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Trump Supporters Threaten To Form Own Republic | You’ve heard it from the Trump supporters. If their candidate Donald loses the presidential election, they will stage a violent coup to oust President Hillary. So what happens next?In a bold manifesto uncovered today by Wikileaks, Trumpeteers (a name Trump supporters are calling themselves) will establish a separate Republic with Donald as their president. The document has made reference to a Trump Republic.The Trumpeteers acknowledge that even a coup will not win over the Hillarians to their side, so they have decided to form their own government instead.It is believed that the Trump Republic will have its seat of power in Laredo, Texas, just a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.When asked by The Adobo Chronicles why Laredo was chosen, the Trumpeteers said that it would make it easy for Donald and members of his government to escape to Mexico if push comes to shove. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 16/10/2016 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/16/trump-supporters-threaten-to-form-own-republic/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
Vice Ganda and Calvin Abueva Date Night Video Goes Viral | The two celebrities was first to be rumored to have been dating when Vice was spotted watching Abueva in one of his basketball game. It only intensifies the public's suspicions when Vice again, was spotted and cheering for the tall, dark and handsome athlete in another game.Since then, Vice Ganda was often observed on screen being teased by co-hosts on the ABS-CBN noontime show It's Showtime particularly by Ryan Bang who made a remark saying that he calls Calvin Abueva 'daddy'.All this now ultimately lead to Vice Ganda and Calvin Abueva seen together at a club, partying and singing love songs to each other to the fans' delight.Go watch some clips from Vice Ganda and Calvin Abueva's date night below which is now gaining a lot of attention from fans all over social media. | ['Vic Patnugot'] | 25/09/2017 0:00 | http://pinoynewsblogger.blogspot.com/2018/10/vice-ganda-and-calvin-abueva-date-night.html | Pinoy News Blogger |
Rappler Running Out Of Followers . . . And Money | If you’ve seen CEO Maria Ressa’s face lately, there is no denying that her social news media outlet, Rappler, is in big trouble.She can’t believe that blogger (and now Assistant Secretary of PCOO) Mocha Uson has more followers than Rappler. For the longest time, she has been crying out loud and clear that she wants to “take back the Internet.” From whom, only she knows.But no such luck. Not only is Rappler running out of followers and engagement. It seems it is also running out of funds.So in a last-ditch effort to save her failing online news source, she has resorted to begging — begging the public to donate to her company in the name of “free and fearless journalism.”But if Rappler’s journalism is free, why does Ressa need the public to pay her? And if it’s fearless, why is so afraid of competition from Uson?The Adobo Chronicles tried to reach Ressa for comment, but her cellphone seems to have run out of pre-paid load. Tsk. Tsk. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 25/09/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/09/25/rappler-running-out-of-followers-and-money/?share=email | Adobo Chronicles |
WATCH! BABAENG GUSTONG PATAYIN SI PRES. DUTERTE TINUTUGIS NA NG NBI AT PAMAHALAAN | BABAENG GUSTONG PATAYIN SI PRES. DUTERTE TINUTUGIS NA NG NBI AT PAMAHALAANSo what can you say about this one? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below, and don't forget to share this post to your family and friends online. And also, visit our website more often for more updates. | [] | 2017-07-25 22:23:05+00:00 | http://www.newsmediaph.com/2017/03/watch-babaeng-gustong-patayin-si-pres.html | News Media PH |
MICHELLE BACHMANN WANTS THE BIBLE TO BE THE U.S. ‘OFFICIAL BOOK’ | Minneapolis, Minnesota- There are official national symbols and there are official state symbols. The apple is New York’s official state fruit, the valley quail is California’s official state bird, the wood violet is Illinois’ official state flower, and humuhumunukunukuapua’a is Hawaii’s official state fish.Soon, the bible will become Louisiana’s official state book. By a vote of 8-5, a committee of the Louisiana House yesterday advanced a bill that would make the bible the official state book.Rep. Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, said he sponsored the proposal after a constituent made the request. But Carmody insisted the bill wasn’t designed to be a state endorsement of Christianity or a specific religion. “It’s not to the exclusion of anyone else’s sacred literature,” he told the House committee.Enter Michele Bachmann, U.S. representative from Minnesota. She loves the idea so much she is taking the proposal to a national level. The congresswoman is busy drafting legislation that would make the bible the country’s official book. “This is an opportune time to introduce this bill considering that next week marks Christianity’s Holy Week leading up to Easter,” Bachmann said.Asked by The Adobo Chronicles which version of the bible she would be proposing as the official national book of the U.S., Bachmann replied, “I will get back to you on that. I didn’t realize there was more than one version of the bible.” | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 11/04/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/04/11/michelle-bachmann-wants-the-bible-to-be-the-u-s-official-book/#comments | Adobo Chronicles |
CONTROVERSIAL TORRE DE MANILA’S FACADE NOW A GIANT CAMPAIGN BILLBOARD FOR MAR ROXAS | While Filipinos await a decision from the Philippine Supreme Court on Torre de Manila, a new, giant billboard has been put up on the facade of the controversial condominium project.The court case stems from a petition filed by the Knights of Rizal seeking to stop the construction of the high-rise building because it mars the sightline of the monument of the country’s national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. Among the respondents named in the petition were the National Historical Commision of the Philippines (NHCP), National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the National Museum.Just yesterday, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) said it will no longer represent NHCP in the case filed before the Supreme Court. (It wasn’t clear whether or not the OSG decision had something to do with the new billboard.)The billboard was put up by Liberal Party presidential candidate Mar Roxas, President Aquino’s Interior and Local Government Secretary.As expected , Roxas’s rival candidate, Vice President Jejomar Binay, has protested the campaign billboard and says he will file an electioneering complaint against Roxas before the Commission on Elections (Comelec).Binay asserts that the official campaign period has not yet begun and that the vice president is put at a great disadvantage by the billboard because of its prime location. Binay also claims that the Roxas campaign billboard exceeds the maximum size allowed under Comelec rules. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 20/08/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/20/controversial-torre-de-manilas-facade-now-a-giant-campaign-billboard-for-mar-roxas/?share=email | Adobo Chronicles |
Ping Lacson asked “May pinagtatakpan ba na mas malaking tao sa pagpatay kay Mayor Espinosa at sa abogado niya?” | Senator Panfilo Lacson wants to know if there’s a bigger fish who ordered to kill Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa on Saturday.“There’s more than meets the eye in the killing of Mayor EspinosaMay pinagtatakpan ba na mas malaking tao sa pagpatay kay Mayor Espinosa at sa abogado niya?” Lacson said in a radio interview with DWIZ.According to CIDG 8, the Albuera Mayor and the other detainee fired at the cops, but the people including Senator Lacson didn’t believe their story.“Mayor Espinosa being killed in a “firefight” while being served a warrant inside a prison cell is a very bad script. A clear case of EJK.” Senator Lacson @iampinglacson said in his tweet.The Senate EJK prove would resumed and they clarified that the case about the DDS and Matobato would not be discussed anymore.Even Senator Gordon was also disappointed for what happened to Espinosa and he’s now also seeking a new Senate investigation into the killing of Espinosa.“He was already incarcerated and nonetheless [it’s] still not safe. It’s a slap in the face of the criminal justice system of our country.”Meanwhile, Secretary of Justice Vitaliano Agurre II linked Senator De Lima to the killing of Espinsa and he called the Senator as the common denominator.“May affidavit si Mayor Rolando Espinosa; tinuro niya yung mga taong involved sa droga. Ang number one na enumerated niya ay si De Lima. Iisipin mo na although pulis o CIDG gumawa niyan, puwede din naman na talagang gamitin, nagpapagamit yang mga pulis na ‘yan para patahimikin yung puwede mag-squeal sa kanila,” he said. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-11-07 06:35:58+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/ping-lacson-asked-may-pinagtatakpan-ba-na-mas-malaking-tao-sa-pagpatay-kay-mayor-espinosa-sa-abogado-niya/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
Philippines needs to start playing to win in #SouthChinaSea | Filipinos need to wake up to the following realities:1. Duterte’s “insulting” behavior toward Obama was a lot less offensive compared to Noynoy Aquino insulting the whole Chinese nation by comparing it to Nazi Germany when he gave a speech in Japan. The Nazi metaphor was bad enough, but for Aquino to have made that statement in Japan, a country that once invaded and brutalized China, was far worse than Duterte saying “son of a whore” while responding to a journalist’s question regarding Obama.2. No matter what Duterte or Yasay do, the other ASEAN countries are not going to sign off on a joint statement against China. It is ridiculous to keep blaming them for “not taking a stronger stance” during ASEAN meetings. China is a top trading partner and source of foreign direct investment of nearly every ASEAN country except Brunei. They are not stupid enough to directly antagonize China.3. The US needs China more than it needs the Philippines. China is the biggest creditor of the US, and China by far makes up a much bigger share of US exports and imports compared to the Philippines. It is highly unlikely that the US will go to war against China over a few rocks in the Philippines, regardless of the posturing.4. The Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling against China is useless. The Aquino government wasted millions of dollars on an unenforceable decision that is good only for propaganda purposes. The publicity-conscious Aquino administration thought China could be shamed into submission. But since when in a thousand years has China cared about outside opinion more than its own? It has ignored far worse international pressure on bigger issues.5. The South China Sea issue is not a Hollywood movie where America is the hero, China is the villain, and the Philippines is the damsel in distress. It is not a biblical tale where one side is good and the other side is evil. It is more of a poker game. No heroes, no villains, no victims, no angels, no demons. Just winners or losers. Duterte, unlike Aquino, understands this, so he does not waste time crying and screaming like a girl in need of rescue. Instead, he got on the table and started playing the cards he was dealt.After three decades of emo governance, Philippine military defense capabilities are nowhere near where they need to be. So, what do you do when a fire-breathing dragon comes to your doorstep? You make it your friend. One day, it may even come to your defense.To the celebrity-obsessed Filipinos, Duterte is doing a Daenerys Targaryen, get it?----------------------This is a GRP Featured Comment. Join the discussion | [] | 13/08/2018 0:00 | https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2016/09/philippines-needs-to-start-playing-to.html | GRPundit |
PNP Shows All-Out Support For Senator De Lima | Incarcerated Senator Leila De Lima has found strange bedfellows in the Philippine National Police (PNP).Members of her police escort at a recent court apperance were caught on video raising the five-finger sign, a symbol of all-out support for the Senator.In addition, the police escorts shielded De Lima from media harassment by engaging in synchronized coughing whenever reporters asked a question.Love for De Lima is in the air. At PNP. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 13/08/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/08/13/pnp-shows-all-out-support-for-senator-de-lima/ | Adobo Chronicles |
CARLY FIORINA WANTS PREGNANCY TEST FOR ALL ARRIVING WOMEN TOURISTS IN U.S. | from China and other Asian countries to undergo a pregnancy test upon arrival at U.S. Airports. “Those found to be pregnant will be sent back immediately to their home country,” she said.Responding to a reporter question, Fiorina said her proposal will not cost the U.S. taxpayers a single penny. The cost of the home pregnancy test kit ($15.99) will be collected from each arriving woman passenger whether or not the test comes back positive.Fiorina did not address the issue of women tourists who become pregnant while in the U.S. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 29/08/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/29/carly-fiorina-wants-pregnancy-test-for-all-arriving-women-tourists-in-u-s/?share=email | Adobo Chronicles |
CNN TURNS 35 ON JUNE 1ST: IF ONLY FRIENDS COULD SEE IT NOW | CNN, the first and most respected 24-hour cable news network, launched on June 1, 1980. On that day, 35 years later, the network will look back at the biggest stories in the network’s history. Here are the highlights of those amazing 35 years: Don Lemon, telling black people they shouldn’t wear baggy pants, use the N-word, litter, drop out of school, or have kids out of wedlock. Don Lemon, suggesting that the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may have been kidnapped by a higher power or swallowed by a black hole. Don Lemon, suggesting to a rape victim that she could’ve easily shut down the alleged rape by biting Bill Cosby’s penis. Don Lemon, reporting from Ferguson, telling viewers about the smell of marijuana in the air. Don Lemon, after being photographed for a feature article on GQ magazine, asking the photographer if he does “nudes.” Anderson Cooper’s greatest moments: his uncontrollable giggles. As for Wolf Blitzer — now don’t get us started. Happy Birthday, CNN! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 26/05/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/26/cnn-turns-35-on-june-1st-if-only-friends-could-see-it-now/ | Adobo Chronicles |
Chinese Coastguard shares their food and cigars with Filipino fishermen in Scarborough | Fishermens who already allowed to fish in the disputed Panatag Shoal narrated how the Chinese Coastguard treated them like brothers.They were shocked when the Chinese Coastguards who patrolling the disputed area suddenly became friendly to them, they shared their food and cigars with the Filipino fishermen instead of shooting them again with water cannons.In exchange, the Filipino fishermen also shared their catch with the Chinese Coastguard. They also thanked President Duterte for his efforts to ease the tension between China and Philippines.Chinese Government also confirmed that they are going to end the shoal blockade.Filipino fishermen were blocked by Chinese Coastguard in the Panatag Shoal for almost four years and their earnings was really affected by the four year blockage.According to some fishermen, they can catch 30 tons of seafood, earning them 40,000 pesos a trip without any interference from the Chinese Coastguard.The end of shoal blockage started weeks after President Duterte visited China and talked with high ranking Chinese officials including President Xi Jinping.Even Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol were amazed by President Duterte’s magic. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-11-02 14:33:36+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/chinese-coastguard-shares-food-cigars-filipino-fishermen-scarborough/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
MUST WATCH: Nabisto ang milyon milyong sweldo at allowances ng mga maestrado ng Korte Suprema | Nabisto ang milyon milyong sweldo at allowances ng mga maestrado ng korte soprema kasunod ng paggawang pandinig ng Committee of Appropriations sa Camara higil sa panukalang budget ng hudikatura para sa susunod na taon.Bakay sa report ng Commission on Audit noong 2015 nauna sa listahan si Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta na may 7.8 million sweldo at allowances. Pareho naman ng tinatanggap si Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio at Teresita Leonardo De Castro na may 4.9 na Milyong Piso.Isang daang libong piso ang lamang ni Carpio at De Castro sa sweldo ni Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno na may 4.8 Milyong Piso. Habang 4.5 Milyong Piso naman ang tinatanggap ni Associate Justice Arturo Brion. | [] | 2017-06-07 21:18:34+00:00 | http://www.pilipinasonlineupdates.com/2016/09/must-watch-nabisto-ang-milyon-milyong.html#comment-form | Pilipinas Online Updates |
Senator De Lima Thanks APEC Leaders For Their Show Of Support | The five-finger hand sign has become a symbol of support for jailed Philippine Senator Leila de Lima and is used by her followers when demanding her release. (‘Lima’ is a Tagalog word for ‘five.’)So it is no surprise that de Lima was elated at the support publicy displayed by world leaders — the heads of state attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Vietnam.The leaders posed for a souvenir photo flashing the five-finger hand sign.”I will forever be grateful to the world leaders for supporting me and for raising awareness about my political imprisonment. Even President Duterte flashed the hand sign, and it’s very humbling,” de Lima told The Adobo Chronicles. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 12/11/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/11/12/senator-de-lima-thanks-apec-leaders-for-their-show-of-support/ | Adobo Chronicles |
WATCH: Duterte defends,stands with Mocha | President Rody Duterte admitted that he asked Bong Go to send an apology to Kris Aquino who was (pffttt) ‘deeply’ hurt by PCOO Asec. Mocha Uson’s post of Ninoy Aquino being kissed by two women.Earlier, it was reported that Kris reached out to Bong and asked him to tell Mocha to apologize. President Duterte did apologize in the name of the dead person but not Mocha who is firmly standing for her cause on her blog.Click to Watch Video Below of Duterte defending MochaIn a press conference in Cebu City, Duterte was asked about the issue involving Bong Go, Kris Aquino and Mocha Uson. Duterte stood still with Mocha despite of the issues that according to Kris, an insubordination matter. Kris really wanted Mocha to apologize but she failed because Uson declined.Your thoughts on this? Leave your comments below! | [] | 2018-06-08 12:09:51+08:00 | http://duterte.today/watch-duterte-defendsstands-mocha/ | Duterte Daily Stories |
Selfitis: American Psychiatric Association Admits It Used Wrong Term To Describe Mental Disorder | Four years after it officially declared the taking of selfies a mental disorder, the American Psychiatric Asssociation (APA) now admits it used the wrong terminology to describe the disease.It named the disorder, ‘selfitis.’Since then, the world has acknowledged and experienced the existence of sefitis. Scientific studies, including a recent one conducted by the U.K.’s Nottingham Trent University, have confirmed the existence of this mental disorder.Today, APA issued a statement that it erred in naming the disorder ‘selfitis.’” ’itis’ refers to an inflammation,” APA said, ‘ and since the taking of selfies and posting them on the Internet is really more of an addiction than an infllamation, the more correct term for it should be ‘selfism.’As in alcoholism, the addiction to alcohol.Still other medical experts say selfitis was also accurage because it involves the ‘inflammation’ of the ego. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 31/05/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/05/31/selfitis-american-psychiatric-association-admits-it-used-wrong-term-to-describe-mental-disorder/?share=email | Adobo Chronicles |
Donald Trump Scores Big: A-1 Performer To Grace His Inaugural | Just in! The Moscow Ballet has confirmed that it would be performing during Donald Trump’s January 20 Inauguration!This information was confirmed by WikiLeaks. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 07/01/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/01/07/donald-trump-scores-big-a-1-performer-to-grace-his-inaugural/?share=email | Adobo Chronicles |
SIX U.S. STATES, FOUR COUNTRIES IMPOSE TRAVEL BAN ON DONALD TRUMP | Six U.S. states and four countries which are home to some of Donald Trump’s real estate properties have decided to shut out the Republican presidential candidate by imposing a travel ban on him.The move was in response to Trump’s inflammatory statement calling for the banning of all Muslims from entering the United States.Nevada, New Jersey, California, Illinois, New York and Hawaii have issued a “no- entry” and “no-fly” advisory banning Trump from setting foot in their states. In addition to being hosts of Trump properties, the six states are also home to large Native American populations. Native Americans have declared Trump a persona non grata or undesirable, unwelcome citizen.The countries of Panama, Canada, India and the Philippines have also joined in imposing a travel ban on Trump.More states and countries are expected to follow suit.The states have said that the travel ban will remain in force until they find out what is going on with Trump. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 09/12/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/09/six-u-s-states-four-countries-impose-travel-ban-on-donald-trump/ | Adobo Chronicles |
KENTUCKY COUNTY CLERK KIM DAVIS UNDERWENT CONVERSION THERAPY! | conversion therapy. It is rumored that long before she married her first husband, Davis was a lesbian.In the early 1980’s , she underwent conversion therapy in an undisclosed town in Texas. She completed the process with flying colors and renounced her lesbianism to the delight of her conservative family and friends.Conversion therapy (also called reparative therapy) is any treatment that aims to change sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual. Such treatments have been criticized as pseudoscience and have been a source of controversy in the United States and other countries.Medical, scientific, and government organizations in the United States and Britain have expressed concern over conversion therapy and consider it potentially harmful. United States Surgeon General David Satcher in 2001 issued a report stating that “there is no valid scientific evidence that sexual orientation can be changed”. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 03/09/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/03/kentucky-county-clerk-kim-davis-underwent-conversion-therapy/?share=email | Adobo Chronicles |
Bong Go Unmuted! | Special Assistant Bong Go is one of the most recognizable faces next to President Duterte himself. He’s seen everywhere the President goes, handing over a note or whispering something to his ear. But almost nobody has ever heard his voice.Until now.Today, Go appeared before a Senate hearing where he mesmerized the crowd with his eloquence and his forceful voice. The audience couldn’t hold back the applause after his opening statement.It’s Bong Go unmuted. It’s a great day! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 18/02/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/02/18/bong-go-unmuted/ | Adobo Chronicles |
Jennifer Lawrence Defends Butt Scratching Comment, Cites Pope Francis | Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence came under intense fire for her live television comment regarding butt-scratching on a sacred rock while filming in Hawaii.HERE is what she’s said.Today, however, Lawrence defended her comment by saying that ” if Pope Francis can say ‘sh*t,’ then why can’t I say ‘*ass?’ ”Lawrence was referring to a comment recently made by Pope Francis in which he compared media spreading fake news to ‘excrement.’“Is there a double standard here, just because I’m a sinner and the Pope is a saint,” Lawrence asked her critics. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 09/12/2016 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/12/09/jennifer-lawrence-defends-butt-scratching-comment-cites-pope-francis/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
