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Cautious optimism for US-China trade talks lifts shares | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2018-08-21 05:06:20+08:00 | NEW YORK – A gauge of global equity markets rose on Monday on hopes the U.S.-China trade dispute will cool at talks this week, while Turkey’s lira fell anew after cuts to the country’s credit ratings and shots were fired outside the U.S. Embassy in Ankara.Wall Street was mixed but broad-based gains in Europe and Asia lifted the MSCI’s all-country world index, which tracks shares in 47 countries. The gauge has recouped last week’s losses sparked by the lira’s plunge, but not declines of the prior week when the Turkish currency began its fall.Mid-level U.S. and Chinese officials are expected to meet later this week in Washington to discuss their trade dispute. But it is unclear whether the talks will have any effect on the implementation of U.S. tariffs and retaliation by China.“Traders are cautiously optimistic, but just because the meeting has been lined up doesn’t mean anything will come of it,” CMC Markets chief markets analyst David Madden said.“Some traders view the (recent) weakness in the Chinese stock market and currency as a sign that Beijing will be more accommodating when it comes to negotiations,” he said.Six days of public hearings on the proposed U.S. duties of up to 25 percent will start Monday in Washington as part of the U.S. administration’s efforts to pressure Beijing for sweeping changes to its trade and economic policies.Tencent Holdings Ltd was the biggest contributor to MSCI’s global stock gauge, which rose 0.35 percent, and it was the top gainer on Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index, closing up 4.1 percent.The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index rose 0.71 percent and MSCI’s emerging markets index gained 0.99 percent.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 66.57 points, or 0.26 percent, to 25,735.89, the S&P 500 gained 1.77 points, or 0.06 percent, to 2,851.9 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 20.18 points, or 0.26 percent, to 7,796.15.Turkey’s lira fell 3.16 percent to a session low of 6.2 against the dollar.While the lira late last week clawed back sizable losses after touching all-time lows of just over 7 to $1 a week ago Monday, it has now declined about 26 percent so far in August.Turkish sovereign dollar bonds fell across the curve on Monday and the cost of insuring exposure to Turkish debt rose after Moody’s and S&P Global lowered their sovereign credit ratings on Friday.In addition, shots were fired at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, compounding U.S.-Turkish tensions as a dispute over Turkey’s detention of an American pastor simmered.CENTRAL BANKS IN SPOTLIGHTIn a week light on economic data, investors are turning their attention to central banks.The Federal Reserve will release minutes from its August policy meeting on Wednesday, which will be scrutinized for new signs of whether four interest rate hikes are likely this year.The U.S. central bank is widely expected to raise rates a third time this year in September, though doubts remain over another hike in December.Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is due to speak on Friday at the annual economic symposium in August in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.“It’s really going to be all about the minutes and Powell at Jackson Hole on Friday,” said Thomas Simons, a money market economist at Jefferies in New York.Benchmark U.S. Treasury 10-year notes rose 14/32 in price to push yields down to 2.8244 percent, a four-week low.The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of currencies, fell 0.01 percent, while the euro up 0.03 percent to $1.144.The Japanese yen strengthened 0.06 percent versus the greenback at 110.45 per dollar.U.S. crude rose 24 cents to $66.15 per barrel and global benchmark Brent 47 cents to $72.30. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/cautious-optimism-for-us-china-trade-talks-lifts-shares/ | Suspicious |
BSP Unveils New Philippine Peso Bills | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 25/12/2017 0:00 | The Banko Sentral Ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) has officially unveiled the new Peso bills that feature enhanced features.The new designs will make it very difficult for anyone to produce and distribute fake bills.The old paper currency can now be exchanged at all SM bill payment centers. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/12/25/bsp-unveils-new-philippine-peso-bills/#respond | Suspicious |
NEVER AGAIN: In Her Speech Commemorating The Marcos Martial Law, Leni Robredo Calls For Abolition Of 13th Month Pay | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 21/09/2018 0:00 | Mimicking the phrase, “Never Again,” Vice President Leni Robredo is calling for the abolition of the 13th month pay for Filipino employees.Robredo made the call during her speech commemorating the anniversary of the imposition of Martial Law by then President Ferdinand E. Marcos.’We need to erase everything that reminds us of the dictatorial regime of Marcos,” Robredo said, “including the 13th month pay.”The 13th month pay was the idea of Marcos, when he issued Presidential Decree No. 851, mandating the additional compensation of Filipino workers.”I call upon the members of Congress, especially my Yellow colleagues in the Senate, to immediately pass a bill voiding Presidential Decree No. 851 issued by Marcos in 1976,” Robredo said.Robredo’s proposal drew thunderous applause from members of her yellow audience.Expect Senator Bam Aquino to file the appropriate Bill in the Senate ASAP. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/09/21/never-again-in-her-speech-commemorating-the-marcos-martial-law-leni-robredo-calls-for-abolition-of-13th-month-pay/?share=email | Suspicious |
