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FOR THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS, THE PHILIPPINES IS THEIR FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION

the from the bribe-collecting traffic policemen to PNP chief Alan Purisima who has enriched himself by receiving expensive gifts and building a mansion-like home in the province of Nueva Ecija which he describes as just “ordinary.”The brainless scarecrow is, of course, President NoyNoy Aquino, forever clueless and always blaming someone else for the problems of his country. He loves using empty rhetoric and scare tactics when confronting his critics and enemies.The cowardly lion is Vice President Jejomar Binay who is not man enough to face the Senate inquiry into his and his family’s shady practices, especially with regards to the now infamous and overpriced Makati City Hall parking structure.Then, there’s Dorothy’s ruby slippers which remind Kansans of Imelda Marcos’ collection of 3,000 pairs of shoes (In fairness, nine of Imelda’s shoes were made of ruby).In conclusion, our survey confirmed that Kansans were right on in choosing the Philippines as their top destination. After all, in the Philippines, life imitates fiction; a life of make-believe.

['Pol Pinoy']

04/10/2017 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2014/10/04/for-the-people-of-kansas-the-philippines-is-their-favorite-international-destination/

Adobo Chronicles

Duterte-De Lima Handshake During SONA Was Scripted

It was caught on camera: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte was walking with a serious demeanor towards the dais at the Batasang Pambansa (Philippine Congress Building) to begin his first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Then he suddenly stopped, turned back and extended his hand to his number one nemesis Senator Leila De Lima. Then after the brief handshake, he continued on with a naughty smirk on his face.During a television interview the next day, De Lima said she appreciated the “warm, friendly” gesture of the president. “It was an icebreaker of sorts, and to show to the people na wala talagang personalan sa ginagawa naming pareho,” (there was nothing personel between us) she said on ANC’s Headstart.The senator and the president have been trading barbs lately, with De Lima saying she will be seeking a legislative probe on the series of killings of drug suspects since the time Duterte took office.But unknownst to De Lima, the whole thing was scripted by award-winning film director Brillante Mendoza.Mendoza was tasked to direct the entire SONA proceedings.Apparently, the recorded “encounter” was going to be part of a new independent film that Mendoza is working on as an official entry to next year’s Cannes Film Festival. The working title of the new film project is “The Punisher and the Fiscalizer.” Sources close to Mendoza told The Adobo Chronicles that the film is going to be a comedy.Mendoza’ latest film, “Ma’Rosa” was critically acclaimed at the last Cannes Film Festival and won for Jaclyn Jose the Best Actress Award, a first for the Philippines.

['Pol Pinoy']

27/07/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/07/27/duterte-de-lima-handshake-during-sona-was-scripted/

Adobo Chronicles

Leni Robredo should redeem Trillanes’s dignity after it was crushed by the BBC’s #HARDtalk

Philippine “senator” Antonio Trillanes’s epic choke during an interview with Stephen Sackur in the BBC’s HARDtalk programme last week all but highlighted the sad disarray of the Philippine Opposition. Indeed, last week was a perfect storm as it saw the coming together of insight into just how inutile the Philippine Opposition of today has become. For people who seek to prematurely depose the president (presumably with that favourite extrajudicial method of theirs that they call “people power”), Sackur’s torpedoeing of the Trillanes brand couldn’t have come at a worse time. On that same week, journalist Bea Cupin’s recent article The fall of the ‘dilawang’ Liberal Party (LP) came online viaRappler and chronicled in grinding detail the “descent of the once all-powerful party”.In light of these developments (specifically on Cupin’s article) House Representative Teddy Baguilat Jr (LP) wistfully tweeted, “What LP should do though is reflect on our mistakes and missed opportunities. And embrace our role as a fiscalizer, critical collaborator.” Interestingly, the congressman evidently recognises the core essence of the LP (presuming, of course, that it actually does represent the ideals of the so-called “liberals”) as can be gleaned from another one of his tweets…We’re d favorite whipping boys of critics and pundits but ultimately when forces conspire to limit our freedoms, who ya gonna call? LiberalsUnfortunately for Baguilat, the battle cry he recommends as a response to the question “Who ya gonna call?” is not shared by members of his own camp. That’s because many in his Yellow Camp would not even know what he means when he refers to the term liberals in the true sense he applies when invoking it. Rather, to most in his camp, the answer to “Who ya gonna call?” will be a resounding LENI ROBREDO! To Filipinos, after all, it’s all about people and less about ideas. To the average dilawan, Robredo is the Liberal Party and, they presume, the leader of the broader Philippine Opposition itself. On the latter point, Baguilat agrees, “We’re [the] only organized political opposition,” he tweets in reference to the LP.Thus, in this regard, it is a monumental tragedy for the Opposition that they were sunk by Trillanes who many do not see as the leader of the Opposition. Indeed, if anybody should have been on Sackur’s hot seat, it should have been the supreme leader of the Opposition herself.But it’s not too late. Robredo could still step up and redeem Trillanes’s crushed dignity. After all, some Filipinos still want her to be president someday and see her as eminently qualified for the job. What better way to prove that she is president material than by subjecting herself to a real journalist’s grilling. What does she have to lose? She will perform way better than Duterte in any Q&A — or so the dilawans believe.The problem with Robredo, however, is that she can’t speak English. That’s a real show-stopper considering that those who defend Trillanes’s performance in the heat of Sackur’s grilling are convinced he “did well” only on the low-bar basis of his being able to “respond to all of Sackur’s questions”. In short, Trillanes’s having a rudimentary enough understanding of a question articulated in English and being able to respond to it in a way that the predominantly monolingual English-speaking audience that Sackur’s show attracts can understand is good enough. In other words, pwede na yan.Unfortunately for Robredo, her command of the English language is way below pwede na yan. Halfway through each sentence Robredo cobbles together on the fly, Sackur would surely cut her to pieces. Robredo’s colegiala act simply won’t fly in a cutthroat world of important people who have very little time. Time and again she has proven not just her verbal ineptness but her hopelessly inappropriate body language, first in the girly manner that she wrapped herself around Duterte’s finger during her first few weeks in office and in the whimsical way she presented herself in a pre-recorded video played at the 60th annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria.Suffice to say, the Opposition does not only suffer from a crisis of leadership, it suffers from a crisis of competent statesmanship. This is why, for the sake of the Opposition’s future, it is important that Trillanes’s appalling snafu be redeemed. Who ya gonna call??

['Oratio Imperata']

2017-06-26 03:51:48+00:00

https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/06/leni-robredo-should-redeem-trillaness-dignity-after-it-was-crushed-by-the-bbcs-hardtalk/

Get Real Philippines

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES RESEARCHERS DISCOVER A CURE FOR JETLAG

It happens to many world travelers. They cross the International Dateline and arrive at their destination jetlagged, sometimes for days.Now the good news: researchers at the University of the Philippines (U.P.) Medical School have finally found a cure for jetlag and all along, it has been in the market for many decades. We’re talking about San Mig Light, the 100-calorie version of the Philippines’ signature premium beer, San Miguel.Just a 330 ML bottle of San Mig Light instantly makes jetlag go away, depending on the severity of one’s affliction. For severe cases of jetlag, it could take up to three bottles of the poplar beer to be effective.The U.P. research study involved 500 mildly to severely jetlagged travelers arriving in Manila from countries in Europe and North America.Ninety percent of those who were mildly jetlagged got instantly better after consuming just one bottle of San Mig Light. Ninety three percent of the severely jetlagged got better after three beers.The researchers also experimented with other beer brands as well as the regular San Miguel beer, but did not have the same results, “so there must be something in San Mig Light that’s doing the trick,” they said.Immediately after the results of study were released, stock prices of San Miguel Corporation, makers of San Mig Light, more than tripled at the Makati Stock Exchange.Meanwhile, the Manila-based University of Santo Tomas Medical School, considered the oldest Catholic University in all of Asia, announced it was launching a clinical study to find out whether San Mig Light can cure insomnia.

['Pol Pinoy']

15/02/2018 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2015/02/15/university-of-the-philippines-researchers-discover-a-cure-for-jetlag/#comments

Adobo Chronicles

Truth in elections must be upheld regardless of who you support or who is winning!

I, Drei Toledo, daughter and niece of Leftists and human rights victims during the Martial Law Era, believe in democracy. I will not allow my family's pain and history to be used as a convenient justification to cheat a Marcos. My loyalty is to TRUTH, and not to any political personality.I believe we must learn from the lessons of our history as a nation.Democracy dictates that we honor the voice of the people. If that means giving another Marcos a chance to redeem his family's name, then so be it. If that means having a wonderful woman with the signature Tsinelas Leadership of Leni Robredo become Vice President, then so be it. What matters is we all stand for TRUTH, and not rabidly defend whichever candidate we voted for.Electoral fraud is happening not only in the VP race but also in the Senate and LGU race.Please stop bullying our fellow intellectuals David Yap and Antonio Contreras. They do not share their data set and data analysis out of malice. We all have our own biases. But our loyalty must be to TRUTH. Let's help each other fight for what true democracy stands for. Let's respect each other, and build on each other's findings, and not piss on each other's academic credentials. Nakakalungkot po yung ganon.Yung tipong may mare-receive akong mga PM asking:"Hello, Drei. Sorry, but your friend tagged me sa stat mo. I just wanna ask, what level are you on in terms of mathematical expertise? How good are you at math? And what is your mathematical foundation?"My journalism thesis is about why Mathematics MUST be reintegrated and made MANDATORY in the B.A. Journalism curriculum of the University of the Philippines, Diliman. I come from a science high school specializing in math. I am not a math wizard like some of my classmates but I have an above average aptitude to make me a more competent investigative journalist. I took up Maths, Statistics, and Economics as electives in college, none of which were required while I was studying Journalism. I do not pretend to be a statistician, but I do know what it's like to have a gun pointed to my head, and to be dragged into the office of a powerful politician, all because COMELEC put me in their hit list of journalists that cannot be bribed. I also know what it's like to eat death threats for breakfast. I know violence behind elections firsthand. So if you will challenge me with your "theories" defending the integrity of COMELEC, honey, you're challenging the wrong bitch.COMELEC is for sale. I stand by that. And I will not be intimidated or bullied by haters and naysayers.Pu?eta! Lumabas kaya kayo sa mga ivory tower nyo?!! Puro kayo satsat.---------------------Drei Toledo as posted on Facebook:https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154110413991768&id=829431767

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2018-11-01 00:02:37+00:00

https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2016/05/truth-in-elections-must-be-upheld.html

GRPundit

Duterte trolled, Roxas lost his cool during the presidential debate #PiliPinasDebates2016

The final Philippine Presidential debate was boring. Most of the candidates did not say anything new and significant. Half of the blame should go to the organizers. They should have known not to ask questions that were already asked during the previous debates. The only consolation is that there weren’t a lot of commercials and they did not play an annoying jingle in between breaks.I’m sure most people who were tuned in were waiting for discussions to turn ugly. They were expecting Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s rivals to hit him hard over his controversial remarks a week ago about the deceased Australian rape victim. Only Senator Grace Poe brought the matter up and it was obvious that she was stumped by his unapologetic stance. What else can one say when the defense is “I’m just being myself”? Stop being himself too much, I suppose. But that would be too much to ask. It’s like asking someone to change. I don’t think that is possible with Duterte.The only time things started heating up was when Duterte questioned his rival former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas about the latter’s claim that the current government is already providing PhilHealth coverage to a lot of Filipinos. Duterte disputed Roxas’s claim and said that no one from Davao has received PhilHealth coverage. This was when Roxas lost his cool. Duterte was just trolling him but he didn’t even recognize that was he being trolled in front of national television. Goes to show that Roxas is not very Presidential on account of his inability to read people. Roxas has never been much of a people person.Roxas’s problem is fantasy vesus reality. His claim that the BS Aquino government is already doing so much for the public’s health needs is not evident.Roxas spoke with so much confidence that you could be forgiven for giving him a second look. The problem is, once you start considering why he is very unpopular, you will realize it is due mostly to him being a bad judge of character. He seems to have good ideas, and you wonder why these were never implemented in the first place in the last six years. Considering he is close to President Benigno Simeon Aquino and held powerful positions in his government, it is quite baffling that he failed to make a difference.If we recall, Roxas made a terrible decision in allowing his party mates to push aside his own plans to run for the Presidency in 2010 in order to give way to a more popular candidate whose beloved mother just passed away. He “sacrificed” his own ambition then just so he could please them. I suppose Roxas could not have won over former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada anyway, who came in second during the election, so I guess it wouldn’t have mattered. But, it is the principle. Had he shown conviction then – sticking to his candidacy by running as an independent – the people would have given him more support now.Another problem with Roxas is that, even after he was benched, betrayed, and kept in the dark on some occasions by BS Aquino himself, he is still sticking by Daang Matuwid. He can’t even recognize that the voters are tired of it. He doesn’t even know when to cut his losses. During the debate, Roxas kept giving the current government high marks despite its incompetence and neglect of duties to the public. That is enough reason for voters not to vote for him. While the other candidates are getting points for highlighting the government’s neglect, Roxas has no choice but to stick to praising it. He is stuck between a rock and a hard place because he was part of the government from the very beginning.Duterte, on the other hand, proved once again that he can act civilized and diplomatic when he wants to or when the situation calls for it. One thing is for sure; Duterte knows how to troll people. He can push people’s buttons just like he pushed Roxas’s buttons. Roxas’s reaction says a lot about him. He cannot stay cool when provoked. That is not a good character trait for someone aspiring for the Presidency.Duterte’s simple “How are you?” question was excellent. Without asking Senator Miriam Santiago directly, Duterte managed to get the “iron lady” to talk about her health. He should earn brownie points for that. He also praised Santiago unreservedly, which is also proof that he can be respectful to women and that he recognizes their brilliance.Santiago appeared to be feisty at times but, just the same, appeared to struggle with her thoughts as evident in her long pauses. She says the new cancer pill she has been taking has eliminated the disease and that any talk of her being not healthy enough to survive the presidency is all rubbish. She looked visibly weak though and Vice President Binay highlighted it by coming to her aid every time she had to sit down and get up during the debate.Binay was acting strange as usual. He kept walking around on stage like a game show host. He wanted to give his own Binay touch during the debate. He just looked desperate. He talked mostly about how he was going to give a lot of freebies if he gets elected. Binay even told the fisherman who lost his livelihood that he will be removing the income tax on his earnings so he can save his money. Perhaps later on he will realize how silly it is to remove income tax from someone who doesn’t have a job. One wonders where he is going to get the money for the dole outs after he removes that income tax. He wasn’t specific about how he plans to do it.Binay just had to bring up the issue of Senator Grace Poe’s citizenship. It was lame the way he did it. He wanted to make it look like Poe turned her back on the Philippines when she renounced her citizenship. But considering there are a lot of Filipinos who are overseas who have dual citizenship, his rationale is weak. Besides, Poe’s citizenship issue doesn’t seem to bother the voters, only her rivals.I don’t know about you but I seem to switch off when Grace Poe is the one speaking. Her voice is starting to sound robotic just like her running mate Chiz Escudero. She seemed so rehearsed and we’ve heard all her promises before. I don’t even know why she ran for President to begin with. Her supporters must have told her she should because her father is popular. But she should have been more honest with herself. She’s only new in the Senate and can’t even criticize BS Aquino directly. She’s also into patronage politics and would have to cater to the people who funded her campaign. One of them is king maker and businessman Danding Cojuangco.Frankly, the last debate just gave the candidates an opportunity to grandstand. As usual, they didn’t give specific answers to the questions similar to what they did in the last debates. But even if they did, it’s not a guarantee they can implement their lofty promises. They still have to ask Congress to cooperate and help them achieve these. We all know that’s not going to be easy unless they use pork barrel funds to sweeten deals. This practice has since been deemed illegal due to BS Aquino’s excessive use of it during his term. They will then have to rely on their charms, which some of them don’t have.It is imperative that voters use the election as an opportunity to teach those in power a lesson. The voters should not vote for Liberal Party again.

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2016-04-24 16:39:12+00:00

https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/04/duterte-trolled-roxas-lost-cool-presidential-debate-pilipinasdebates2016/

Get Real Philippines

Obama: When I Step Down, I Want To Be Like Duterte

Doris Kearns Goodwin has a great new interview with President Obama in Vanity Fair. In the wide-ranging interview, Obama hinted that once he steps down, he will start speaking out more like an activist than a president. Like Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, he will stop being “polite.”This explains why the U.S. President said he was not offended when Duterte allegedly called him a “Son of a whore” prior to their meeting at the recent ASEAN summit in Laos.Make way for the real Obama!

['Pol Pinoy']

23/09/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/09/23/obama-when-i-step-down-i-want-to-be-like-duterte/?share=email

Adobo Chronicles

Netizen who defends Cimatu’s appointment reveals why former DENR Sec Angelo Reyes was destroyed by former admin

Netizen who defended Roy Cimatu’s appointment as Environment secretary compared the former armed forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief to the late former DENR secretary Angelo Reyes who also have a military background.Could Cimatu have the guts to suspend big mining companies like what Angelo Reyes did?In CNN Philippines comment section Kristoffer Allen Ardanas defended Cimatu from the people who doubt the capability of the former AFP chief of staff to take care of the environment.Acording to him, Angelo Reyes was also appointed as environment secretary and one of his achievement was to suspend the SR metals owned by Eric Guiterrez, one of the biggest supporter of the Liberal Party.“To those who will complain that this guy knows nothing about the environment because he is just a former military. Angelo Reyes was also former military and yet he was appointed DENR secretary. He actually also had the balls to suspend SR Metals. Noynoy actually awarded SR Metals in Malacanang during his time even though SR Metals have several violations,” Ardanas said.“Remember what happened to Angelo Reyes during Aquino’s admin?” He added.Ardanas became interested on Angelo Reyes case because the former DENR secretary suspended the mining operation of one of the closest ally of the Liberal Party and after that he faced a corruption scandal that made him to kill himself because of the pressure.“Back in 2006, Angelo Reyes suspended SR Metals, owned by Eric Gutierrez. Then in 2010 Eric Gutierrez supported Noynoy’s campaign, let him use his private jets, and funded his campagin. Then in 2011 we all know what happened to Angelo Reyes. Aquino even awarded SR Metals in Malacanang lol, then Eric Gutierrez kept on supporting LP and Mar Roxas’s campaign in 2016,” Ardanas said.Eric Guiterrez who owned the SR Metals in Agusan, repeatedly criticized by President Rodrigo Duterte during the campaign period for allegedly raping the environment.Former SR Metals employees also said that Guiterrez funded the campaign of former President Benigno Aquino III and his chopper was also used to take pictures of the controversial “Hacienda Binay”Guiterrez also reportedly offered his jets to the defeated presidential candidate Mar Roxas so he can use it during the campaign period.On 2011, during the Aquino administration, Angelo Reyes was accused of receiving P50-M send-off money also known as ‘pabaon’ when he retired from the Armed Forces.Two weeks later, Reyes committed suicide because of the pressure from the media and a senator who called him ‘gutless coward’On Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Roy Cimatu as the new DENR Secretary to replace Gina Lopez who got rejected by the Commission on Appointments.Netizens questioned the capability of Cimatu because he doesn’t have any background in environmental activism.But some OFWs who already met Cimatu when he was assigned in the middle east as an special envoy believes that he’s ‘brave’ enough to face the illegal miners.

['View All Posts Pinoytrending']

2017-05-08 17:31:19+08:00

https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/netizen-defends-cimatus-appointment-reveals-former-denr-sec-angelo-reyes-destroyed-former-admin/

Pinoytrending Altervista

Duterte Offers Refugee Status To Filipino Americans Trying To Flee Trump Presidency

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lashed out at the “hypocrisy” of the West for closing borders to an exodus of refugees whom he said he would welcome to his country until it was “filled to the brim”.Commenting on the refugee exodus that has plagued Europe, Duterte said Western countries had failed those most in need and the Philippines, a developing country of 100 million, was willing to take them in.“They can always come here, and will be welcome here,” he said.“It’s all right. We will survive. I say send them to us. We will accept them. We will accept them. They are human beings.”In a collateral move, Duterte also announced that his administration will offer refugee status to all Filipino Americans trying to flee Donald Trump’s presidency.The election of Trump has prompted many Americans to plan their exodus to Canada, Europe and Asia.“There will be no questions asked,” Duterte said. “All that Filipino Americans need to do is to renounce their U.S. citizenship and come to the Philippines. He made it clear that his refugee status offer is open to all, including the FilAms who have been very critical of his administration.“Blood is thicker than politics,” Duterte added.