WATCH: Senator Miguel Zubiri challenges Trillanes to a fight | Senator Migz Zubiri took offense to the accusations of Senator Antonio Trillanes against him and his colleagues that they are ‘whitewashing’ the Bureau of Immigration bribery scandal.In a televised interview Senator Trillanes accused Senator Zubiri and Gordon of trying to ‘whitewash’ the BI scam probe.During the Senate Session No. 50, Senator Migz Zubiri delivered a privilege speech denouncing all the claims of Trillanes during the televised interview.He was also insulted after Trillanes called his colleagues who voted against him as “defender of the faith” which means allegedly defending President Rodrigo Duterte.In response, Trillanes admitted that he really intended to offend Zubiri.“If there’s an action, there is a counter reaction. That’s what happened when they blocked the referral to my committee. Therefore they should expect me to react on the matter. And I’m glad that the gentleman took offense because in fact the statement was meant to be offensive,” Trillanes said.Trillanes also brought back the cheating allegation of Zubiri in 2007 elections leading to his resignation in 2011.Trillanes also said that Zubiri wanted a war, he must prepare to have war and he will not back down to him.After bringing up the cheating allegation against him, Zubiri also brought up the treason and rebellion issue against Trillanes and hinting the motives of Trillanes to destroy the image of former Vice President Binay and alleged secret bank accounts of President Rodrigo Duterte.“I never cheated. I was cheated in behalf of the Team Unity. The gentleman was also accused of rebellion and treason. He was lucky the former president pardoned him,” Zubiri said.“I’m one of the amiable senators of this chamber but if you pick a fight, I didn’t become world champion in arnis for nothing. Come out here, don’t say it in the media,” Zubiri challenged Trillanes.Because of the heated exchange between the two Senators, Senate President Koko Pimentel suspended the session.After that, Zubiri confronted Trillanes and their colleagues including Senator Pacquiao pacified them. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-01-18 01:13:10+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/watch-senator-miguel-zubiri-challenges-trillanes-fight/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
Under His Presidency, Trump Will Outlaw Hanukkah, Kwanzaa | When Donald Trump said last week that we “can say Merry Christmas again,” it seems he really meant it. But sources close to his son Donald, Jr., told The Adobo Chronicles that the president-elect has a more elaborate plan on reviving and preserving White Christmas.We were told that as president, Trump would outlaw other holidays usually observed and celebrated at about the same time as Christmas. Yup, he’s talking about Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.Hanukkah celebrates faith and resistance against oppression and is observed mostly in the Jewish community.Kwanzaa is Swahili which means “first fruits.” Celebratated mostly in the African American community, Kwanzaa focuses on faith, creativity and working together to solve problems and improve society.A spokesperson for Donald Jr. said that his father’s plan comes altogether, perfectly — all aimed at his campaign promise to “make America White again.”You get who you vote for. Say “Happy Holidays” one last time. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 24/12/2016 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/12/24/under-his-presidency-trump-will-outlaw-hanukkah-kwanzaa/ | Adobo Chronicles |
What Leni Robredo Regrets This Jose Rizal Day | Today’s Rizal Day, a national day commemorating the martyrdom of the Philippines’ national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, began with the ceremonial honors and wreath-laying at the hero’s monument in Luneta.The ceremonies were led by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte.Vice President Leni Robredo was there, too, but with no starring role, unlike in last June 12’s celebration of Philippine Independence Day.At the Independence Day festivities, also held at Luneta, Duterte missed what was supposed to be his first Independence Day celebration as President. He had urgent things to do that day.So it was Robredo who led the ceremonies, leading to that viral photo showing her making that awkward hand salute. Many critics not only scoffed at her hand gesture but also pointed out that only those in military uniform should be making a salute.So why is Robredo disappointed despite being at Luneta for Rizal Day?In an ambush interview by The Adobo Chronicles with Robredo’s right-hand woman extraordinaire Georgina Hernandez, she intimated that the Vice President had practiced making the correct and proper salute since June 12, hoping that she can rectify her error come December 30.But alas, Duterte was there and did just perfectly with his hand salute, while Robredo watched from a distance holding back her tears. “That could have been me,” she was heard whispering as the President saluted the flag and the Rizal Monument. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 29/12/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/12/29/what-leni-robredo-regrets-this-jose-rizal-day/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
Facebook Shuts Down The Onion’s Page! | The Onion, considered the father (or mother) of fake news is the first victim of Facebook’s crackdown announced earlier by Mark Zuckerberg.Zuckerberg announced a 7-point plan which he says will combat the spread of fake news on the popular social network.Many people have complained and speculated that the proliferation of fake news in recent months influenced the outcome of the November 8 elections in which Donald Trump won the presidency through the electoral college votes. Hillary Clinton, however, won the popular vote.In announcing the closure of The Onion’s Facebook page, Zuckerberg said, “we are gunning for the big fish here, and what could be a bigger fish than the publication and online ‘news’ site that started this monster called fake news.”Zuckerberg said that next in line to be shut down is the New Yorker’s Borrowitz Report, another big-time purveyor of fake news.As for The Adobo Chronicles, Zuckerberg said, “They’re small fish.”Gee, thanks Mark! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 19/11/2016 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/11/19/facebook-shuts-down-the-onions-page/ | Adobo Chronicles |
Leni Robredo is a ticking time bomb that was planted by the Liberal Party | When I saw Leni Robredo’s video to the UN, my first reaction was, did she accidentally swallow a bottle of glutathione? Why is her face so white all of a sudden? If you look at pictures of her from a year ago, you’ll see that she looks so different now. Different hair color, different skin color, different way of dressing, different way of speaking. I never bought her “” story when she was campaigning, but even I didn’t anticipate that she would succumb to the lure of fame and fortune so quickly and absolutely. She has sold her soul to the devil, and there’s no coming back.Some people who used to support her are now sighing about howshe is, how they thought she would be a good VP because she was “modest”, or how they tried to give her a chance even if they knew she didn’t really win the elections, because they thought she could “balance” out Duterte, and they’d rather have her than Bongbong Marcos.When will these people ever learn that their irrational, emo thinking always leads to the wrong decision? How does being “modest” qualify one for the job of Vice President? How can a no-accomplishment neophyte whose party cheated to make her win be more acceptable than a former dictator’s son who, by the looks of things, was the real choice of our countrymen, whether we like it or not?The greatest danger that faces our President and our country today is not ISIS, or the Maute Gang, or the drug lords, or the narcogenerals. It’s Leni Robredo. She’s a ticking time bomb that was planted by the Liberal Party one step away from President Duterte, and she is the reason why Duterte’s enemies are so confident about challenging him. Leni Robredo is the insurance policy of the drug lords. She is the get-out-of-jail card of Leila de Lima.We must all unite to take this ticking bomb out and throw it into a pit, as quickly as possible. There is no middle ground. No “sayang naman siya, let’s give her a second chance”. Listen up, emos: The “modest” person you’re feeling sorry for never existed. Leni Robredo may only be a puppet, but she always had a taste for the glamorous life. That’s why she so willingly traded her soul to be a celebrity. She is an impostor who needs to be called out in the strongest possible terms. Save your sympathy for the people who really need it–the millions of ordinary Filipinos who will be deprived of their last chance at a better life if this woman and her backers succeed in ousting President Duterte.------------------------This is a GRP Featured Comment. Join the discussion | [] | 2017-09-11 20:53:26+00:00 | https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2017/03/leni-robredo-is-ticking-time-bomb-that.html | GRPundit |
Anti-Marcos activists brand Pinoy millenials 'stupid' after failing to 'educate' them. #NeverAgain | This is something the anti-Marcos forces are always having a hard time to counter, though they will never admit it. It is good that there's rightist and [rightness] around quickly offering a counter-view for the other side of the coin, so to speak. And, easily, by contrast, any reader could see how impoverished and cynical their views are.No big wonder really why, despite all their efforts, the Millennials could not be drawn to their side even if they knelt and begged. So, for their failure to even understand where their arguments fizzle, they resort to simply branding the Millennials as stupid and gullible, and slamming down opinions like yours as sophisticated lies peddled by highly-paid propagandists under the payroll of the Marcoses.--------------This is a GRP Featured Comment. Join the discussion!http://www.getrealphilippines.com/blog/2016/03/marcos-red-scare-martial-law-retrospect/#comment-1634534 | [] | 01/05/2017 0:00 | https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2016/03/anti-marcos-activists-brand-pinoy.html | GRPundit |
Hottest Trumpets Challenge by cute Pinays compilation | In case you've been living under some rock or have been avoiding social media these past few weeks, there's a new dance craze going on Pinoy social media. And no it's not Gangnam Style. It's Trumpets by Sak Noel.But if you're just a regular social media user then you've probably watched the Trumpets Challenge videos of the hottest Filipino celebrities like Jennylyn Mercado and the Sexbomb Girls. But have you watched the hottest amateur girls from all over Philippine social media?We're talking about the likes of the ones pictured below:This:And this:And these two:And most of all this one:Well, don't worry. We've got you covered for we have found a collection of clips featuring non-celebrity girls doing the said dance craze. Please, help yourselves to the hottestbelow. | ['Vic Patnugot'] | 2018-02-09 23:55:38+00:00 | http://pinoynewsblogger.blogspot.com/2016/06/hottest-trumpets-challenge-by-cute.html#comment-form | Pinoy News Blogger |
US Senator who accused of toppling Venezuelan government met with Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV | Republican U.S Senator Marco Rubio confirmed that he met Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes IV yesterday.The two discussed PH-US alliance, combating corruption & protecting human rights amid the illegal drug crisis in the country.“Senator @ TrillanesSonny & I discussed U.S.- # Philippines alliance, combating corruption & protecting # humanrights amid their narcotics crisis.” Rubio’s press team said in a tweet.Senator @TrillanesSonny & I discussed U.S.-#Philippines alliance, combating corruption & protecting #humanrights amid their narcotics crisis — Senator Rubio Press (@SenRubioPress) October 17, 2017But several bloggers doubt that the two Senators who both criticized President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs talked about these issues.Sass Rogando Sasot was intrigued by the meeting between Rubio and Trillanes because the Republican Senator was accused of plotting a regime change in Venezuela.“So Senator Trillanes met with Senator Rubio. That’s interesting. Because Rubio and the CIA were just recently accused by Venezuela of plotting to have a regime change there: “Venezuela’s senior leaders charged Sen. Marco Rubio and the CIA of plotting to topple the government of President Nicolás Maduro” Sasot said in her post.RJ Nieto of Thinking Pinoy also got information from his sources that Sen. Trillanes told the U.S legislators that the killings in the war on drugs still continue and the only people who are targeted by the cops are the poor people.“The source said he told the legislators that the killings continue and that the poor are the victims. He also asked the legislators to convince Pres Trump not to come to Manila. Per the source, he will go around think tanks in the next few days.” Thinking Pinoy said in his post.He also said that Trillanes met with some US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers.President Duterte claimed in several of his speeches that CIA is plotting to assassinate him because of his policies in the government and anti-US statements.“A very highly placed source from the diplomatic community told me that Sen. Antonio Sonny Trillanes met with some officers of the US Central Intelligence Agency. Trillanes is currently in the United States.” Thinking Pinoy said.Nieto is also the first who informed the netizens about the visit of Senator Trillanes in U.S.Last year, Senator Rubio is one of the three U.S senators who condemned the killings during the Duterte administration’s war against illegal drugs.“Rather than address the systemic problems related to the country’s drug crisis, invest in treatment programs, or approach the epidemic with an emphasis on the health and well-being of the Philippine people, President Duterte has instead pledged to kill another 20,000 to 30,000 people, many simply because they suffer from a drug use disorder,” the senators said in the letter.Several months ago, the Venezuela’s senior leaders charged Sen. Marco Rubio and the CIA of plotting to topple the government of President Nicolás Maduro.“What this group is trying to do with Venezuela is basically divide the government, recognize other leaders and foment a conflict with the Venezuelans, this is totally unacceptable,” Valenzuela Foreign Minister Carlos Ron said.For more visit: Senator Antonio Trillanes IV met with U.S politicians | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-10-18 22:38:55+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/us-senator-accused-toppling-venezuelan-government-met-sen-antonio-trillanes-iv/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
The Truth about Duterte News | DUTERTE NEWS is our very owned contribution to amplify the message of the President. This is a blog discussing about Digong and anything that affects his life and the nation. For security, some names are withheld but some of the writers agree to publish their names on most of our articles.It aims to direct the information to all the Filipinos who are thirsty for real change. We are writers who believe that only Mayor Rody Duterte has the ability to bring this country to the real promised land. We are humans. We are bloggers. We hate fakenews. We hate trolls.Like our page on facebook >> Duterte Daily Stories | [] | 2016-06-10 11:37:59+00:00 | http://duterte.today/about/ | Duterte Daily Stories |
Why Leni Robredo Is A “Loser” To Pinoys | The votes have already been counted and it seems that Leni Robredo “should” be our rightful vice president. She won by a margin of a few million votes against Senator Bongbong Marcos, perhaps the LP’s most hated vice presidential candidate. But while just about every ceremony has been done to honor Leni Robredo and allow her to finally become vice president of the Philippines, there has been a lot of opposition against her vice presidency and more than a bit of hate thanks to the suspicion of cheating on the part of her party and her allies, the LP, who are also quite well-hated for their incompetence and mismanagement of the Philippines in the last six years.Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve chosen to support Bongbong Marcos during the previous welcome but, while you may find this hard to believe, if Mrs. Robredo would just clear up the discrepancies surrounding her. Look, I know when I’m soundly beaten but to be beaten through unfair and unproven means is something else entirely. I have seen this form of injustice being prevalent in the Philippines all too often even in the smallest of competitions such as children’s contests to full on sports challenges and, I must admit, I simply cannot stand for it. It is all too often this attitude of casually cheating the system that has time and time again ruined us as a culture.If anyone can remember, there was once a Nursing Board Exam leak that happened just a few years back that caused quite a stir. I have taken the Nursing Board Exam and am a little embarrassed to admit that I actually failed both times so I know just how difficult preparing for and, most importantly answering, the exam actually is. However, after said leak took place, it seems that the results of the exam were invalidated and the test-takers required to retake the test. There was a lot of anger and a lot of arguing to go with that anger but, in the end, many of the said students retook the exam anyway.With the example mentioned above, much as I, or just about any other Filipino voter would like to give the “cheating” accusation a rest against Mrs. Robredo, the suspicion will always be there until she actually agrees to clarify it. What’s worse is that whenever her detractors call her out on her cheating, the only thing she and her allies have to say is “prove it”, instead of agreeing to a full probe of the issue and perhaps a manual recount to once and for all prove that the accusations of cheating against her is false.Again, I would like to state that I would have no qualms of supporting Leni Robredo when she finally becomes vice president but, her blatant refusal to allow for any kind of investigation only creates more suspicion in the long run. If she is really adamant about her innocence, then she should have no qualms regarding the clearing up of a discrepancy or misunderstanding. If she wants her vice presidency to be unquestioned, then she should be willing to make sure that her victory is authentic. | [] | 2016-06-10 11:37:59+00:00 | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/06/leni-robredo-loser-pinoys/#comments | Get Real Philippines |
Stupid legacy: PNoy threat to launch ‘people power’ if Duterte and Marcos Jr win | I showed the “Duterte rape joke” video to guys not in the internet on three occasions, family drivers, tryke drivers, construction workers. The reaction was unanimous that Rodrigo Duterte (DU30) was not cracking a necrophiliac joke, nor was he promoting rape. They interpreted “dapat na-una mayor” as “tarantado kayo, mas tarantado ako”. It was to them a rape joke alright, but as I already suspected, not about rape per se, but in advanving his machismo image. So, I understand now why the audience laughed.I will speculate that in the next survey, we will see a decrease in number in the ABC crowd, which has been his forte, but perhaps not that much since this segment, I guess, is more interested in a protest vote or a vote of disgust with the incumbent. On the other hand, he might have picked up votes in the D and E since the tabloids have picked up on the story.DU30 now concentrates his campaign on the National Capital Region (NCR), Cebu, and Mindanao, and he is well on his way to the palace by the Pasig River. Bongbong Marcos (BBM) has also cementing his lead via Luzon and the NCR, concentrating on labor groups where he has gained much support of even those who used to be dissidents of Martial Law (ML).If ever, it is Grace Poe who would have gained from Duterte’s rape joke scandal because the favorability survey of Mar Roxas and Jejomar Binay are in the scale of hate. People are just repulsed by these two.But what is more worrisome now is that President Benigno Simeon Aquino III (PNoy) said he will lead a people power uprising if a DU30-BBM win happens. This is not an empty threat. He might not have people since his favorability rating is now zero in NCR and his Laglagan Party will no longer be there. Unfortunately, his core group remains. These bastards think the Philippines is all about them and all for them. They created a bubble economy to prop up their image, but really not to help the country. They will now incite havoc to burst that bubble. They can do that easily. PNoy has demonstrated his capability for treason just to advance themselves as he did in his now-infamous Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) project.A DU30-BBM tandem will hit the ground running, and PNoy has to be careful or he will likely end up in jail. DU30 will resist every provocation to declare ML as this will only prove PNoy correct. But, the amount of chaos that will be created will be a measure of the extent to which the stupidity of PNoy will go. A stupid president will leave a stupid legacy. Just wish the likes of Raffy Alunan, Dante Liban, Roman Romulo, etc. instead of Pacquiao, Villanueva, Hontiveros, etc were in the Senate to help, but it seems the Senate will be more of the same, and it could be another problem.So people will rejoice that change has come on May 9, but that change might not be beautiful in first two years because PNoy that early period could serve as a testing phase for PNoy’s on-going post-presidential stupidity. | [] | 2016-04-20 00:57:40+00:00 | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/04/stupid-legacy-pnoy-threat-launch-people-power-duterte-marcos-jr-win/#comments | Get Real Philippines |
Bomb plan in Magdalo HQ, a dirty trick against Duterte | There is a verified report relayed to me that after the failed black propaganda efforts against leading presidential candidate Rody Duterte, a group of dirty tricks operators will undertake the bombing of the Magdalo headquarters either late today or early tomorrow morning as part of a dirty tricks effort.The bombing has been planned to create the impression that the Duterte group is composed of hot-headed members capable of employing terrorism to support their candidate.An intelligence report forwarded to me a few minutes ago by former military men associated with Senator Antonio Trillanes said the bombing is planned to be undertaken today or tomorrow.The information said two men riding tandem in a motorcycle will pass by the Magdalo headquarters where Trillanes will be holding a press conference and lob a grenade.“You have to reveal this information otherwise the Duterte camp will once again be blamed for this act of terrorism,” the informant told me.The bombing was hatched after the black propaganda campaign against Duterte, including allegations that he kept hundreds of millions in accounts with the Bank of Philippine Islands, were proven to be false.Trillanes has earlier charged that Duterte was keeping accounts with the BPI with an estimated P211-M.BPI officials, however, informed Duterte’s lawyer Salvador Panelo yesterday that there is no P211-M deposited in Duterte’s accounts and that bank records showed that there has never been any deposit in that amount since the accounts were opened years ago.BPI officials also denied that the documents brandished by Trillanes during a press conference last week listing hundreds of millions in deposits in the alleged accounts of Duterte came from the bank.They added the the Trillanes papers were not bank documents. | Emmanuel PiñolAny thoughts on this dirty tricks? Leave your comments below! | [] | 2016-05-03 12:56:50+08:00 | http://duterte.today/bomb-magdalo-dirty-trick-duterte/ | Duterte Daily Stories |
Davao Mayor Duterte calls Senator Trillanes a barking dog | PDP-Laban Standard Bearer Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte calls Trillanes a Barking Dog.According to the interview, Senator Trillanes approached the Davao Mayor and asked if Mayor Duterte wants him to become his tandem in the upcoming 2016 Presidential Elections.Trillanes said that Grace Poe is experienced and Binay is a very corrupt man so he likes Duterte to become his partner, but Mayor Duterte refused because he is still undecided if he is going to run for presidency at that time.“I have the pictures that will prove that Sen. Trillanes asked me if I want him to become my Vice President” Mayor Duterte said in an interview that held in General Santos City.When the reporter informed Duterte that Senator Trillanes is criticising the Mayor again, Mayor Duterte answered “Senator Antonio Trillanes is a barking dog”Now Senator Trillanes is criticising Mayor Duterte because he believes that the Duterte’s Presidency will become a nightmare in our country. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-01-17 17:05:12+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/davao-mayor-duterte-calls-senator-trillanes-a-barking-dog/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