BREAKING: Senator Trillanes To Sue Blogger Raissa Robles For Saying He Has No Balls | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 13/12/2017 0:00 | In her latest tweet, anti-Duterte blogger Raissa Robles accused Antonio Trillanes of having ‘no balls’ and the Senator is suing.Robles questioned the absence of several Senators, including Trillanes, during a joint session of Congress where legislators voted to approve Martial Law extension in Mindanao. Only four opposition senators voted against the extension, and Trillanes wasn’t one of them because he had been missing in action.”For Robles to say that I have no balls is libelous and is very damaging to my reputation,” Trillanes told The Adobo Chronicles.The good Senator said he is willing to drop his pants in court to prove — beyond reasonable doubt — that Robles’ accusation is not only false but malicious. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/12/13/breaking-senator-trillanes-to-sue-blogger-raissa-robles-for-saying-he-has-no-balls/ | Suspicious |
Why The Clintons Wore Purple During Hillary’s Concession Speech | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 13/11/2016 0:00 | WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) –Many Americans were so concentrated on their shock and grief that very few noticed what the Clintons were wearing during Hillary’s concession speech. Both she and Bill wore purple (see photo.)Purple embodies the balance of red’s (Republican) stimulation and blue’s (Democrat) calm. This dichotomy can cause unrest or uneasiness unless the undertone is clearly defined, at which point the purple takes on the characteristics of its undertone.In many countries, the color purple represents mourning.It was a subliminal message for what we are seeing now in the streets and on social media. Mourning and unrest. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/11/13/why-the-clintons-wore-purple-during-hillarys-concession-speech/?share=email | Suspicious |
Chito Gascon Issues Statement After CHR Budget Is Restored By Congress | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 21/09/2017 0:00 | A tearful Chito Gascon thanked Congress for the news that the 2018 budget of the Commission on Human Rights will eventually be restored in the final version of the national budget.It will be recalled that the House of Representatives had slashed CHR’s proposed budget from P678 Million to P1,000.Here is the full statement from Gascon:I can finally have a full night’s sleep after hearing the great news that my 2018 budget will be restored by Congress. I am so emotional right now, and I am eternally indebted to our Congress persons for finally recognizing the role that CHR plays in ensuring human rights for every Filipino. Now I can finally take comfort in the fact that I will have the funds to get a regular shave from my Makati City barber. Thank you, thank you, thank you! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/09/21/chito-gascon-issues-statement-after-chr-budget-is-restored-by-congress/ | Suspicious |
Noli De Castro supports President Duterte, his daughter admits. | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-01-11 02:15:06+08:00 | Netizens were curious if the former Vice President and legendary news anchor Noli De Castro is a supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte.Now the question was already answered by his daughter and Department of Tourism Undersecretary Kat De Castro.Netizen asked the daughter of De Castro on her social media account if her father was a supporter or critic of the President.Kat De Castro answered and she confirmed that her father loves President Rodrigo Duterte, but because of his job as a journalist, he must still serve the people and inform the government if there’s something wrong.“He loves Duterte. As a journalist, he sometimes has to nudge the government if there is an issue that needs attention.” De Castro replied.During the election period, Noli De Castro has gone viral on the internet after he allegedly endorsed President Rodrigo Duterte on TV Patrol.Shockingly, his daughter Kat De Castro revealed that she was so close with President Duterte and shared a #DuterteStory in her timeline that also became viral. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/noli-de-castro-supports-president-duterte-daughter-admits/ | Suspicious |
