good Friday, March 25, Filipino Ruben Enaje will allow himself to be nailed — literally — to a wooden cross as part of a bizarre Lenten rite. This is his 30th time being “crucified,” something he started doing in 1985 as an act of thanksgiving for surviving a fall.Several other male penitents have also made this ritual an annual undertaking, along with dozens of others who participate in a different penitence of self flagellation.This Holy Week tradition is proof that in the Philippines, there is truly a separation of Church and State.The Roman Catholic Church, short of condemning the practice, has discouraged Filipinos from imitating Jesus’ nailing on the cross.In contrast, the state — in particular the Department of Health — is hands off in discouraging this fanatical religious practice. Instead, it has issued yet another reminder for those who choose to be nailed to the cross this year to take tetanus shots and to make sure the nails used are properly sterilized.
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https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/24/man-nailed-on-the-cross-proof-of-separation-of-church-and-state-in-the-philippines/?share=email
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