LOOK: Photos of Filipinos, Duterte in Singapore that irk Yellowtards | President Rodridgo Duterte went to Singapore to meet its Prime Minister Lee Hseing Loong. Surprisingly, thousands of Filipinos fell in line and gathered in Singapore Expo to see Duterte.These photos of the dutertards in Singapore will surely irk the eyes of the yellow armies who have been torturing the image of the President since he got the Presidency. Despite of some Media blurring the facts, Tatay Digong remains favorite of the Majority. WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: | [] | 2016-12-19 18:19:27+08:00 | http://duterte.today/look-photos-filipinos-duterte-singapore-irk-yellowtards/ | Duterte Daily Stories |
MILEY CYRUS IS LAST-MINUTE CHOICE TO SING OSCAR-NOMINATED SONG ‘LET IT GO’ | ‘Let It Go,’ from the Disney animated film ‘Frozen’ is considered by many as the frontrunner to win the Oscar for Best Song.Composed by Filipino American Robert Lopez and wife Kristen, the nominated song was all set to be performed live for the first time by singer/actress Idina Menzel who was the voice behind the film’s Queen Elsa. But things happen. Menzel has come down with the flu and will not be able to perform at Sunday’s Academy Awards show.But no worries, Disney producers have chosen a replacement to sing the song at The Oscars: Miley Cyrus. And it will be a very elaborate production, Disney style. The Adobo Chronicles learned that while Cyrus will not be twerking like she did at the last MTV Music Video Awards, she will be chained to a sculpted block of ice wearing the same outfit she wore at the MTV show, which means practically nothing. The ice is timed to fully melt by the time Cyrus ends the song. Then she will be “let go.”A national organization called Moms For Wholesome TV is planning to picket the awards show at the Dolby Theater to protest Cyrus’ performance. “The Oscars are supposed to be a family-oriented show, and to subject our young kids to more of Cyrus’ runaway x-rated performances is just unacceptable and immoral, especially if she sings a nominated song from a kids’ movie,” the moms said. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 25/02/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/02/25/miley-cyrus-is-last-minute-choice-to-sing-oscar-nominated-song-let-it-go/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
Daylight Saving In The U.S., Two Additional Calendar Months In The Philippines | As Americans prepare to gain back the hour they lost this year due to Daylight Saving Time, Filipinos are gearing up to welcome an additional month to their yearly calendar, thanks to Senator Tito Sotto III.A bill requiring employers in the private sector to give their employees 14th-month pay every year has been filed at the Senate.Sotto filed Senate Bill No. 2 which provides that all non-government rank and file employees should be entitled to a 14th-month pay aside from the regular 13th-month pay they receive every year. (Yes, the Philippines already has 13 months in the existing calendar!)Is it any wonder then that most Filipinos look younger than their actual age? They get an extra month before they turn a year older. If Sotto’s bill passes, they get an extra two months. Not to mention extra pesos in their pockets. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 01/08/2016 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/08/01/daylight-saving-in-the-u-s-two-additional-calendar-months-in-the-philippines/?share=email | Adobo Chronicles |
Maria Ressa Elected President Of The Foreign Correspondents Association Of The Philippines | Rappler is putting behind the controversy over the barring of its star reporter Pia Ranada from entering Malacañang.As suggested by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Rappler was still free to cover the President by joining the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (Focap).That’s exactly what Rappler CEO Maria Ressa did, and as soon as her online news source signed up with Focap, she was unanimously elected the new president.Congratulations to Ressa, but condolences are also in order. By joining Focap, Rappler all but admitted that it was foreign-owned.Case closed as far as the SEC decision to cancel Rappler’s media license is concerned.Moral of the story: you can’t have your cake and eat it too. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 21/02/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/02/21/maria-ressa-elected-president-of-the-foreign-correspondents-association-of-the-philippines/?share=email | Adobo Chronicles |
WATCH! BIAS MEDIA HINDI PINAPORMA ni PANGULONG DUTERTE! IPINAHIYA sa SARILING TANONG! | TINURUAN ng ENGLISH! BIAS MEDIA HINDI PINAPORMA ni DUTERTE! IPINAHIYA sa SARILING TANONG!So what can you say about this one? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below, and don't forget to share this post to your family and friends online. And also, visit our website more often for more updates. | [] | 21/08/2018 0:00 | http://www.newsmediaph.com/2017/06/watch-bias-media-hindi-pinaporma-ni.html | News Media PH |
Spox Harry Roque Confirms: Duterte Is In A Comma | Despite the live video shared by Special Assistant Bong Go showing Rodrigo Duterte having dinner with a lady guest, Spokesperson Harry Roque has confirmed that the President is, indeed, in a comma.Roque told The Adobo Chronicles:”When the President said that he is thinking of stepping down, his statement did not end with a period, but continued with a comma. The phrase following the comma was: ‘if security officials find the right successor.’Well, this should put all speculation to rest, as in a period. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 21/08/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/08/21/spox-harry-roque-confirms-duterte-is-in-a-comma/?share=email | Adobo Chronicles |
Netizen writes open letter to Sen. Rubio after meeting with Sen. Trillanes: “Only a moron can be fooled by a fool.” | A Pro-Duterte blogger has a message for Republican Senator Marco Rubio who recently met with Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes Iv in Washington.Atty. Bruce V. Rivera wrote an open letter to Rubio to express his disappointment for entertaining a senator who according to him, ‘has no credibility at this point to talk about corruption and protecting human rights’He said that Filipinos managed the affairs of their own country in the same of how Rubio managed his affairs.Rivera also pointed out that the Florida state represented by Rubio also suffering in drug problem and it also became the entry point of drugs from South America.Despite of that, Rivera didn’t called out Rubio for that problem.However, the lawyer was utterly disappointed when Rubio blocked the PNP contract for purchases of guns just because he believed in the claims of Senator Antonio Trillanes.He also reminded the Senator that if he cannot protect his own people, don’t try to meddle with other country’s affair by making the information that he received from a ‘rebel-turned-senator’ as basis.This is the whole letter of Bruce V. Rivera to Sen. Rubio:Dear Senator Rubio, Let me make this very, very clear. The Philippines is an independent state thus, openly twitting about your conversation with a Senator who has no credibility at this point to talk about corruption and protecting human rights only shows that you are the problem. Only a moron can be fooled by a fool. You see, we manage our own affairs in the same way you manage your affairs. The state you represent, Florida has a 53.3% rate of middle school students who have tried drugs. And we do not call you out on that. Your state has been the entry point for drugs from the Latin Americas and we do not judge you on that. And yet, you shelved our PNP contract for the purchase of guns because you only listened to a senator known for making up stories and fabricating witnesses. The US comprises 5% of the world population but 25% of the people in jails are Americans majority of whom are Blacks and Latinos. If you cannot protect your own kind, do not branch out to a country whose information you know of is from a rebel-turned-senator. It is so hypocritical.This week, Senator Rubio confirmed that he met Senator Trillanes in Washington to discuss different topics including the alliance between Philippines and United States.Several bloggers also reported that aside from Rubio, Trillanes also met with other U.S politicians and several CIA officers.Source: | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-10-19 12:51:54+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/netizen-writes-open-letter-sen-rubio-meeting-sen-trillanes-moron-can-fooled-fool/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
LOST AND FOUND: POPE FRANCIS’ SKULLCAP NOW SELLING ON EBAY | As if a heavenly sign from the Holy Gust that the Pope has arrived in the Philippines, the skullcap of Pope Francis was blown away by strong winds as he stepped out of the Sri Lanka plane that brought him to Villamor Airbase in Manila.The skullcap was lost, but is now found. On eBay.The starting bid was One Million Pesos, but in just a little over an hour, the highest bid has reached Ten Million.An investigation by The Adobo Chronicles has traced the leading bid to a jail cell in Fort Sto. Domingo in Santa Rosa, Laguna, a few miles south of Manila.That’s where pork barrel scam mastermind businesswomen Janet Lim- Napoles is being held. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 16/01/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/01/16/lost-and-found-pope-francis-skullcap-now-selling-on-ebay/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
“Sa inyo na yan” President Rodrigo Duterte declines UP honorary degree | President Rodrigo Duterte humbly declines the Honorary Degree offered by University of the Philippines amid the protest of some U.P students against the U.P board of regents.Some students said that President Duterte doesn’t deserve the award because he “challenges basic human decency, discourages public dissent, promotes a culture of impunity, and lauds extra-judicial killings”In his statement, President Rodrigo Duterte said that since he was a mayor of Davao City, he didn’t accepted any awards given to him by any organization.“With due respect to the University of the Philippines, I do not accept even when I was mayor. Di tayo tumatanggap as a matter of personal and official policy. I do not accept awards,” Duterte said.Wala sa pagkatao ko. Di ko nirereject to use reject…I simply declined.” He added.President Duterte is known for rejecting awards like the World Mayor Award and he also allegedly rejected the honorary degree offered by University of Peking to him during his visit in China last year.Pro-Duterte bloggers even urged the President before to reject the honorary degree offered by the University of the Philippines.They also slammed the students who rallied against President Rodrigo Duterte, despite of the fact that the President is known for rejecting awards.Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte also said that President Duterte “does not give a heck with any “honorary degree” simply because he knows he did not worked hard for such a degree.” | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-04-19 20:59:26+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/sa-inyo-na-yan-president-rodrigo-duterte-rejects-honorary-degree/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
Divorce Cases Pile Up In Manila | A strange phenomenon is happening in Manila. In just the last few weeks, divorce cases have piled up in the courts which is very unusual for a Catholic country like the Philippines.The Adobo Chronicles launched an investigation into this phenomenon, interviewing the spouses who initiated the divorce cases.We discovered a common denominator among those who filed cases: their spouses had, at one point, checked in at a Manila hotel — Victoria Court.Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the hotel raffled off new iPhone 7’s among those who have recently checked in at their property. Then, it posted the names of the lucky winners on a giant billboard for all the world to see. It was inevitable that the winners’ wives and husbands saw the billboard as they drove along Manila’s major thoroughfares.Moral of the story: don’t give away iPhone 7’s! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 25/07/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/07/25/divorce-cases-pile-up-in-manila/?share=email | Adobo Chronicles |
U.S. Battleship Sent To Philippine Sea! | In what is being described as the first direct U.S. military intervention in the disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea, USS Indianapolis is heading to the shark-infested waters in this Asian region.General Nicolas Cage is commanding the special mission.More on this developing story. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 27/08/2016 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/08/27/u-s-battleship-sent-to-philippine-sea/ | Adobo Chronicles |
Davao City is celebrating their 15th new year without any “firecrackers” | Since Davao City is already banned firecrackers 15 years ago, party horns or “torotot” are in demand among locals to welcome the New Year.Every December 31, the city has been holding the “Torotot Festival” to greet the new year without any damages or injuries because of the firecrackers.The firecrackers is very unsafe to everybody and many lives was destroyed because of this mini explosives that’s why Mayor Duterte and the city government of Davao decided to end the firecracker tradition on Davao City 15 years ago.“They are just wasting money and there is also a possibility that someone will get hurt because of the irresponsible use of firecrackers”This ordinance shows success after they announced that Davao City is injury-free every new year.“Torotot Festival is one of the greatest way to show that every people’s new year in Davao City can become enjoyable even without the dangerous firecrackers”Mayor Duterte also announced a P5,000 bounty for anyone who could pinpoint anyone firing a gun during new year celebration. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-01-01 05:35:57+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/davao-city-is-celebrating-their-15th-new-year-without-any-firecrackers/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
This Baby Was Abandoned and Left By His Mother With A Heartbreaking Note That Says Huhuhu | via Barangay 92.9 Kalibo FMWhile many people struggle to have a child, some just can't handle being a parent and would prefer to give away their unwanted kids. This is a problem that is not uncommon but still stings the heart of those hears or read about it.Take for example the story of this baby that was found beside a vehicle in Aklan. The poor little boy was abandoned by his parent because, apparently, the parent can't raise him. That was what the note found with the child said.According to the Visayan radio station, Barangay 92.9 Super Radyo Kalibo, which is the first to report the incident, the baby was found beside a parked vehicle in New Washington, Aklan. In the note that was found with the boy, it said that he was born on March 31, 2017. He was not given a name yet aside from the nickname Baby Cute that was also stated in the note.The note also asked that the child be loved and be taken good care of by whoever who will find him. In the final sentence of the note, it read "Many netizens felt pity for the child while many more was enraged by the parent's inability and being irresponsible. Lots of people was moved by the news and has expressed their sympathy for the child. Some even pledge that they will donate help.Poverty is known to drive people to do unpleasant things. Some rob, many work in extreme labor with meager pay and in the most impoverished parts of the world, parents euthanize their kids so that they won't have to suffer the pain of living a life in extreme poverty. | ['Vic Patnugot'] | 26/11/2016 0:00 | http://pinoynewsblogger.blogspot.com/2017/05/this-baby-was-abandoned-and-left-by-his.html#comment-form | Pinoy News Blogger |
Pork barrel politics undermines separation of powers principle #pdafscam #porkbarrel | One of the central aspects and critical component of a functioning democracy is the sparation of powers and the checks and balances it thereby affords – which clearly does not operate in the philippines – and pork barrel/pdaf is one of the key reasons – if not the primary reason -, creating an unholy alliance between the govt and senate/congress based upon a financial stick and carrot approach, ensuring the legislature compromises its function of 'watchdog', and largely reducing its legislative role to a rubber stamp. Furthermore it institutionalises the practice of 'bribery' and debases the principles of integrity and honour, which is also a very scarce commodity in philippine politics.Pdaf/pork barrel really is a major road block to any form of progress as it ensures nothing fundamentally changes in terms of dynasties, low quality of politicians, patronage politics, corrruption culture, turncoat politicians and a general lack of accountability, or even the need to listen to the voice of the people, as clearly evidenced by the current lacklustre response from all and sundry in malacanan and the senate.Source:http://getrealphilippines.com/blog/2013/08/pork-barrel-redux-dbm-secretary-abad-confirms-douchebaggery-as-official-administration-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-125721 | [] | 26/11/2016 0:00 | https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2013/08/pork-barrel-politics-undermines.html | GRPundit |
This October, ‘Inferno’ Movie To Be Shown In The Philippines, Except Manila | The film version of Dan Brown’s novel, ‘Inferno’ will be shown in theaters throughout the Philippines this October. But not in Metro Manila.The Alliance of City Mayors of Metro Manila (ACMMM) has unanimously agreed to ban the Tom Hanks starrer from being shown in theaters in the metropolis.It will be recalled that Brown’s novel labeled Manila as “the gates of hell,” a designation that upset millions of Filipinos.Film producers appealed to ACMMM to reconsider its ban in the interest of free speech and the arts.Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada told The Adobo Chronicles that the only way ACMMM will lift its ban is for the film producers to add a disclaimer at the beginning of the film that says: “The events and dialogue about Manila in this film refers to the time of the previous administration of President NoyNoy Aquino. Under the new Duterte administration, change has come. Manila is now the ‘stairway to heaven.’There is no indication thus far as to whether or not the producers will agree to the ACMMM demand. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 28/08/2016 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/08/28/this-octoberinferno-movie-to-be-shown-in-the-philippines-except-manila/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
BREAKING: Pulse Asia gives 86% trust, approval ratings for Duterte | Despite all the controversies, Filipinos seem to like what they’re seeing so far in the three-month-old administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.This, after the firebrand President garnered lofty scores of 86 percent on both trust and approval ratings.Independent pollster Pulse Asia conducted its survey from September 25 to October 1 on some 1,200 adult respondents.Three percent of the respondents told Pulse Asia that they disapproved of Duterte’s performance while another three percent said that they had “small or no trust” in the Chief Executive.Not surprisingly, Duterte, a former Davao City mayor, received the highest approval rating in Mindanao with 93 percent.This was followed by Visayas (88 percent), Balance Luzon (84 percent), and National Capital Region (80 percent).Some 11 percent of those surveyed were undecided on both the questions of approval and trust. | [] | 26/01/2018 0:00 | http://www.pilipinasonlineupdates.com/2016/10/breaking-pulse-asia-gives-86-trust.html | Pilipinas Online Updates |
Inquirer editors are wrong: It was De Lima, not Dick Gordon, who suffered a meltdown | The official yellow tabloid, also known as the “”, came out with an editorial against Senator Dick Gordon today.Gordon’s crime? Calling out Leila de Lima’s crap at the last Senate hearing.In the fantasy yellow planet thateditors live in, it was Gordon, not De Lima, who lost his sh*t and screamed like a lunatic, hence the op-ed title “Gordon’s meltdown”.According to the, Gordon “tried to shame De Lima that angered many people watching the televised hearing”.That’s not a misprint. Thereally wrote that.Perhaps the PNP should include the Inquirer office in their next Oplan Tokhang visit. These hallucinating editors make shabu addicts look like models of sobriety.Theeditors love to misrepresent the truth because they think ordinary people are too stupid to see through their lies.But who are the real stupid ones? Ordinary citizens like us, or theLet’s look at the facts, based on the actual video of the Senate hearing below.1. Who had a meltdown, Gordon or De Lima?Watch 5:52:09 to 5:54:00 of the video, and see who ranted like a wild animal, then stormed out of the session hall while shouting “I’m walking out! I’m walking out!”Was it Gordon, or De Lima?2. Was there “material concealment”?In 5:47:50 of the video above, Trillanes read what Matobato said about his kidnapping case, based on the transcript:.”Notice Matobato did not mention that it was Makdum’s wife who filed a kidnapping case against him. This was a deliberate omission.But someone at the Senate already knew this juicy tidbit—Leila de Lima.De Lima admitted that she interviewed Matobato on Sep 2, nearly two weeks before he first testified at the Senate on Sep 15.In 5:06:39 of the video above, De Lima said this is what Matobato told her during that interview, based on her notes:“A criminal case for kidnapping was filed against him (Matobato) by Makdum’s live-in partner or wife Mirasol Marquez.”So, was there “material concealment”?Hell, yes!De Lima knew all along that Makdum’s wife held Matobato responsible for her husband’s disappearance. But despite knowing this, De Lima let Matobato pin the blame on President Duterte, in front of the global media!Moreover, Makdum’s wife is the cousin of Matobato’s wife, so Matobato’s claim that he didn’t know Makdum, and only followed orders to kill him, was a total lie.Worse, De Lima only admitted that she knew Makdum’s wife filed the kidnapping case after the Davao policemen already exposed it. She was forced to admit it so Matobato would not be accused of lying to the Senate.There you go,. The joke’s on you.Senator Gordon, please don’t take this sitting down. Fight for what is right and what is true. Don’t let the yellow media bully you. The yellow media are dying. You don’t need to please them. Be on the side of the people instead, because we are watching everything, and we have our own voice now through social media.Senator Gordon, don’t let De Lima and Trillanes off the hook just because it’s politically expedient. They need to pay for what they’ve done. Take a stand. Give your privilege speech and expose their grand deception. Millions of us are behind you. We are counting on you to make sure justice is done. The Filipino people and our President deserve no less.This is your moment of truth, sir. Bring back the fearless Flash Gordon!----------------------This is a GRP Featured Comment. Join the discussion | [] | 26/01/2018 0:00 | https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2016/10/inquirer-editors-are-wrong-it-was-de.html | GRPundit |
I believe that there is really somebody there, my presidency is really destiny says Duterte | President Rodrigo Duterte told businessmen that he wasn’t bothered by rumors that he won’t finish his six-year term in Malacanang because whether he gets killed in one year or ejected by lawmakers in two years, he believed it was all part of God’s plan.“If i cut short of my presidency or if I’m ousted next year, that is part of my destiny as president only for one year. If I get assassinated then that is part of God’s plan that you be there for only two years or one year and you die,” said the President.The President had earlier claimed that the Central Intelligence Agency has ordered a hit on him for his rabid anti-America rhetoric and that the “yellow army” was moving to impeach him.“If I’m ousted fine, wala naman akong ginastos. I don’t have to worry about millions of loss dahil wala kong pera. I will not die if I don’tcompete the six years,” said Duterte.That he won even without the help of the kingmakers from business proved that God had planned it all, according to Duterte. | [] | 15/04/2018 0:00 | http://www.pilipinasonlineupdates.com/2016/10/i-believe-that-there-is-really-somebody.html | Pilipinas Online Updates |