['Pol Pinoy']

19/11/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/11/19/duterte-offers-refugee-status-to-filipino-americans-trying-to-flee-trump-presidency/#respond

Adobo Chronicles

My opinion about Duterte

I am confident that President Rody Duterte will remain to be massively popular until his term ends. However, at the rate things are going, I regretfully predict that his international reputation in the West will be in tatters, given the Liberal Party's "excellent" working relationship with Western media and academia, thanks to its access to a massive international NGO network. Adding the fact that there's virtually no international counter-propaganda coming from the administration makes it all the worse.We're almost midway through 2018, and I have doubts on whether there's enough time to implement charter change. The President himself said in December the Nation may not be ready for Federalism, saying it is not resonating in the Visayas and Mindanao. He also said Congress is apparently unwilling to make concessions so the Federal Constitution's development appears to be on a deadlock [ Star ].While I seriously hope that Federalism pushes through, let us, for the meanwhile, consider a scenario where we're still under the unedited 1987 Constitution. That is, let’s assume that there'll be a 2022 Presidential Elections.

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11/10/2016 0:00

http://www.thinkingpinoy.net/2018/04/

Thinking Pinoy

NEW EXTORTION SCHEME AT MANILA’S NAIA: LAGLAG LUMPIA

Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists assigned to the Los Angeles International Airport recently seized 450 prohibited pork meat tamales discovered inside the luggage of a passenger arriving from Mexico.Foreign meat products which can carry serious animal diseases are subject to Customs inspection, can be seized and destroyed, and passengers carrying them could be fined for misdeclaration. The tamales were destroyed and the traveler was fined $1,000.Across the Pacific Ocean, the Los Angeles incident gave schemers at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) a new idea for extorting money from unsuspecting passengers.The new scheme involves the ‘planting’ of pork lumpia (Filipino egg roll) in the luggage of passengers who are then asked to pay money to avoid being detained for intense questioning. It is a takeoff from the much-publicized laglag bala (bullet planting) which has caused a big stir at NAIA.The newer, tamer extortion scheme has been given a name : laglag lumpia.

['Pol Pinoy']

19/11/2017 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2015/11/19/new-extortion-scheme-at-manilas-naia-laglag-lumpia/?share=email

Adobo Chronicles

Sen. Ejercito to refer “disrespectful” Trillanes to ethics committee: “He’s becoming destructive to the country”

Senator JV Ejercito responded to the tirades of Senator Trillanes against his colleague.He said that Trillanes statement against the Senate was ‘disrespectful and unparliamentary’Tito Sotto, chairman of Ethics Committee said that he would wait until someone file a case against Sen. Trillanes who welcomed any complaint against him.Senator JV Ejercito on Tuesday urged the Senate ethics committee to probe Senator Antonio Trillanes’ “disrespectful and unparliamentary” statement against his colleagues after he labeled certain senators as “puppets” and “cowards” of the Duterte administration.“He should be reminded that as a democratic institution, we in the Senate debate issues instead of hurling insults; we vote instead of calling each other names when we disagree,” Ejercito said in a statement.Ejercito said that he hoped that Trillanes stop ‘destroying’ the senate only because he “rabidly” hate the current administration.“We have 23 independent minds duly elected in the Senate. But even when we disagree on a number of issues, we maintain our respect for one another. I hope Senator Trillanes would do the same. I hope he will stop destroying this institution simply because he is rabidly against this administration.” he said.The senator believes that it’s already the right time that the Senate Ethics Committee discipline senator Trillanes which he labeled as ‘destructive to the country’“Maybe it is high time that we refer to the Senate Ethics Committee Sen. Trillanes’ actions since he is becoming damaging to the institution, and becoming destructive to the country,” Ejercito said.Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III, chairman of the Senate ethics committee, earlier said Trillanes should be careful in calling names.“I do not know his reasons for saying that. He should be careful in calling us names. Hindi ko siya papatulan sa ngayon,” Sotto said in a text message.But Sotto said that he would wait for someone who would complain against Senator Trillanes’ statement.“Motu propio is possible but it’s better if I receive a complaint. Hard to judge through media reports. I will entertain any complaint against any member of the Senate. Ngayon, ipaalala ko lang, when you point a finger at others, three others point at you,” Sotto said.Ejercito said that he would consult his colleague first before filing a complaint against Trillanes.Trillanes said that he welcomes any complaint against him, but he said that JV Ejercito seems not batting an eye against the comments of President Duterte.“But here’s the thing, if Sen. Ejercito be believes that my statement that the Senate is becoming a lap dog of the Duterte administration is highly offensive yet sees nothing wrong with Duterte’s rape comments to the soldiers, then we really have a problem,” Trillanes said in a text message.On Monday, Senator Trillanes blasted his colleagues in the Senate for not investigating the alleged abuses of the Duterte administration and called the other senators as ‘cowards’ and ‘lapdogs’“Itong Senado na dati ay ‘yan yung last bastion of democracy eh ngayon, wala na, para na rin kaming mga tuta nitong administrasyon na ’to. Ni ayaw mag-imbestiga eh,” Trillanes said.“‘Yung mga dapat sana na pumuna eh wala eh, sila yung mga bahag ang buntot,” he added.Sen. Panfilo Lacson responded to the tirades of his colleague and he said that Trillanes is “so out of touch with reality, if not hallucinating too much.”According to the section 11 of Republic Act No. 6713 also known as the “Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees.” Any public official or employee, regardless of whether or not he holds office or employment in a casual, temporary, holdover, permanent or regular capacity, committing any violation of this Act shall be punished with a fine not exceeding the equivalent of six (6) months’ salary or suspension not exceeding one (1) year, or removal depending on the gravity of the offense after due notice and hearing by the appropriate body or agency. If the violation is punishable by a heavier penalty under another law, he shall be prosecuted under the latter statute. Violations of Sections 7, 8 or 9 of this Act shall be punishable with imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or a fine not exceeding five thousand pesos (P5,000), or both, and, in the discretion of the court of competent jurisdiction, disqualification to hold public office.

['View All Posts Pinoytrending']

2017-07-04 13:10:02+08:00

https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/sen-ejercito-refer-disrespectful-trillanes-ethics-committee-hes-becoming-destructive-country/

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WATCH: Bully records how she slapped a defenseless student several times

A bully and her group has the guts to record how they attacked a defenseless student several times.In a viral video apparently recorded by one of the friends of the bully, it showed how the bully victim was slapped for still unknown reason.The victim only did was to cry and didn’t fought back against her bullies who even threatened that they’re going to continue to hurt her again next time.According to some sources, the bullying incident happened at one of the schools in Lucena City.The bully who believed to be 14 years old is now being tremendously criticized on social media for her actions against an innocent student.Several Facebook pages also revealed her identity.The bullying had spread like a wildfire on social media, however there’s still no explanation how the video reached social media.However, several netizens had a clue on the person who becomes the source of the viral video.The mother of the bully victim in a Facebook post said that she would not stop spreading the bully video and the people who hurt her daughter must suffer the consequences.It seems that the mother of the victim is the one who spread it, but she didn’t mentioned where she got the video.“Excuse me lang sa mga taong gustong ipatigil ang pagpapakalat ko ng pambubully sa anak ko. Kaunting hiya naman sa mga mukha nio! Bakit napigilan niyo din bang huwag saktan ang anak ko?” Honey Ethel Arce Rutuita said.The authorities are now studying the video and trying to identify the exact place where the bullying incident happened.You can watch the whole video here:

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2018-03-02 16:21:31+08:00

https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/watch-bully-records-slapped-defenseless-student-several-times/

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NAPOLES SEEKS AUDIENCE WITH OBAMA IN MANILA

Suspected pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles wasted no time in trying to reach out to Barack Obama after it was officially announced that the U.S. President will be visiting Manila in October.Obama has included the Philippines in his Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) tour. Manila will be Obama’s last stop. It will be his first visit to the Philippines.Napoles is the central figure in the Philippine pork barrel scam involving the diversion of ten billion pesos in public funds into fake non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the pockets of senators and congressmen. She is currently in prison and facing charges for illegally detaining one of the whistleblowers in this escalating scandal.Speaking through her lawyer Lorna Kapunan, Napoles said that she has sent a letter to the U.S. Embassy in Manila requesting a private meeting with Obama when the latter arrives in the Philippine capital.Informed sources said that in her letter, Napoles has indicated that she will be asking Obama to grant her political asylum in the U.S. and would like to be accommodated aboard Air Force One when Obama leaves Manila to return to the U.S.Napoles said that she is very confident that she will be granted asylum because she has contrbuted immemsely to the economic recovery of America through her multimillion-dollar U.S. investments and the much talked-about shopping sprees and lavish parties by her daughter, aspiring fashion designer Jeane Napoles.Napoles said she will not be a burden to America and promised that if Obama interceded on her behalf to have all her assets unfrozen, she will invest all her money in the U.S. and help create more jobs for Americans.

['Pol Pinoy']

15/09/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2013/09/15/napoles-seeks-audience-with-obama-in-manila/?share=email

Adobo Chronicles

Canada’s Trudeau And Mexico’s Peña Nieto Strip Down In Ottawa

Two of the world’s best-looking and sexiest heads of state did what wasn’t expected of them while in Ottawa, Canada. They stripped down to their shorts.Yes, we’re talking about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Jose Peña Nieto.But no worries, it’s not what you’re thinking.The two were scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama at a summit of North American leaders, also called the Three Amigos summit. Before their scheduled meeting, the two decided to go on an early-morning run as part of their respective fitness routine. Both wore short shorts to the delight of onlookers.Too bad, Obama wasn’t able to join them to show off his own sexy legs.Coming soon after the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union last week, the summit faces increased pressure to showcase the stability of its own alliance. Climate change will be among topics to be discussed at the summit.

['Pol Pinoy']

29/06/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/06/29/canadas-trudeau-and-mexicos-pena-nieto-strip-down-in-ottawa/

Adobo Chronicles

Anderson Cooper Breaks Up With Kathy Griffin

Starting in 2017, there will be no more New Year’s Day kisses between CNN’s Anderson Cooper and comedian Kathy Griffin.The two have been the most watched couple on television leading up to the New Year’s Eve dropping of the ball in New York’s Times Square.Cooper, who is openly gay, has never denied any platonic relationship with Griffin who many describe as a “fag hag.” And who can blame Griffin when she is partnered with the dashing Cooper?But like everything else, things must come to an end.After that controversial and disgusting photo of Griffin holding a bloodied and beheaded Donald Trump, Cooper decided to call it quits with the in-your-face comedian.Already, speculation is at fever-pitch on who Anderson will kiss at the strike of midnight on December 31, 2017.Could it be Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O’Donnel or Roseanne Barr?May we suggest Trevor Noah?

['Pol Pinoy']

04/06/2017 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2017/06/04/anderson-cooper-breaks-up-with-kathy-griffin/?share=email

Adobo Chronicles

Kaya Natin Movement statement of support for Leni Robredo is a pointless exercise reeking in hypocrisy

The statement of support sounds more like damage control. I guess they were surprised at the ferocity of the anger of the public to the video recorded by the Vice-President for DRCNet.Whatever Kaya Natin does, at this point, will it serve any purpose other than its own and that of Robredo's.Leni is beyond redemption. So is Jesse. The fact that she continues to harp about fake news and vitriol on social media targeted at her without calling out the anonymous pages and individuals using pseudonyms who suport her and her allies calls into question her values as a public official. The President is subject to the same but he has never threatened to sue the likes of Raissa Robles, Alan Robles and the other "journalists" who continue to be critical of his administration and subject him and members of his family to ridicule.Kaya Natin doesn't practice what it preaches. Just look at the actuations of its members who are currently holding elective posts. There is nothing ethical about their leadership.Kaya Natin is out of touch with the public sentiment. In the last weeks of the campaign, it junked Mar Roxas and secretly went for Grace Poe in the hopes of electing two women as the highest officials of the country. It's nothing more than a wing of the Liberal Party dedicated to promoting the rise of Leni Robredo to the Presidency.It's about time that Robredo gets the book of laws she's violated thrown at her. Maybe this time, she will finally learn what the law is all about.--------------------RG San Luis as posted on Facebook

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06/08/2017 0:00

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Philippines VP Leni Robredo Agrees To Interview With BBC’s Stephen Sackur

Since that celebrated one-on-one interview with Senator Antonio Trillanes, the hard-talking Stephen Sackur has been wanting to have Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo guest on his BBC talk show. Negotiations have been ongoing for at least two weeks.Today, BBC announced that Robredo has finally agreed to appear on Sackur’s show on the following conditions:Office of the Vice President (OVP) spokesperson Georgina Hernandez will appear on the show, along with Robredo and that she will be seated between Sackur and the Vice President.Hernandez will act as interpreter. While Sackur will be asking the questions in British English, Hernandez will be translating the questions in Taglish (combination of Tagalog and English) to the VP.When answering Sackur’s questions, Robredo will be whispering her responses into Hernandez’ ear. Hernandez will then relay Robredo’s responses to Sackur in Filipino English.Both BBC producers and the OVP have agreed that Hernandez will have the option to revise Robredo’s responses if she feels that it will reflect badly on the Vice President.If Hernandez needed more time to sugar-coat or revise Robredo’s responses, she will flash a “time out” sign with her hands and BBC will go into commercial.The Robredo interview will not be aired live in the 🇵🇭 Philippines and the video recording of the show will become the property of the Office of the Vice President. It will be up to the OVP whether or not the interview will be shown to Filipinos. Even then, the OVP reserves the right to edit the video as it sees fit.

['Pol Pinoy']

28/06/2017 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2017/06/28/philippines-vp-leni-robredo-agrees-to-interview-with-bbcs-stephen-sackur/#respond

Adobo Chronicles

Pro Duterte supporters shows their sadness after seeing people happy with what happened in Davao City

Pro Duterte supporters shows their sadness after seeing people celebrating the tragedy instead of praying for the victims of Davao City explosion.After the explosion in Davao City Night Market, some people who opposed the government shows their happiness in what happened in the City.Members of the Facebook group named Tanggulang Demokrasya started to criticised President Duterte for what happened in Davao.They believe that the Davao bombings was staged by the current administration to easily declare martial law in Mindanao.Facebook ScreengrabBut some members of the group also defended the President and explained that this is not the time to criticise anyone.Facebook ScreengrabFacebook trolls also attacked the comment sections of the pages of big media news outlets and started to put all the blame to the President.Netizens are very sad that people can still said this in the times of tragedy.Even Department of Tourism Undersecretary Kat De Castro condemned the trolls who celebrating the tragedy in Davao City.But internet experts said that we must stay calm when encountering a person like this on social media.

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2016-09-03 01:15:34+08:00

https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/people-happy-explosion-happened-davao-city/

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WATCH: Neophyte Pacquiao debates with Veteran Drilon: Use your common sense

The debate between Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senator Manny Pacquiao became heated after the neophyte senator told his veteran colleague to use his common sense during their debate about the creation of a Philippine Boxing Commission.On Tuesday, Senator Drilon quizzed Senator Pacquiao if it’s really needed to create a separate commission for boxing when there is already an existing games and amusement board.But Pacquiao said that Drilon might not understand the difference of combat sports like boxing from the other games handled by Games and Amusement Board.He explained that separate commission for combat sports must be created because many athletes died in these kind of sports.Pacquiao believes that the creation of a Philippine Boxing Commision may save the lives of many athletes that can’t be done by the present Games and Amusement Board.“Mr. President, I don’t think the gentleman from Iloilo (drilon) understand what is boxing, what is the combat sports,” Pacquiao said.When Drilon asked if GAB can’t fund the safety of the boxers, Pacquiao said that a commission which already handled 20 sports can’t focus in boxing.He also told Drilon that everyone have common sense to understand that GAB can’t focus on one sport like boxing.“How can you focus on one sport? We have common sense to understand that, Mr. President,” the neophyte senator said.“I have common sense, Mr. President!” Drilon quickly responded on the remarks of Pacquiao.After that, the neophyte senator quickly apologized for his remarks.

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2017-03-16 02:34:27+08:00

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CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES: WHAT’S ON THE MENU

these are issues too overwhelming for members of the Senate and House of Representatives in the Republic of the Philippines. Theses issues are so controversial that passage of corresponding bills have become almost impossible. And the Philippine Congress is worried about its emerging reputation as a “Do-Nothing Congress.”So, in their respective current sessions, both houses are busy drafting and hearing numerous bills that would easily gain bi-partisan support, among them:House Bill 3926 to make adobo national dish of the Philippines, authored by Representative Rene Relampagos of the province of Bohol.Senate Bill 1863 seeking to impose fines on establishments that refuse to serve half-cup rice orders, authored by Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.House Bill 3979 to require bottled water to be included in the menu of restaurants and fast food chains, authored by Representative Lorna Velasco (Partylist, AMA).Marcos’ bill aims to prevent unnecessary waste in the country’s main staple and to ensure enough rice supply even in times of calamity. Velasco’s bill seeks to replace sodas and sweet drinks which are responsible for obesity, diabetes and other health issues faced by Filipinos.In addition to these measures, the bi-partisan committee on ways and means has proposed two resolutions pertaining to the Congress itself:Resolution to change the official name of the Congress of the Philippines to “Restaurant Congress of the Philippines” to better reflect its legislative priorities.Resolution to rename bills to “menu.” So, henceforth, the above bills will be known as House Menu 3926 and 3979, and Senate Menu 1863.

['Pol Pinoy']

30/03/2017 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2014/03/30/congress-of-the-philippines-whats-on-the-menu/#respond

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Gordon, the new Senate Committee on Justice chairman!

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) - Senator Richard Gordon on Monday was elected new chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice.He replaced Sen. Leila De Lima, who chaired the hearings for the alleged extra judicial killings.

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2018-07-06 00:10:46+00:00

http://www.pilipinasonlineupdates.com/2016/09/gordon-new-senate-committee-on-justice.html

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Mooching relatives in the #Philippines need to learn independence

My relatives in the Philippines ask for money every once in a while. One time I got fed up with it because we have our own life here in the US.I work 50 hours a week and go to school full time. I have a niece in Pinas who is going to school but I demanded that she works also. My sister in law who lives here in the US stated that she can't work and go to school at the same time because "its different there". I then told her that it will always be different if you have that type of thinking.I forced my niece to get a job anyway since I'm cutting her school fund. I'm trying to teach her how to be independent and not rely on anyone for herself.-------------------This is a GRP Featured Comment. Join the discussion!http://getrealphilippines.com/blog/2014/07/filipinos-need-to-end-their-love-affair-with-mediocrity-and-pwede-na-yan-mentality/comment-page-3/#comment-715653

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04/01/2017 0:00

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Why ousting Duterte will be disastrous for the Philippines

What’s up with all this talk about ousting sitting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte? That’s a no-brainer. There are certain people and parties so hungry for power that the campaign to seize Malacanang had not ended in May 2016. So it is hardly surprising that, rather than work with the incumbent Duterte administration, the Opposition seek to destroy it.I can’t speak for all Get Real Post writers who were critical of former President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III, but over the course of his six-year term, there was never a time that I wished Aquino to be deposed extra-constitutionally. I and many of my colleagues may have been the harshest critics of Aquino back then, but I cannot recall any suggestion that the solution to the problems besetting the Philippines under his rule was an ouster.To end his term prematurely would have given him and his supporters the benefit of the doubt as to whether or not he would have ended his term being regarded a great leader. As it turns out, his failure as a president and the profound, broad-based disillusionment it created amongst Filipinos paved the way for Duterte’s win in 2016 on the back of a protest vote — and ended a 30-year era characterised by the domination of Filipinos’ minds by the Yellow “people power” ideology of the Aquino-Cojuangco clan.Indeed, what happened to former President Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada is a case study of how ousted presidents could, enjoying that benefit of the doubt, mount a victorious comeback. Erap, despite having been ousted just three years into his term via a “people power” revolt in 2001, almost won the 2010 presidential election and then went on to become mayor of Manila following a successful bid in the 2013 election.Today, we are, of course, talking about an Opposition camp famous for their addiction to “people power”-styled “revolutions”. So it is hardly surprising that talk of another one such is in the air this early. In fact, it is interesting that a key figure in the 1986 “revolution”, former President Fidel Ramos, is at the centre of speculation surrounding this possibility.Credited for “handing” Duterte the presidency, Ramos has suddenly turned into a vocal critic of the Duterte government. Though his motives and timing for criticising Duterte are reportedly “unclear”, many agree that “he may be putting his foot down to salvage ties with Washington frayed by Duterte’s almost daily barrage of expletive-laced insults at Manila’s longtime ally.”Suffice to say, a move to oust Duterte now will likely seriously backfire. Duterte remains a popular president with a following of fierce social media activists that one self-appointed “thought leader” suggests have “weaponised” the Internet. He is also the first president coming from the Philippines’ deep south in Mindanao, a region which holds a long-standing grudge with the Philippines’ northern tribes seen to be ruling the archipelago from the capital in its northern island of Luzon, now deridingly called “Imperial Manila”.Politicians who traditionally hold court in Imperial Manila are now widely-seen to be in cahoots with the established order of oligarchs and big business taipans who benefit from the status quo that Duterte is seemingly dismantling. A move to oust Duterte now could foment a fatal divide in an already-polarised society like the Philippines that could be disastrous — even bloody.The best recourse is to allow democracy to, well, be a democracy. The only thing certain today is that Duterte will either succeed or fail as president after six years. Cutting that term short will result in bets on either outcome left unresolved. It will not result in the same electoral closure that had decisively put up Aquino and his inner camp of Yellow supporters as abject failures and effectively closed a 30-year era of Yellow ascendancy.