ANOTHER U.S. MEDIA MERGER | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 27/08/2016 0:00 | The bleeding in the country’s newsrooms never seems to stop. All around the country, newsrooms are laying off personnel. Newspapers are paring down their circulation. Television news networks are moving more and more towards entertainment content. Above all, mergers between and among media companies are becoming a weekly occurrence.The latest announced merger is between Cable News Network (CNN), the pioneer in 24-hour broadcast news, and The Onion, the pioneer in organized news satire. Many in the journalism profession saw it coming, especially after CNN.com’s managing editor Meredith Artley appeared as a guest columnist in the latest issue of The Onion. Artley’s column delved on why CNN.com made Miley Cyrus’ almost pornographic performance at the last Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards its top story on Monday.CNN CEO Jeff Zucker, in making the announcement at the network’s headquarters in Atlanta, said that the merger of the two media outlets cannot be more perfect. “It’s a partnership made in heaven,” Zucker said. “Time and again, consumers of news have seen the parallelism between the CNN and The Onion styles of reporting. Both outlets excel in entertainment, sensationalism, and fakery,” he added.The Adobo Chronicles interviewed people on the street to get their reaction to the merger. One avid news consumer was ecstatic, saying that “finally, I do not have to decide which news is true and which is fake. Now I know to consider this one (merged) news source as totally fake.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2013/08/27/another-media-merger/#respond | Suspicious |
PRIDE MONTH: LGBT Community Struggles With Identity | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 10/06/2017 0:00 | Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. Queer. Questioning. Homo. Gender-bending. Gender-variant. Cross-dresser. Closeted. Out. Two-spirit. Mahu. Bakla. On-the-bus.In a politically-correct societal atmosphere, not one word is sufficient to describe the diversity of the gay and lesbian community. Oftentimes, in the struggle for inclusion, the community sometimes ends up being divisive (and divided) and very sensitive to the many labels that describe — or try to describe — it.So, in the spirit of inclusion, and in celebration of PRIDE month, we propose an all-inclusive acronym to refer to this very diverse community:LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/06/10/pride-month-lgbt-community-struggles-with-identity/ | Suspicious |
Bill Clinton Makes History! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 27/07/2016 0:00 | Americans woke up this morning to the great news that Bill Clinton just made history by being nominated as the Democratic Party’s candidate for president of the United States.He is the first two-term president to be nominated for a third, possibly fourth term.This is truly unprecedented.For more on Clinton’s nomination, pick up a copy of your local newspaper. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/07/27/bill-clinton-makes-history/ | Suspicious |
COMELEC: Change In Hash Code Was Mere Cosmetic | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 12/05/2016 0:00 | As the vote count in the May 9 Philippine elections reached more than 90%, the camp of vice presidential aspirant Senator Bongbong Marcos had asked to stop the count while seeking an investigation into a suspicious new script computer command allegedly fed to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) transparency server.The Marcos camp said that the introduction of the command, known in technical jargon as “hash code” could have very well altered the vote count.The unofficial vote count began with Marcos leading his closest rival, Leni Robredo, by almost 1,000 votes. Marcos said that his vote count suspiciously started a downward trend right after the hash code was changed.As of press time, Robredo leads the VP race by more than 220,000 votes, with almost 96% of precincts reporting.Today, the COMELEC said that the introduction of the new hash code did not affect the data and vote count. “It was purely cosmetic,” the poll body assured.However, COMELEC declined to disclose whether the cosmetic change was done by Mary Kay, Revlon, Kokuryu or some other cosmetic company. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/05/12/comelec-change-in-hash-code-was-mere-cosmetic/?share=email | Suspicious |
Millennials, Septuagenarians Speak Out On Hillary Vs. Bernie | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 25/05/2016 0:00 | The contest between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination is heating up, and millennials as well as septuagenarians have jumped into the fray.Are you with Cher for Clinton or are you with the millennials for Sanders? | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/05/25/millennials-septuagenarians-speak-out-on-hillary-vs-bernie/#respond | Suspicious |
Adobo Chronicles Fact-Checks Facebook Translations | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 22/05/2018 0:00 | Move over Rappler. Move over Vera Files. Facebook no longer needs your services as fact-checking partners. What it urgently needs is a translation partner.Mark Zuckerberg, we offer our services for a bargain fee. Salamat po (Thank you)! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/05/22/adobo-chronicles-fact-checks-facebook-translations/?share=email | Suspicious |