The bailiwick excuse: More signs of electronic electoral fraud! #BBM4VP | The Robredo camp gave an explanation that the reason why Marcos took an early lead is that his bailiwicks where the first that were transmitted.David Yap and I find this explanation unsatisfactory.Let us zero in on the 75% transmission when there was a glitch, after which Robredo began to overtake MarcosIf the argument is that prior to 75% transmission, Marcos bailiwicks constituted the bulk of the votes, then shouldn't the increases in his lead have tapered off as the transmission rate neared 75%? In fact, this was not the case. The increases in Marcos lead over Robredo were steady from 1% to 75% transmission levels. Now, if we assume that the Marcos bailiwick size to be at approximately 30% to 35%, then simple logic will dictate that such would have been exhausted long before the 75% mark. And if his bailiwick support tapered then his lead increases should have tapered LONG before the 75% mark.If the argument that after the 75% that there were no more Marcos bailiwicks were true, then the northern corridor should have had full 100% transmission rates. This is not true given that there were transmission problems in the North.Furthermore, if the bailiwick support for Marcos only started drying up at the 75% mark then the diminution of Marcos' lead should have been gradually increasing, not steady.In addition, if they argue that the first 75% would be the bailiwicks of Marcos, it behooves to ask why is it that the increases were steady? Would it not have been more logical that his votes steadily increased and then tapered downwards later? Why are his votes steadily moving up at a constant rate?And if they keep arguing in this way, then where is the randomness of the transmissions? Are they now saying that there is a duality that the 75 percent mainly came from Marcos bailiwicks while after that, all were now coming from Robredo bailiwicks?-----------------Posted by Antonio Contreras on Facebook:https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10205321216224080&id=1658231410 | [] | 15/04/2018 0:00 | https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-bailiwick-excuse-more-signs-of.html#comments | GRPundit |
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION MAKES IT OFFICIAL: ‘SELFIE’ A MENTAL DISORDER | including ‘selfitis.’BREAKING NEWS!! Apple, Samsung, Nokia Set To Eliminate Front-Facing Cameras From Their Smartphones. Read the news story.UPDATE: APA Defends Its Use of ‘Selfitis’ Terminology. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 31/03/2014 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/03/31/american-psychiatric-association-makes-it-official-selfie-a-mental-disorder/ | Adobo Chronicles |
MTRCB Member Mocha Uson: How and Why | So earlier today, Mocha Uson was appointed to the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) as a board member. Reactions are mixed; jubilant among Mocha’s followers and full of shock and anger among her critics, especially the young Tweeting millennials. I’m not shocked at all for my part.I’ve been saying this to people for weeks. Months, probably. The moment you tried to shut her down with that stupid petition to close down her Facebook page is the moment she cements her fame. Of course Mocha has risen. What are you all people so shocked about?Jesus. The media, the political elites, the millennials, you. Ohh! Jaw on the floor. How can everyone be so stupid?Which takes me to the mainstream media. What were these people thinking? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a fan of Mocha. I’d personally listen to Lucifer than Mocha Uson. Mocha Uson, the blowjob-teaching, hatemongering, extrajudicial killing-denying, shit-spewing demagogue. So, how terrible have you got to be to lose to her?People keep asking “How did this happen?” But oh, it’s so simple! The mainstream media and the intellectuals did this. The mainstream media, once the primary source of information, now stands for very little. What the hell did they think was going to happen when our supposed sources of information have been cozying up to money interests and dry humping politicians for years?And next time I see one more Tweet complaining or shocked about Mocha Uson’s appointment, I’m gonna drop a fucking bullock! Not everyone who follows Mocha Uson is an idiot or a Dutertard. Some of them are, but most aren’t. Most people abandoned mainstream media and followed Mocha not because they’re stupid, but because they abandoned mainstream media because mainstream media offered no credible information sources, no palpable change, whatsoever. Same old shit! Mocha represent an alternative, a terrifying alternative but an alternative nonetheless.And mainstream media, represents, well as I said before it represents very little. This is something the anti-Duterte group has failed to understand. When will we learn that the key is discussion? Do we have to wait for Mocha Uson to be elected to the Senate before we realize that arguments are not won by hurling labels and insults?Every time you call someone a Dutertard or support a petition to shut down the Facebook page of someone who disagrees with you, you are creating the conditions in which Mocha Uson and people like her can thrive.But instead of engaging people properly, you all just resorted to labels and insults, calling everyone who disagrees with you a Dutertard or a Macoytard. You just shared on Facebook a millennial ranting about the drug war, and you just re-Tweeted witty one-liners from famous Tweeters. Then Mocha Uson still remained standing. What’s going on!? It’s almost as if the political acumen of Ethel Booba counts for nothing!And then you people lose it, then lock yourselves in your room and keep Tweeting about it because you’re too upset, or perhaps it had never occurred to you that you are responsible for Mocha Uson’s rise to fame! Grow up! I have no sympathy for you, whatsoever! Be better in political engagement!It’s time to stop crying. It’s time to stop moaning. It’s time to stop ignoring your opponents or worse, trying to silence them! It’s time to stop thinking that sharing a news article is a form of political engagement. It’s time to stop thinking that sharing a millennial’s rant on the drug war somehow achieved something!It’s time to actually engage in the political process. It’s time to stop hurling labels and insults. Engage people who think differently to you and talk to them. Debate them. Persuade them of your argument. Because if you don’t, Mocha Uson will not be the last rise to fame that you people will be ranting over. | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2017-01-05 18:22:35+00:00 | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/01/mtrcb-member-mocha-uson/ | Get Real Philippines |
Confessions in the lead up to the 2016 Philippine elections | It has been a year since I started writing under a pseudonym. My main impetus was really to be able to talk freely and participate in online political discussions. When you have friends and family who currently or previously worked in government, it is more considerate to go by an alias when you are airing critical views.I also could not resist making a crack at the weird (and I use the term in the Macbeth sense, with awe and fascination) Philippine political blogosphere which seemed dominated by people who I found…unconvincing. Particularly, from my perspective some of these widely followed writers and bloggers wrote just to promote and defend the current administration. It was natural that my online politicization begin in the familiar, among the people whose background I share. Unfortunately the people in my milieu seemed still to be stuck in 1986, particularly many in the “intellectual liberal” class, and many from my old alma mater, the Ateneo de Manila.Many Filipinos online, even those I knew who were in academe or possessed expensive educations, appeared to lack the ability for critical reading and thought. Never mind the concepts of GDP and debt ratios, they were suckers for the most outrageous claims and arguments. (For example, do we really believe unemployment in the Philippines is 6%, when France has an unemployment rate of 10%?). This made them easily manipulated and controlled. They would believe stories from fake news sites and repost them unwittingly. This, when even the mainstream media was a minefield of bias, of editorials masquerading as news.Confession time. As a former yellow army foot soldier myself, I voted for Pnoy and I now know that was a mistake. It took me as long as Mamasapano to actually say enough is enough. It took me awhile to care enough to take a second look at what was really going on in the country. As a banker I found it odious the way people were ignorantly buying the Aquino government’s claims of economic miracles when these were achieved on the back of OFWs and a global low interest rate environment. Despite the successful spin, the Aquino administration was woefully short on significant reforms on the economic front. Having lived with economics and statistics my whole professional life, I know the only numbers that matter are jobs and less starving Filipinos, and this administration has been woefully inadequate by both measures.But Filipinos are not anything if not stoic and forgiving. Many a mistake over the past 6 years would have brought governments down in other countries. The last straw was the lack of empathy of Aquino himself. He forgot that aside from being Head of Government, he was also Head of State, a national symbol and rallying figure for unity. Like a character in a Greek tragedy, he was brought down by these traits of his character, destined to act the way he did. In reality, that was the only way he could act. It was his nature. The arrogance was just icing on the cake. In Aquino’s entitled upbringing, so out of touch with the rest of the country, I saw myself. I realized the apathy I felt was the polar opposite of the activism and desire for a better country that we all shared thirty years ago.Now here we are, a day before a very important and dramatic election. The polls and surveys indicate a Duterte win. However you think of Duterte, there is no denying the new ideas that were thrown into the national debate because of his candidacy. Some of these were topics I already believed in, but was doubtful any politician would ever pick up. Topics like system change, constitutional reform, federalism and parliamentary form of government, all are overdue for national consideration. But majority of Filipinos are unaware of these concepts, or else too stuck in the paradigm of an American-style democracy. It was exciting to see the huge and emotional grassroots support Duterte was getting from a large segment of our nation which had previously been excluded, or excluded themselves from national politics. Duterte followers have myriad and various reasons for choosing him, but all share the same feeling in their gut that drastic change needs to happen.However which way you vote tomorrow, I wish you peace. I would also like to thank the people who agreed and disagreed with me over the past year, people who liked and commented on my blog or on FB posts. For the people who I offended or irked, I can only say that I was also offended and irked at times, so even stevens. I learned a lot from all of you. There are those of you who write with passion, and humor, and heart. I hope you all keep it up for the good of the country.See you at the polls. | [] | 2016-05-08 14:15:38+00:00 | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/05/confessions-2/#comments | Get Real Philippines |
Bill Out: Senator Trillanes Leaves Senate With A Hefty Bill | Senator Antonio Trillanes IV left his Senate office past 10 a.m. Saturday morning after staying there for 25 days as he faced arrest following President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to void his amnesty.This after a Makati court on Friday deferred issuing an arrest warrant against the former Navy officer for coup d’etat charges filed against him for his role in the 2003 Oakwood mutiny.As he checked out of the Senate, Trillanes was handed a bill by the chamber custodian for a totl of P220,550. (The amount is greater than the P200,000 bail the Senator posted following his arrest upon orders of Makati RTC Branch 150.) The breakdown:Lodging : P1,598/day x 25 days =P39, 950Cleaning Fee: P500/day x 25 days = P12,500Water Consumption: P300/day x 25 days = P7,500Electricity: PP500/day x 25 days = P12,500Internet Fee: P624/day x 25 days = P15,600Security Fee: P1,000/day x 25 days = P25,000Corkage fee (for takeout food and beverage): P300/day x 25 days = P7,500Miscellaneous charges: P100,000 totalTOTAL BILL AT CHECKOUT: P220,550The Adobo Chronicles asked the Senate Custodian for the basis in charging the lodging fee of P1,598. He said that it was based on the average nightly rate at Sogo Hotels in Metro Manila. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 30/09/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/09/30/bill-out-senator-trillanes-leaves-senate-with-a-hefty-bill/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
MICROSOFT, APPLE ENGAGE IN CONDOM WAR (PARENTAL GUIDANCE) | Microsoft’s Bill Gates has announced that his foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to a university in Australia to research and produce skin-like condoms as a way to encourage more people to have safer sex, thus reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases.Gates said he understands that the overwhelming objection to the use of condoms is the fact that sex partners can’t feel the true sensation they otherwise would get from unprotected sex. The skin-like condoms are expected to be ultra thin while still being break-free.Reacting to the news, Microsoft’s main competitor Apple said that it will purchase the skin-like condoms in bulk to use in the manufacture of its next generation iPhone and iPads. Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the skin-like condoms would make for effective and durable film for its iPhone and iPad screens. “They would make touch screen technology a true state-of-the-art while still affording mobile device users the ability to feel the natural sensation of the finger touch,” Cook said. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 05/09/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/09/05/microsoft-apple-engage-in-condom-war-parental-guidance/?share=email | Adobo Chronicles |
President Duterte appointed Leni Robredo to Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) | President Rody Duterte decided to give a government position to his Vice President Leni Robredo.Rody Duterte would appoint Leni Robredo to Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) she will be in charged with main function of coordinating the activities of the government housing agencies to ensure the accomplishment of the National Shelter Program.According to Communications Secretary Martin Andanar President Rody Duterte offered to give Vice President Leni Robredo a position in his Cabinet and they chose the HUDCC.Netizens lauds Rody Duterte and labeled him as a “Unifying President” for giving a position to his Vice President that came from his opponent political party.Supporters of Leni Robredo is celebrating because President Rody Duterte finally accepted his VP as his partner in managing the country.“I know, Bongbong Marcos supporters are still angry because of the final election results, but we must accept it already, the election is already over, we must move on so we can become busy in building the nation, let’s unite” One of Leni Robredo Supporters said to our source.Leni Robredo is not yet giving any statement about this. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-07-07 18:20:48+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/president-duterte-appointed-leni-robredo-housing-urban-development-coordinating-council-hudcc/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
Mocha Uson gets her own TV Show every Sunday night | Mocha Uson finally got her first own TV show every Sunday Night on DZRH News titled “Mocha Uson Blog, Boses Ng Ordinaryong Pilipino”Because many people believes that she is now the voice of the ordinary people who supported President Rodrigo Duterte, DZRH News chose her to have a TV Show that will focus to the issues here in the Philippines.It will also give a chance to the Netizens to expressed their opinions on the TV Show of Mocha.According to her post, the show of Ms. Uson will invite ordinary citizens to expressed their thoughts on television.Netizens congratulated Mocha for her newest achievement and they are hoping that Mocha helps many ordinary people to express their voice.You can watch the Mocha Uson Blog, Boses ng Ordinaryong Pilipino on DZRH News Television, Sunday – 6PM in Channel 18 (Cignal Nationwide), Channel 03 (Cable link Metro Manila) and Channel 129 (SkyCable Metro Manila, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna & Bulacan.You can also watch it via livestream on Facebook and Youtube. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-01-28 10:51:37+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/mocha-uson-gets-tv-show-every-sunday-night/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
Leni Robredo’s Chilling Twitter Announcement: She’s Leaving Office Of The Vice President | Many saw it coming: Leni Robredo is finally leaving the Office of the Vice President. This, amid speculation that she is about to lose the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos.”It’s better to leave while still in grace,” her spokesperson Georgina Hernandez told The Adobo Chroncles.Robredo’s chilling announcement was made on her Twitter account where she said she was leaving her office for the House of Representatives.Does that mean she will once again run for Congresswoman?Stay tuned! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 25/07/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/07/25/leni-robredos-chilling-twitter-announcement-shes-leaving-office-of-the-vice-president/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
Diver who sent by the police found a terrifying thing at the bottom of the lake | Do you believe that some mysterious creatures is living underwater and waiting for a victim.This short film about a scuba diver who was sent for a retrieval operation in a certain lake which was considered as full of mystery and a crime scene. As he goes deeper with only flashlight with him, he found creepy things submerged underneath like hollow blocks, a baby stroller and an antique leather shackle.After seeing these terrifying things, he saw a horrifying creature that looks like a human, looking directly at him. The creature immediately disappear in the dark waters.Because the diver knows that he is already in danger, he tried to swim back towards the boat waiting for him, but he was shocked as he saw that the shackle is already tied to one of his feet.The diver was found dead after a week of search and rescue operation and recovered the still functional action cam the he used during the mission, they saw the footage and horrified after seeing the “one last dive” of their colleague.After the incident, the place is now closed to the public and only the police and military is allowed to go near the lake. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-01-30 19:41:43+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/diver-who-sent-by-the-police-found-a-terrifying-thing-at-the-bottom-of-the-lake/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
Adobo Chronicles’ Guide To Mutual Respect And Decency On Social Media | We may be of different political leanings, but we can always agree to disagree, and do so in a respectful and decent manner.The pro-Aquino/Liberal Party and pro-Duterte folks have been hurling the terms ‘ Yellowtards’ and ‘Dutertards’ at each other for a long time now. These are words that are derogatory for real people who suffer health-related developmental challenges, so we should refrain from using them when debating on social media.As a public service, The Adobo Chronicles has come up with a simple guide to mutual respect and decency on social media and we hope that all Filipino netizens, whether they are pro or anti-Duterte, follow these simple rules:AVOID USING ‘YELLOWTARDS’Instead, use: Yellow Corn, Jaundiced, or Yellow Ribbon. When inclined to use photos or graphics to criticize the anti-Duterte folks, use any of these:AVOID USING ‘DUTERTARDS’Instead, use: Red Rice, Sapin-Sapin. When inclined to use photos or graphics to criticize the pro-Duterte folks, use any of these:(IMPORTANT NOTE: When using images of sapin-sapin, only use photos bearing the colors red, white, blue and yellow which are the colors of the Philippine flag.)As for Filipino Americans, refrain from naming Presidents Duterte and Trump directly. Instead, say ‘Darna’ for Duterte, and ‘Wonder Woman’ for Trump.Please feel free to share these simple guidelines to those who you think need it, and need it badly! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 03/06/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/06/03/adobo-chronicles-guide-to-mutual-respect-and-decency-on-social-media/?share=email | Adobo Chronicles |
Unbelievable: Witch Doctor 'Summons' Crocodile to Return Victim's Body | Crocodiles are known to be one of the most dangerous predators in the animal kingdom in the world. These giant lizards that often dwells in rivers and swamps could easily rip a human body as would a man could rip a fried chicken. Armed with sharp teeth and strong jaws, its prey have little to no chance at all at escaping when crocodile fall upon them.It's not uncommon for crocodiles to attack humans who who go near their haunt. They treat humans as they would treat other animals: a prey. And just like any of their prey, human victims often end badly mutilated and are almost impossible to identify.But this one incident of crocodile attack in Berau, Indonesia is quite different for the victim's body was not only found intact but it was returned by the crocodile itself after it was summoned by a witch doctor.According to reports, the 41-year-old man later identified as Syarifuddin was bathing naked at Lempake River together with some of his friends when he was snatched by salt-water crocodile. The huge reptile dragged him to his death and disappeared into the water.Relatives of the victim couldn't find him despite of their efforts and the help of local authorities. As a last resort, they decided to ask the help of a local witch doctor who was known to be a crocodile charmer. The witch doctor performed a ritual by the river and summoned the crocodile commanding the reptile to return Syarifuddin alive. After a few minutes, three crocodiles emerged from water, one of them carrying the victim's body in its jaws.While this story was hard to believe, there's this video taken by one of the onlookers.The police chief Inspector Talisayan Faisal Hamid also witnessed the incident and said that although Syarifuddin was returned dead, it was still weird that the crocodile would return its victim's body intact. | ['Vic Patnugot'] | 12/01/2017 0:00 | http://pinoynewsblogger.blogspot.com/2017/07/unbelievable-witch-doctor-summons.html | Pinoy News Blogger |
SMELLING FART CAN LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY | If you have been diagnosed with hypertension, or you simply experience an occasional elevation of your blood pressure, there’s good news (or bad, depending on how you look at it).Johns Hopkins University neuroscientist Dr. Solomon H. Snyder was able to prove in extensive research that hydrogen sulfide, a chemical found in fart, was proven to relax the blood vessels and prevent hypertension.But don’t throw away those blood pressure medications yet. Not until your next doctor’s appointment. But start looking for places where you can regularly hang out to to smell fart.Meanwhile, The Adobo Chronicles® learned that biotech giant Genentech is working on a new product that will soon be distributed worldwide. It will be marketed under the label ‘Fart in a Bottle.’ It comes with a spray pump that can be used to dispense the fart directly into the nostrils, just like the flu mist. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 04/07/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/07/04/smelling-fart-can-lower-blood-pressure-according-to-a-new-study/ | Adobo Chronicles |
Foreigners shows admiration to Duterte Despite of PH President’s remarks to US President Obama. | Despite of criticisms that President Duterte receives from the international community, some foreigners shows their support to the PH President’s remarks to US President Barack Obama.@nytimes The President is right, USA should stop trying to interfere with other countries problems and solutions. USA has own drugproblem. — wajapi (@wajapip) September 6, 2016@cnnbrk Obama frees drug dealers and Duterte kills them. @POTUS is scared. — Levi of Nazareth (@mtnsidelevi) September 5, 2016@FoxNews He is trying to clean the drug dealers out of the PI maybe we should take a page from his book — gordon (@grob_55) September 5, 2016Some foreigners understand that other countries must not interfere the Philippines War on Drugs and US must mind their own business instead of trying to control the President of the Philippines.President Duterte got some support from the American Donald Trump supporters and other foreigners.Some Netizens from other country wishes a Duterte-like President would become their PresidentThe controversial remarks happened before President Duterte flew to Lao Republic to join the other world leaders in ASEAN Summit, the PH President asked by a journalist from Reuters if Barack Obama asked Duterte about Human Rights Abuses during their bilateral talk.Meanwhile, President Duterte regrets his remarks on Obama and they said that the US and PH leader meeting will be held in the other day. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-09-06 15:52:03+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/foreigners-shows-admiration-duterte-despite-ph-presidents-remarks-us-president-obama/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