['Oratio Imperata']

2016-10-15 08:30:17+00:00

https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/10/ousting-duterte-will-disastrous-philippines/#comments

Get Real Philippines

Leni Robredo On Group Photo At Holocaust Memorial: Wala Namang Nakalibing Doon

Back from her junket to Europe, with other politicians including Senator Kiko Pangilinan, Vice President Leni Robredo defended the viral group photo showing her and her group posing and smiling at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany.Robredo said she sees nothing wrong with the photo, first posted online by Ifugao Representative Teddy Baguilat, Jr.“Eh wala namang nakalibing doon, so anong problema?” (Nobody’s buried there, so what’s the problem?)“What so disrespectful about that,” she added.Dear Madam, that’s why it’s called Holocaust Memorial, not Holocaust Cemetery.

['Pol Pinoy']

18/04/2018 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2018/04/18/leni-robredo-on-group-photo-at-holocaust-memorial-wala-namang-nakalibing-doon/#respond

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Erich Gonzales Rejects Billboard Guy Xian Gaza's Coffee Date Invitation

Erich Gonzales won't be having a coffee date with Xian Gaza, the young businessman who posted a billboard ad along the streets of Morayta, Manila asking her out.In a report published by ABS-CBN News , Gonzales shared how she came up to a decision after learning about Xian's effort to catch her attention."To be honest, regarding that issue, noong una, just like you guys, na-surprise ako. Natuwa naman ako sa effort (nya). As things unfolded, lumabas 'yung mga expose about him, ako naman kasi personally, lahat naman ng supporters ko naa-appreciate ko lahat ng ginagawa nila, malaking bagay o maliit man 'yan," she said.After the feeling of being surprised passed, however, she began to feel uncomfortable when Gaza started posting those long messages on social media which has gotten a lot mixed reactions and comments from both her fans and social media users."Parang naging uncomfortable ako. Afte talking to my family and my closest friends, I decided not to meet him na lang," she said.She also stated that a person does not have to make a grand gesture just to get her attention as she's just a simple girl.Gonzales has been single for months now after her break-up with actor Daniel Matsunaga.When asked if she is ready to be in a relationship again, she said: "May mga nagpaparamdam po pero wala muna. Ten years pa. Let's just focus muna sa sarili, sa mga bagay na importante, sa pamilya."Well, I guess Xian Gaza will just have to move on to the next girl as Erich Gonzales clearly gave him the cappucciNO.

['Vic Patnugot']

14/10/2018 0:00

http://pinoynewsblogger.blogspot.com/2017/07/erich-gonzales-rejects-billboard-guy.html

Pinoy News Blogger

Marcos Family Wants To Purchase Malacañang Palace

Upon learning that Philippine President-elect Rod Duterte plans to transfer the seat of government from Manila to Davao City, the Marcos family submitted a bid to purchase Malacañang, the presidential palace, for an undisclosed amount.Lawyers of former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos and Senator Bongbong Marcos told The Adobo Chronicles that the family would like to return to Malacañang, their official residence for twenty years.The Marcoses had hoped to return to the palace through Bongbong who ran for the position of vice president in the recently-concluded elections and whose ultimate goal was to become president. Unfortunately, Bongbong lost the VP contest to LeniRobredo.“Rather than let the palace go to waste and be vacant, the Marcoses said the government may just as well convert the massive property into cash to benefit the national treasury,” the lawyers indicated.The only stipulation in the purchase proposal is that all of the frozen Marcos assets be released by the Philippine government so that the family will have the funds to fully pay in cash.

['Pol Pinoy']

28/05/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/05/28/marcos-family-wants-to-purchase-malacanang-palace/#respond

Adobo Chronicles

Leila de Lima should resign to show respect for Filipinos and the Senate

In other countries, the normal and the right thing a disgraced politician would do is resign. This is a noble gesture to demonstrate personal accountability for damage a politician may have caused the public office he or she occupies. It is a show of respect for one’s country and government.These virtues cannot be used to describe Senator Leila de Lima. De Lima has, time again since she won a seat in the Philippine Senate, shown that she is not worthy of the respect a Philippine senator is supposedly entitled to. This is because she has repeatedly disrespected her office. She used it to launch a media circus against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, acted inappropriately in a manner unbecoming of a Philippine Senator, lied to her colleagues, the media, and the Filipino people, and tainted the institution with scandal over her past indiscretions.She also made a mockery of the feminist movement. She attempted to excuse her very public sexual indiscretions with a subordinate who is currently on the run from a summons to attend a congressional probe by describing it as an outcome arising from the “frailties of a woman”. In doing so, she has shown that she is not above playing the victim card o the back of a gender debate skewed towards political correctness.No less than the Filipino women’s rights advocate group Gabriela denounced all this in a statement that asserted that “so-called frailties of women even men or any gender can never be cited as a defense for crimes, be it adultery, abuse of authority by a public official or drug trafficking.”But instead of taking personal accountability and do the honourable thing by resigning her post, de Lima seems bent on clinging to power at all costs – including passing blame to someone else…“My track record as a public official, first as Commission on Human Rights chair and next as secretary of justice, speaks for itself. My record and my reputation have been untarnished until now because of all these unjust, unfair and false allegations and fabricated lies against my alleged involvement in the drug trade. I have made my peace with my past and my family. I don’t know if my primary attacker can say the same,” De Lima said in a statement, adding that her mission is to stop the extrajudicial killings and summary executions happening in our country, as well as to address other social issues.Indeed, whatever it is that de Lima is trying to achieve while in the Senate, it seems that none of it has anything to do with her job as senator — to craft laws. More importantly, she has failed to be a role model to Filipinos.

['Oratio Imperata']

2016-11-17 12:39:14+00:00

https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/11/leila-de-lima-resign-show-respect-filipinos-senate/

Get Real Philippines

An analysis of #PNoy's embarrassing speech delivered before #PopeFrancisPH

Narrating a story is not stating a problem. It may be admitting that there is a problem, and I think that is precisely what he did — admitting to the whole world in so many words that his administration is in a terrible shape. But, WHAT is the problem? (And, we should not even question for a moment whether his narrative is a lie or a truth. It is inconceivable that he would tell a lie in front of an august body — that should already be a given and one that does not even warrant a thought.) So, let us just unpack briefly what he said.[President Noynoy Aquino] talked about the Marcos era for two reasons: (1) to remind everybody that his parents were the freedom fighters to whom we owe our democracy (okay, we can give that to him; nobody is complaining), (2) to have a premise that the Church helped his parents in their struggle (still okay, I too can not object to that) From his premise re the Church during Marcos, he complained that the Church changed and just stood by while Gloria plundered the nation. Boom, sumabog na. As Ilda writes above, how can he complain about the Church when he too remained quiet during most of the term of Gloria, even supporting her a couple of times. If I recall correctly the falling out between the Arroyos and the Aquinos only happened towards the middle of Gloria's 2nd term. There was a public clamor for Cory to go against Gloria because of the Garci Tapes. But, Cory hesitated because she was actually instrumental in the installation of Gloria via EDSA2. So when Cory finally acted and walked to Assumption College to organize EDSA3, there was no support. But, that got the ire of Gloria, and she started persecuting them quite subtly, but P-Noy took this personally — the reason he is persecuting her now not subtly. At this stage, has P-Noy stated a problem relevant to the present? Or, was he just talking history that has no longer any relevance?He proceeded to claim that while the Church remained quiet in the face of Gloria's plundering activities, a good many local clerics began and kept on criticizing him during his own incumbency. (He could not understand why they would do that when he is the best that has ever happened to the republic. No, he didn't say that, but what else was he implying?) So, has he stated a problem finally? ….Or, was he just whinning in the middle of a hallowed hall? — now made unhallowed by the tears of a narcissist. Or, was he just hoping that P-Francis would give some of local clerics a good dressing down? If that is true, did he expose his vindictivenes, a veiled rhreat in effect to his perceived enemies?He ended with kind words for P-Francis and Tagle. Now, can we take his nice words for the Church hierarchy as genuine good words, or just platitudes in the face of what I just described above? Be that as it may, did he miss a golden opportunity to play a statesman in a world stage? It would have been a fantastic way to recover from the blunders he had during Yolanda which was beamed to all in earth? Or, did he create more problems by blurring the lines in the separation of Church and State? In the case of the RH law, for example, this was tested to the limit. The Church maintained that it was the State crossing the line for the issue involved morality which is very much of the Church domain. The State maintained that it was not a Church domain for 20% of the population are non-Catholics. Could the speech been more meaningful if he touched on this subject so that in the event other hot button issues like Divorce and Same-Sex Marriages start shaping up in Congress, the debates could be more intellectual, rather than just being acrimonious as it was with RH?Nobody is holding back PNoy to talk about any topic. All Pinoys ask is that it be meaningful. Maybe, separation of Church and State would have been a heavy topic for that venue. But, he could have stuck with the theme for which P-Francis came: the Poor. This would have been an easy topic for the interests of both Church and State are joint in this regard. This has to be a priority of government for no economy can talk of sustainable growth unless it can expand its middle class, and where would you get that, but in giving underpriviledge class a good fighting chance to up their status. On the other hand, in the case of the Church, they can not talk of the soul if the body is not healthy and the stomach is empty — there is simpky no way you can talk of spirituality if the faithful has no choice but to worry about things basic to the physical body. How could such a faithful even comprehend things abstract, things spiritual, when even things material are incomprehensible? …More to it, there is today so much debate going on whether liberal democracy is exacerbating inequality since the "trickle down" is simply not working at all, whether it is the developed economies or the 3rd Workd. P-Francis has joined this debate via his last encyclical, and it would have been nice to have had a president talking about this, or is P-Noy simply oblivious to these things? Maybe these things just go over his head, and he just broadcasted via his speech he hates being called 'Kalbo' What a profound way to state a problem, I tell you, and it never ceases to amaze.Basing it from the pronouncements of P-Francis and the several press conferences with Tagle and Lombardi, the Vatican Press Officer, the nation is being urged to elevate the quality of public discourse, and they are insisting these things are urgent. Every time we talk about petty things,… the leaders, the intelligensia crowd, the academics, etc make the poor poorer since the lower class is dependent on the more priviledged ones to be those that initiate a change in mindsets. How can we change them if we cannot ourselves change. It is heart-warming that some in the media are responding in kind for if there was anybody to whom the words of P-Francis applied in between the lines, it is them, and some acknowledge this. Let us hope media could carry this long after the Visit.Diplomatically, Francis and Tagle had to ignore PNoy's speech. It must have been a surprise to these two Jesuit trained guys that another Jesuit trained fellow was a "point-misser" if the two had to be blunt, they would still be forced to ignore the speech for it did not add anything to the overarching theme, or any other theme for that matter, that could advance the nation, state-wise, or spiritual-wise.-------------------This is a GRP Featured Comment. Join the discussion!http://getrealphilippines.com/blog/2015/01/president-noynoy-aquino-showed-his-vindictiveness-during-a-speech-for-pope-francis/comment-page-2/#comment-1063757

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2017-09-09 21:29:47+00:00

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Adobo Chronicles Endorses Donald Trump For President And Here’s Why

EDITORIALToday, The Adobo Chronicles is pleased and honored to announce that we have decided to endorse Donald Trump to be the next president of the United States.While we normally do not engage in partisan politics in order to maintain our fairness and objectivity as a news organization, we are making this exception, just this time. We apologize in advance to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.We have watched politics all over the world and we know as well as you do that candidates for public office make a lot of campaign promises that ultimately and surely remain unfulfilled.But to our surprise, Trump is one candidate who fulfills his campaign promises even before he gets elected and for that he deserves to be the leader of the most beautiful and powerful country on earth, our beloved United States of America.Already, Mr. Trump has fulfilled his first major promise when he launched his presidential bid. He HAS built a great wall.We have the photos to prove what he has done, direct from Hollywood Boulevard’s Walk of Fame!God bless Donald Trump and God bless the United states of America!

['Pol Pinoy']

20/07/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/07/20/adobo-chronicles-endorses-donald-trump-for-president-and-heres-why/?share=email

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Filipinos cannot build a strong nation because they are incapable of cooperating with one another

Filipinos are renowned for being utterly unable to co-operate. Even within families they cheat and abuse each other. Nobody trusts anybody else for a very good reason: most Filipinos are untrustworthy. They’ll stab you in the back if they think there’s some short-term gain in it.This is a hole that’s very hard to dig yourself out of. Nobody can offer to help his neighbor, or his neighborhood, or his country, because he knows that sooner or later one of two things will happen: he’ll be slapped down for failing to conform to social expectations, or he’ll be ripped off so often that he’ll just give up.So exactly how do you suppose a strong, independent nation is going to be built upon that? It’s impossible.Strong societies are strong because they learn to co-operate among themselves. There’s nothing shameful about teaming up with others for mutual benefit: in other words, helping each other. But the Filipino sees everything as a power play. He cannot comprehend the idea of win-win co-operation, or interaction between equals. He must either debase himself or assert himself with arrogance.Somehow, Filipinos need to adopt the values you ridicule: that is, the motivation that encourages “meddlers” to offer to help. While I agree that those meddlers rarely have any clue what they’re talking about, some of them do; but because the Filipino adopts the motto “trust no one”, without attempting to evaluate the individual, he can never be helped, and he can never help himself. All he can ever receive is charity, and all he can ever give is fealty.Paradoxically, then, the Filipino version of “strength” – we don’t need you meddling meddlers! – ends up making the country weaker than it needs to be.This is a GRP Featured Comment. ------------------------This is a GRP Featured Comment. Join the discussion

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2017-09-15 23:34:48+00:00

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LOOK: Netizen explains why Mocha deserves a Senate seat on 2019

Several netizens believe that Presidential Communications Operations Office Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson can continue serving the country by becoming a senator of the Philippines.Netizen Jimmy Domingo, explained why Uson has the potential to run for Senator.According to Domingo, President Duterte cannot win the election without the social media power of Mocha Uson who owned one of the biggest political Facebook page in the Philippines and the current administration knows it that’s why they kept him in the government despite of the accusations threw against her.He said that Uson’s help made Duterte’s team to spend only few because they already got some free advertisement from the social media page of the entertainer-turned-assistant secretary.Domingo explained that the rumors that Mocha’s future political plans made the opposition panic so they started to discredit Mocha by destroying her on social media, television and accusing her of spreading fake news.“If Mocha Uson run for the senate she will surely be number one to the horror of the yellows.” Domingo said.The netizen also said that people listen more to Mocha than to the mainstream media who were accused by the Duterte supporter of being biased against the President.Domingo also labeled Mocha as the ‘most feared nemesis of the mainstream media’He believed that even the opposition spend millions of pesos to discredit Mocha, no one can beat her in the upcoming election because of the social media support that she still received from the netizens.This is the full post of Jimmy Domingo:“If not for Mocha Uson, Duterte will not be President Why is Pres. Duterte very keen on giving government post to Mocha Uson?The reason is President Duterte is smart and humble enough to admit that he will not be president if not for Mocha Uson. Mocha Uson made history in the last election she made Rodrigo Duterte president without spending millions, without political machinery although it involve hips movement like a machinery when she and her Mocha Girls team join election rallies. This is the first time in Philippines history that a single entertainer propel a politician to presidency. Her Facebook likes and followers that is presently more than 5.3 million tells it all. What scares the opposition the most is the 2019 election if Mocha Uson run for the senate she will surely be number one to the horror of the yellows. Mocha Uson is the de facto leader of social media through her the people that is unknwon to us is made known largely through her famous Facebook page. Through Mocha Uson those unknowns could think about this among all why is it her that Trillanes single out in the Ombudsman, why is it that networks lambasted her when she made simple and very forgivable mistakes. This is the first time in history that giant media like ABS-CBN and GMA7 go hand in hand on running after Mocha Uson. Its very simple because people listen more to her than to them. ABS-CBN and GMA 7 with periodicals including the radio combine has billions worth of assets while Mocha Uson is just 1 female crusader. The importance of Mocha to the Duterte administration is so big and that much, that no matter how the mainstream media tried to make Duterte look bad all the things that they work melted away by just a simple post on Facebook of Mocha Uson. She is the most feared nemesis of mainstream media that knows that maybe their time are going to a close. And Mocha Uson is giving a face to their end. They look at Mocha Uson and realize that they are already obsolete. Just imagine if you are them looking at that someone that will make you jobless for the very near years to come. And its not only the mainstream media but the politicians as well. They look at Mocha Uson and realize that she is one of those that will replace them as elected public officials and their money even if they spend millions they will not be able to beat Mocha Uson on the next election. No one would like to be irrelevant.

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2017-09-24 14:32:53+08:00

https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/netizen-urges-mocha-run-senator-2019/

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PNP Chief Bato slams media: Nag iimbento kayo ng istorya para takutin kami!

Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Friday blasted a foreign media report on two supposed senior police officials claimed that the PNP is involved in the killing of drug suspects.A report from Reuters mentioned two police officials, a retired police intelligence officer and an active-duty commander, claiming that the killings were performed by several police officers.The cops who also killed criminals will receive 10,000 pesos per head.Bato said that the story released by the foreign media was only pure hearsay and report didn’t showed some evidence that would prove their claims.He also believes that the media only inventing negative stories about War On Drugs to harass the PNP.“For all we know creation lang ng media ‘yan para takutin kami. Ike-claim ko na creation ng media iyan hangga’t hindi n’yo hinaharap sa akin ‘yan,” Dela Rosa told reporters.Bato challenged the foreign media to reveal the identity of the said police officers that they interviewed and he would face them to answer all the issues.“Hindi naman PNP nag-create niyan, kayo nagsabi niyan. Kayo nagsabi, so prove n’yo na nandyan ‘yung mga tao, existing ‘yung mga tao, palutangin n’yo complete name at mag-usap kami harap-harapan kung ano yung mga issues nila sasagutin ko,” he added.He also called the two informant as ‘cowards’ for hiding their identity behind the media.“Mga duwag ‘yun. Magaling lang magsalita nang patago. Kayo naman kasi ang nag-entertain n’yan kung sino iyang retired na pulis na iyan at active na pulis na iyan. Kung may b—g sila humarap sa media at magpakalat ng ganyang storya dapat may b sila humarap sa commander nila at sabihan ako na ganun, ganito para maaksyunan ko,”Bato is already suspicious with the motives of the foreign media in covering the War On Drugs in the Philippines.“Otherwise hangga’t hindi nila ginagawa ‘yan their motive is suspicious. Bakit ganun ang ginagawa nila,” he added.

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2017-04-24 01:54:58+08:00

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SAN FRANCISCO BANS WIRE CLOTHES HANGERS

Last week, The Adobo Chronicles reported that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a proposal to ban wild and exotic animals from circuses, parades, film and television.Considered the most liberal and radical in the country, the SF Supes have approved uber measures like banning plastic bags in groceries and supermarkets and outlawing kids’ toys in McDonald’s Happy Meals.On Friday, the Board unanimously approved to ban the use of wire clothes hangers in the city and county, a measure that San Francisco’s gay community has been clamoring for in the last couple of decades.Supervisor Scott Wiener said that the “use of wire hangers is contrary to best fashion and grooming practices, what with all those ugly protruding ‘bumps’ on shirt and coat shoulders resulting from wire hanging.”In approving the measure, the Board also noted that the ban will also help reduce the number of car thefts, considering that wire hangers are a handy tool for thieves to pick car door locks.The Human Rights Commision, the largest LGBT advocacy group in the country, immediately praised the new law and said it hopes that other cities and counties throughout the country will consider a similar proposal.

['Pol Pinoy']

26/04/2018 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2015/04/26/san-francisco-bans-wire-clothes-hangers/#respond

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Sloppily-written #Cybercrime Prevention Act too hard to repair

Considering that the Cybercrime Prevention Act is shot through with questionable provisions and that human rights advocates and a wide sector of media opposed it, it wasn't surprising the Supreme Court struck down several provisions. Personally, I had thought the high court would have declared the whole of the law unconstitutional. I suppose the decision was intended to please everyone; in the end they probably antagonised everyone concerned.RA 10175 was poorly thought out and sloppily written. And now it is proven to be, as per ruling of the Supreme Court, a legally defective law. With the decision that major parts of the law are unconstitutional, it falls to the Executive to 'tweak' the law - likely through the implementing rules and regulations. But the IRR cannot sufficiently and validly cure those substantial defects. The IRR cannot amend the law itself.On the other hand, amending RA 10175 through the regular legislative process will be very messy, requiring many of the sections to be rewritten. With such massive rewriting, the law might as well be repealed and a better crafted substitute measure passed.Formulating a substitute, however, requires considerable time and resources. Besides, the repeal and enactment of a new law would hurt the pride of the lawmakers who passed it and the President who signed it into law. On the whole, this is probably the best choice, painful though it may be.From the beginning the Penoy and the sponsors of RA 10175 bungled the affair by their clumsy insertion of sections violating or tending to violate freedom of expression, due process, and equal protection and privacy of communication. As a result, even the more laudable objective of giving law enforcement agencies the proper tools against child pornography, cracking, identity theft and criminal spam was compromised. Now, all these well-meaning measures will be flushed down the drain.Source:http://getrealphilippines.com/blog/2014/02/aquino-anti-cybercrime-law-curtailing-freedom-of-speech-ruins-significance-of-edsa-people-power-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-215320

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27/05/2018 0:00

https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2014/02/sloppily-written-cybercrime-prevention.html

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Leni Robredo Will Step Down To Give Way To Her Daughter Aika

Vice Presidential daughter Aika Robredo says she plans to work in the Philippines after completing the master’s program in public administration at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.VP Leni Robredo told The Adobo Chronicles that she will step down from her position to give way to her daughter’s ambition.”I have always been against political dynasties, despite the fact that I ran for public office even when my late husband was a politician,” Robredo said.”I love my daughter and I think she’ll do a better job in politics than myself.”

['Pol Pinoy']

27/05/2018 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2018/05/27/leni-robredo-will-step-down-to-give-way-to-her-daughter-aika/?share=email

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WATCH: Blogger Sass Rogando Sasot becomes emotional while confronting BBC Journalist Jonathan Head

Blogger Sass Rogando Sasot became passionate in expressing her disappointment to the BBC journalist that she confronted at the International Media Center in Conrad Hotel Manila Monday.Jonathan Head was spotted by the Pro-Duterte blogger during the ASEAN Summit in the Philippines, so she didn’t let the opportunity escape and she confronted the journalist that she criticized in her blog several years ago.Sass questioned how BBC News, an international news organization, was able to interview blogger Jover Laurio of Pinoy Ako Blog who libeled her several times despite of being just a ‘very minor blogger’ in the Philippines.“How is it possible, that Jover Laurio, a very minor blogger in the Philippines, was featured by the BBC in order to defend herself against the people who outed her identity but not someone like me?” Sasot said.She also explained to Head the Jover Laurio became infamous for libeling people mostly Duterte supporters in her blog.Sasot started to became emotional when she narrated how the international media focused about the alleged ‘troll network’ of the Duterte administration while they do not care about the anti-Duterte bloggers who libeled people.“You just insulted, not just me..but millions of followers and supporters of the President,” Sasot said.“Do you know that millions of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) are doing everything, in order to combat the lies peddled by mainstream media?” she added.Sass also asked Head the contact numbers of the BBC staff behind the interview of Jover Laurio.But who’s Jonathan Head and why Sasot confronted her?Last year, Sass Rogando Sasot shared several articles of BBC’s Jonathan Head and criticized the journalist for being critical with the uterte administration.One of the first post of Sasot about Head is about the interview of the BBC journalist on a ‘self-proclaimed vigilante’ who admitted that her job is to kill drug leaders.Sasot described the article of BBC as ‘disgusting’ and she believes that the article written by Jonathan Head was a possible ‘drug cartel propaganda’She also questioned how Jonathan Head interviewed a drug pusher who’s on the run and already mistrusted anyone.“1. If Roger is on the run, how did Jonathan Head find him? 2. Who found Roger for Jonathan Head? 3. If Roger doesn’t trust anyone, as he confessed, how did Jonathan Head earn his trust?” Sassot said in her post last year.Because of this, Sass Rogando Sasot joked that Jonathan Head might be more competent than the former Justice Secretary Leila De Lima because the BBC journalist was able to find a member of the ‘death squad’ that allegedly linked to President Rodrigo Duterte.She also urged her followers to report Jonathan Head’s article on BBC News.After Sasot criticized Jonathan Head for his article about so called ‘deathsquads’ the pro-Duterte blogger shared another article of the BBC Journalist.That time, Head described Mar Roxas, the political nemesis of President Duterte as “By all accounts, a decent and capable politician…”Sasot claimed that Jonathan Head praised Mar Roxas while the journalist badly portrayed the Duterte and his supporters in his article.The BBC journalist who finally responded to the criticisms of Sasot against him denied the accusation of the pro-Duterte blogger.“Sorry but that is rubbish. I don’t know Roxas, have never met him, and have no stake in Filipino politics. That was a mild comment which deserves no such interpretation, and completely ignores what many people told me was an unreasonably favorable view of Duterte in my reporting in May.” Jonathan Head told Sass.In response, Sasot told Jonathan Head that his article is the real ‘rubbish’ because the journalist insinuating that the lady-assassin that she interviewed is doing her job as support to President Duterte’s war against illegal drugs.“Your article was rubbish, Mr Jonathan Head. The woman you interviewed is clearly hired by the police who is obviously part of a drug syndicate in the Philippines! Yet you kept on insinuating that this assassin is doing it in support of Duterte’s war on drugs.” Sass said.“That article is severely misleading. At one point it said the killer was hired to kill a pusher who did not pay his debts (drug sales?), next thing the article insinuated that it was Duterte who indirectly encouraged her. And then, you were able to interview a drug pusher on the run and who mistrusts anyone? I have a bridge for sale Mr Head.” she added.Sass also added several questions to Jonathan Head which the journalist didn’t replied.“Jonathan Head So tell us, were you really able to verify that the woman you interviewed was indeed an assassin??? Do you really want us to believe you that you ACTUALLY verified that her claims were true???” Sasot said.Sources: Sass Rogando Sasot, Mocha Uson blog.

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2017-11-13 18:06:50+08:00

https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/sass-rogando-sasot-becomes-emotional-confronts-bbc-journalist-jonathan-head/

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CVS PHARMACIES TO QUIT SMOKING OCTOBER 1 (WITH UPDATE)

CVS Pharmacy, one of the largest drugstore chains in the country, is changing its name to CVS Health. The Rhode Island-based company also announced that all its stores will quit smoking effective October 1.Talk about cold turkey.To learn more about this announcement that has shocked both the tobacco companies and the public health community, visit the CVS web site.Update: CVS Pharmacies have quit smoking as of today, a month earlier than originally planned.

['Pol Pinoy']

03/09/2017 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2014/09/03/cvs-pharmacies-to-quit-smoking-october-1/

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CBCP, Duterte Sign Historic Memorandum Of Agreement

In what is being billed as the century’s most significant coming together of Church and State anywhere in the world, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and President Rodrigo Duterte today signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that practically ends the enmity between religion and civil government.Titled “Humanae Vitale Statistics,” the MOA grants Catholic clergy the freedom to use the pulpit to criticize the Duterte government without fear of reprisal from government. It also grants Malacañang the right to demand that the President deliver the Sunday homily at a Catholic Church of his choosing for the rest of his term.Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque told The Adobo Chronicles that Duterte will first be making the rounds of Catholic Churches in Metro Manila, followed by churches in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).For every homily delivered by Duterte, the agreement calls for collections for that Sunday mass to be donated to Duterte’s discretionary fund to be used to help indigent Filipinos.The MOA is expected to be replicated in other Catholic Churches throughout the world.Many good things start in the Philippines!

['Pol Pinoy']

30/07/2018 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2018/07/30/cbcp-duterte-sign-historic-memorandum-of-agreement/#respond

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Hard work and common sense combined with good education can save the #Philippines

The sad reality is that the Philippines today is led by well intended incompetents, by scheming crooks, or by both who understandably,can't seem to get anything done together. This condition has been festering for the last four decades and it has exacted a heavy toll. The only saving grace seems to be the citizens who have had the patience, persistence and the resilience, (there goes those three words again), to absorb the hard times; to work around the road blocks; and, to keep their chins up.For some time now, understandably, these 'three virtues' have been showing signs of wearing thin; and, unless they are given something to hang on to and work with.. a raft or lifesaver.. or something.. the people's downward spiral could only accelerate. Many would say that this is a harsh assessment of the country today, and that I am wrong. Goodness knows that I hope I am.While I am skeptical about a reversal of just about everything that plagues the country now, I am not entirely a cynic. I actually think that nothing is so bad.. that nothing good can come out of it. A turnaround, however can not come overnight, and certainly, not by itself. It will require a little common sense and some, (maybe a lot) of hard work on the part of the more fortunate among the citizens.. the sector that can see both sides of the street and who stand to benefit, as well, from the effort.. and time.Education of the public is key to this effort. Almost all of the wage earners and tradesmen, after some level of schooling, cease to learn anything outside of his work. TESDA is a great idea, but it seems to be limited to those who have somewhat more of formal school learning.. who want to either switch careers or to just get ahead in his/her present discipline. Neither is TESDA present outside of urban centers, where most other people are located.For these others, 'Neighborhood Reading Centers', (rudimentary libraries) might work. Civic clubs, (you could read about them in the social pages of newspapers) might find this worthwhile pursuing. The Rotary, Kiwanis and the Lions clubs might find it gratifying to see the less fortunate uplifted while safely and wholesomely occupied. A sustained program for 'Teens' Apprenticeship' in workshops, where they might learn a trade could also work; and so could 'Regular Kids' Summer Camps' where civility and healthful activity are emphasized. The more imaginative and enterprising Mayors or Congressmen might even help, if they were prominently identified with these programs. All these may or may not be applicable as such; but youth programs along these lines are key. Education promotes hope.. and hope is about all that the masses could hang on to in today's Philippines.Hope and change was not really an 'Obama Original'. It was first said, (perhaps not in as many words), by the National Hero, JP Rizal.. more than a century ago, as he addressed the country's youth then.------------------This is a GRP Featured Comment. Join the discussion!http://getrealphilippines.com/blog/2015/09/superficiality-vs-substance-eyes-singaporeans/#comment-1318685

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06/07/2017 0:00

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Inquirer and Akbayan are ruining Philippine international relations

If there is one thing I hate about President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent tirade in which he threatened to cut ties with the European Union and the United Nations is he didn’t include cursing members of Philippine mainstream media and those from the Opposition who invited the so-called foreign delegates to visit the country. It has emerged that the so-called “international delegates” are left-leaning individuals who support the socialist causes of the country’s leading leftist group Akbayan. The latter’s fingerprints are all over this “mission”. They probably provided the foreigners with the placards that read “Stop silencing dissent” and “Stop the killings”. Akbayan Representaive Tom Villarin proudly joined the pictorial holding one of the placards.The opposition has become so desperate that they have resorted to using foreigners to make their claim “legitimate”. But their tactic was exposed by the European Union itself.They think most Filipinos would be gullible enough to think that the sight of white folks protesting against Duterte would be enough to trigger mass hysteria. It is quite ironic that Akbayan would use foreigners to advance their causes. Aren’t they supposed to be espousing nationalistic causes? Perhaps they’ll use anyone or anything as long as it favours their agenda. Members of the mainstream media allied with the Opposition jumped on the story straight away. The Philippine Daily Inquirer even featured the visit as a top headline on its 10th October edition.The Inquirer wrote “Malacañang had no immediate comment on the EU mission’s statements” at the end of their write-up. Either they purposely wanted to make people believe that these foreigners were members of the European Union or they didn’t bother checking if they were EU representatives as their profession requires them to. Either way, this is more proof that mainstream media, particularly the Inquirer, cannot be trusted to give accurate information.The Inquirer has not issued a correction despite the EU issuing a statement that these so-called foreign delegates do not represent the sentiments of the EU. They simply moved on as if they were not party to the spread of false information. How can the operators of this major publication sleep at night? They do not care if their actions result in damaging the country’s relationship with the international community.While Duterte’s tirade was misdirected at the wrong group of people, it compelled the EU to distance itself from the actions of the foreigners who as Manila Times columnist Rigoberto Tiglao decribed as “brazen”:We have lost all sense of nationalism and integrity as an independent people if we are not angry at the PDI’s front page. It insults our country on three levels. Firstly, we should be mad at such a brazen interference in our domestic affairs. We are a sovereign country with our own Constitution, our own body of laws. What right do these Europeans have to meddle in our affairs, when we obviously still have the rule of law. Have they meddled over the US invasion of Iraq; over the hundreds of Muslims kidnapped by the US and tortured in their Guantanamo fortress, many kept nearly a decade without charges; over alleged genocide of the Rohingya in Burma; or even over the ruthless police brutality in their continent, in Catalonia? What’s shocking is that these foreigners in the PDI photo don’t even represent their countries, and don’t have any substantial European constituency. They are mostly small-time but noisy NGO activists in their countries.The EU has categorically denied sending its representatives to hold a protest against Duterte and stated that media reports like the Inquirer’s report were false:“The recent visit of the delegation of the ‘International Delegates of the Progressive Alliance’ to the Philippines on 8-9 October was not a ‘European Union mission,’ as falsely reported by some media outlets,” Jessen said in a statement.These foreigners should be deported as soon as possible and banned from entering the country again. They are meddling on issues they don’t understand. They only get information from biased sources like members of the Opposition. The faces of these foreigners look even more pathetic in their photo-ops now that I know they are not official members of the EU.The Inquirer should be held accountable for their false and misleading report. They have done enough damage to Philippine society. They are causing confusion locally and exporting negative perception to the world that the Philippines is a failed state without a functioning system. The publication is adding to the mounting problems the country is already facing since the previous government mismanaged it.Akbayan should also be held accountable for orchestrating this circus and misleading the public. Voters should be wary of putting them in power in the next election. Their claim that the government is silencing dissent is ridiculous since they have not stopped speaking against Duterte from Day One of his term. Their use of Senator De Lima’s detention as proof that Duterte is silencing dissenters does not make any sense since the Supreme Court also agrees that she has to stay in jail to answer the charges against her in connection with her violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act for allegedly receiving money to fund her senatorial bid in 2016 from drug lords operating a drug ring while serving time in the country’s national penitentiary.It’s about time the public identify and take a stand against the real enemies of the state. The enemies of the state are also Filipinos who are too impatient to wait for the next election. They would rather use all kinds of tactics to topple a legitimate government and cease control themselves than use democratic process. They have their own agenda but are using the guise of “caring for the victims” of the war on drugs to make the claim that Duterte needs to be removed at all cause. They will not stop until they succeed.

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2017-10-13 03:35:16+00:00

https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/10/inquirer-and-akbayan-are-ruining-philippine-international-relations/#comments

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Why VP Binay Will Not Win Philippine Presidential Elections Despite Leading In The Polls

Vice President Jejomar Binay has regained the top spot in the latest Pulse Asia presidential survey, with 33 percent compared with Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s 23 percent and Senator Grace Poe’s 21 percent.But that doesn’t mean Binay is going to win in the May elections. Here’s why:The survey was a two-part question, with the following sample response:Question No. 1: Who will you vote for as the next president of the Philippines?Answer: Jejomar BinayQuestion No. 2: Are you a registered voter?Answer: No(Our Manila correspondent Merphix A. contributed to this report)

['Pol Pinoy']

28/01/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/01/28/why-vp-binay-will-not-win-philippine-presidential-elections-despite-leading-in-the-polls/?share=email

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ROSE FOSTANES AND SUSAN BOYLE TO RECORD NEW SINGLE

Filipina Rose Fostanes and Scottish Susan Boyle have many things in common. Both have humble beginnings: Rose is a caregiver working in Tel Aviv and Susan was a trainee cook in her native Scotland. They have incredible musical talent and joined television singing competitions at past 40 years old which is really irrelevant to this story. Audiences were skeptical, almost cynical, about their winning the competitions.Both are singing champions in countries other than their own: Susan winning in Britain’s Got Talent and Rose winning in this week’s X Factor Israel.Today, being the entrepreneur that he is, Simon Cowell who originated both shows in Great Britain, announced that he is producing a new single that would feature a duet by both women.The song was composed by Sir Elton John and is titled “I Dreamed It My Way.” Susan, of course, became famous for her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” during her audition on Britain’s Got Talent and Rose’s finale song on X Factor Israel was Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.”Pre-orders of the single, yet to be recorded, have already reached One Million.

['Pol Pinoy']

15/01/2017 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2014/01/15/rose-fostanes-and-susan-boyle-to-record-new-single/#comments

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Sen. Antonio Trillanes “glad” that VP Robredo resigns from Duterte’s Cabinet

Senator Antonio Trillanes released a statement on his twitter account on Leni’s resignation as HUDCC Secretary of President Duterte’s Cabinet.Trillanes was glad to know that Vice President Leni Robredo decided to leave the Cabinet of President Duterte earlier. He believes that the resignation of Robredo was bound to happen.Statement (1/2): The resignation of VP Robredo fr. the cabinet was bound to happen, and Im so glad it happened sooner than later. — Antonio Trillanes IV (@TrillanesSonny) December 4, 2016The reason why Trillanes was glad because the Vice President may be tainted by the Duterte admin’s politics of death, divisiveness,deceit and impunity.@TrillanesSonny Statement(2/2): Otherwise,she would hve been tainted by d Duterte Admin's politics of death,divisiveness,deceit & impunity. — Antonio Trillanes IV (@TrillanesSonny) December 4, 2016Vice President Leni Robredo was one of the harshest critics of the burial of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. She is also one of the Cabinet members of President Duterte who sometimes opposed the decision of the President.According to Sec. Jun Evasco, cabinet members who can’t support the decision of the President should resign from their position.

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2016-12-04 22:00:15+08:00

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SCOTT WALKER PROPOSES U.S.-CANADA BORDER; RICK SANTORUM WANTS SEA WALL AROUND ALASKA AND HAWAII

are hugging the limelight where it shines most: illegal immigration. Everyone is getting tired of Trump’s “great wall” along the U.S. southern border with Mexico. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker just found a new hot button issue to help beef up his campaign: build a U.S. northern border. In an interview for NBC’s “Meet the Press”, Walker said his tough talk to securing the borders and enforcing U.S. laws extends to the 5,525-mile Canadian border as well.It’s a shift from most campaign-trail rhetoric, which has focused on the border with Mexico, where millions undocumented immigrants have entered the country.Not wanting to be left behind, former Senator Rick Santorum came up with his own border policy idea. He wants a sea wall built around all islands in the state of Hawaii to deter undocumented immigrants from Asia and the Pacific from entering the U.S. He is also proposing a similar sea wall between Alaska and Russia. (Many will recall that while campaigning for vice president, former Governor Sarah Palin said that she can see Russia from her backyard.)The Republicans may finally see a tighter competition among its presidential candidates.Will Trump’s commanding lead in the polls finally drop?Will other candidates join the bandwagon and align themselves with the border Republicans?

['Pol Pinoy']

31/08/2018 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/31/scott-walker-proposes-u-s-canada-border-rick-santorum-wants-sea-wall-around-alaska-and-hawaii/?share=email

Adobo Chronicles

How Did Your Fighter Fare?