President Duterte admired in Russian Newspapers | President Rodrigo Duterte catches the attention of the Russian newspapers after the Philippine President warns Obama to avoid asking him about human rights.According to GJ Emeka Johnson a Russian Duterte supporter that currently living in Moscow, he was amazed and surprised that President Duterte is now famous in Russia after his controversial statement to US President Barack Obama.The short article says how Obama is afraid asking questions to President Duterte because he knows that he can make everybody speechless with his brilliant replies.According to GJ, the Russian Newspaper’s article is an evidence that President Duterte is already famous and recognized in Russia.The OFW that also working in Russia are happy to see Duterte catching the attention of the Russian Media.President Duterte said that he is willing to see Russian President Vladimir Putin if there’s a chance. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-09-08 00:16:49+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/president-duterte-admired-russian-newspapers/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
Rappler’s Pia Ranada faces Pro-Duterte bloggers in Russia and she asks: “Kailan ka hindi magiging fake news?” | Rappler’s Pia Ranada, one of the most criticized journalist by the Pro-Duterte bloggers and supporters was reportedly bad-tempered when she met RJ Nieto of Thinking Pinoy and Carlos Munda of Mindanation.According to the post of Thinking Pinoy, they saw Ranada walking in Moscow and he tried to approached Rañada nicely and even joked on when she would interview the blogger.But Rañada became annoyed when she met the blogger who criticized her several times because of allegedly writing misleading stories about President Rodrigo Duterte.“Uy Pia, kailan mo ako iinterviewhin?” Nieto asks Ranada.“Kailan ka hindi magiging fake news?” Ranada told Nieto.“Anytime!” Nieto said.Pro-Duterte bloggers were accused by several journalists of writing fake news to improve the image of President Duterte on social media.When asks by his followers, Nieto confirmed that Ranada exactly said that words to him and they felt that the Rappler journalist showed her fierce side behind the camera.When one of Nieto’s followers suggested that he and Rañada can became good friends, the blogger said that it’s already not possible.In his post, Nieto even called Rañada as SPO4 Pia “Conflict of Interest” Ranada to mock the journalist who also confronted by President Rodrigo itself several times.“Ito ang tumaba na rin. Si Pia Ayan sa kakasulat ng hindi totoo,” Duterte said to Ranada during one of their encounters.The confrontation between Pia and Nieto was a sign that there’s a bad blood between mainstream media journalists and pro-duterte bloggers. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-05-23 04:33:01+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/rapplers-pia-ranada-faces-pro-duterte-bloggers-russia-asks-kailan-ka-hindi-magiging-fake-news/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
PHILIPPINES SUCCESS STORY: FROM BUS TO AIRBUS | an Airbus 380.The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by European aircraft company Airbus. It is the world’s largest passenger airliner, and the airports at which it operates have upgraded facilities to accommodate it.Unfortunately, no airport in Nueva Ecija is big enough or equipped to accommodate the Airbus 380.So for now, the Baliwag Transit jumbo jet sits by a terminal at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. And travelers to and from Nueva Ecija will have to take the old reliable motor bus.It is a success story nonetheless! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 09/08/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/09/philippines-success-story-from-bus-to-airbus/ | Adobo Chronicles |
#BangkoSerye: Impeachment after Sampalan sa BPI Julia Vargas? (Part 4 of 4) | Sampalan sa BPI Julia Vargas (continuation)Ako ba ang nagsulat ng company policies ng BPI? Buang na ‘to.You provided an affidavit that clearly shows hearsay, you have shitty evidence, you have filed no court case, and despite all that, you want a complete answer? Gago ka ba? Baka mamaya, hanggang pagkamatay ng mga dinosaur e isisi mo pa sa akin, at ako pa hihingan mo ng ebidensiya to prove otherwise. Bobo ka na, ang kapal pa ng mukha mo. Natawag ka pa naman senador samantalang ang batas e di mo alam.Resign from the Senate for your own good. You know nothing about the law.Sonny, you will argue that I didn’t prove anything in BPI Julia Vargas.Maybe you’re right. But if your allegations were true, the Ombudsman and AMLC would be guilty of criminal negligence for failing to investigate those excesses, even if they had the all the bank information with them for years [Revised Penal Code, Art. 208].Accusing me of such crimes is the same as accusing Conchita Carpio Morales and every person in AMLC of dereliction of duty. You surely don’t want that, do you?No, Sonny, there will be no impeachment.Better luck next time, gago. Mas tuso ako sa iyo.Rights under the ConstitutionAssuming authenticity of documents, Trillanes used extrajudicial (i.e. illegal) means to acquire -- to search and seize (obtain) -- that information, squarely violating this right.Assuming authenticity of documents and without the issuance of a court order, Trillanes clearly violated this right, as the bank documents are a form of communication between Duterte and BPI.The rules of court demand burden of proof from the accuser, and this constitutional right is one of its justifications. Trillanes, despite being the accuser and despite the spurious evidence, wants Duterte to show evidence that may incriminate Duterte.Trillanes, along with the public, demanded that Duterte answer his allegations even without the issuance of orders from courts, the Ombudsman, the Sandiganbayan, or the AMLC. What’s worse, none of Duterte’s presidentiable opponents called out this travesty.And most importantly, it appears that everyone has pre-judged Duterte’s guilt based on unauthenticated documents released by a Senator with a shady reputation. It’s bad enough that he was assumed guilty until proven innocent, but justifying that unconstitutional presumption using questionable grounds makes it even worse.5 for 1?Grace, Mar, and Jojo, if you claim to be on higher moral ground, then you better be sure that you stay on it.I was right. The world has gone mad. We have a bloodthirsty mob asking a man to provide evidence of his own guilt. We have a so-called senator hurling an accusation then REQUIRING the alleged accused to prove his innocence. And in the heat of election fever very few people see what the fuck is wrong with that. Tangina.Is it any wonder then, why the powerless see this candidate as their savior?In #BangkoSerye: Impeachment after Sampalan sa BPI Julia Vargas? (Part 1 of 4) , TP detailed what transpired in BPI Julia Vargas. TP ended that article with a promise of an analysis in Part 2.In #BangkoSerye: Impeachment after Sampalan sa BPI Julia Vargas? (Part 2 of 4) , TP explained that Duterte’s SALN waiver covers all of Trillanes’ accusations. Thus, inaction from the AMLC and the Ombudsman implies the falsehood of Trillanes' accusation.In #BangkoSerye: Impeachment after Sampalan sa BPI Julia Vargas? (Part 3 of 4) , TP played the “What if I am Duterte” game by examining Trillanes’s and Panelo’s statements, and evaluating the events in BPI Julia Vargas. TP stopped midway through point number 6.In this final article of the Impeachment series, TP will continue where we left off. Let TP put the Duterte hat on again., BPI asked for 4 to 7 days to comply, and you accused me of delaying tactics., you wanted me to address the entire P2.4 billion allegation., using a shitty piece of paper as evidence and hearsay as testimony, any court of law would have easily dismissed your accusations for lack of merit.It’s time to take off the Duterte hat.In BangkoSerye, the fundamental issue is not corruption. Instead, it is the people’s right to information. That is, the people (Duterte’s political opponents, their supporters, and sway voters) want Duterte to recognize their constitutional right to know the truth [ Art. III Sec. 7 ].However, given last week’s developments, it appears that in the process of enforcing the right to information, Trillanes – along with the Filipino People – were amenable to trampling on at least five (5) of Duterte’s constitutional rights.Trampling on five rights for the sake of one: is this the kind of bargain that we Filipinos are willing to make?One of the most popular criticisms against Duterte is his alleged disregard for the rule of law. His opponents Roxas, Poe, and Binay, along with their supporters, have consistently milked these allegations for greater political mileage, presumably claiming that they stand on higher moral ground. That is, they claim to follow the rule of law while Duterte does not.However, in a desperate bid to win the presidency, these three presidential candidates – Poe, Roxas, and Binay -- condone blatant violations of five constitutional rights just to "defend" one.Poe, Roxas, and Binay shamelessly disregarded the rule of law to "uphold" the rule of law.Let me quote a part of NCCA Atty. Trixie Cruz-Angeles’s statement issued after the BPI Julia Vargas affair:Ironically, Duterte took the higher moral ground: he ignored the violation of his rights, just to be able to respect the Filipinos’ singular right to know.If that isn’t statesmanship, then I don’t what else it could be.You should give the old man some credit for that. (TP)Did you like this post? Help ThinkingPinoy.com stay up! Even as little as 50 pesos will be a great help! | [] | 14/09/2018 0:00 | http://www.thinkingpinoy.net/2016/05/bangkoserye-duterte-impeachment-case-BPI-Julia-Vargas-Part-4.html#more | Thinking Pinoy |
FIRST HISPANIC U.S. PRESIDENT? | Will a Hispanic succeed the first U.S. black president come 2016?The next presidential elections is shaping up to be a contest between a woman and a minority candidate.Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a likely Republican presidential candidate in 2016, self-identified as Hispanic in a 2009 voter-registration application, The New York Times reports, citing the application it obtained from the Miami-Dade County Elections Department.Hispanics in the U.S. are fast becoming a powerful voting block and could, in all likelihood, determine the outcome of the next presidential elections.The lone declared Republican presidential candidate thus far, Senator Ted Cruz, although born in Canada, is also claiming Hispanic roots. There is no denying his claim, what with a surname like that! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 06/04/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/04/06/first-hispanic-u-s-president/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
“Jessa” may arrest for destroying the image of the Starbucks after Dead Rat incident | The most famous complainant of Starbucks in the Philippines is possibly to face charges after her intention to destroy the image of the Coffee Shop GiantJessa is now criticised by the Starbucks fans for her intention to destroy the image of the famous coffee shop by getting the attention of the media and the people about the rat incident.Many people didn’t believe complainant and they said that Jessa is just seeking for money. There is also a chance that Jessa accused the wrong people about the rat the she found inside her coffee.According to the Netizens, there’s a chance that Jessa violates the law for saying untrue stories against the Coffee Shop Giant. According to the authorities, there is no big evidence that will prove the allegations of Jessa against Starbucks and there is also no witnesses that will help the complainant to win.But there is an evidence that Jessa may sue by the Coffee Shop for “Oral Defamation” or trying to destroy the image of the Coffee shop by making false stories.If she was found accused for destroying the image of the Coffee Shop, she may face tremendous amount of fine to pay for damages and may imprisoned for a long time.But Jessa is very confident that she is going to win the case against the Coffee shop and she knows that God is in her side. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-01-29 18:51:56+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/jessa-maybe-arrested-for-destroying-the-image-of-the-starbucks-after-dead-rat-incident/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
Martial Law Rice and Nuts | As soon as President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao, a political attack dog and hordes of leftist martial law crybabies came out and quickly denounced the declaration. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV says Duterte’s declaration is baseless and that it should have just been localized in Marawi City instead of the entire island of Mindanao. Leftist groups such as Bayan and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) have called for an immediate end to martial rule and suggested that the government should address the root cause of the problem instead of engaging in violence through martial law, which would only further strengthen US imperialist rule in the region. Frankly, I do not know whether to laugh or cry at these folks. We are given a stupid military strategy coming from a “Sundalong Kanin” on one hand and a conspiracy theory-laced vacuous approach coming from nutcase commies on the other.Sundalong Kanin ApproachTrillanes said:“In this case, we should reject, baguhin niya (Duterte) yung declaration niya na doon lang sa area of conflict.…Kating-kati mag-declare na hindi man lang binigyan ng kaunting panahon yung Armed Forces to give an assessment or control the situation bago mag-declare ng ganun.”First of all, nowhere in the Constitution does it say that the Armed Forces must first give an assessment or must control the situation before the President can declare martial law. Last I checked, the President is still the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and he has the sole power and responsibility to declare martial law if he deems it necessary to quell rebellion, lawless violence, invasion, as he finds it necessary. Also, if the situation is under control there is no logical need to declare martial law. I don’t know if Trillanes has been smoking crack or sniffing glue or something but the reason why martial law is declared is precisely because the situation is out of control.With regards to limiting the coverage of martial law only in Marawi Cit,y well as former Senator Kid Tatad said:“…since the anti-government forces are mobile, limiting the coverage of the proclamation to Marawi City would simply allow the Mautes to seek sanctuary in the neighboring provinces of Mindanao. So, if martial law were to be the answer, then declaring it in the whole of Mindanao, rather than in Marawi alone, would not be indefensible.”House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez agrees with the coverage of the recent martial law proclamation. He says:“Marawi is a very small place. If they transfer to a nearby province, then the president will have to declare martial law anew. That’s silly.”I guess it is no surprise that Trillanes would give a brain-dead suggestion on what area the military should cover in their fight against terrorist groups like the Maute and the Abu Sayyaf. If the allegations against Trillanes are true, that he never had any real combat experience and was mostly a pencil-pusher throughout his military career, then everything makes perfect sense. Perhaps his opposition to Duterte’s martial law declaration is not really coming out from his concern against military abuses but coming out from his role as a paid mercenary whose sole mission is to topple the Duterte government.Nut Commie ApproachThen, of course, we have the communists. Bayan Secretary-General Renato Reyes Jr. said:“…we oppose Duterte’s martial-law declaration because it is open to all sorts of abuses by state security forces notorious for human-rights violations. It is a blanket endorsement of so many abuses arising from warrantless arrests, searches and seizures and the filing of trumped-up charges. It threatens to unleash more violence against the people…The various armed conflicts in Mindanao are rooted in decades-old problems of poverty, inequality, discrimination and violations of the right to self-determination. These will ultimately require more than just a military solution. Martial law is not the answer.”Never mind how Reyes conveniently disregarded the measures in the current Constitution’s provisions on martial law that aims to minimize or prevent the abuses from Marcosian martial law, Reyes seems to imply that the government sees martial law as the final solution to Mindanao’s problems where in fact it is merely an emergency measure to quell violence and unrest in the region. Such fear-mongering from commie groups like Bayan seems nothing but a washed-up talking point merely based on anti-Marcos rhetoric. Last I checked, this is not the 1970s anymore. Kris Aquino has gone Hollywood and martial law doesn’t have the same teeth as it used to have.Another commie group, Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), says:“We have every reason to believe that the Marawi siege is a United States government instigated false flag operation in response to President Duterte’s recent moves to veer away from the US and build stronger relations with China and Russia.…we call on President Duterte to revoke his Martial Law declaration as it would only serve the interests of the US. With Martial Law in place and with top US henchmen DND Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, National Security adviser Hermohenes Esperon and AFP Chief of Staff Eduardo Año in command, the US has a stronger hold on the country’s political and military affairs.”You have to hand it to these nut commies. They can be quite good in spinning every issue to complement their anti-US rhetoric. I won’t be surprised if in the future they’ll spin Kris Aquino’s Hollywood gig into some secret US operation that would aim to put the Liberal Party back in power so that happy days will be back for America in Philippine affairs. I guess the problem with KMU’s conspiracy theory is that they seem to have forgotten that Duterte calls the shots and not the former generals they want to paint as US henchmen. So screw the facts and the Philippine constitution so long as their favorite boogeyman (America) gets vilified.Last, but definitely not the least, is the mother of all nuts – The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). The CPP has called on the immediate lifting of martial law in Mindanao and according to their official website:“The CPP calls on the Filipino people to vigorously oppose Duterte’s martial law declaration in Mindanao and demand its immediate lifting. They must unite all forces to oppose military rule in Mindanao and resist plans to impose all-out authoritarian rule in the country. They must carry out and intensify protest mass actions nationwide, banner the demand to end martial law, assert civilian rule and respect for civil and political rights as well highlight the basic demands of the workers and peasants and other democratic sectors.…In the face of the Duterte regime’s martial law declaration in Mindanao, the necessity of waging revolutionary armed struggle becomes ever clearer. Thus, the New People’s Army (NPA) must be ready to accelerate the recruitment of new Red fighters as Duterte’s martial law convinces more and more people to take up arms against the rotten system. The Party calls on the NPA to plan and carry out more tactical offensives across Mindanao and the entire archipelago.”A thorough look at the CPP’s statement shows that the CPP is not really concerned about peace in Mindanao. If they truly were then they wouldn’t be calling for more armed struggles yet their pronouncements belie their claim for wanting peace. They seem to be merely riding on the issue to use it as a propaganda tool for its recruitment campaign by using fear-mongering tactics. They also note that:“With martial law, Duterte has further emboldened the AFP to intensify its campaign of extrajudicial killings, abductions, torture, indiscriminate firing, military occupation of communities, forcible evacuation and hamletting of communities…”That is so rich coming from a group that routinely does extrajudicial killings, abductions, torture, occupation of private property and extortion of citizens.But let’s humor these rice and nuts folks for a moment and let’s pretend that they become successful in thwarting military rule in Mindanao. Since they love invoking history by talking about the horrors of Marcosian martial law, let us look back at history when the communists were able to stop military forces fighting against them. When America quit the Vietnam war Saigon fell to North Vietnamese communists. Around the same month when Saigon fell, the communist Khmer Rouge seized Vietnam’s neighbor – Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge then became one of the most ruthless and bloodthirsty regime in Cambodia’s history. At the end of the Khmer Rogue’s rule, somewhere between 2 to 3 million people were killed.So let’s suppose we heed the call of these rice and nuts folks and get Pres. Duterte to lift martial law in Mindanao, then what? What is there to stop terror groups like the CPP-NPA, MILF, Maute, ASG, ISIS and all these “loser” organizations from destroying life and property? Yet all they and their sympathizers can only come up with is a bumper sticker that says “Martial Law is not the Answer”.Geez… get real!(Image taken from a combination of google search and Kerry B. Collison Asia News)f | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2017-05-26 06:08:13+00:00 | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/05/martial-law-rice-and-nuts/ | Get Real Philippines |
New Presidential Teleprompter Automatically Bleeps Out Expletives | There were unfounded fears that President Rod Duterte would embarrass the Philippines during his inaugural address last June 30. But nothing like that ever happened, thanks to the new teleprompters purchased by the presidential palace specifically for use by the president.Duterte, oftentimes described by the media as the “foul-mouthed” mayor of Davao City, made his country proud at his oath-taking. Not only did he read verbatim from his prepared speech using a teleprompter, there was something else going on.For a brief moment, Duterte tried to go off-script, and many Filipinos feared he would start using expletives like he does during his media interviews.But Martin Andanar, presidential spokesperson, wasn’t a bit worried. He told The Adobo Chronicles today that the teleprompter used by the president was a custom-made equipment that automatically bleeped out any expletives coming from Duterte.Andanar assured the Filipino people that as long as Duterte uses these teleprompters for his speeches, no expletives will ever be heard from him.Change has indeed come! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 02/07/2016 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/07/02/new-presidential-teleprompter-automatically-bleeps-out-expletives/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
This Guy Was Put In Trouble By His Friend Because Of Their Hilarious Conversation! | Friends are those people we cherish in our because no matter what, they always have our backs. Through thick and thin, friends will always be there. They will always share your ups and downs. The best of them would do anything and would even risk their own skin just to be there when you need them the most.Friends are many things in our life and most often than not they will always try to cover for us. But that doesn't mean they are always efficient in such tasks. Take for example the conversation of these buddies that went viral on social media because one of them totally failed at covering for his buddy after a night of shenanigans.A certain Joshua Agatep was put in a very tight situation after his friend, Cladgedon Argawanon, insisted that they were out drinking somewhere the night before. It turns out the girlfriend of Joshua was behin him reading their conversation and ultimately busted them out.Cladgedon, the total effed up friend, started the conversation by asking poor Joshua if he got home just fine after their night out. Joshua, who has his girlfriend hovering above him while he texts, tried to play it off by denying that he did not went out drinking with Cladgedon. But it was folly as it did not work out all. Cladgedon insisted that he and Josh are together the night before not knowing that the GF is reading everything.Read their hilarious conversation below: | ['Vic Patnugot'] | 31/10/2018 0:00 | http://pinoynewsblogger.blogspot.com/2017/05/this-guy-was-put-in-trouble-by-his.html | Pinoy News Blogger |