There were many flaws in the First Philippine Presidential debate 2016. Most everyone complained that there were too many commercials and the candidates were not given enough time to answer in depth. In fact, the flaws of the debate mirrored the same flaws in the Philippine political system. Beholden to commercial interests, not enough substance, not enough time (think term limits and no reelection), and extremely showbiz. Yet despite these glaring shortcomings, we take what we can get. The debates at least managed to put everybody on the same stage, and even though the format left much to be desired (at the end of “Round 1”, I was half expecting a scantily clad woman to walk across the stage holding a placard announcing the next round), it still managed to reveal quite a lot about each candidate.Binay – on my scorecard was neutral to negative after the debates. He dodged and danced around a bit, but all along was very low energy. His volume was low key. Instead he kept on jabbing at the same spot–how the current administration was incompetent. He managed to give his side on the anti-dynasty movement (Why deny people who want to serve, as long as they are qualified. Why deny if they are voted in by the people?). However, his counter to Roxas’s jibe about there being two Makatis, the rich one of Ayala, and the drug-infested one of the Binay’s was weak. He seemed too flustered and too busy trying to come off as statesman-like.Poe – Clearly the most articulate and prepared of the bunch. If Binay was low key, she was practically brimming with energy. Her training for this bout showed in the statistics and facts she pulled out at opportune moments. She parried Roxas’s attack on her being inexperienced i.e. an OJT (on the job trainee) as if she saw it coming a mile away. Her counter attack, that a new perspective was needed to solve the problems that remain unsolved, was very effective. She even managed a dig at Roxas for the MRT mess, albeit an almost gentle smack on the hand. Poe speaks well in three languages: Tagalog, English, and Millenial-speak. She targets and connects with the young audience that will decide this election.Duterte – The man has his own style, which you either love or hate. Many prissy Manila intellectuals automatically recoil at the gruff, unpolished speech. This is the same manicured, country club set that says Duterte looks like a driver, and cant even wear his barong properly. Duterte however managed to charm, with his rapport and sympathy with the ailing Santiago, even assisting her on the stage. His answer to the charges of womanizing was brilliant — drawing guffaws and applause from the audience, at least that portion of the audience who believe that a public servant’s personal life is his own affair, and that children learn primarily from their parents, not by emulating the sexual mores of the president of their country. But Duterte threw the knockout punch when he said the reason he was there, and wanted to serve, was because he loved this country. From a man who is brutally frank and almost incapable of artifice, this simple statement spoke volumes. You felt it in the gut. Say what you want about Duterte but it would be wrong to doubt his sincerity.Santiago – The veteran pugilist seemed like the toll of all those years in the ring have made their mark. Many couldn’t get past her bloated appearance and stammering speech; she is after all afflicted with the dreaded cancer. Like the pro, she still managed some zingers but it was all rote and muscle memory. You throw your left, I counter with my right. Her best moment was probably the statement that she did not want to spend her last years in bed but rather continuing to serve her country. One has to admire heart, especially when the body cannot keep up with it anymore.Roxas – He comes out of his corner swinging wildly. The man throws punches left and right, indiscriminately. Going negative –this is the logical strategy of the underdog with nothing to lose. The problem is Roxas is inherently a weak puncher and his blows are easily parried, as were done by Poe and Duterte. Binay had a harder time but as mentioned previously, he didn’t really bring his game attitude to this bout.Among the closing statements, Roxas’s was the most memorable–for its sheer awfulness. Given a minute, he used up half the time to talk about how rich and privileged he was, in a painfully obvious wind up to the uppercut– that “I want you to have the same things.” Which raises the question…does he mean he wants all Filipinos to be a wealthy scion of a political dynast family, heir to Araneta money and connections?I have made this statement before, fight fans. Roxas should fire all his trainers. They are killing him from the inside faster than a punch to the gut that leads to internal haemmorage. With trainers like these who needs political opponents? True enough, his punch thrown at Duterte about being able to buy drugs in Davao has become the latest social media joke (see image).So what to expect from the 2nd debate? Many are already raising complaints that it will be hosted by ABS-CBN which they claim has always been biased to the administration candidate. Still others are warning the network to tone down the amount of advertising. I am personally going to boycott all companies that buy ad time for the 2nd presidential debate. Let’s scare them sponsors so that we can have an informative, dignified and impartial 2nd Philippine Presidential debate 2016.

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2016-02-24 03:23:39+00:00

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Get Real Philippines

In Photos: The President is on a Fight

President Rodrigo Duterte went to grace the 48th anniversary of the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing at the Villamor Airbase in Pasay City. The commander-in-chief revealed that the Yellow Forces are planning to impeach him.The President said that all of the attacks against him even before he flew to Laos for ASEAN summit until he got back in the country are plots of the “Yellows”.After an hour of speaking before the Air Force men, Duterte joined a kind of fight on a table. A boodle fight is a traditional dinner at the military.Look how gamely the President is in a boodle fight. Indeed, he is a rockstar!What can you say about this? Leave your comments below!

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2016-09-14 16:03:29+08:00

http://duterte.today/photos-president-fight/

Duterte Daily Stories

Hong Kong survivors of 2010 Manila bus massacre to sue Philippines, gov't officials

"They name the Republic of the Philippines as the first defendant. The eight officials include then Manila mayor Alfredo Lim, Manila police superintendent Rodolfo Magtibay, Police Special Action Force chief Leocadio Santiago Jnr, Philippine National Police director general Jesus Versoza, Interior and Local Governments Undersecretary Rico Puno, chief hostage negotiator Orlando Yebra, and Chief Inspector Santiago Pascual III."Solicitor John Clancey, who represents the trio, said the eight officials were sued because they were criticised in an investigation report by Philippine Secretary for Justice Leila de Lima."The three did not specify the amount of compensation, but legislator James To Kun-sun, who has been helping the families, estimated that the compensation would be "at least several million dollars".Full report:http://m.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1298604/manila-bus-tragedy-survivors-and-victims-families-sue-philippine

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2018-06-06 00:03:50+00:00

https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2013/08/hong-kong-survivors-of-2010-manila-bus.html

GRPundit

British Government Clarifies News Report About Visa-Free Entry By Filipinos Into The UK

The British government today issued a clarification regarding a news report published in the Da1lymail.com that Filipinos are now eligible to visit the United Kingdom without obtaining a visa.The report stated that newly-appointed British Prime Minister Theresa May had announced a new visa policy for 3 countries that included the Philippines, Republic of South Africa and Rwanda.The decision reportedly took into consideration the Socio-Economic, Political, Foreign and Human Rights Policies instituted over the past 60 months by the named countries.Today, however, the Office of the British Prime Minister clarified that the news report is not entirely true, saying that only Filipino citizens who speak with a British accent are eligible for the new visa-free policy.So, Pinoys, it’s time to practice your British accent!

['Pol Pinoy']

20/08/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/08/20/british-government-clarifies-news-report-about-visa-free-entry-by-filipinos-into-the-uk/?share=email

Adobo Chronicles

When A President Misspells A Word

No other president in history has ever been so careless in his tweets, often misspelling words that kids easily ace in the National Spelling Bee. Like Donald Trump. Like ‘covfefe.’Trump’s tweet has gone viral but no one has dared to correct his spelling.Well, we will.The correct spelling is ‘cofveve.’ It means to have coffee ☕️ first and converse later.Let’s hope Trump can correctly pronounce ‘nuclear,’ unlike that other President who says it the ‘nucular’ way.Calling the attention of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos!

['Pol Pinoy']

31/05/2017 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2017/05/31/when-a-president-misspells-a-word/?share=email

Adobo Chronicles

8-Year-Old Boy Dedicates Heartfelt Poem To President Duterte, Asks Tablet For His Birthday

A young poet from Marinduque goes viral with his impressive poem which he dedicates to President Duterte. Alexis Fabrero, who resides at Sitio Apartahan Barangay Tigwi, Torrijos, Marinduque recited the poem he wrote in front of a cellphone camera while standing on a mound of dirt in their vegetable garden brandishing a machete on his hip for effect.The video quickly gained traction as many social media users find his poem both impressive and inspiring. He delivered the poem like a classic poet pouring emotions to each and every word complete with gestures.The machete he wore on his hip, which he uses to help his father work their vegetable garden, only gave a nationalistic effect to his recital which of many us found amusing.According to report by Marinduque News, a local website in that province, Alexis is a grade 3 student in elementary and is a consistent honor student in his class.The young poet wishes to have the opportunity to shake hands with the president as a gift for his upcoming birthday on August 6. He also wanted to ask for a scholarship for his two younger siblings as well as for himself. Marinduque News reports that the video of Alexis reciting his heartfelt poem has already been viewed over a million times and garnered almost 30 thousand shares and counting as of this writing.Aside from having the chance to shake the hands of the president, he also wanted a tablet for his birthday prompting the the editors of Marinduque News to open a donation drive where netizens may donate so that they may buy him a present.Here's the video of Alexis Fabrero, now dubbed as Batang Makata ng Bayan, reciting his poem for President Duterte, followed by the full transcript below:“Magandang araw po, sa taga It’s ShowtimeLalo kay Ate Vice, sa inyong lahat diyanAko ay nagsadya, sa inyong harapanUpang makiusap, ako ay payaganTula sa pangulo dito sa programa, kanyang mapakinggan.Magandang araw po, kagalang-galanganMahal na pangulong, kapitag-pitaganSa sandaling ito, sa’yo po’y nagpupugay.Ako po ay batang, taga MarinduqueHinubog sa aral at gawang mabutiMay takot sa Diyos sa droga’y tumanggiBawal magpasaway, ng hindi magsisi.Sa aking panonood, ng mga balitaAking namamasdan, ang inyong mga mukhaSa loob at labas, nitong ating bansaAking namamalas, ang inyo pong mga gawa.Sa murang isip ko, akin pong nalamanKayo ang pangulong, mabait matapangPuso’y maawain, laging mapagbigaySa lahat ng taong, nangangailangan.Subali’t kung taong matigas ang uloSa bayan ay pasaway, ayaw magbagoLipulin ang salot, sakit ng gobyerno.Ako po ay kampi, sa inyo ay panigAlam kong tama lang, parusang ginamitKung hindi gagawin, kastigong makisigMas lalong darami, mga taong adik.Para po sa akin, bilang isang bataSa aking paglaki, paligid ko’y payapaSaan man magpunta, makisalamuhaSaan mang panig, sulok nitong bansa.Kaya salamat po, sa pagmamalasakitLipulin ang salot, sa aming paligidKami ay mamuhay, ng walang ligaligPuno ng pangarap, payapa’t tahimik.Ako po ay mayroon, isang kahilinganNa dapat idulog, sa inyong harapanBilang pagkilala, sa inyong tagumpayNais kong personal, kayong makamayan.Kung mangyari iyon, sa’kin ay biyayaNa dapat ipagbunyi, ng isip ko’t diwaItong Pilipinas ay malayang bansaLahat pantay pantay, may isang bandila.Sa aking pagtanda, di ko lilimutinNa isang pangulong, nagmulat sa akinAkoy magtiwala, sa kanyang layuninSiya’y inspirasyon, saan man makarating.Kaya salamat po, ako’y pinakingganBinigyang pansin, tula kong inialaySa isang pangulong, dangal nitong bayan.Salamat Ate Vice sa iyong kabaitanAking habilin, pusong nagmamahalIka’y mayakap, ng buong paggalangRegalo mong tablet, aking iingatan.Share this article if you think this kid deserves to meet President Duterte.

['Vic Patnugot']

08/08/2017 0:00

http://pinoynewsblogger.blogspot.com/2017/08/8-year-old-boy-dedicates-heartfelt-poem.html

Pinoy News Blogger

Gumagawa lang daw ng sariling statistics! PNP exec debunks Trillanes claims vs. Davao City

Philippine National Police (PNP) Directorate for Operations chief Director Camilo Cascolan debunked the claims of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV that Davao City is considered as the ‘most dangerous place’ in the country.According to Cascolan, Trillanes should study the crime statistics of Davao City first before saying anything against the bailiwick of President Rodrigo Duterte.He said that PNP is ready to give the legitimate crime statistics of Davao City to Senator Trillanes if he’s willing to see it.“Ewan ko kung ano motibo niya but I think he has to study his statistics. We will give him the stats if he wants to so he will know what is happening in Davao City,” Cascolan said.The PNP exec also said that Trillanes deserved to be a ‘persona non grata’ in Davao City for his derogatory remarks and false info that he spread during a forum in Chicago, USA.Davao City councilors led by Vice Mayor Bernard Al-ag decided to ban Trillanes in visiting Davao City because of his remarks against their hometown and people.“Good for him because he is actually doing a lot of fake news when it comes to murder and rape,” Cascolan said.Cascolan pointed out that Davao City was considered as the safest city in the Philippines, according to a survey conducted two years ago.“He cannot say that Davao City is not safe. There was actually a survey I think it was done in 2015 or 2016 and Davao City is said to be the safest city considering that if you go out at night wala na problema,” he added.”He believed that when President Duterte became the the highest official in the Philippines, many criminals became hesitant to do their old bad habits.“Because wala na yung mga criminal na sinasabi nilang (there is no more criminal that they say) hounding our people during night time,” he said.According to an article of Philippine Star published on 2016, Davao City posted the number of murder incidents from 2010 to 2015.The statistics was released during the time of former PNP chief, Director General Ricardo Marquez who’s an appointee of former President Aquino.At the same time, he also expressed his disbelief to the goal of the newly-elected President at that time to eliminate the illegal drug problem in three to six months.“Baka salita lang yun. Kasi even in the most advanced countries with the best police equipment, drugs continue to happen. Crime will be a part of our lives and it is important sa kapulisan na naiintindihan nila yung trabaho nila,” Marquez said last year.It seems that Senator Trillanes used the same statistics released by PNP during that time and became his basis to label Davao City as ‘dangerous’ and likened the supporters of President Duterte to the ‘North Koreans’.“Pero yung mga taga Davao ay so brainwashed into believing that Davao City is the safest city, not only in the Philippines, but in the world.” he said.“Tanungin mo sila, ganon, para silang mga North Koreans,” he added.However, several supporters of Duterte said that Trillanes should compare the size of Davao City compared to the other cities with high crime rates like Quezon City and Manila before labeling the hometown of the President as dangerous.According to Wikipedia, Davao City has a land area of 2,443.61 km2 while Quezon City has an area of only 165.33 km2.

['View All Posts Pinoytrending']

2018-02-16 10:15:08+08:00

https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/gumagawa-lang-daw-ng-sariling-statistics-pnp-exec-debunks-trillanes-claims-vs-davao-city/

Pinoytrending Altervista

Daang Matuwid and the #CCT: big lies of the #PNoy admin #Philippines

Every time I now hear Daan Matuwid, my blood boils. I don't know why they still insist on it when it now totally paints a picture of everything hypocritical. It is a slogan that evokes an image of a BMW X5, but with four flat tires — all form, no substance. It is used to manage public perception; but, as any lie, it is eventually uncovered by any light. Yet, the cover-ups continue; from Mamasapano to Hacienda Luisita; from car plates to helicopters; from selective justice to selective economic figures. Their cover-up efforts are so predictable and so blatant, they do not even attempt to cover them as cover-ups. What kind of mentality is that which believes it could hoodwink the public forever? It is not daan matuwid, it is possibly Dami Nakatuwad? It can't be: the trust ratings on PNoy and his KKK have finally nose-dived.CCT is not conditional cash transfer to the poor. It is concealed cash transfer to Hacienda Dinky. My part-time maid who is enrolled in the program receives only one thousand pesos per month even when she signs every time vouchers that say she should be receiving P3,500 per month. My blood boils here too for she would not even attempt to complain with proper authorities despite the fact that every other benificiary she has met appears to be experiencing the same thing. We've told them repeatedly that there is strenght in their numbers, but none of them would move a finger afraid that even that miserable one thousand pesos might just suddenly be stopped — practicality prevailing over principle. One example on how Daan Matuwid has hoodwinked millions that do not mind being hoodwinked.No wonder China and MILF would not also attempt to cover their efforts to hoodwink PHL. Hoodwinking seems to be natural to PHL politics, so how can PHL complain. Xi Jiping said he wanted to talk, but is building a gigantic forward base in Spratleys. Igbal said we should be happy they are talking to us, but would not disclose their real names and identities while strenghtening their armed capabilities. PNoy talked to Igbal and practically gave the store away. In the process, he also realized he could not even "out-hoodwink" Napenas and Purisima. It might as well then that PNoy is not talking to Xi Jiping, or we might all be awake at nights on what else in our store this president is giving away.It is not a problem if PNoy realizes that the hoodwinking principle built-in in Daan Matuwid is only good for local setting — that there are dire consequences when one uses one's predisposition to insult any intelligence in an international setting. Our problem is that there is no jurisprudence against stupidity. In fact, I don't think we could ever lock up PNoy in jail for all the damages he has inflicted on the society on wide-ranging issues. As it is obvious, PNoy is clinically insane, and he is now making it more obvious so he would be able to plead against insanity in any eventuality. Perfect crimes are perfected hoodwinks, and vice-versa…-------------------This is a GRP Featured Comment. Join the discussion!http://getrealphilippines.com/blog/2015/04/the-philippines-culture-of-impunity-and-mendicancy-worsened-under-president-noynoy-aquino/comment-page-1/#comment-1149249

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2017-01-02 22:20:00+00:00

https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2015/04/daang-matuwid-and-cct-big-lies-of-pnoy.html#comments

GRPundit

Look: Inday Sara, Paolo take oath

Daughter of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, Inday Sara and son Paolo Duterte took oath as Mayor and Vice Mayor of Davao City Monday morning at the Hall of Justice.Look at the photos below from Paolo’s facebook:Any thoughts? Leave your comments below!

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2016-06-20 17:42:53+08:00

http://duterte.today/look-inday-sara-paolo-take-oath/

Duterte Daily Stories

Leni Robredo's illegal vice presidency is an important reminder to Filipinos

There was a commenter here on GRP who said Pinoys hate Leni Robredo more than they love Duterte.This is a very important point that I think Duterte himself doesn’t understand.The anger against Leni Robredo is not about Duterte. Rather, it is a burning, overflowing rage against a clueless but ambitious puppet who has become the biggest, most shameful symbol of fraud, hypocrisy, injustice, and impunity in the Philippines.Robredo’s continued illegal occupancy of the office of the vice president reminds Filipinos every day that:– It is okay to steal government funds and rig an election to install an incompetent non-entity into the second-highest government position in the land.– It is okay for said non-entity to fraudulently peddle herself to the public as an accomplished “lawyer” and bureaucrat. (Robredo may have passed the bar after three tries, but when you listen to her talk, it’s obvious she didn’t actually practice her profession to a reasonable degree. The yellows branded her a “lawyer” the way they branded Noynoy Aquino an “economist” simply because he studied economics in Ateneo.)– It is okay for said non-entity to use half a billion pesos of taxpayers’ money to bankroll her social life and promote personal agenda by posing for magazines, cutting ribbons, holding yoga classes in her office, giving self-serving speeches, attending events, and jet-setting all over the Philippines and the world with her lover the congressman.In short, Robredo reminds Pinoys every day, with her smug tarsier smile, that CRIME PAYS.And Duterte is tolerating it.This is why Pinoys are getting angrier by the day.The one thing that will destroy Duterte in the eyes of the Filipino people is not the ICC, or the EU, or the UN, or the black propaganda of the local and international media.It will be his failure to avenge the honor of the Filipino people against the gang rape that was done to them by Robredo and the Liberal Party when they stole the elections with taxpayers’ money, and got away with it.---------------------This is a GRP Featured Comment. Join the discussion

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02/06/2018 0:00

https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2017/03/leni-robredos-illegal-vice-presidency.html#comments

GRPundit

AMONG ALL ASIAN COUNTRIES, PHILIPPINES RANKS SECOND IN INTERNET SPEED

President NoyNoy Aquino calls the Philippines the new ‘Darling of Asia,’ and he has the beef to prove it: infrastructure growth, foreign investments, dollar remittances from overseas Filipino workers and expatriates, and cheap labor.Now, the country has earned another distinction in terms of technology.The Philippines has just officially ranked second among all countries in Asia in as far as Internet speed is concerned. Second from the bottom, that is, next only to Afghanistan.Furthermore, Internet service in the Philippines is the most expensive and ranks among the highest in the world, and Aquino could not be any prouder.Watch the video announcement below. Click then go do your laundry. By the time you’re done, the video will finish downloading.

['Pol Pinoy']

02/06/2018 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/02/among-all-asian-countries-philippines-ranks-second-in-internet-speed/?share=email

Adobo Chronicles

Sereno Interview On BBC: What Did The Inquirer See Or Hear That Most Of Us Didn’t?

Moments after that live, BBC interview with Maria Lourdes Sereno, Internetdom exploded with posts and comments practically tagging the ousted SC Chief Justice’s responses to hard-hitting questions by host Stephen Sackur as a disaster, and concluding that she embarrassed herself, and the country.But the Philippine Daily Inquirer saw it much differently than the rest of us. In its report about the Sackur-Sereno encounter, the newspaper painted her as some heroine, one out to give voice to the voiceless Filipinos.So what did Inquirer see or hear that we didn’t?The Adobo Chronicles investigative team looked into how Inquirer came up with its story and this is what it found out:Inquirer assigned a newbie, an unpaid intern reporter to cover the story by watching the YouTube recording of the ‘Hardtalk’ program. The intern turned off the audio of the program while she played her favorite Internet game, FarmVille 2 on a split screen. She got so immersed in the game for most of the duration of the interview. Realizing she’s missing out on writing a juicy report that could cause her firing, the Intern then turned the audio back on which was at about 25 minutes into the 30-minute interview.And the rest is history, the Inquirer came up with its headline story, so different from what everyone else saw and heard.Now you know.

['Pol Pinoy']

13/06/2018 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2018/06/13/sereno-interview-on-bbc-what-did-the-inquirer-see-or-hear-that-most-of-us-didnt/#respond

Adobo Chronicles

If Grace Poe And Bongbong Marcos Are Elected President And Vice President, One Of Them Has To Step Down

Now that the Philippine Supreme Court has removed all legal impediments to Senator Grace Poe’s candidacy for president, it is time to look forward to the May 9, 2016 elections.Poe, the consistent frontrunner in national polls, was previously disqualified by the Commission on Elections by virtue of her being a foundling as well as questions regarding her residency.Earlier, The Adobo Chronicles reported that vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos has admitted and is standing by his statements that he and Poe are siblings. It has been rumored for quite some time that Poe, who was adopted by actors Fernando Poe, Jr. and Susan Roces, was an illegitimate child of Ferdinand E. Marcos with Rosemary Sonora, Roces’ sister.All eyes are thereforce focused on both the presidential and vice presidential race. If Poe is elected president and Marcos wins the vice presidency, one of them has to step down.Constitutional experts say that the two cannot sit as president and vice president simultaneously because of conflict of interest as well as laws against nepotism.So Poe is hoping that Marcos is not elected vice president and Marcos is hoping that Poe fails to clinch the presidency.Poe and Marcos are running under different political parties. In the Philippines, voters can choose their president from one party and the vice president from another.Sibling rivalry is real. Even in politics.

['Pol Pinoy']

08/03/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/08/if-grace-poe-and-bongbong-marcos-are-elected-president-and-vice-president-one-of-them-has-to-step-down/#respond

Adobo Chronicles

‘THE LITTLE RASCALS’ : REUNITED AFTER TWENTY YEARS!

2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the Hollywood film, ‘The Little Rascals.’ To celebrate the occasion, the entire cast came together to recreate the film poster that captivated movie fans 20 years ago.Some have lost hair, others grew more and one has even turned from brunette to blonde. But if there is one fact of life that we all can learn from this momentous reunion, it is this:Cats may have nine lives, but adult dogs never grow old.Happy 20th Anniversary, Big Rascals!

['Pol Pinoy']

04/09/2017 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2014/09/04/the-little-rascals-reunited-after-twenty-years/#respond

Adobo Chronicles

Benhur Luy and Merlina Sunas: good as dead? #porkbarrel

Janet Lim Napoles has strong ties before with the late Emilia Boncodin, DBM Secretary. Emilia is the one that keep Janet in the loop whenever a budget or SARO is approved and to which senator or congressman.Gringo Honasan is a dear friend of Janet's husband, Jimmy Napoles. I was surprised when I read somewhere online when Honasan was interviewed and he said that he doesnt know the Napoles family.During the coup in Cory's time, Jimmy napoles was driving a tank on the way to camp crame when he's tank was hit by a mortar.Jimmy is operating the .50 caliber machine gun and the soldier driving the tank died during the blast. Jimmy survived and was jailed along with Honasan. If you can get clear photos of Jimmy Napoles online, you will see that part of his face and his arms show burn marks.Their wealth started to build up during the late 90′s when they engaged themselves with mayors based in zamboanga to use them as a front for a Foundation that will implement projects or deliver farm materials. With connections at COA, they were able to arrange "completed projects" without delivering anything. They established JLN group of companies sometime in 2000 and they moved to their new office from AFPOVAI to Discovery Suites on the 25th floor.Soon enough, they were able to develop deep connections with more legislators in congress and numerous senators. What JLN Group Of Companies do and their sub-companie, Jo-Chris Trading (named after their eldest child, Jo-Christine "Neneng" Napoles) – they use their foundations as the implementing agency for the funds of congressmen or senators. You see, congressmen and senators have budget, PDAF or the "pork barrel", but these politicians do not have direct access to their funds and they can never touch it. So what they do is the politicians will create a project (common one is "fertilizer distribution" to farmers) and will ask DBM to set the budget. Then, there will be a public bidding to be held by DAR. The outcome of the bidding is already fixed and it's Napoles foundation wins. The fund or SARO will be released through Janet's foundation and the congressmen/senators will ask 70% of the whole amount. So if the project is 10M, Janet will give 70% of that. Usually Janet's nephew, John Francisco Lim is the courier of the money, they will meet at Podium or at a parking lot. The money are stored in plastic bags or paper bags.So, whatever is left from the budget, 30% goes to Janet. They usually cash-in the cheque they get from DBM at Landbank in Greenhills and the manager there is part of Janet's payroll. Janet also need to pay the inspectors from COA and whoever is involved in DAR.This is their workflow.This is what they do for more than a decade. This is how the senators and congressmen make money. This is why theses politicians have so much and working class filipinos almost have nothing. This is not only Janet's fault. The greediness of the senators and congressmen are the driving point that keeps this system operating. It is also amazing that if Janet's family and her company goes into trial, the people who will try them – judges, senators, congressmen, are also part of this. I fear for the life of Benhur and Merlina as whistleblowers. Soon enough they will die. The people of the philippines should protect them. NBI or the witness protection program cannot do anything about it. Because they are keeping the whistleblowers alive for their own use only. Once Janet give payments to the NBI and once Revilla, Honasan, Arroyo, Pichay, Ducut, Pineda, Lim, Estrada, Soto, Lapid, and almost all the congressmen who were in post for the past decade, step in – there's nothing benhur or merlina can do. They are as good as dead by now.Please post this on your social media and share it to the world. It is time to stop this madness and remove the pork barrel and protect benhur and merlina.Source:http://getrealphilippines.com/blog/2013/07/bir-investigates-janet-lim-napoles-for-tax-evasion-after-finding-instagram-pictures-of-her-daughters-luxury-items/comment-page-1/#comment-116229

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07/12/2017 0:00

https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2013/08/benhur-luy-and-merlina-sunas-good-as.html#comments

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Child Suffers from Seizures and Stroke-Like Symptoms Due to Excessive Use of Gadgets

A netizen Nicole Carriedo shares her terrifying story to social media in hopes that it will raise awareness to the public. According to her, she was sleeping beside her sister when she noticed that her sister stretching and tensing around 1:45 am.She thought of it as nothing because her sister often shakes when stretching her body until she realized that the shaking was taking longer than her sister would normally do. It took about 3 minutes after the girl managed to speak and ask for her help while hugging her.Realizing that something is horribly wrong, Nicole panics but managed to carry her sister to a nearby medical facility where she was put in an ambulance and transported to a hospital.The girl needed to undergo tests, including an EEG but Nicole is staying positive that her little sister will be okay.Initially, they were told by doctors that the most likely cause of the seizures her sister had was due to excessive use of electronic gadgets such as mobile phones and tablets.This is not the first case of kids having seizures because of prolonged use of gadgets. A few days ago, a similar story of a young girl who suffered the same stroke-like seizures made the rounds in social media. It was said that the girl's mother is often busy making handicraft products while her kid indulge herself in playing and watching videos on her electronic gadgets.Doctors say that children are most vulnerable to suffer this condition that is why limiting the screen time or the time the they spend using electronic gadgets to a maximum of 2 hours a day. Using gadgets in a proper position could also lessen the chances of discomfort that may in turn be the cause of seizures. Sitting up right or standing up is the best position when using gadgets as it would not disrupt the circulation of our blood as much as when we are lying down.

['Vic Patnugot']

26/10/2017 0:00

http://pinoynewsblogger.blogspot.com/2017/07/child-suffers-from-seizures-and-stroke.html

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EBOLA SCARE: DONALD TRUMP CANCELS MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT

Yesterday, The Adobo Chronicles reported that Donald Trump, franchise owner of the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant was quarantined for 21 days for exhibiting never-before-known symptoms of Ebola.Today, Trump announced from his undisclosed quarantine quarters that he was canceling the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant scheduled for January in the City of Doral, Florida.(Doral, incorporated on June 24, 2003, is a city located in north-central Miami-Dade County, Florida. Conveniently located just one mile from Miami International Airport and twelve miles from Downtown Miami, the city is home to approximately 50,213 residents.)In making the announcement, Trump said that it would be hypocritical of him to continue with the pageant since he has repeatedly asked the Obama administration to ban all incoming flights from Africa for fear of the deadly virus. The African continent sends a huge delegation of contestants to the annual Miss Universe pageant. “There just would ‘t be enough contestants to justify holding the pageant,” he said.Trump’s many businesses have recently experienced bankruptcies, and it wasn’t clear how the cancellation of the 2015 pageant will impact his overall business empire.

['Pol Pinoy']

26/10/2017 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2014/10/26/ebola-scare-donald-trump-cancels-miss-universe-pageant/

Adobo Chronicles

Michele Bachmann Defends Trump, Says She Always Has Her Pack Of Tic Tacs

Former Minesotta Representative Michele Bachmann is not at all bothered by Donald Trump’s comments about kissing and groping women. It’s just ‘bad boy talk,’ she told Chris Matthews on MSNBC.“In fact, I myself always carry a pack of tic tacs in my bag,” she said, referring to Trump’s comment about having a tic tax in his mouth before kissing women.It appears Ms. Bachmann is always ready in case she encounters Trump.We wonder is she’s also ready to let her pet pussy cat out the next time she sees the Donald.

['Pol Pinoy']

08/10/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/08/michele-bachmann-defends-trump-says-she-always-has-her-pack-of-tic-tacs/

Adobo Chronicles

Philippine Version Of Hit Song ‘Despacito’ Climbs To Top Of The Charts

Justin Bieber may have cancelled his Manila concert, but the hit song ‘Despacito’ by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee –featuring the Canadian singer — will remain in the music charts for a long time.Well, not the Bieber version, but the cover of the English-Latin song, by a talented local artist.In addition to topping the charts, the song has been adopted as the official theme music of the Duterte administration.

['Pol Pinoy']

25/07/2017 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2017/07/25/philippine-version-of-hit-song-despacito-climbs-to-top-of-the-charts/?share=email

Adobo Chronicles

The gay who hurts his mother on a viral video is now identified

The whole internet was disturbed by the video that has gone viral on Facebook yesterday.The video shows a gay man hurting his mother in front of his friends.Many people criticised the abusive son and they vowed that this person will receive the right punishment of the law.Finally the person on the video was finally identified by the Netizens and there are some rumours that women rights activist is already in action to file a case against the suspect.This gay man identified to be Dheng Cheon Alvarez, a resident of Manila City, he is working as a part time parlorist in his friend.Many people is still criticising Dheng until now and the Netizens is willing to help the poor mother of the suspect.“We are here to give some moral support for the mother of Dheng who experienced physical abuse from his own son”One of the Netizen said to our source.

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2016-03-02 13:54:43+08:00

https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/gay-hurts-mother-viral-video-now-identified/

Pinoytrending Altervista

IF ELECTED PRESIDENT, DUTERTE WILL ABOLISH CONGRESS, BINAY WILL ABOLISH THE PRESIDENCY

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to end corruption by abolishing Philippine Congress, and to increase the salaries of government employees, if he is elected president in 2016. Duterte is considered one of the strong contenders for president, although he has not yet decided whether or not to run.“If we will follow the presidential form of government, it will take us 40 to 50 years before we can achieve the needed reforms,” Duterte told guests during the Federalism Forum here last Thursday.Reacting to Duterte’s statement, Vice President Jejomar Binay who is considered the frontrunner in the 2016 presidential race, countered by saying that if elected, he will abolish the Office of the President. Instead, Binay said he will establish a monarchy.“I believe that the Royal form of government is the only answer to the country’s problems,” Binay said, adding that too much politics is the root of all corruption in the Philippines.Binay said that a monarchy will also eliminate the need for future elections which are always tainted with fraud, since the head of the monarchy is always determined by ascendancy.Imagine Malacañang, the presidential palace, occupied by Haring Jejomar (King Jejomar), Reyna Elenita (Queen Elenita), Prinsepe Junjun (Prince JunJun), Prinsesa Abigail (Princess Abigail) and Prinsesa Nancy (Princess Nancy).So if you want a monarchy for the Philippines, vote for Binay in 2016!

['Pol Pinoy']

22/03/2018 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2015/03/22/if-elected-president-duterte-will-abolish-congress-binay-will-abolish-the-presidency/

Adobo Chronicles

VERIZON BUYS AOL, WILL OFFER NEW CUSTOMERS FREE INTERNET ACCESS

Verizon said Tuesday that it would buy AOL at $50 a share in a deal with an estimated value of $4.4 billion. The move is an effort to expand Verizon’s digital and video offerings.So, if you’ve been holding on to your AOL account all these years, you’re in luck!As part of the deal, all AOL account holders who switch to Verizon for their Internet, phone and email servcies will get free Internet access for life!Dial-up, that is.

['Pol Pinoy']

12/05/2018 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/12/verizon-buys-aol-will-offer-new-customers-free-internet-access/

Adobo Chronicles

Trump Favors Abolishing Electoral College

For the first time since winning the presidential elections in November, Donald Trump is now publicly endorsing the abolition of the electoral college.Trump won the presidency with the required electoral college votes, but lost to Hillary Clinton by as much as 3 Million in the popular vote.“It’s time to make our electoral process reflective of the true will of the American people,” Trump tweeted at 3 a.m. today, adding that “the electoral college should be replaced with Trump University.

['Pol Pinoy']

21/12/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/12/21/trump-favors-abolishing-electoral-college/?share=email

Adobo Chronicles

LONGGANISA, TOCINO MAKERS DISPUTE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION PRONOUNCEMENT ON CANCER

What would a Filipino breakfast be like without longganisa (sausage) and tocino (pork or chicken cured meat)? Both, of course, are processed meats which the World Health Organization (WHO) is now officially saying cause cancer.WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in a report released in the Lancet medical journal, says that many studies show the links between cancer and the consumption of hot dog, bacon, red meat and processed pork, beef and lamb.“These findings further support current public health recommendations to limit intake of meat,” Dr. Christopher Wild, who directs IARC, said in a statement.Edgardo de la Cruz, president of the National Association of Longganisa and Tocino Makers (NALTM) said his group disputes the WHO findings, saying that Filipinos (and Filipino expatriates) have been eating their products every morning for many decades without any reports of increased cancer incidence.“It is unfair to single out processed meat among the many food products and beverages that do, indeed, cause cancer,” de la Cruz said, adding, “We demand that WHO retract its statement because it will have a very serious impact on the longganisa and tocino business.”NALTM is afraid that the WHO announcement will cause heart attack among small business owners who depend on longannisa and tocino-making, much more than processed meat will cause cancer.

['Pol Pinoy']

26/10/2017 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2015/10/26/longganisa-tocino-makers-dispute-world-health-organization-pronouncement-on-cancer/

Adobo Chronicles

Senators Hard At Work: Hontiveros Wants To Declare August As Monsoon Month; Poe Wants Inquiry On Kris Aquino’s Role in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

The Philippines’ Senate probably holds the distinction of being the most hardworking legislature anywhere in the world.Here’s more proof:Senator Risa Hontiveros, fresh from her proposal to declare August 16 as a National Day of Remembrance to honor Kian Delos Santos, the 17-year-old who was killed in anti-drug operations of Caloocan City police last year , is now proposing to declare the entire month of August as ‘Monsoon Month.’ Hontiveros said this is to sympathize with millions of Filipinos who have experienced non-stop monsoon rains this month . Her bill leaves it up to local government units (LGUs) on how they would like to celebrate or commemorate the occasion., is now proposing to declare the entire month of August as ‘Monsoon Month.’ Hontiveros said this is to sympathize with millions of Filipinos who have experienced . Her bill leaves it up to local government units (LGUs) on how they would like to celebrate or commemorate the occasion. Senator Grace Poe who is known for her fierce advocacy against fake news, derailed planes at NAIA and other national issues, is now proposing to hold a Senate inquiry on the role of Kris Aquino in the Hollywood box office hit, “Crazy Rich Asians.” Specifically, Poe wants to invite the film’s producers to question them on why Aquino’s screen appearance took just seconds despite all the hoopla about the Queen of all Media’s ‘first MAJOR Hollywood project” and the huge number of luggages and garment bags she brought with her to Singapore during the filming.If you have any advocacy you would like the lady Senators to focus on, please contact their Senate offices directly.

['Pol Pinoy']

20/08/2018 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2018/08/20/senators-hard-at-work-hontiveros-wants-to-declare-august-as-monsoon-month-poe-wants-inquiry-on-kris-aquinos-role-in-crazy-rich-asians/?share=email

Adobo Chronicles

Donald Trump Challenges Marco Rubio To A Size Contest

You saw it all at last night’s Republican presidential debate. Donald Trump held up his two hands and asked the audience if they looked like small hands to them. Then, referring to Marco Rubio’s previous comments that something else in Trump was mostly likely small as well, the frontrunner candidate assured everyone that there definitely wasn’t any problem down there.Now, hours after that contentious albeit very entertaining debate in Detroit, Trump has challenged Rubio to a size contest.“Let’s bare it all for the world to see who is big and who is small,” Trump said.He was, of course, referring to the size of their brains.Rubio has yet to accept the challenge.

['Pol Pinoy']

04/03/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/04/donald-trump-challenges-marco-rubio-to-a-size-contest/

Adobo Chronicles

Veteran columnist reveals Globe and Smart telecom allegedly funding the terrorist group NPA for P3 billion a year

Manila Times Columnist Rigoberto Tiglao had a shocking revelation that he wrote in his January 12 article.In his article, Tiglao said that the two telecom giants in the Philippines, Smart and Globe has became the biggest source of money for the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the terrorist group New People’s Army.His sources said that the two companies, financed the CPP-NPA in exchange of the safety of their 20,000 telecom towers that built all over the country which cannot be guarded by the authorities all the time.Tiglao believed that the lowering cases of cell sites being destroyed by the terrorist group is because of the alleged agreement between the two companies and the terrorists.“The telcos have calculated that it is cheaper to pay the NPA than hire heavily armed private security guards, who have proven again and again to be so quick to surrender to communist terrorists. “The NPA in many instances, didn’t even have to fight the security guards,” a source said. “The NPA simply tells them they will attack the site, and the security guards abandon their posts. Why shouldn’t they?” Tiglao said in his article.Tiglao wrote that the telcos is giving 3 billion pesos to the CPP-NPA and the huge part of the money are received directly by their top leaders including the Filipino Communist chairman Joma Sison who’s still in exile in the Netherlands.“NPA had been demanding “P50,000 to P200,000 as yearly tax per site, and as much as P500,000 for a newly set up cell site.” Tiglao said.Tiglao also mentioned that a military intelligence source said that there’s a secret alliance between the telcos and communists, moreover the NPA encampments usually had a strong cell signals that the rebels rely on.New People’s Army officials were also spotted using the latest Apple laptops that connected on the internet which they allegedly used to communicate with their members.The two telcos are not yet giving any comments on the accusations of Tiglao.What can you say about this, do you believe on the claims of Tiglao against the two telcos? Comment your thoughts below!