Usec Mocha Uson Slams TIME Magazine For Use Of Duterte Image On Its Cover | Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s inclusion in the latest TIME Magazine cover story on “Rise of the Strongman,” drew varied reaction in the Philippines.Many Filipinos expressed pride in their President being lumped with other world leaders. Still others used the cover story to argue about their claim that Duterte is either Authoritarian or a Dictator.But Undersecretary Mocha Uson of the PCOO had a different take on the whole thing. She slammed TIME for using an unauthorized image of Duterte on the cover. The image shows the Philippine President wearing the same black coat and blue tie as the rest of the world leaders in the photo.”Duterte would never wear the exact attire as the world leaders, especially that blue tie,” Uson told The Adobo Chronicles. “TIME should have been more culturally sensitive by using an image of Duterte in his favorite Barong Tagalog,” she added.Or that checkered shirt, maybe? | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 04/05/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/05/04/usec-mocha-uson-slams-time-magazine-for-use-of-duterte-image-on-its-cover/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
Kris Aquino Film Makes It To Magic 8 For 2017 Metro Manila Film Festival! | It was very disappointing for former talk show host and presidential sister Kris Aquino. Her “dream Hollywood film project” ended up being a mere cameo role in “Crazy Rich Asians.” Not even a mention of her name in the official cast of the film.But not to worry. Aquino hit it big when her locally-produced film made it to the Magic 8 for this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival, slated from December 25, 2017 to January 7, 2018.The Film Festival entry, “Crazy Beach Asians” not only casts Aquino in the title role, but she also directs and produces this film which is expected to break all box office records.The film was orignally titled “Crazy B*tch Asians” but it was not approved by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB). “The festival is for all audiences,” an MTRCB spokesperson said.Aquino expects to sweep all the major awards at the Festival.Congratulations, Kris! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 27/10/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/10/27/kris-aquino-film-makes-it-to-magic-8-for-2017-metro-manila-film-festival/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
Dear Karen “Higher Intelligent (sic)” Davila | Okay sige tara na’t umpisahan na ‘to. Maglalaba pa ako.Del Rosario on Davila’s HeadstartMiss Karen Davila, the video below shows a self-confessed Philex stakeholder who's interviewing a self-confessed Philex stakeholder who's trying to convince the general public that risking a Philex-initiated war is good for the entire nation, where >99% are NOT Philex stakeholders.Miss Davila, tigilan mo nga kami. Huwag kang ANO.Posted by Thinking Pinoy on Friday, July 22, 2016Ganito, ha. Hindi ako pala-patol sa mga journalists dahil naniniwala ako sa kasabihang "Walang basagan ng trip." Iyan din ang dahilan kung bakit tahimik ako ng halos isang linggo tungkol sa issue na ito. Kaya lang kasi, Karen, lakas mo maka-uto e.Harapan mo na pinaglololoko ang taumbayan sa show mo. Pasensiyahan na lang dahil kapakanan ng taumbayan ang ipinaglalaban ko.Tara't umpisahan na.Karen, remember where you came from“It’s a free country and we are entitled to our own opinion. Let’s just keep the discussion on a higher intelligent (sic) level.”"It will be remembered as perhaps one of the lowest points in local TV journalism history: an anchor of a top network losing command and control of an interview during the live broadcast of a running political story.The scene of the disaster was the wake of action star Fernando Poe Jr. (FPJ) last December 16 (2005). ABS-CBN anchor Karen Davila cried on air after being rebuked by actress Susan Roces for her network’s alleged partisanship in its election coverage last year. Davila apologized on behalf of everybody in the station for whatever pain they might have caused the widowed actress.”At hindi pa ako tapos. Kalingkingan pa lang ng issue 'yan.The “Higher Intelligent (sic)” IssuesDid Foreign Sec. Albert del Rosario harbor conflicts of interest while he was DFA chief?Does Karen Davila (Yes, you) still have credibility when tackling the South China Sea issue?Del Rosario, First Pacific, and Philex PetroleumForum Energy’s unilaterally-approved 02 March 2011 Reed Bank (Recto Bank) seismic survey was met with fierce opposition from the Chinese government as Chinese patrol boats fiercely approached Forum’s survey ship while it was looking for hydrocarbons beneath Reed Bank [Storey 2011]. To aggravate the tense diplomatic situation, Forum Energy decided to complete the survey later that month [ABS]. This triggered the PH-China diplomatic crisis that persists to this day.Philex Petroleum controls Forum Energy PLC [BW]. Metro Pacific controls Philex Petroleum [WSJ]. First Pacific is Metro Pacific Investments Corporation’s parent company [EMIS].In short, First Pacific controls Forum Energy, the same company that triggered the diplomatic crisis that we are suffering right now.Del Rosario’s Conflicts of Interest“… del Rosario was appointed as Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines from February 2011 to March 2016… del Rosario joined First Pacific as an Independent Non-executive Director in June 2003 and served as a Non-executive Director from 2004 until March 2011. He re-joined First Pacific’s Board in June 2016. He is also a Director of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation and Indra Philippines, Inc., all of which are First Pacific Group subsidiaries or associate.”Del Rosario was a First Pacific Director from 2004 until March 2011. While still a company director, del Rosario was appointed as DFA Secretary in February 2011. He left First Pacific a month later, only to rejoin the company when President Aquino’s term ended in June 2016.What Del Rosario didDel Rosario was sworn in as DFA chief on 24 February 2011 [ABS]. Forum Energy unsuccessfully conducted the controversial Reed Bank survey on 02 March 2011 [Storey 2011]. Despite China’s opposition, Forum completed the survey on 23 March 2011 [ABS].All these happened in Del Rosario’s FIRST MONTH as DFA chief. Del Rosario cannot deny his complicity because the seismic surveys were conducted on disputed territory, an activity that obviously requires clearance from the DFA.Aba, kakaupo lang sa DFA, umariba na agad para sa First Pacific?That's strike one.PH-China diplomatic relations hit rock bottom just weeks after the Reed Bank Incident [TP: Trillanes]. China’s trust on formal Philippine diplomatic channels eroded, thanks to del Rosario’s imprimatur on the second Reed Bank seismic survey.Nagreklamo na nga ang China tapos, sa halip na kausapin niya muna, pinayagan pa niya ULIT ang Forum Energy na magkalkal sa Reed Bank. Nananadya e.Thus, we had to resort to informal diplomatic channels, also known as “backdoor negotiations”. And who did del Rosario appoint to be the DFA’s backdoor negotiator?Voila! It’s First Pacific CEO Manny Pangilinan [GMA].O di ba, nakipagtag-team pa si Del Rosario sa kakosa sa First Pacific?That's strike two.In his SALN filed in January 2012 [TV5], del Rosario listed Php 575-M in assets, where P 415-M are “investments in marketable securities”. These marketable securities include shares in:PLDT, acquired in various years starting in 1982 Metro Pacific Land, acquired 1998 Metro Pacific Investments, acquired 2007 Meralco, acquired 2009 Philex Mining, acquired 2009 Philex Petroleum, acquired 2011 It’s clear that del Rosario has personal business interests in MVP-FirstPacific companies.Ayan ha, isang taon na siyang DFA chief, may MVP stocks pa rin. Masama pa diyan, walang publicly-available SALN siya pagkatapos ng 2012. Convenient for him, di ba?That's strike three.What’s more alarming, though, is his shares in Philex Petroleum.Philex Petroleum’s stock’s debuted in September 2011, well into del Rosario’s foreign affairs stint [Inq]. Yes, we have a DFA Secretary who acquired during his DFA stint stocks from a company that has a direct interest in the South China Sea dispute.Hindi pa ba ‘to graft? Or worse, plunder?That's strike four.Del Rosario held on to these Philex Petroleum stocks all throughout his DFA stint. As of Philex Petroleum's 08 April 2015 disclosure [PSE], Del Rosario still belongs to its TOP 100 shareholders!Nakikipagnegosasyon si del Rosario sa China habang stockholder siya ng Philex Petroleum na nanggigigil sa Recto Bank? Ayos ah!That's strike five.With del Rosario’s blessings, backdoor negotiator MVP tried to strike a deal with state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) [Star]. Even President Aquino supported it [GMA]!Pera-pera lang, no?That's strike six.At some point before January 2013, the Department of Energy transferred to the DFA its authority to grant Recto Bank exploration and drilling permits [Inq].Sino nga ba uli ang may kontrata sa Recto Bank?That's strike seven.Then in 2013, DFA then extended Forum Energy’s Recto Bank exploration license by two more years [Inq].Ayan, may favor to First Pacific na naman. Sarap buhay, o.That's strike eight.Karen, n apapagod na akong maglista. Kulang pa ba 'yan sa yo kaya puro pacute na tanong lang ang ginawa mo kay del Rosario? Si Alma Moreno lang yata kaya mo e.Karen Davila’s Conflicts of InterestHuwag kang iiyak. Hindi ako si Susan Roces.DAVILA: I think I invested at one point in Philex Oil when Secretary Almendras said that there was oil!“When did Karen Davila hear Sec. Almendras say there’s hydrocarbon deposits in Reed Bank?”When did Karen invest?Ayan ha, 4 months na yan after Almendras’ announcement. Partida ko na sa ‘yo ‘yan.2012 Headstart with del RosarioNEVER IN THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW did you mention Recto Bank, despite its proximity the Panatag and Scarborough Shoals.NEVER IN THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW did you mention Recto Bank, despite your knowledge that Forum Energy got into a confrontation with the Chinese A FULL YEAR before the interview took place.NEVER IN THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW did you mention anything about Recto Bank, despite your knowledge that it’s a prime candidate for oil exploration.Was it because you were already owning Philex Petroleum shares?Was it because you were scared of hurting your financial interests?Was it because your financial interest in Philex Petroleum pays better than your job as a TV Host?Linggong-linggo, istorbo ka sa paglalaba ko.I am writing this article not for your sake, but for the sake of the Filipino people, because the public has the right to know. And yes, I am speaking to you as a member of the public, a public that will surely be angry and disappointed at you by the end of this article.Last week on ANC’s Headstart, you interviewed former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario about the South China Sea issue.A director of First Pacific, Del Rosario is currently plagued by allegations of harboring conflicts of interest while he was DFA Secretary, conflicts of interest that allegedly wreaked – and is still wreaking – havoc upon the Filipino People [ TP: del Rosario ].You were supposed to put him in the hot seat. Instead, with your help, last week’s Headstart turned into a long and winding Liberal Party political commercial.Let me direct your attention to this particular clip:In response to the del Rosario Interview, diplomacy practitioner Sass Rogando Sasot posted this:One of Sasot’s followers called your attention on the anti-del Rosario posts like these and you responded with:Sasot responded with:And you responded with:Let me re-type what you just tweeted:Karen, keep your ego in check. Have you forgotten 2005? If there someone who should show some humility, it should be you, the same you who almost managed to single-handedly obliterate ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs in the mid-2000s with that flubbed Susan Roces interview.And just to refresh everyone’s memory [ Newsbreak ]:Chay Hofileña, who is now part of Rappler, wrote that in 2005.Hofileña credited you for reaching “one of the lowest points in local TV journalism history” and here you are, swiftly brushing aside valid criticism as if you’re some journalistic monolith.Umayos ka, Miss “Higher Intelligent (sic)”.Notwithstanding, let me give you what you asked for. Let’s do that “higher intelligent (sic)” thing.There are two key questions here:Let’s deal first deal with del Rosario’s conflicts of interest, then I’ll deal with you afterward.Del Rosario’s Headstart guesting was his first major public appearance after the July 12 UNCLOS decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration [ TP: SCS Decision ]. That interview was the perfect opportunity for the public to dig deeper into what brought us into this humongous diplomatic mess [ TP: Yasay’s Face ].An opportunity that was, thanks to the “higher intelligent (sic)” you, sorely missed.But first, here's a background.Now, let me show the part where del Rosario comes in.Now, let’s cite del Rosario’s profile straight from the First Pacific website [ First Pacific ]:Okay, let’s recap:In short, in all the years surrounding his DFA stint, del Rosario had serious influence over First Pacific, and vice-versa.The Indonesian Salim Group controls First Pacific, where Anthoni Salim is Chairman and Filipino businessman Manny V. Pangilinan (MVPs) is Managing Director and CEO [ FirstPacific ].MVP’s meteoric rise in the 2010s? He has the Salim Group to thank. MVP money is Salim money, after all.Ok, let’s go back to del Rosario. This is where things start to go really, really wrong.Let’s list down what del Rosario did, in chronological order.Now, we have EIGHT concrete examples of how del Rosario's conflict of interest affected his decision-making as DFA secretary.Still isn't obvious enough, Miss “Higher Intelligent (sic)” Karen Davila?That's still a "Patriot" for you?Miss Davila, what your show needs is not “higher intelligent (sic)” discussion. Instead, it needs “higher intelligent (sic)” researchers. Or worse, a “higher intelligent (sic)” host to replace you.But I am not yet done. I have discussed del Rosario's conflicts of interest, and it's now time discuss yours.Karen, this is where it gets more interesting.From that same 2016 Del Rosario Headstart interview:Let me quote what you said on national television:Now, let me analyze that statement under a “higher intelligent (sic)” microscope. First, bluffing about such an important issue would be a very stupid thing to do on national TV. That would contradict your being “higher intelligent (sic)”, so you were telling the truth. In short, this means you really invested your money on Philex Petroleum shares.Second, you said you bought Philex Petroleum stocks after Almendras said there’s oil in Reed Bank. “Oil” is a catch-all word for hydrocarbon deposits, i.e. it colloquially refers to both crude oil and natural gas.Consequently, the logical question to ask would be:DOE Sec. Almendras said in June 2011 that his department was studying the possibility of offering the Recto Bank (formerly Reed Bank) area for oil and gas exploration, de facto saying that there’s oil in Recto Bank [ TV5 ].Assuming that this news was not good enough for you, would you like another one?Almendras then confirmed in mid-November 2011 that a new natural gas find in Reed Bank would indeed dwarf the Malampaya oil fields [ Star ].You, being one of this country’s “higher intelligent (sic)” citizens, should have already heard “Sec. Almendras say there was oil” by the mid November 2011.You should have bought Philex Petroleum shares by January 2012 at the latest?Would that be a reasonable conclusion?After all, stock prices soar in response to very favorable company-related information. Being a “higher intelligent (sic)” journalist, you would know that if you’re going to invest in Philex Petroleum, sooner means better.But I will be kind: let’s just suppose that you bought Philex Petroleum shares on March 31 at the latest?You actually interviewed Sec. del Rosario in April 2012, a few months after the Philippines initiated UNCLOS arbitration proceedings.Let me refresh your memory with the following ANC video uploaded on 23 April 2012:In that interview with del Rosario, it was clear that the secretary used China’s South China Sea construction activities in Panatag Shoal and China’s harassment of Filipino fishermen in Scarborough Shoal as grounds for initiating arbitration. After that, the two of you went directly into discussing the legalities and whatnot of the UNCLOS proceedings.So why did you fail to mention Recto Bank at any point in the entire interview?Miss Davila, what this country needs is not “higher intelligent (sic)” conversations.This country needs journalists with integrity, a quality that you seemingly lack.You have the freedom to do what you're doing, but if this issue blows up, don't be surprised if ABS-CBN loses its franchise soon [ Inq] Did you like this post? Help ThinkingPinoy stay up! Even as little as 50 pesos will be a great help! | [] | 2016-04-18 22:27:57+08:00 | http://www.thinkingpinoy.net/2016/07/dear-karen-higher-intelligent-sic-davila.html#more | Thinking Pinoy |
Davao 1989 Hostage: 3 Men and the Real Story | This is about three men – presidential frontrunner and Davao City Rody Duterte, retired constabulary colonel Franco Calida, who is now mayor of a Davao del Sur town, and Michael Logico, an active army colonel.I know, or to be more accurate I have met, all three men.Duterte, 71, who is now in the centre of a controversy following a misstatement over the rape and killing of a foreign missionary 27 years ago, is a friend and a compadre and I am one of his most ardent supporters in his presidential bid.Calida, outgoing mayor of Hagonoy, Davao del Sur and acknowledged father of the Alsa Masa movement in Davao City, is a friend from way back.I interviewed him in the late 80s when I was senior copy editor for the Tempo newspaper.Logico, a brilliant out-of-the-box military officer, was assigned in North Cotabato as a young lieutenant in the Army Special Forces whom I met when I was Governor from 1998 to 2007.I am writing this story because of a post made by Logico, whom we called Logic way back then, about Calida being the real hero in the Davao City hostage crisis where a group of criminals who earlier escaped from the Davao Penal Colony led by Federico Pugoy held captive a group of Christian missionaries and then raped and killed an Australian preacher.Logico cleverly inserted in his post a sentence which would imply that Duterte lied about his role in the hostage taking at the Metrodiscom Jail and that Calida was the real hero.Read this: “Conspicuously missing from the three narratives is the name of a certain public official who claims to have been there, negotiating with the hostage takers, and getting involved in the shootout.”Duterte supporter Michael Angelo Cabrera sent me a worried query about the mayor’s actual role in the 1989 hostage crisis saying that Logico’s post was being shared by supporters of another candidate who claimed that Duterte lied.I checked the news links provided by Logico: http://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/…http://articles.chicagotribune.com/…/8901050085_1_four-othe…https://news.google.com/newspapers… after which I sent Cabrera my reply.“There is nothing in the stories which proves to be inconsistent with Rody Duterte’s narrative. Remember, there were two hostage taking. The first was when Duterte, according to reports, offered himself as hostage in exchange for a baby. Here is a report on that: “The military negotiators then arranged the release of the hostages. But as some of the hostages were released, shots were fired, killing a total of 21 people, all the 16 prisoners (including Felipe Pugoy), and 5 hostages, including Hamill and the 9-year-old boy. Local authorities said none of the hostages was killed by the soldiers.But just days earlier, Pugoy and his team also tried to escape from Davao City Penal Colony (DaPeCol). That time, Mayor Rody Duterte was the main negotiator and offered himself as the replacement for the prison guards that were held hostages. Shortly, Duterte was able to convince the group to go to the Davao City hall. But unknown to Pugoy, Mayor Duterte ordered a team to wait for them inside the city hall. Shortly, all the hostage takers were arrested and were sent back to jail, but this time to the cell where he and his team took hostages including Jaqueline Hamill. The incident led to 1992 movie titled Pugoy: Hostage Davao, starring Ian Veneracion,” I told Cabrera.Duterte, for the record, never claimed to be the hero in the 1989 hostage taking at the Metrodiscom Jail but he was involved in the first hostage taking where he offered himself as hostage, according to reports.There is no argument that Calida was a hero in that incident. In fact, he is a legend in Davao City for leading the organization of the anti-communist vigilante group Alsa Masa which fought New People’s Army (NPA) urban guerrillas in Agdao District.Nobody, however, can refute the fact that Duterte was Mayor of Davao City at the time of the Metrodiscom Jail incident and that he played a major role in the first hostage taking.Now, did he or did not participate in the action in the second hostage taking?Duterte never said he was involved in the negotiations in the second hostage taking and his narrative on how he fired his gun at the hostage takers was not mentioned in any media report.But the mere fact that this was not mentioned in the reports does not mean that his narrative was not true.The fact is many other heroes in that Metrodiscom Jail Hostage taking were not even mentioned in many newspaper and media reports.Again, let me emphasise two indisputable facts:1. There were two hostage taking, the first was when Pugoy and his companions escaped from the Davao Penal Colony and demanded that they be transferred to the National Penitentiary in Muntinlupa. It was during the first hostage taking that Duterte played a key role which led to the arrest of Pugoy and his men.2. Duterte never claimed he was the hero in the Metrodiscom Jail Hostage crisis which was the second hostage taking done by Pugoy and his group.Curious why Logico would post an intriguing article which could be interpreted as an attempt to discredit Duterte, I checked on his Facebook page.At first glance, I immediately realised the Logico does not like Duterte, his personality and his politics.While Logico, the master tactician that he is, carefully made sure that he did not endorse any candidate, he delivered subliminal messages showing his dislike for Duterte.Here is one of his posts made on April 7 which gave away his true sentiments:Something interesting happened last night. After watching Les Miserables at Solaire, Joy, Alexa and I decided to have a late dinner at Goodah Dona Soledad. While we were eating, I noticed a couple quarreling cross the street from Goodah. The guy was wearing a white sando with basketball shorts and a baseball cap. The girl was wearing a dark blue shirt short shorts. I tried to ignore them but…. nagmumurahan na sila… Nagpapalitan ng P*tang !na mo…Eh we had Alexa with us. Joy could also hear it. And she noticed I was paying close attention to what was happening. Actually, I was waiting for blows to be exchanged. Tapos ayun na. The guy started it. He slapped the girl. I stood up and walked towards them. Joy told Alexa to go inside Goodah. I walked to the edge of the street and yelled at the guy HOY!!! TIGILAN MO YAN!The guy said “sorry ser, mag-asawa po kami.. Nag-uusap lang po kami”. I said “KAHIT NA MAG ASAWA PA KAYO… KAPAG SINAKTAN MO SIYA, TATAWID AKO AT KAKATAYIN KITA!!!He stopped… Natakot siguro sa akin. But as soon as he did, it was the wife’s turn. She punched him in the face with a closed fist! She started beating him up… worse than what he did to her!At that point, I honestly didn’t know what to do… So I walked over …. And asked them who they were voting for this election…they both said Duterte.”So, what have we established in this article?One, Duterte did not claim he was a hero in the Metrodiscom Jail Hostage taking but he played a key role in the first hostage taking.Two, Calida is a real hero and is a legend in Davao City.Three, Logico may be a brilliant psywar operator but he is just another human being who could not hide his true feelings. In the end, he showed his tail.| Manny Piñol | [] | 2016-04-18 22:27:57+08:00 | http://duterte.today/davao-1989-hostage-3-men-and-the-real-story/ | Duterte Daily Stories |