['View All Posts Pinoytrending']

2018-01-14 10:19:24+08:00

https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/veteran-columnist-reveals-globe-smart-telecom-allegedly-funding-terrorist-group-npa-p3-billion-year/

Pinoytrending Altervista

EXCLUSIVE! This Is How DU30 Will Insult Leni Robredo During His SONA

Leni Robredo has said that she will attend Rodrigo Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday and is ready to face insults from the President.The Adobo Chronicles has obtained a copy of the President’s speech, and indeed, he will insult Robredo right at the beginning of his SONA.Here’s the first paragraph of the speech:Mr. Senate President, Mr. Speaker, esteemed Justices of the Supreme Court, our brave men and women of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, my fellow countrymen…

['Pol Pinoy']

20/07/2018 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2018/07/20/exclusive-this-is-how-du30-will-insult-leni-robredo-during-his-sona/

Adobo Chronicles

CNN CALLS 2016 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FOR HILLARY

The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election is over. At 10:12 p.m, eastern time last night, the most respected and credible cable news network in the world called the election and declared Hillary Clinton the winner.Republicans and the red states are just now just waking up to the news that they had lost yet another election without even trying.Soon after calling the election, CNN reported that President Hillary Clinton has arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa, to join President Barack Obama and former Presidents George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter at ceremonies honoring the late Nelson Mandela.The Adobo Chronicles has learned that elaborate plans for Clinton’s inauguration in January 2017 are now being put together. No less than future First Man Bill Clinton is heading up the inaugural committee.

['Pol Pinoy']

10/12/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2013/12/10/cnn-calls-2016-u-s-presidential-elections-for-hillary/?share=email

Adobo Chronicles

About Those Facebook Disclaimers And Statements You’ve Been Posting

If you have posted the following statement or disclosure on your Facebook page, this is for you.Just in case: Deadline tomorrow !!! (and yesterday and the day before and the weeks and months before .)Everything you’ve ever posted becomes public from tomorrow. (They’ve always been public since the inception of the Internet.)Even messages that have been deleted or the photos not allowed. (Yes, these too have always been public.)It costs nothing for a simple copy and paste, better safe than sorry. (You’ll be sorry for posting or reposting this because you’ve just increased the chances that your personal info got into the hands of people you don’t even know.)Channel 13 News talked about the change in Facebook’s privacy policy (and so did every Tom, Dick and Harry.)I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, messages or posts, both past and future. (They always have with or without your knowledge or permission.)With this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. (This statement absolutely does nothing.)The content of this profile is private and confidential information. (Good luck, kiddo!)The violation of privacy can be punished by law (UCC 1-308- 1 1 308-103 and the Rome Statute). (What, The Vatican is behind all this?)NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. (Duh!)All members must post a note like this. If you prefer, you can copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates. DO NOT SHARE. Copy and paste (OK, did you read what we just said above????)PEACE!

['Pol Pinoy']

16/10/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/16/about-those-facebook-disclaimers-and-statements-youve-been-posting/

Adobo Chronicles

Anti-dynasty Bill should be passed by referendum rather than via Congress

Our representatives have either failed or never intended to represent their constituents. Our votes only supported their perceived Divine Right to Rule OVER US, not WORK FOR US.HOWEVER, Divine Right has a limited shelf life. Thirty years have passed and the Divine Ones still haven't dealt with Political Dynasty or FOI.Senator Miriam Santiago filed 2 Bills dealing with Dynasties at the National and Local Levels, and both are pending in the Senate committee on electoral reforms and peoples' participation since 2013.As the House and Senate are, by and large members of Political Dynasties, their inaction makes the case of conspiracy to remain in power, consciously depriving citizens of right to Constitutional Protection from Dynasties.By using their office to receive control unconstitutional PDAF Funds, the case morphs into a Criminal Conspiracy, with or without contact with JLN et al.I would suggest 1) Senator Santiago withdraw her bills from Senate Consideration and present them to the public to be adopted directly by Initiative and Referendum (Petition) My guess is both measures will win 90% popular support.2) Passage of the Anti – Political Dynasty Law will effectively disqualify about 75% of the Senate, so this would be an opportune time to use Initiative and Referendum to change the election of the Senate to Direct Representation of the Regions (one Senator per Region), not elected "At Large" as it is now.3) As a punitive measure for failure to represent the people, disqualified House and Senate members and their families will prevented to own stock in any enterprise with business before the State for a period of 30 Years or accepting any appointed Cabinet, Agency or Department office for 20 years.4) To prevent Political Dynasties or Powerful Interests from selecting and promoting "Straw Candidates", campaign spending should be limited to P5 Million for National Office of P2 Million for Local Office.5) As Philippines evolves from Aristocracy to Meritocracy, candidates with strong academic backgrounds and proven proficiency will tend to rise to the top, and top candidates will debate publicly, offering choices from among the "Best and the Brightest" instead of the "Rich and Famous" demonstrate theirThese are just suggestions to return power to the People---------------This is a GRP Featured Comment. Join the discussion!http://getrealphilippines.com/blog/2015/08/noynoy-aquino-is-the-worst-president-the-philippines-ever-had/#comment-1264358

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2016-10-19 22:06:59+00:00

https://grpshorts.blogspot.com/2015/08/anti-dynasty-bill-should-be-passed-by.html#comments

GRPundit

League Of City Mayors Launch Campaign To Defeat Senatorial Candidate Florin Hilbay

Be careful what you say because it could always come back to haunt you.Such is the fate of Florin Hilbay, the Solicitor General during the administration of President NoyNoy Aquino.Last week, he filed his Certificate of Candidacy for the 2019 Senatorial elections.But alas, the campaign period has not even officially started but the mayors belonging to the League of Cities of the Philippines have already launched a campaign to make sure Hilbay loses in the election.Many will recall that sometime last year, in criticizing President Rodrigo Duterte, Hilbay all but insulted the country’s city mayors, saying that “mayors are not really trained…at the level of international politics.”Well, it looks like international politics is not the issue here. Hilbay faces a huge challenge in local politics in his bid to be a national legislator.Moral of the story: don’t mess with city mayors!

['Pol Pinoy']

21/10/2018 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2018/10/21/league-of-city-mayors-launch-campaign-to-defeat-senatorial-candidate-florin-hilbay/

Adobo Chronicles

A child was raped and killed

Authorities suspect the child was raped because she was found half-naked and bore a large wound on her genitals.The 51-year-old suspect is a neighbor and church mate of the victim's family.The family of the child has since appealed to Duterte to push for the revival of death penalty.Speaking to reporters in Davao City, Duterte said he does not want to interfere with police investigation on the crime. "It's a layered authority... Hindi ko overtake-an iyan."But, he guaranteed that if proven guilty, he would endorse the suspect's execution by hanging."Gusto niyo kapag ma-implement iyan, hanap ako ng media, for show lang. Matingnan lang natin iyung effect kung paano mamatay ang tao sa hanging," Duterte said.Police continue investigating the child's death while the local government has offered P100,000 reward money for anyone who can give information on the crime.

['Hot News Philippines']

08/06/2018 0:00

http://hotnewsphil.blogspot.com/2016_10_30_archive.html

Hot News Philippines

Unidentified Man Buys $27M Worth Of Power Ball Tickets, Is Guaranteed To Win Tonight

It is the biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history — $1.5 Billion and counting. And someone, for sure, is going to win it tonight!An unidentified man who lives in New Orleans, Lousiana, spent the last 48 hours making the rounds of convenience and other stores selling Power Ball lottery tickets, purchasing a total of $27 Million worth of tickets. At $2 a piece, that’s at least 14 Million tickets.The man, inspired by mathematical analyses of possible number combinations to hit one of 13,983,816 ways to win the jackpot, said that he is investing all of his money in tonight’s drawing. He has also mortaged all his property.Assuming the final Power Ball jackpot is $1.5 Billion, and he pays up to 50% of his winnings in taxes, he would still net $750 Million, making his $27 Million investment all worth it.That is, of course, also assuming that no one else picks the winning combination in tonight’s drawing.So, don’t give up. You still have one in 14 Million chances to win the Power Ball. Or two in 14 Million chances, if you buy two tickets. And so on…

['Pol Pinoy']

13/01/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/01/13/unidentified-man-buys-27m-worth-of-power-ball-tickets-is-guaranteed-to-win-tonight/?share=email

Adobo Chronicles

PNP Chief Bato Dela Rosa featured in new mobile game

Philippine National Police chief Ronald Bato Dela Rosa engages in an action packed high speed criminal chase in a new mobile game for Android and iPhone. Armed with a gun and mounted at the back of a pick up truck, he's out to bust some criminals' heads.The game is developed by a Filipino studio - the one which developed the PBA Slam mobile game, Ranida Studios. Though the game can easily be identified as another Temple Run copycat, the fact that it is Filipino made and it features our current favorite personality Chief Bato it's still awesome.Want to see the game in action before you give it a try? Here'sapp gameplay from a pinoy mobile gamer:

['Vic Patnugot']

2018-01-29 23:07:23+00:00

http://pinoynewsblogger.blogspot.com/2016/08/pnp-chief-bato-dela-rosa-featured-in.html#more

Pinoy News Blogger

WATCH: Cayetano challenge the foreign media 'Put on your front page the lies of Matobato!''

WATCH: Cayetano challenge the foreign media 'Put on your front page the lies of Matobato!''

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05/11/2017 0:00

http://www.pilipinasonlineupdates.com/2016/10/watch-cayetano-challenge-foreign-media.html

Pilipinas Online Updates

Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach Challenges Filipina Women Petitioners To A Fist Fight

Reigning Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines has challenged an elite group of Filipina women who have signed a letter to the Miss Universe Organization to cancel the pageant in the Philippines to a fist fight.The letter is petitioning that the upcoming Miss Universe pageant not be held in the Philippines in January as scheduled.The petitioners cited the current political atmosphere in the Philippines as well as what they perceived to be an anti-women stance of the Duterte administration as among the reasons to cancel the pageant in the Philippines.But Wurtzbach is not taking this issue just sitting down.In a post on her Facebook page, she assured the beauty pageant-loving Filipinos that she will take care of making sure the popular international beauty contest will be held in the Philippines as scheduled.She also challenged the petitioners to a fist fight if it comes down to that.“When I won the Miss Universe crown, I said that I want to be “confidently beautiful with a heart.” My heart goes out to the Filipino people who take pride in being the host country for this popular international beauty pageant,” Wurtzbach said.What a fighter our Miss Universe is!

['Pol Pinoy']

12/10/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/12/miss-universe-pia-alonzo-wurtzbach-challenges-filipina-women-petitioners-to-a-fist-fight/

Adobo Chronicles

“Savage Girl” excited to become a Tita to a baby girl soon

Many Netizens were horrified when they saw the Facebook account used by Liezyl Margallo, 23 years old when she was hiding in different parts of the Philippines because of her crimes that raped and tortured children in exchange of money together with her partner Peter Gerard Scully.Margallo, admitted that she’s hiding in the name Shannon Carpio when she was arrested this week in Malapascua Island in Cebu.“Savage Girl” was arrested for luring children and operating pedophile ring who produced a video titled “Daisy” that considered by many investigators as the worst child abuse video that they ever seen.Margallo and Scully’s victims are crying non-stop while being tortured and raped while being watched by their customers coming from different parts of the world who’s ready to pay hundreds of thousands just to view them live.The couple allegedly victimized nine children that Margallo lured in Mindanao.But when the Netizens discovered the Facebook account used by Margallo, one of the photos posted by Shannon Carpio last year is about her excitement to become a tita to a baby girl.This is her post:Im floating in the air Going to be a Tita soon. Welcome to the club baby Girl. See you soon, congratulations to my wonderful brother and sister in Law wish u all the best in the near future with my beautiful niece Love you always #ItsAGirl#welcomeToTheFamily#niece #many Netizens were horrified that she still felt an excitement for the future of her niece after what she did to many children and described it as “creepy”This is some of the reactions of the Netizens when they saw the post of Margallo.Many believes that Margallo is one of the candidates for death penalty if ever that the Duterte administration reimposed it.

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Kim Kardashian Has The Last Laugh In Paris Robbery

Armed robbers forced their way into a private Paris residence where Kim Kardashian West was staying, tied her up and locked her in a bathroom before making off with more than $10 million worth of jewelry, police officials said.A spokeswoman for Kardashian West said the reality TV star, who was in Paris attending fashion week shows, was badly shaken but physically unharmed. Police said she left Paris Monday morning.Today, Kardashian revealed that all the jewelry taken from her, including a ring given to her by husband Kanye West, were all fake, just costume jewelry.Kardashian definitely had the last laugh, but we can’t say the same thing for Kanye.

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04/10/2016 0:00

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Anti-Marcos protest isn't about closure. It's about clinging to political power

TAMA NA, SOBRA NA.There will never be closure if those responsible for illegal detention, torture, disappearances, murder and other human rights violations associated with martial law are not held accountable. They should be investigated, charged, brought to trial and punished if guilty. Censure or pardon them if need be but make them accountable. The same goes for the killing of Ninoy Aquino. Why his family and their supporters prefer not to know the truth should make you suspicious. Do the same for those who aided and abetted plunder. Otherwise, we will have this endless national litany of the same never again, no to martial law, no justice without repentance mantra. People are sick and tired of this.Martial Law was not just one man. Marcos is dead. Patay na po. Matagal na. It does not matter where he is buried. You can run over his body with a steam roller over and over, you will still have no closure. You can demand an apology, repentance and restitution everyday as you have been doing for the past 30 years till you turn blue in the face, you will never have closure. If you really want closure you have to hold those responsible accountable (imagine what Germany will be today without the Nuremberg trials). Many of those who implemented, enforced and carried out orders under martial law are still alive. Do not pretend you do not know who they are. Do not hide behind some public relations tag line that they have done their act of contrition and paid their debt to society. You even elected them to public office. Go after them, hold them accountable. At the very least, investigate them. Find out who betrayed EDSA 86. You will be surprised how many politicians and families who fought Marcos are nothing more but hungry crooks interested in amassing wealth, political power or holding on to what they have. If you cannot do that, you are either an intellectually dishonest hypocrite, hopelessly brainwashed, completely stupid, pathetically naive or supportive of a political agenda that needs a hook to hang its power base coat on.Do not be swayed by leaders with this over used "never again" agenda. Do not allow yourselves to be used anymore. 30 years under "a restored democracy" is more than enough to know what the story is all about and it is not about justice for the victims of martial law nor is it about remembering the horrors and the darkness. It is about political power and holding on to it.---------------------Butch Cabanban as posted on Facebook

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PHILIPPINE PORK BARREL SCAM: ‘NAPOLES LIST’ FINALLY REVEALED

After weeks of intense pressure from senators and congressmen as well as the media, Philippine Justice Secretary Leila de Lima finally revealed the so-called ‘Napoles List’ which contained names of individuals that benefited from the 10 Billion-peso pork barrel scam. The scam allegedly siphoned taxpayer money into ghost nongovernmental organiztions (NGOs) and projects as well as the pockets of senators, congressmen, Aquino administration officials, the Justice Department, journalists and yes, even Catholic bishops.The ‘Napoles List’ was contained in a signed affidavit obtained from suspected pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles. De Lima persistently refused to make the list public, saying that the Justice Department needed more time to conduct a more thorough investigation of the celebrated case.But today, de Lima made the list public.The Adobo Chronicles obtained an early copy of the list. Because of limited space, we are publishing the list in installments of ten, starting with these names:Elena Magtanggol Perla Silanganan Bayani Magiliw Alana Puso Lupa Hinirang Duhat Magiting Dibdiban de la Cruz Juan Tamadino Dyesebel Moreno Darna ZobelWhile no senators and congressmen are on this initial list, it does not mean that they are scathe-free. In fact this initial list are names of mistresses and gigolos of senators and congressmen who received money from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel funds.Stay tuned for the next installment.

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25/05/2017 0:00

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This Is Not A Hoax: Pastor Prays Over Mayor Duterte So He And Bongbong Marcos Will Win Elections!

We begin this news report with a disclaimer: THIS IS NOT A HOAX.In one of perhaps the most awkward moments in Philippine political history, a pastor publicly prayed over Mayor Rodrigo Duterte asking the Almighty to bless the candidate so he will win the elections as the new president of the country.It happened during a campaign rally attended by Duterte and his vice presidential running mate Senator Alan Cayetano.But while the pastor prayed for Duterte, he also prayed for a vice presidential candidate to win the elections. His name was not Alan Cayetano, but Bongbong Marcos.Here is the video:

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30/04/2016 0:00

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Miss Universe: Mar Roxas Will Be Pia’s Escort On Homecoming Parade Float

The stage in Metro Manla is set for the grand homecoming of Filipina Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.Stella Marquez Araneta, chairperson of the Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc., (BPCI) today announced that Wurtzbach will be coming home on January 23 , will have a press conference on the 24th and a grand parade on the 25th.BPCI, the local franchise owner for the Miss Universe pageant, is leaving no stone unturned to make this the biggest and most memorable homecoming for a Filipina international beauty queen ever. The Philippines has waited 42 years for another Miss Universe crown. Margarita Moran won the crown in 1973 while Gloria Diaz won it in 1969.Marquez said the BPCI is coordinating very closely with Malacañang (the presidential palace) to make the January 25 parade successful. She also announced that Wurtzbach will have a very private audience with President Aquino before the parade. Aquino was rumored to have dated Wurtzbach in early 2015.As for the parade itself, Marquez said that presidential candidate Mar Roxas — Aquino’s anointed one — will escort the New Miss Universe on the parade float.It is Malacañang’s hope that this will give Roxas a much-needed boost in the polls. National and Metro Manila surveys have consistently put Roxas at the bottom among the declared presidential candidates, lagging behind Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Grace Poe and Vice President Jejomar Binay (Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago is in 5th place).In exchange for the privilege of Roxas as the parade escort, Malacañang has promised to donate an undisclosed amount to BPCI to be charged against DAP, the Aquino administration’s controversial and unconstitutional Disbursement Acceleration Program.Welcome home, Pia!