POLL: WHO WILL BE THE NEXT FIRST LADY OF THE PHILIPPINES? | especially if their husbands become presidents. Think Imelda Romualdez Marcos.In 2016, the Filipino people will elect a new president after 6 full years of not having someone to call their First Lady. (President NoyNoy Aquino is a bachelor). Their fascination for First Ladies is as strong as their passion for their beauty queens. It almost doesn’t matter who is running for president; Filipino presidents always end up being deposed, impeached or jailed anyway. Filipinos are more interested on who becomes their First Lady.Many have already indicated or hinted that they are running in 2016 to become Aquino’s successor. While polls show that Vice President Jejomar Binay is currently the front runner among the “presidentiables,” a few others have expressed confidence as strong contenders.So let’s take a look not at the potential candidates for president but the potential First Ladies.The Adobo Chronicles is conducting an online poll and we are asking our readers to participate in this preference survey.1. Elena Binay, wife of the Vice President2. Korina Sanchez, wife of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas3. Lani Cayetano, wife of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano4. Louise Araneta Marcos, wife of Senator Ferdinand (Bongbong) Marcos, Jr.5. Miriam Defensor Santiago, senator. If she becomes president, she’ll also serve as First Lady, no doubt.6. Dionisia Pacquiao, mother of Congressman and world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao. Manny has a wife (Jinkee), but mom has already said she would like to be the First Lady.Please vote below. Who would you like to be the next Philippine First Lady? | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 05/12/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/12/05/poll-who-will-be-the-next-first-lady-of-the-philippinesj/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
President Aquino Tells Philippine Mayors: Time For Payback | In an unusual display of his administration’s anti-corruption mantra of Daang Matuwid (straight path), Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino told the country’s mayors that it was time for payback.In a campaign appearance for the administration’s candidates for president and vice president, Mar Roxas and Leni Robredo, Aquino reminded the mayors of the funds they received from the national government, and that if they wanted to continue receiving funds, they should vote for Roxas and Robredo.As far as we know, the funds never belonged to Aquino or his administration. It belonged to the Filipino taxpayers.Daang Matuwid redefined by Aquino himself. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 11/02/2016 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/02/11/president-aquino-tells-philippine-mayors-time-for-payback/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
NEW WORDS ADDED TO WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY, THANKS TO BAY AREA STORM | Last month, The Adobo Chronicles reported that Oxford has added ‘selfitis’ to the English Dictionary after the word dominated social media for most of 2014. Selfitis is defined as “an inflammation of the ego” and refers to the obsessive compulsive desire to take photos of one’s self and post them on social media as a way to make up for the lack of self-esteem and to fill a gap in intimacy.Today, Webster’s announced that it is adding several new words to the 2015 edition of its dictionary for the American English language, thanks to the super storm that is currently pounding on most of the San Francisco Bay Area.The new words: Stormaggedon, Rainpocalypse and Floodgate.Stormaggedon and Rainpocalypse both mean the impending doom and destruction caused by a storm, typhoon or heavy rains. Floodgate (think Watergate or Irangate), a word entry that is already included in Webster’s Dictionary, takes on a new second meaning, and that is “a weather anomaly resulting in flash flood warnings that people receive on their mobile phones.”Congratulations to the Bay Area for its great contributions to modern language! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 11/12/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/12/11/new-words-added-to-websters-dictionary-thanks-to-bay-area-storm/ | Adobo Chronicles |
40 Years Of Duterte Presidency Is Enough — Rep. Alejano | Unbeknownst to Filipinos, Rodrigo Roa Duterte has been president of the Philippines 🇵🇭 for 40 years now. This, according to Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano. Yes, the same Alejano who last month filed an impeachment complaint accusing Duterte of dereliction of duty in refusing to assert the country’s sovereign rights over Benham Rise and Panatag Shoal.Alejano on Friday ridiculed the president’s pronouncement to send troops to unoccupied South China Sea islands and reefs claimed by the Philippines, saying nothing was left to grab in those disputed waters.“Mr. President, you’re 40 years too late,” the Congressman said, “it’s time for you to step down.”That’s right, Duterte should have done this when he first assumed the presidency 40 years ago. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 07/04/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/04/07/40-years-of-duterte-presidency-is-enough-rep-alejano/?share=email | Adobo Chronicles |
BERNIE SANDERS MAKES SURPRISE APPEARANCE ON ‘SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’ | It was the highlight of last night’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ hosted by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. While he was delivering his opening monologue, Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders was standing by backstage waiting for his cue.Then it was time. As Trump was wrapping up his monologue, the cameras shifted backstage as Sanders screamed “Trump’s a racist!”Trump said he was never informed that Sanders would be appearing on the same show and accused SNL producers of maliciously plotting to embarrass him. He’s threatening to sue.Meanwhile, Sanders said the only reason he agreed to the cameo appearance was because SNL gave him $5,000 towards his campaign. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 08/11/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/11/08/bernie-sanders-makes-surprise-appearance-on-saturday-night-live/?share=email | Adobo Chronicles |
SHOCKING! Kasuka-sukang Baho Ni Trillanes Nilantad Sa Publiko! MUST WATCH | Kasukang-suka Na Baho Ni Trillanes Nilantad Sa Luneta RallySo what can you say about this one? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below, and don't forget to share this post to your family and friends online. And also, visit our website more often for more updates. | [] | 2016-11-25 20:57:51+00:00 | http://www.newsmediaph.com/2017/02/shocking-kasuka-sukang-baho-ni.html | News Media PH |
CBCP Added As Third Fact-checker, Joining Rappler and Vera Files | For Rappler and Vera Files, two is a lonely number, so a third entity was added to the fact-checking partnership with Facebook, aimed at curbing the spread of fake news on social media.The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) became the third fact-checker.Many will recall that in a pastoral letter issued last year, CBCP told Filipino Catholics that spreading fake news is a sin against charity. It listed several websites that it considered to be sources of fake or unverified information.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg could not be reached for comment, but both Rappler and Vera Files told The Adobo Chronicles that they were unhappy about the CBCP’s addition because the Catholic Church has more followers than Rappler and Vera Files combined.Professional jealousy, eh? | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 16/04/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/04/16/cbcp-added-as-third-fact-checker-joining-rappler-and-vera-files/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
The Duterte-Trillanes #BangkoSerye – Waiver Game – Ep. 2, Apr. 28 | Trillanes said Duterte has undeclared transactions with BPI and BDO, info is incomplete. Trillanes asks Duterte to issue waiver specific to BPI and BDO accounts. Duterte spokesman denied allegations, said Trillanes’ documents are fabricated. Duterte camp declined to sign a specific waiver for those two bank accounts. One lawyer said March blanket waiver is valid, another lawyer said specificity is required.Feelingero much?SIDE NOTE: ThinkingPinoy observed that Mar-related topics trend without showing the number of tweets about it. It's always either "started trending" or "trending for X hours", suggesting that it's initiated by a large number of tweets in a short amount of time, i.e. initiated by a concerted effort, i.e. by an twitter army [TP: Internet Army].Evening, April 27: Duterte Camp issues statementEarly Morning, April 28:Late Morning, April 28: Teflon Status... but...Like this.“This will be a lot of fun for political afficionados like me but so bad for the country. For sure, the Duterte voters will not take this standing down. Mindanawons will especially resent it, look at this as a conspiracy to stop one of our own to become president. They would feel as the poor felt when the Manila elite ousted Erap. [ABSCBN]”ex-CJ Corona during the impeachment trialAfternoon, April 28: Blanket waiver doesn't workFinal NoteSIDE NOTE: Roxas’ waiver is legally useless, as it includes the clause “for the duration of my candidacy”. The campaign period ends on May 7, or about six working days from now. It also uses his nickname and not his legal name. EPAL talaga.Last night, Duterte spokesman Peter Tiu Laviña said, “We will consult the lawyer if we will ask (Bank of the Philippine Islands) to issue a statement because no less than the name of the bank has been dragged into this. They have to issue a statement whether this is correct or not. [ PhilStar ]"At this point, Duterte still refuses to sign a specific waiver for the BPI and BDO bank accounts.Previously on the Duterte-Trillanes #BangkoSerye [ TP: Episode 1 – April 27 ]:Now, before we go any further, let’s just be clear about a few things., Duterte has no legal obligation to answer Trillanes. However, as veteran journalist Inday Espina-Varona points out [ ABSCBN ], “Duterte’s strength has always been beyond legalities – why else would he keep on insisting on those kills? Bravado can be used on issues like rape jokes . One cannot fallback on that when the charge is corruption .”, assuming that the allegations are false, then it’s over. Simple as that. Now, assuming that the allegations are true, then it’s a different story. Every sway voter currently aligned with Duterte would then have to ask the question, “If we factor in this BangkoSerye issue into the greater scheme of things, what should be my optimal vote?”, I would like to categorically tell Mar Roxas that Duterte-aligned sway voters will not move to your camp. Stop deluding yourself.(RIP)Anyway, let’s continue.Last night, Duterte spokesman Peter Tiu Laviña said, “We will consult the lawyer if we will ask (Bank of the Philippine Islands) to issue a statement because no less than the name of the bank has been dragged into this. They have to issue a statement whether this is correct or not. [ PhilStar ]"At this point, Duterte still refuses to sign a specific waiver for the BPI and BDO bank accounts.Duterte said he signed a waiver for his bank accounts but it does not cover the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) account referred to by Trillanes [ SunStar ]. This is presumably because it is a joint account, which may also require a waiver from Sara Duterte.Duterte, however, admitted the existence of the bank account, but that it contains little money."Meron ako sa BPI. Hindi ganun kalaki. Thousands lang. It could not go beyond even... Meron isa 17 (thousand), yung isa below 50 (thousand)," Duterte said [ ABS-CBN ].Veteran journalist Ellen Tordesillas released a photo of a consummated deposit slip showing a deposit of 500 pesos to Duterte’s alleged BPI account [ Tordesillas ].So yes, the BPI account Trillanes was referring to actually exists.Now that the BPI bank account’s existence has been established, it’s time for the Trillanes camp to prove that there’s P211 million in it at some point. But that remains to be done.ThinkingPinoy, regardless of his political inclination, believes that this will not have a significant impact on voter preference for Duterte. As pointed out by De La Salle professor Julio Teehankee, Duterte has already achieved “Teflon” status.[ ABSCBN ].Teehankee says Duterte has reached a point where criticisms about him have little to no effect in voter preferenceTeflon is a non-stick coating commonly found in frying pans.Yes, among all the five candidates, Duterte still has the best chances of winning in May, but...This is issue may become a gigantic problem for a President Duterte after June 30th.If the allegations can be substantiated, Duterte may have violated RA 1379 or the Civil Forfeiture Act [ DOLE ], which mandates that all wealth that is manifestly out of proportion to a public official’s lawful income is presumed to be ill-gotten. That can translate into betrayal of public trust, a ground for impeachment.Talking about the prospect of an impeachment trial, Grace Poe adviser and Ateneo Dean Tony la Viña said:This is also alarming because SALN under-declaration got former Chief Justice Renato Corona impeached [ Inquirer ].La Viña said that it’s easy to get 1/5 of the Liberal Party-dominated congress to sign an impeachment complaint and Duterte doesn’t have strong senate backing either.Moreover, it’s worthy to note that LP VP candidate Leni Robredo has a chance of winning the race, adding more incentive for LP to push for Duterte’s impeachment, as that would imply yet another LP President.Trillanes was asked why he did not use Duterte’s March blanket waiver.Trillanes said, “General yun eh. Ang kailangan daw ng bangko, ang tatanggapin lang nila is yung naka-address sa kanilang bangko, head office man or specific branch, tapos nakalagay pati yung mga accounts. [ GMANews ]”Asked to why Trillanes released the data just now, the senator said, “ngayon ko lang ho ito nakuha, last week lang, through my network of informants.”Duterte said, "I have a message for Trillanes. I have many deposits with various banks, but I will ask him to make a statement, under oath, an affidavit, as to where and how he obtained the information, and for what purpose. I will duly open it when he does [ Interaksyon ]".Asked to why he said this, Duterte said, “He's making fun of me. But I'm no pushover. Let's make this legal. Execute your affidavit and I will open it."Of course, Duterte could have just signed the waiver and get the issue over with, and that’s what ThinkingPinoy wants. But he did'nt. He added conditions for Trillanes. However, after learning a bit about Duterte’s character, he is not the kind of guy who seemingly dilly dallies for no reason.The question:So far, ThinkingPinoy sees two possibilities:, the P211 million could actually have been there, so Duterte needs time to hide stuff. It’s ironic that I thought of this possibility because Mar Roxas released a melodramatic bank secrecy waiver today, when he could have, in fact, signed the waiver when Duterte dared him in March., the P211 million has never been there, but Duterte needs to avoid politicized scandals like this in the future. If I were a president, I don’t want to be encumbered by allegations backed solely by shoddily-prepared spreadsheets.It’s possible that Duterte needs additional legal ammunition against Trillanes so he can politically (not literally) eliminate Trillanes after this incident, and also to set a predecent to those who want to follow Trillanes’ footstep.But that, again, is speculation. 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NEW GENETIC STUDY MAY EXPLAIN WHY SOME HUMANS ACT LIKE DOGS | a condition that results in little or no pigment in the eyes, skin and hair.The study by researchers at Michigan State University identifies the exact genetic mutation that leads to albinism in Doberman pinschers, a discovery that has eluded veterinarians and dog breeders until now. Interestingly, the same mutated gene that causes albinism in this dog breed is also associated with a form of albinism in humans.While the study was limited to the ‘albino gene,’ many behavioral scientists were quick to conclude that dogs are not only humans’ best friend; humans and dogs share a generic makeup that explains why dogs act like humans ans humans act like dogs.Encouraged by this new genetic study, researchers from major scientific institutions are embarking on follow up studies aimed at identifiying other genes shared by humans and dogs.We may soon find new meaning, and truth, to the human expeession, ‘wag the dog.’ | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 24/05/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/05/24/new-genetic-study-may-explain-why-some-humans-act-like-dogs/ | Adobo Chronicles |
Netizens defends Mocha against the daughter of Philstar owner Regina Belmonte | Blogger Mocha Uson became a columnist at the Philippine Star. Supporters of Mocha celebrated the achievement of the avid Duterte supporter, but someone tried to broke the celebration.Regina Belmonte, daugher of Star president Miguel Belmonte, expressed her disappointment on twitter and Facebook after she knew that Mocha Uson would became a columnist of Philippine Star.Regina believes that Mocha is peddling misinformation on social media and she doesn’t deserve to become a columnist in her father’s newspaper.She also complained to her father, Miguel Belmonte to convinced her dad to change their minds for accepting Mocha as their columnist in the Philstar.Mocha Uson quickly responded to the daughter of Philippine star and expressed her gratefulness for being considered to write and express the cry of the ordinary people in the newspaper.Even the famous Duterte supporters showed their support to Mocha Uson.Sass Rogando Sassot, responded to Regina’s tantrums and believes that Mocha deserved to be a writer for a newspaper because millions of people listens to her .Sass also lambasted Regina, saying that she may already fired in the Philippine Star if she’s not the newspaper President’s daughter because of her article’s poor perfomance.Professor Antonio Contreras also responded to Regina Belmonte.“Reprehensible human being. Labels like this which Regina Belmonte used to describe Mocha Uson are the reason people like Ms. Belmonte, those who are critics of the President and anyone perceived to be on his side, will never be able to win the argument.” Professor Antonio Contreras said on his Facebook post.Even Marquee R. Alonsabe bravely confronted Regina Belmonte on her personal Facebook account to defend Mocha.Some Netizens also criticised Regina, after they read the conversation of Regina and her friends about Mocha. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-11-07 05:51:42+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/netizens-defends-mocha-daughter-philstar-owner-regina-belmonte/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
LOOK: Lucky Passenger takes a selfie with President Rodrigo Duterte on a commercial flight | Who doesn’t like to see the President of the Republic of the Philippines taking the same commercial flight that you taken?Netizen Bethany Bermudez Romano shared her unforgettable experience when President Rodrigo Duterte allows her to sit beside him to take a selfie during a public flight on Saturday.’She also mentioned that their flight was delayed, it means that President Duterte also waited for an extra hour just like the other normal passengers.“Look who’s here in our regular flight! The President of the Republic of the Philippines! #DreamComeTrue #SulitAngDelay” Ms. Romano wrote in her post.She also didn’t waste the opportunity when she saw the President, Ms. Romando asked permission for a selfie that Duterte didn’t rejected.She also shared a video of the President during their flight, Duterte only acts like a normal passenger together with Christopher Bong Go.President Rodrigo Duterte said before that he’s comfortable of traveling from Manila-Davao via public flights than using expensive private jets.He also always went through the usual security checks at the airport because he really hates VIP treatment. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-01-23 03:19:21+08:00 | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/look-lucky-passenger-takes-selfie-president-duterte-public-flight/ | Pinoytrending Altervista |
MISS U.S.A. LOST THE MISS UNIVERSE CROWN TO MISS COLOMBIA IN THE Q & A | In last Sunday’s Miss Universe Pageant held in Doral, Florida, Miss Colombia Paulina Vega beat 87 other contestants to win the coveted crown. Miss U.S.A. was first runner-up. It all boiled down to the Q&A portion during which members of the celebrity panel of judges asked a question of the final five finalists.Miss U.S.A. Nia Sanchez picked Filipino world champion boxer, and here is the full transcript of that nerve-wracking moment:Pacquiao: “If you were given 30 seconds to deliver a message to a global terrorist, what would you say?”Miss U.S.A. : If I happen to meet a global terrorist, I would not say a thing. I would just punch him in the face and hopefully knock him down like you do with your opponents in the boxing ring!”The rest is history. Miss U.S.A. lost the crown to Miss Colombia. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 28/01/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/01/28/miss-u-s-a-lost-the-miss-universe-crown-to-miss-colombia-in-the-q-a/ | Adobo Chronicles |
Philippines’ Commission On Elections Will Not Stop Pacquiao Fight, Says It’s Powerless | One of the most powerful agencies of the Philippine government says it is “powerless.”The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has decided that it cannot enforce its own rules that assure equal media coverage for all candidates running for elective office.COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista announced the decision on a query posed by former Akbayan party-list representative Walden Bello and former senator Rene Saguisag on whether the televised April 9 boxing match between senatorial candidate Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, Jr. in Las Vegas would violate election laws. The duo complained that the international and local media coverage of the fight would give Pacquiao undue advantage over other senatorial candidates.The Pacquiao-Bradley match will happen exactly a month before the 2016 Philippine elections.Bautista said that it is not within its power to stop the telecast. He also added that the poll body cannot act on the issue because no one has filed a formal complaint, saying it cannot act on “hypotheticals.”This COMELEC decision is yet another proof that under the Aquino administration, government appointees are paid to do nothing, not even their mandated tasks as stated in their job descriptions.Many will recall that during the height of the laglag bala scam, in which unsuspecting airline passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) were held and questioned for planted bullets in their luggage. Manila International Airports Authority Chief Jose Angel Honrado told Senator Bongbong Marcos during a Senate hearing that it was not within his jurisdiction to remedy the matter, saying his job was merely “coordination.”Political observers suspect that the Aquino administration and the COMELEC are scared that if they stopped the live broadcast of the Pacquiao-Bradley fight, they will face the ire of Filipino boxing fans. | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 30/03/2016 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/30/philippines-commission-on-elections-will-not-stop-pacquiao-fight-says-its-powerless/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
The difference between a real #whistleblower and a mere #snitch | Too many ‘whistleblowers’ – too much NBI incompetence.Whistleblower – uninvolved in the crime and motivated by ethics/principles;Squealers – participant in crime, and trading information for leniency/immunity.Tuason is a criminal, squealing only when caught to save her own neck. So far she has said next to nothing, and should neither be heralded, nor disproportionately rewarded, if at all.Prosecuting Tuason would send a stronger and clearer message, than treating her as a ‘celebrity’. And i am sure she will not lose her wealth – i imagine she is actually being paid by Pnoy Aquino.Whose next – Gigi Reyes, then the whole of the napoles family. NBI not even looking for napoles brother ( most probably know where he is and the deal was to leave him alone).Source:http://getrealphilippines.com/blog/2014/02/why-pork-barrel-whistleblowers-benhur-luy-and-ruby-tuason-should-go-to-jail/comment-page-1/#comment-213396 | [] | 2016-08-25 23:22:39+08:00 | https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-difference-between-real.html | GRPundit |
WATCH: Duterte orders AFP/PNP to destroy enemies, ignore CHR | President Rodrigo Duterte called a press conference Wednesday night and addressed current issues in the country. One of those is the raging war against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)Duterte ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines not to think about the Commission on Human Rights while performing their duty. He also ordered the same to the Philippine National Police not to be bothered with the CHR in neutralizing drug traders.” 3 Million are into drug addiction. Drugs is destroying my country. Go out and destroy Abu Sayyaf. Destroy drugs!” said the President.Here is the clip taken from his press con on August 23.What can you say about it? Leave your comments below!Please like our facebook page | [] | 2016-08-25 23:22:39+08:00 | http://duterte.today/watch-duterte-orders-afppnp-destroy-enemies-ignore-chr/ | Duterte Daily Stories |
Rappler dismisses social media debate as "trolling" rather than engage intelligently | Rappler’s “troll” series of articles just feels wrong on many levels.First, it just feels so dismissive. Instead of engaging in the discourse and writing articles to debunk or counteract any perceived misinformation, they would rather cast contrary opinions as the opinions of “Trolls.” Yes, a lot of the stuff going around social media these days are opinions and speculation, however, Rappler seems to be highly intolerant of opinion.Second, is the portrayal of the situation as a “war.” War presupposes that there are enemies, an object of justified intolerance and “take-no-prisoner” attitude. Don’t the editors of Rappler realize that this supposed “war” is directed towards a popularly elected President of a legitimate government chosen by the sovereign will of the people? People will of course be free to agree or disagree because this is the President they are talking about and his actions will impact us all, but to blame trolls for the support the President is receiving misses the point completely and is insulting to our individual ability to think for ourselves. Again, I don’t take offense to people disagreeing with the President, the last thing we need is an echo chamber, but to portray the ongoing discussion as a “war” does nobody justice.Third, this series just feels old fashioned. Portraying this as a “war” seems to be a holdover from the “Laban” rhetoric that yellow media has been peddling for the past 30 or so years. This may have had its place back in the day, but in the days of the interwebs, this is palpably out of place. For a media outfit like Rappler, which tries to market itself as “hip” and intune with the millenial mindset, this is a serious oversight. May I suggest that Rappler do a rebranding and hire younger editors for a change.Fourth, this series feels like a missed opportunity. A President like Duterte, who can gather so much grassroots support only comes once in a lifetime. In the days of the campaign and during his first 100 days of office, no other man has made us question our alliances, our place in the world, our vision for the future and our values so much as Duterte. This is the time to be engaging in discourse, because the next 6 years will shape us as a nation and will determine our trajectory for the conceivable future. Shutting out people as mere “trolls” will not help anyone in this formative period. Rappler and traditional media should welcome the presence of “trolls” among others so that they can improve the quality of their reportage and so together with “trolls” we can have a common history (and not a one-sided view) with which to build on for the future.-----------------------This is a GRP Featured Comment. Join the discussion | [] | 06/05/2018 0:00 | https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2016/10/rappler-dismisses-social-media-debate.html#comments | GRPundit |
PRESIDENT AQUINO’S SPEECH IN CHICAGO: FILIPINO AMERICANS CRY FOUL | President NoyNoy Aquino spoke before a small group of 300 Americans, mostly Filipino Americans, in Chicago tonight, as part of what the Philippine Consulate is calling a ‘working visit’ by the Philippine head of state.During his speech at the J.W. Marriott, Aquino talked about his administration’s accomplishments in bringing about economic progress for the Philippines. He was, of course, referring to the economic progress for the rich, not the 99% of middle class and poor Filipinos.But the bigger issue was that Aquino delivered his speech in Tagalog which 90% of his audience didn’t understand because they were Americans or Filipino Americans who didn’t speak the language.Aquino is known for delivering his speech in Tagalog.Reacting to criticism from non-Tagalog speaking Filipino Americans, Aquino said, “You don’t matter to me. You are not Philippine voters. You’re not my bosses.”Aquino is famous for referring to the Filipino voters as his bosses.A Filipino American commented on his Facebook page that Aquino’s ‘working visit’ was merely to justify his trip to Las Vegas to watch the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight.The Adobo Chronicles could not independently confirm if Aquino was, indeed, present at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to personally witness the “Fight of the Century.” | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 06/05/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/06/president-aquinos-speech-in-chicago-filipino-americans-cry-foul/ | Adobo Chronicles |
Rappler Fact-Checks Pinoy Ako Blog | In its first major fact-checking project since becoming a member of the International Fact-Check Network, Rappler condemned Jover Laurio and her Pinoy Ako Blog (PAB) for spreading fake news.Rappler did an in-depth investigation into the facts claimed by PAB in its post which claimed that Thinking Pinoy (TP) was spreading fake news about U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly calling Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes a “narco.”PAB cited The Adobo Chronicles as TP’s source, pointing out that the former is a satire site.In its investigation, Rappler found out that TP’s source was actually the Philippine Star, not The Adobo Chronicles. TP himself said so on his Twitter page.“Furthermore,” Rappler said, “TP’s post preceded The Adobo Chronicles’ story so it couldn’t be possible that he got his information from the satire site.“When asked what Rappler’s source was for its investigation, CEO Maria Ressa said, “The Adobo Chronicles.” | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 31/10/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/10/31/rappler-fact-checks-pinoy-ako-blog/ | Adobo Chronicles |
Duterte’s Drug War: Where's the Logic in 400 Deaths? | (FEATURE IMAGE: The corpse of a person executed "Encintado" Style. The reader will find out in the succeeding sections why ThinkingPinoy chose that image.)Just for 15 minutes of fame?“Feel free to call the police, or do it yourself if you have a gun… In an arrest, you must overcome the resistance of the criminal. And if he fights… (if) he fights to (the) death, you can kill him. Just follow that. Only if your life is in danger and the criminal is armed and hostile, shoot him, and I will give you a medal.”Quick Question: Is this even legal?Under the Rules of Court, Rule 113, Section 5 [LawPhil], a warrantless arrest, also known as "citizen’s arrest," is lawful… when an offense has just been committed, and (a citizen) has probable cause to believe, based on personal knowledge of facts or circumstances, that the person to be arrested has committed it.Context and MoneyA controversial statement that’s more open to interpretation attracts greater internet traffic, and greater internet traffic means more revenue.Take for example journalist Karen Davila’s 2012 interview with Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario regarding the South China Sea arbitration case. Davila failed to ask del Rosario how Philex Petroleum’s business interests affected the decision to initiate proceedings. This is despite the fact that del Rosario is closely identified to the company having been part of First Pacific since early 2000s, leaving it for the foreign affairs stint, and rejoining it shortly thereafterThis would’ve been a classic case of incompetence, if not for the fact that Davila admitted four years later that she bought Philex Stocks at that time, stocks that could have already been in her possession prior to the interview. Why would Davila open a hydrocarbon-rich can of worms when it’ll hurt her investments?Take for example Rappler’s article “Rodrigo Duterte’s 386 P. Guevarra Property”, where Rappler subtly insinuated, based on their inside source, that Duterte’s skillful exploitation of legal loopholes allowed him to hide ill-gotten wealth – the San Juan Property in this case – from public scrutiny.After a bit of sleuthing, ThinkingPinoy found out that the controversial property was bought using Duterte ex-wife Elizabeth Zimmerman’s funds. With the annulment of their marriage, their assets have become separate and unrelated.But Rappler decided to publish the story without so much as an SMS inquiry to the Duterte camp. Rappler will never admit to incompetence, so it can only be attributed to cognitive bias. If Duterte gave a convincing alibi, such as the one stated above, the article would’ve been less interesting or worse, less of a fit to the Rappler’s prejudices.With that said, the reader may be thinking, “On the drug-related killings, anybody can easily fling allegations of cognitive bias and conflicts of interests.”Duterte killed them and that’s it?The “Process of Elimination” is a method to identify an entity of interest among several ones by excluding all other entities. For example, suppose a Phenomenon X can be caused by Reasons A, B, C and D and nothing else. Reason A causes Phenomenon X if and only if Reasons B, C, and D have been invalidated.Are there any other plausible explanations?REASON B: Cleaning up evidenceWhat’s the point?If you want to learn more about Philippine Narcopolitics, you may check “ TP: PNP Generals and PH Narcopolitics .”REASON C: Falling profits.SIDE NOTE: Under the previous administration led by Pres. Aquino, the New Bilibid Prison turned into a shabu (meth) laboratory, as the present administration investigates alleged “Shabu Tunnels” where inmates cook meth for sale and distribution outside the facility [Inq].A reputation for violence is the dealer’s best guarantee that his business transactions will be accomplished as agreed upon… Those who do not pay what they owe can expect to be disciplined violently or killed… Dealers often fail to pay because they were cheated or robbed or the drugs and/or money was confiscated by law enforcement.REASON D: Inter-Cartel ViolenceThe Sinaloa Drug Cartel, hailing from Mexico [MT] Nine Chinese Drug Cartels, hailing from Mainland China [Star] The African Drug Cartel, hailing from the Western African Continent [MT]In 2015, Israel Hinosa revealed he killed members of rival drug cartels under orders from the top honchos of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel, for as little as $30 (Php 1,500) per assignment. He was addicted to heroin and crystal meth, and he would indulge in these drugs to numb post-assassination psychological trauma.Hinosa was a “sicario”, a desperate individual who became ruthless killers for the narcotrafficking industry and in his case, for the Sinaloa Cartel.Sicarios were an integral part of the mass murders ensuing from the Sinaloa Cartel’s declaration war on the Juarez Cartel in 2007, where more than 20,000 people in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico lost their lives in the next five years.And who happens to also operate in the Philippines? The Sinaloa Drug Cartel.Masking Tape ExecutionsA dead drug pusher lies on a pool of blood, wrapped in duct tape (masking tape), and with a conspicuously placed sign showing “I’m a drug pusher” or something to that effect [Inq].June 2008: Five (5) in Nueva Ecija and Bulacan in [NPT] July 2008: Three (3) in Ifugao [PIA] Jan 2009: Two (2) in Batangas [ABS] Feb 2011: Two (2) in Navotas [ABS] April 2011: Two (2) in Sampaloc, Manila [GMA] June 2011: Three (3) found separately in Quezon City and Manila [GMA] Aug 2011: Three (3) in Quezon City [GMA] Sept 2011: One (1) in Navotas [ABS] June 2012: One (1) in Batangas [TFC] Nov 2012: One (1) in Manila [Star], another (1) in Quezon City [Inq] April 2013: One (1) in Quezon City [Abante] Aug 2013: Two (2) in Bataan [HGL] Oct 2013: One (1) in Makati [TV5] Aug 2013: One (1) in Manila [Abante] Nov 2013: One (1) in Manila [PROGUN] Jan 2014: One (1) in Bataan [HGL] and another (1) in Caloocan City [ABS] March 2014: One (1) in Quezon City [Star] March 2014: One (1) in Pasay [MT] April 2014: Two (2) in North Cotabato [Preda], another (1) in Quezon City [PP]. May 2014: One (1) in Malabon [News5]Mexican Drug Cartel “Best Practices”The hooded men brutally beat the woman and wrote on her clothing: “I am an extortionist at La Linea’s service”. The woman was found dead…her head encintado (suffocated in packing tape) and riddled with bullets.Eso les va a pasar a todos los extorsionadores, roba carros, violadores, dedos, chapulines. Atte. El nuevo Cartel de la SierraThis will happen to all extortionists, carnappers, rapists, snitches, rival drug dealers. Respectfully, the New Sierra Cartel.LAMENTATION A weeping Jennelyn Olaires hugs partner Michael Siaron, 30, a pedicab driver and alleged drug pusher, who was shot and killed by motorcycle-riding gunmen near Pasay Rotonda on Edsa. He was one of six killed in drug-related incidents in Pasay and Manila yesterday. RAFFY LERMA/INQUIRER FILE PHOTOLearning more about Mexican cartels is too much work, so let’s just blame it on the government, right? Simply blaming Duterte is easier. It requires a lot less thinking.The Bottom-lineLet's recall:The “Process of Elimination” is a method to identify an entity of interest among several ones by excluding all other entities. For example, suppose a Phenomenon X can be caused by Reasons A, B, C and D and nothing else. Reason A causes Phenomenon X if and only if Reasons B, C, and D have been invalidated.In this article, ThinkingPinoy enumerated four possible reasons behind the 420 drug-related deaths:A. Duterte’s fault, a.k.a. Rappler’s and Inquirer’s favoriteB. Public officials trying to clean up evidenceC. Drug lords killing non-performing drug pushersD. The Sinaloa Cartel trying to establish authority locallyHence, the logical question would be:Has Big Media shown that Reasons B, C, and D are invalid?No, it has not.Then logical follow-up question would be:So why did Big Media choose Reason A?There are four possible answers:Low neuron count,Journalistic incompetence,Cognitive Bias, orConflict/s of Interest.Dear Big Media, respect is neither demanded nor bought, it is earned. And at the rate you're going, this is bad news.PLEASE SHARE!Philippines, a killing field? Here’s for the 0.2% [ Star ], before they foam at the mouth.In barely a month, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has resulted into staggering and unprecedented 420 alleged narcotics-related killings since June 30 [ Inq ]. Most, if not all, of these killings are blamed upon Duterte. After all, it was he who started the fight, right?"Shoot him and I'll give you a medal," Duterte said, according to its the wire service, the [ Washington Post ] reported.ThinkingPinoy (TP) admits, Duterte’s words don’t help him a lot in his public relations campaign. What caught TP’s eye, however, is the phrase “according to its wire service”. That Washington Post article was based upon a news wire from the Associated Press (AP) Philippines.In this article, TP will examine the facts surrounding these 420 deaths and put them under the microscope.The first question is: "Is 'Shoot him and I'll give you a medal' the only thing he said at that time?The answer, as usual, is "No," so what exactly did Duterte say?Duterte, speaking to a crowd in a campaign rally, said:Duterte’s speeches in all his campaign rallies follow essentially the same outline, so it’s safe to say that he said pretty much the same thing throughout the campaign season.Duterte basically encouraged the public to (1) seek help from the police, or (2) carry out a citizen’s arrest, or (3) kill the criminal if criminal is armed and hostile to a point where the citizen’s life is in grave danger.In a 2006 speech, former trial court judge and Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago said [ PNP ]:So there’s legal basis for Citizen’s Arrests. Duterte’s words were not an outright order for a regular citizen to magically turn from a person who minds his own business into a Rambo-Terminator love child.If that were the case, then “human criminal rights” advocates should also advocate for additional funding for mental health institutions. Because the idea of regular citizens throwing away a relatively quiet existence to turn into a vigilante, just for a medal, just for 15 minutes of fame, is just crazy.That wire, however, conveniently ignored the words surrounding that sentence. As to why, it’s best to ask the Associated Press, though one thing’s for sure:Money talks. It is a source of conflicts of interests among journalists [ TP: Dear Karen Davila ].But it’s not just about money, it may also be about cognitive bias [ TP: Duterte’s P Guevarra ].ThinkingPinoy concedes, hence the following sections.ThinkingPinoy admits that the first suspects on these drug-related killings will be the Philippine National Police (PNP), and it has been mentioned and quasi-analyzed countless of times by tens – if not hundreds – of news outlets. The problem, however, is that most of these news outlets have forgotten a basic logical concept: the process of elimination.Now, let Phenomenon X be “420 drug-related deaths in July 2016.” Reason A is a given: “Summary executions by Duterte and the PNP.” We will let that sit there for a bit while we ask the question:After all, it’s the question that Philippine’s Big Media companies seemingly deliberately fail to ask. #KumaKarenDavilaBa.Before he assumed office, Duterte said some policemen may be killing their accomplices in drug trafficking to ensure they will not be implicated in the criminal activities [ Star ].The administration is now investigating suspected policemen, with the tip-off point being Duterte’s shocking speech where he publicly accused five police generals of having links to the illegal drug trade [ CNN ].Narcopolitics is alive and well in the Philippines, with incidents reported in as far back as 2001 [ Star ]. Former Interior Sec. Joey Lina even acknowledged this in 2002 [ Star ]. Since that admission, it is incumbent upon the government to do something about it, but it simply ignored the issue.In May 2010, authorities were planning to investigate Liberal Party (LP) National Treasurer and Quezon Governor Rafael Nantes after the discovery of a drug transshipment and manufacturing base on Icolong Island in the province [ Balita ].Nantes died in a chopper crash a week later.LP bet Noynoy Aquino won the 2010 Presidential Elections, and nothing was heard about Icolong Island eversince. ThinkingPinoy did a google search for “Icolong Island” news articles published after Aquino’s inauguration on 30 June 2010. There were none [ Google ].Fifteen years after Lina's admission, the government anti-drug agency PDEA admitted in February 2016 that "they have no data to gauge how serious is the threat (sic) of Narcopolitics in the country.[ MT ]"An LP-led administration with "uninvestigated" drug links made sure it stayed that way.Duterte won the presidency with the suppression of drug trafficking as one of his campaign’s pillars. His decades-long track record also shows his “hate for drugs”. In short, this is a president who’s hell-bent on neutralizing the drug menace.If I were a public officer who’s into drugs, I might as well cover my tracks before that Mindanawon sits in Malacañang.And by “cover”, TP means “kill his underlings”.The Duterte Administration has already pointed out this angle yet it seems that Philippine media men conveniently ignored it.This month, PNP Chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said in Filipino, “Drug dealers are killing each other because some fail to pay their dues. That’s why some drug lords in Bilibid call their hitmen and order these dealers killed. [ GMA ]”Let’s take a look at “Drugs, Crime, and the Justice System” by the US Department of Justice’ Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) [ BJS 1992 ]:Now, imagine what would happen, or has happened, after the PNP burned on July 15th 180 kg of shabu (meth), worth Php 1.77 billion [ MT ]. Many Bilibid VIPs wouldn’t be very happy with their sales agents.Did Philippine media explore this possibility? No, so far. It's too complicated for them, perhaps.Illegal drugs is a lucrative industry and “early adopters”, such as the first several of the nine Chinese drug cartels [ Star ], have benefitted the most as they operated with negligible competition. The problem? When competitors want a slice of the pie.There are eleven major drug cartels operating in the Philippines, and they can be classified under three categories:Hence, the logical question to ask would be, “Have they started to kill each other to gain larger territory?”Bloody inter-cartel violence rooted on territorial disputes is not new. Let’s see how the the Sinaloa Cartel works [ DailyMail ].Yes, 20,000 people were killed in a span of just five years because of the war between the Sinaloa and Juarez Cartels. Since 2006, over 100,000 people have died in Mexico because of the inter-cartel wars [ WaPo ]. The Mexican cartel wars were so bad, they deserved a movie with an A-List actors Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin in the cast [ IMDB ].The way many of the recent drug-related deaths were carried out shows a pattern:Is this some newfangled method of a hyped-up police force? That’s what many news outlets would like to suggest. A deeper search, however, shows that masking tape executions has already happened several times in the past:ThinkingPinoy believes 35 corpses [ T.Y. Sass ] should suffice for Big Media's witch hunters, but in case they want more, there’s [ THIS ], [ THIS ], [ THIS ], [ THIS ], [ THIS ], [ THIS ], and [ THIS ].Masking tape executions happened frequently in the past, and all within the Aquino administration. That is, the problem of wrapped-and-labeled executions, instead of a Duterte invention, is something Duterte inherited from Aquino.The question, however, is who did it?Masking tape executions are a trademark of the Mexican Drug Cartels. Mexicans call these masking tape executions as “Encintado”, a term referring to a dead body found suffocated in packing tape [ Kirchner 2014 ].Quoting from the “ Dying for the Truth: Undercover Inside the Mexican Drug War ”:If Big Media still isn't satisfied with that, here's six more corpses [ BB ]:These are six semi-naked encintado corpses with signage that reads:Translated in English:And who operates in the Philippines? The Mexican Sinaloa Drug Cartel.Is it possible that the Sinaloa Drug Cartel, which hails from Mexico, is simply applying its “ Best Practices ” when it expanded operations to the Philippines?Now, let’s take a look at Inquirer’s recent front page image:TP would've employed the "process of elimination" on these four, but this article is running long.However, let TP end this article with this: Aika, anong masasabi mo , puwede na ba 'to? ( ThinkingPinoy Did you like this post? Help ThinkingPinoy stay up! 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ANN COULTER WANTS BOTH LEGAL AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DEPORTED, ADMITS BEING A RACIST | “practically anyone who is from the Third World.Asked if she considered herself a racist, Coulter told FOX News: “Yes, I am, in the sense that I love the white race.” | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 03/06/2018 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/03/ann-coulter-wants-both-legal-and-illegal-immigrants-deported-admits-being-a-racist/#respond | Adobo Chronicles |
CONGRESSMAN PAUL RYAN’S CHIEF OF STAFF IS A FOREIGN AGENT FOR THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT | The Adobo Chronicles is set to file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with th U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seeking disclosure of information about presumptive House Speaker Paul Ryan’s newly-appointed Chief of Staff.Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin, is already moving to build his new team to help him take over as House speaker, naming over the weekend a Capitol Hill veteran, Dave Hoppe, as his planned chief of staff.Hoppe, 64, is known as a successful lobbyist and most recently, as a so-called registered foreign agent, representing the governments of Kosovo and the Philippines.What this means is that Hoppe is being paid by the Philippine government to lobby the U.S. Congress to gain some favors and concessions or to influence legislation affecting the island nation.The questions are plenty, among them:What is the Philippine government seeking from U.S. Congress? For the Philippines to become the 51st U.S. state? For the U.S. to reopen all its former military bases in the Philippines? More financial aid?How much is the Philippine government paying, or has paid, Hoppe for his services?Did the Aquino government use any taxpayer funds from the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) or the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to pay Hoppe?Of course, The Adobo Chronicles won’t be able to seek answers to these questions from the Philippine government because there is no Freedom of Information Act in place. An FOI bill in Philippine Congress has failed to pass thus far.But the U.S. has an FOIA in place, so stay tuned! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 26/10/2017 0:00 | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/10/26/congressman-paul-ryans-chief-of-staff-is-a-foreign-agent-for-the-philippine-government/ | Adobo Chronicles |