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06/01/2016 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2016/01/06/miss-universe-mar-roxas-will-be-pias-escort-on-homecoming-parade-float/

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The pros and cons of implementing the death penalty in the Philippines

Taking a utilitarian approach, the implementation of the death penalty is actually a viable solution to a society's woes -- especially when taking into consideration that of the Philippines. It is, in the long run, for the greater good and beneficial for the many as maintaining a prison complex is costly, making it a heavy burden placed upon the taxpayers.Doing a simple math: More execution of death row inmates = less population of prisoners, and less population of prisoners means that more of our tax money can be allocated to better use. No need for the nonsensical and pricey rehabilitation efforts for prisoners which are only additional expenses most of the time.Basically, it is a lose-lose situation for a nation's economy (more so for taxpayers) to keep alive prisoners, especially those who have committed heinous crimes: They don't have a stable job and earn money nor do they pay taxes. They are simply mouths being fed with whatever our taxes can afford and are being provided free lodging (albeit somewhat inhumane), again paid by our taxes. And, as if to add insult to injury, we are metaphorically keeping a pen of pigs with which we spent a large sum of capital and with which we earn nothing.Now, let's look at the other end of the spectrum.In reinstating the death penalty, you'll have to consider these things:1. The integrity of the existing justice system;2. The track record of said justice system in terms of accuracy of verdict; and,3. That there is no proof that the death penalty is a deterrent to crime.1. Our justice system has always been notorious for coddling and trying and retrying high profile personalities. Case in point is the notorious Vizconde Massacre. This much-sensationalized case ended up having its prime suspect, Hubert Webb acquitted in 2010. The whole affair was covered in politics and had Webb not been a scion of an influential family, he would have still been rotting in jail. Worse, had the decision of the Court of Appeals was proven ultimately wrong and the death penalty was implemented, they would have killed an innocent man. This brings me to my second point.2. According to a PhilStar report in 2013 , Philippine courts are congested with over 1 million cases a year -- equating to roughly 4,200 cases per working day. This massive influx of cases can be seen as a detriment to the courts' processes especially during implementation of the death penalty. Such cases need a thorough review as capital punishment is no joke. Unless there is statistical data proving that the Philippine courts are swift and accurate in handing verdicts, the reinstatement of the death penalty leaves a persistent and searing question on the integrity of our courts and the justice system itself.3. Arguably, the death penalty is not a deterrent to crime. For this, let's think like a criminal for one second. Take for example a rage-induced "killer." A person under the influence of an animalistic passion (i.e. intense anger or rage) is in no way capable of thinking anymore of the consequences of his actions, let alone its repercussions. They are already "in the point of no return" where their brains have been taken over by biological chemicals that hijack their actions and higher cognitive functions. Same goes with rape. A rapist, once in pursuit of his victim, is no longer capable of thinking of the consequences of his act--just that he is under the influence of animalistic desire. In this instance, the fact that there is a death penalty in place is irrelevant.The death penalty only serves as a form of retribution to those who were aggrieved. And whatever preachers may tell you--revenge feels good. Seeking vengeance on those who wronged us is of the basest human instinct. Primal even. Revenge, however, is not a proven way to curb out crime.Hence, the death penalty is a solution only given after the act has been committed, not before. Therefore, it does not prevent crime--only that it kills off known criminals and cannot stop potential criminals. The human mind, after all, is unknowable and ultimately unpredictable.-------------------------------------------Ronn Zantua as posted on Facebook

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2017-07-22 18:08:13+08:00

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LOOK: List of senators who voted “YES” and “NO” to Martial Law until December 31

The majority of the 17th Congress of the Philippines gave an extension to the Martial Law imposed by President Rodrigo Duterte in the whole island of Mindanao until December 31 this year.16 out of 24 senators voted in favor of Martial law while four opposed it.Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Nancy Binay didn’t voted because of their absence to the joint session held by congress Saturday.Meanwhile, Senator Leila De Lima was detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center that made her disallowed to vote.This is the result of the voting:YES TO MARTIAL LAW EXTENSION:Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel IIISenate President Pro Tempore Ralph RectoMajority Leader Vicente Sotto “Tito” Sotto IIISonny AngaraJoseph Victor EjercitoFranchis “Chiz” EscuderoSherwin GatchalianRichard GordonGregorio “Gringo” HonasanPanfilo “Ping” LacsonLoren LegardaManny PacquiaoGrace PoeJoel VillanuevaCynthia VillarMiguel ZubiriNO TO MARTIAL LAW EXTENSION:Minority Leader Franklin DrilonFrancis “Kiko” PangilinanPaolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IVRisa HontiverosABSENT:Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (out of country)Senator Nancy Binay (in a foreign trip)Meanwhile, the majority of the members of the house of the representatives favored the extension of Martial Law in Mindanao.261 members of the congress favored the martial law, while 14 opposed it.The lawmakers who opposed the martial law extension are Representatives Gary Alejano, Lito Atienza, Teddy Baguilat, JC Belmonte, Gabriel Bordado, Arlene Brosas, Ariel Casilao, France Castro, Emmi De Jesus, Sarah Jane Elago, Edcel Lagman, Antonio Tinio, Tom Villarin and Carlos Zarate.Only 158 votes from both houses of Congress were needed to get a majority of the votes.The members of the opposition on Saturday expressed their fear for the possible expansion of martial law in the whole Philippines because of the tremendous amount of support got by the Duterte administration from the 17th congress.“Hindi pa rin panatag ang loob natin na kung sakali sa darating na mga araw na magkaroon ng isolated acts of terrorism either in the Visayas or in Luzon, will this be the basis to declare martial law in Luzon, in Visayas or nationwide?” Senator Pangilinan said.Hontiveros also insisted that Martial Law would not help the military to their anti-terrorism operations in Marawi.“Absent any plausible explanation, I can only reach one conclusion: martial law has no strategic contribution to the military’s anti-terrorism operations in Marawi,” Hontiveros said.“I fear that the plan to extend the martial law in Mindanao will pave the way for a Philippines-wide martial law,” she added.The Malacañang also released a statement following the support gained by the extension of martial law in Mindanao, saying that ‘the debate is over’ and the government must now continue their job to fulfill President Rodrigo Duterte’s promise to Mindanao.“We thank Congress for approving the extension of martial law until December 31, 2017,” Presidential Spokesperson Abella said.This week, President Rodrigo Duterte asked for a 150 day extension of martial law in Mindanao to exterminate the armed groups that brought chaos in the southern part of the Philippines.

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Miss Universe Returns To The Philippines, Tax Woman Confiscates Her Crown

Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach arrived in her native Philippines today to a warm welcome at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). She wasn’t wearing her $300,000 crown.In her brief statement upon arrival, Wurtzbach thanked all who trooped to the airport in the early hours of the morning to welcome her. She did not mention anything about her missing crown.However, The Adobo Chronicles just learned that the crown was personally confiscated by the Philippines’ chief tax woman, Kim Henares of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). The BIR commissioner was on hand to greet her at the airport’s VIP lounge with an official tax statement demanding $30,000 (1.4 Million pesos) in taxes for the bejeweled crown.When Wurtzbach refused to pay up, saying that the crown is just “on loan” to her for the duration of her reign, Henares ordered her tax agents to confiscate the crown.Miss Universe is scheduled to hold a press conference tomorrow and is expected to reveal details of the confiscated crown.

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23/01/2016 0:00

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GAY PRIDE AFTERMATH: NYPD COP FIRED FOR GOING BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY

especially in your police uniform.”Upon hearing the news, several New York gay bars reached out to the officer, offering him a job as security guard or bouncer.The Adobo Chronicles® could not independently confirm the police officer’s sexual orientation.

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29/06/2018 0:00

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Inday Sara reveals secrets of Kiko, Risa, Trillanes last election

Hunger Games of the Philippines. This is how Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte defined the new political group of the opposition called Tindig Pilipinas for mimicking the 3-finger sign.Inday revealed some moments she had with Senator Kiko Pangilinan, Trillanes, and Risa Hontiveros last election through a post on her facebook account.Read her full message below:Kiko Pangilinan- Several years ago nagkita tayo dito sa Davao, sa isang golf club, pinuntuhan mo si PRD. Gusto mo tumakbo Presidente, ansabe mo? “With Sharon’s indorsement and your (PRD) indorsement I’m sure I can make it.” Dati pa-indorse ka sa kanya ngayon may pa hunger games salute effect ka. Risa Hontiveros – Sa picture ikaw ang pinaka makapal ang foundation acheng. Habang tinutulungan ko si PRD at ang nanay ko mangampanya, nasa byaheng du30 ako, ilang beses mo ako inabala, kinulit at tinawagan para humingi ka ng tulong sa boto mo sa Davao City? I can remember your bored face listening to me in our law office just so you can get support for Davao. Trillanes – Years ago, nagrequest ka makipag kita sa akin dito sa Davao,nasa Damosa ka, ano sabi ko sa emissary mo? No. You know why? I never liked your circus sa Manila Peninsula. Pero meron ako picture na nakipagkita ka kay PRD kasi humingi ka ng tulong niya sa VP campaign mo. VP Robredo – I’ll reserve my remarks kasi sabi mo naman hindi ka member ng Hunger Games Pilipinas. Lahat ito hindi chismis kasi personal knowledge ko at may corroborative witnesses ako. Matanong ko lang, nung mga panahon na humingi kayo ng tulong, may isyu ba kayo sa governance ni PRD? Wala. Ngayon na nanalo na siya? Meron. Hunger Games, Pilipinas: Plastic na, oportunista pa. Kayo 3 may ambisyon mag Presidente, I grew up in politics, mas matagal pako sa pulitika kesa sa inyo 3 combined. I smell ambition a million miles away. Akala ninyo yung circus ninyo ngayon magpapanalo sa inyo sa 2022? Hindi. Ano ititindig niyo? Paninindigang Trapo. Mamuyboy ko? Yes. You don’t use PRD whenever convenient para sa pulitika ninyo. Kung wala ang boto ng Mindanao, mananalo kaya kayo?Ouch!READ PART 2 here > “Yellow senators react, Inday Sara strikes again” http://duterte.today/part2-yellow-senators-react-inday-sara-strikes/What can you say about this post of Mayor Inday? Leave your comments below!

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2017-10-12 08:26:56+08:00

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President Rody Duterte won by landslide

PDP Laban Presidential aspirant Rody Duterte is leading the Partial and Unofficial Results and according to some analyst, there is no chance that Grace Poe or Mar Roxas is going to win anymore.Mayor Duterte is still leading by 4-5M to the second placer Grace Poe and some analyst expected that this gap will still increase.Many supporters is planning to celebrate the victory of Mayor Rody Duterte in their homes.We interviewed some of the supporters of other Presidentiables and said that they already accepted the result and they are willing to cooperate with the next President of the Philippines.“We congratulate Mayor Rody Duterte, please do what you promised in the Philippines” One of the Netizen said to our source.The soon to be President Rody Duterte offered friendship to his opponents.Rody Duterte said that his victory party in Malacanang will be simple and no liquor will be served, only cola.The final result of the election will be announced on the next day.

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Psychoanalysing the #Filipino character

To explore the Filipino mind is a journey on the dark side which would have kept freud busy and amused.The Filipino psyche predominantly revolves around a range of defence mechanisms developed as a means of coping with day to day struggles, low self-esteem, and external criticism.The end result is a psyche which doesn’t want to hear painful truths, and will only believe what it wants to hear, however absurd/illogical. A fantasy world of achievement compensating for the stark reality of failure, and like a walter mitty character, Filipinos become legends in their own mind splitting reality and fantasy to such a point the two become fused and/or confused.In such a world guilt and shame have been banished, for they would burst the balloons of pride and ego which have been lifted so high and remain the symbols of hope in a barren lifeIt overcompensates through hubristic pride, narcissism, a collective mentality, a strong need to belong and to associate with anything/one regarded as successful – which equates with money rather than with intellect or contribution, and without a strong moral compass, despite the apparent grip of religion, can regard crooks with money as demi-gods ( even when it is their money which has been stolen!. Very perverse)It may also partly answer [the] question about intellect as a liability, since those with intellect who challenge collective thought are a perceived threat to the group, and without possessing the ability or rational to attack/debate the message, their only choice is to attack the messenger.In the Philippines, stupidity is not a hindrance in politics, crime pays, and fantasy rules.Source:http://getrealphilippines.com/blog/2014/03/why-is-da-pinoy-so-easily-butthurt-is-it-an-excuse/comment-page-1/#comment-229893

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Duterte Orders Closure Of Baguio City

First, it was Boracay that President Rodrigo Duterte ordered closed for rehabilitation. Next up is Baguio City, the summer capital of the Philippines.The annual Holy Week trek to this mountain resort has begun. Thousands upon thousands of lowlanders go up to Baguio to escape the summer heat and to experience a breath of fresh and cool air that the city is famous for.But alas, many visitors may not find what they’re looking for. Gone is the scent of pine trees. Gone are the sunflowers that adorn the facade of the city’s mountains and hills. Traffic has become a nightmare, and pollution has become an everyday occurence. Visitors can expect a short supply of water and electricity. It’s an environmental disaster.So today, Holy Monday, President Duterte ordered the closure of Baguio City and gave local officials 60 days to rehabilitate this once-upon-a-time R&R haven for the U.S. military.The closure begins Monday after Easter Sunday.So if you’re in Baguio now, make the most of it. Unless you’re a city resident, this may be your last chance to go horseback-riding, shopping for fresh vegetables and strawberries, and wearing the sweater that’s been kept in your closet all year round.

['Pol Pinoy']

25/03/2018 0:00

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EU Ends Visa-Free Travel For Americans; Philippines To End Visa-Free Travel For EU Citizens

as part of a reciprocity agreement. US citizens can normally travel to all countries in the bloc without a visa.The vote urges the revocation of the scheme within two months, meaning Americans will have to apply for extra documents for 12 months after the European Commission implements a “delegated act” to bring the change into effect.Meanwhile, in the Philippines, lawmakers are set to vote for the revocation of the visa waiver for citizens of the European Union traveling to the island nation. This, after the EU Parliament passed two resolutions that interferes with the internal affairs of the Philippines.Filipino Senators and Congressmen declared EU as ‘persona non grata’ after it called for the investigation of the alleged extrajudicial killings under President Rodrigo Duterte’s War on Drugs and demanding the immediate release of incarcerated Senator Leila De Lima who has been charged with drug-related crimes.Under current Philippine immigration law, citizens of EU countries can visit the Philippines for up to 30 days without a visa.If the new law is passed, EU citizens will be forced to never leave home without a visa (in addition to American Express and MasterCard) when traveling to the Philippines 🇵🇭.

['Pol Pinoy']

23/05/2017 0:00

https://adobochronicles.com/2017/05/23/eu-ends-visa-free-travel-for-americans-philippines-to-end-visa-free-travel-for-eu-citizens/?share=email

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(VIDEO) AMERICA RUNNING OUT OF WHITE MALE COMEDIANS FOR LATE-NIGHT SHOWS

male and white.On Monday, Comedy Central announced that Trevor Noah, a biracial South African will replace Jon Stewart as the new host of “The Daily Show” when the latter steps down later this year.One can just imagine the shock with which White America learned of Stewart’s replacement. “Comedy Central is going nuts,” said one late-night TV redneck fan. “How dare they put someone on late night TV who looks like just 13% of the population?”“He’s not even an American,” quipped another talk show enthusiast from Texas. (Nevermind that talk show hosts Craig Ferguson is Scottish and both James Cordon and John Oliver are Brits).Noah will become the second black late-night show host when he takes over ‘The Daily Show,’ joining Larry Wilmore, who is also black, host of ‘The Nightly Show.’As the British like to say, “Keep Calm” America, White is on the way out. Black is in. Can we all just get along?

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30/03/2018 0:00

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Sloppy journalism: TIME Magazine account of Duterte's "War on Drugs" @Iyengarish

Western media, especially Time magazine, was heavily used in the 1980s to build up the Aquino brand and to demonize Marcos. The same strategy is being applied on Duterte today.There's a recent article on Time written by a writer named Rishi Iyengar who should be sent back to journalism school. This guy wrote a report about Duterte and the war on drugs, and the main Philippine national government official he interviewed was—don't laugh—Senator Leila de Lima. Yes, believe it. He also included a token quote from PNP chief Bato de la Rosa, but only so he could depict the "closeness" of Bato to Duterte as some kind of blind loyalty to a mass murderer. Iyengar's main interviewee was Leila de Lima, the accused drug lord protector herself. Maybe Iyengar should also interview Lucifer about the Christian faith.Other minor interviewees of Iyengar among government officials: Mike Rama, the former mayor of Cebu who is also an accused drug coddler; and Chito Gascon, the die-hard yellow CHR head appointed by Noynoy Aquino under whose presidency the drug lords thrived. Makes you wonder how much research Iyengar actually did before he wrote his article.This is the problem with foreigners who self-righteously criticize what's going on in our country when in fact they don't have a clue. Iyengar thinks he knows better than the 16+ million Filipinos who voted for Duterte, and the 91% of Filipinos who trust Duterte. In effect, Iyengar is saying that nearly all of us Filipinos, all 91%, are idiots, and we should ignore the realities that we see with our own eyes everyday, and listen to him instead. Why? Because—shiver me timbers—he's with Time magazine! The Time logo is supposed to razzle-dazzle us indios into forgetting we have our own brains.Iyengar calls the planned investigation against De Lima, and the info about her driver-lover, a "smear campaign". He obviously doesn't know that the news about De Lima's driver-lover has been an open secret for years and De Lima herself has not denied it. Has Iyengar even seen the pictures of De Lima partying with a drug lord at the national penitentiary? Is Iyengar aware of how the national penitentiary turned into the "Bilibid Hilton" of the drug lords and became the number one source of meth/shabu in the country during De Lima's watch as head of the Department of Justice that oversees the prisons in the Philippines?Iyengar did not mention in his article that nearly 600,000 drug pushers/users surrendered within Duterte's first 6 weeks in office, and the average number of killings per day has gone down from 35 to 20. Why indeed should he bother to mention these facts? They don't fit with the fiction he and Time magazine want to promote.Communications Secretary Martin Andanar should sit down with the foreign correspondents in the Philippines and educate them on what is really going on. He should show them what a crazed shabu addict is capable of doing, like stabbing a 22-year-old nurse 19 times in her bedroom because he was looking for cash to pay for his next fix. Better yet, Andanar should arrange a free one-week stay at the Bilibid Hilton for these foreign journalists. It will be the most unforgettable sponsored junket they will ever experience.Here's the link to Iyengar's article. His Twitter handle is on it. All Filipinos on Twitter should give him a piece of their minds, and show him that the Time logo can't razzle-dazzle them into giving up their capacity to think for themselves.http://time.com/4462352/rodrigo-duterte-drug-war-drugs-philippines-killing/?xid=tcoshareMake no mistake about it. The Western media has been mobilized to demonize Duterte and make foreign investors lose confidence. Andanar's team should beef up their ranks. The government channel and the Philippine News Agency are not being maximized to disseminate real information, so the yellow media and the Western media with their vested interests are filling up the vacuum.--------------------This is a GRP Featured Comment. Join the discussion!http://www.getrealphilippines.com/blog/2016/08/ninoy-not-hero-lets-rename-naia-back-manila-international-airport/#comment-1714923

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04/11/2016 0:00

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Facts matter in the Philippines, but only the facts that favour its elite

The irony in the clique of “social media influencers” who hosted an event dubbed a forum on “Truth, Trust, and Democracy in the Age of Selfies, Trolls and Bots” just flies over people’s pointed heads. The event was organised “by the Journalism for Nation Building Foundation (JNBF), Rappler, and other stakeholder groups”. This is not mentioning, of course, that “other stakeholder groups” very likely only included groups who agree with the organisers on all points.So the dynamics of this little powow played out quite predictably. Basically, it was a gathering of onion-skinned crybabies from mainstream media (or those who closely schmooze with its execs) who cannot accept they are losing the battle to secure their traditional dominance over the discourse. They discussed how “bots” and “trolls” are supposedly having a chilling effect on “dissenters” but seemed to conveniently ignore the nature of key personalities in their ranks such as Florin Hilbay and Tonyo Cruz who are notorious for blocking all dissenting opinion and even making downright slanderous claims on their Twitter accounts.Indeed, Cruz in particular, was part of a panel of “experts” discussing, get this, the “limits of free speech”. Considering that Cruz sees no limit to his entitlement to making slanderous remarks about other social media personalities, it comes across as quite rich to see him part of this picture. Even more interesting is how “serial blockers” such as Cruz and Hilbay seem to be inconsistent with their own amigos in these little cliques when it comes to dealing with “trolls”. The eminent “journalist” Ed Lingao who sat with Cruz in this panel, for one, insists: “You have to engage them (trolls) because we cannot leave the internet to them.” Unfortunately Lingao stopped short of calling out deserters in his camp like Cruz and Hilbay whose cowardices are contributing to their mounting loss of territory to the enemy “trolls”.The inconsistency is surprising considering that this particular panel was a notably inbred one. Aside from Cruz and Lingao, two other celebrated heart-bleeders — Caloy “God’s Gift to Philippine Human Rights” Conde and Leloy “The Atenean – period” Claudio — sat as members in this panel to add to the din of mutual high-fives being verbally exchanged. Not really sure what kind of thinking went into deciding on the composition of this panel, but one would think that such a panel would have been made more dynamic had it been a bit more diverse in terms of points of view and partisan leanings represented.Two words can describe what went on in that panel: intellectual dishonesty. Indeed, that term can even be extended to describe the bigger soirée overall. The output of this affair cannot really be considered to be a good basis for drawing conclusions if the scope of input excluded such a broad swathe of the social media landscape. More inclusiveness would have contributed to making this occassion and its outcomes a bit more credible. Instead it merely sent out and reenforced the same messages that are pre-engineered to appeal to a narrow subset of the broader community of social media communicators. In short, it all seemed quite contrived — even scripted.Rather than address the root cause of why the mainstream is rapidly losing ground and why its credibility is on a death spiral, the notion of a “fake news” epidemic and an invasion of online “trolls” is put up as a scapegoat and a strawman to wax liberal rhetoric around. This focus on burning “fake news” and the “trolls” who bear them in effigy has reduced these Catholic-school educated latte-sipping clique of “activists” into no more than a swarm of moths flying around the liberal light in ever-smaller circles. They mirror the sad picture painted in the post-mortem written by Trent Lapinski of the catastrophic loss of the United States’ Democrats to current US President Donald Trump in the last elections…By only following other liberals on social media, and only reading liberal or corporate news, once again ignoring reality. When Hillary Clinton was caught rigging the primary against Bernie Sanders, and Democrats nominated her anyway they ignored reality. Everyone was simply insulating themselves within their own echo chamber ignoring anything outside their bubble.…which may as well be the post-mortem on the crushing defeat of the Philippines’ own Liberal Party in the 2016 elections. From what we’ve seen in the way “Truth, Trust, and Democracy in the Age of Selfies, Trolls and Bots” was conducted, it seems none of the hard lessons had been learned.

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2017-11-29 06:08:50+00:00

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