F U to the EU, says Duterte | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2016-09-21 09:54:33+00:00 | So anti-Duterte Senator Leila De Lima has been ousted as the chairman of the Senate Justice Committee. Although the main reasons why De Lima’s colleagues removed the chairmanship from her were about her bias, her misuse of the Senate to advance her political vendetta against the President, and her poor handling of the investigation on the alleged extra judicial killings (EJK) of drug criminals mostly attributed to law enforcers under President Rodrigo Duterte’s rule, De Lima insists that her removal was a glaring case of persecution by Duterte and his minions. International bodies like the New York-based Human Rights Watch stated that the Senate should reinstate De Lima’s chairmanship. The European Union (EU) even condemned Duterte himself (not the Philippine government) for the incidence of EJKs and even went to the extent of calling on the Philippine Congress to abstain from reintroducing the death penalty. Such meddling of the EU into the internal affairs of the Philippines has piqued the “colorful” President resulting in his profanity laced rebuke of the EU’s condemnation.Were the profanities given by Duterte to the EU justified? Former Interior and Local Government Secretary Rafael Alunan III seems to believe so. Alunan posted on his Facebook wall:The problem with the meddling of foreign nations like those of the West on the internal affairs of sovereign countries like those in the East is that their imposition of their values and ideals can easily be interpreted as arrogance and superiority complex. In addition, the pressure exerted by countries like those in the EU on countries like those in the East can be deemed as an attempt to undermine a nation’s sovereignty. World view differences of the East and the West on things like human rights can be a source of friction. This has been evident in the way China has rebuffed criticisms of America on China’s alleged poor human rights practices and of course, the recent word war between Philippine President Duterte against America and the EU. While there is indeed a consensus on the general ideals for human rights, there is no binding agreement on every country’s specific approach towards such ideals. Policy research specialist John Albert Suing points out historian Barbara Tuchman’s statement that:“Humanity may have common ground, BUT needs and aspirations vary according to circumstances.”Singaporean High Commissioner Michael Teo also pointed out that:“China and Russia study Singapore as one possible model for their own development. Whether they can adapt it to their own circumstances will depend on their ability to run a clean, honest and meritocratic system, governing for the long-term good of the country with the support of their people. But ultimately these large countries, with their long histories and ancient cultures, will develop in their own ways. They are not likely to morph into western liberal democracies, regardless of what Singapore does. Every society has to strike its own balance between individual liberties and the common good. Some in the west like John Kampfner feel a calling to go forth and convert the heathen to western liberal democracy. But the true test is what works in the real world, with real societies. To worship a western model as the only way, and dismiss all other solutions as authoritarian or undemocratic, is surely the ultimate anaesthetic for the brain.”So given that common ground does not necessarily equate to the application of a universal means to an ideal end, why do bodies like the EU as well as Human Rights Watch still seem impose their will on sovereign nations like the Philippines? The answer may lie in what Suing and journalist Stephen Kinzer have pointed out – it is from their narrow, shallow and egocentric definition of human rights!Kinzer pointed out an interesting view on the dark side of what he has dubbed as “Human Rights Imperialism”. Although human rights advocates (and activists) such as the Human Rights Watch may have noble causes, these may also come with (unintended) consequences. Kinzer said:“Those who have traditionally run Human Rights Watch and other western-based groups that pursue comparable goals come from societies where crucial group rights – the right not to be murdered on the street, the right not to be raped by soldiers, the right to go to school, the right to clean water, the right not to starve – have long since been guaranteed. In their societies, it makes sense to defend secondary rights, like the right to form a radical newspaper or an extremist political party. But in many countries, there is a stark choice between one set of rights and the other. Human rights groups, bathed in the light of self-admiration and cultural superiority, too often make the wrong choice. The actions of human rights do-gooders is craziest in Darfur, where they show themselves not only dangerously naive but also unwilling to learn lessons from their past misjudgments. By their well-intentioned activism, they have given murderous rebel militias – not only in Darfur but around the world – the idea that even if they have no hope of military victory, they can mobilise useful idiots around the world to take up their cause, and thereby win in the court of public opinion what they cannot win on the battlefield. The best way to do this is to provoke massacres by the other side, which Darfur rebels have done quite successfully and remorselessly. This mobilises well-meaning American celebrities and the human rights groups behind them. It also prolongs war and makes human rights groups accomplices to great crimes.”For the case of the Philippines, I fear that naïve human rights activism being parroted by the jaundiced critics of President Duterte and western liberal bodies like the EU would just re-strengthen and re-embolden drug criminals causing further moral and societal deterioration in a developing country like the Philippines.In the end, what bothers me other than the loftiness of these “Human Rights Imperialists” is that they seem to be expecting or even demanding that developing nations like the Philippines automatically and immediately adopt their approach to achieving and ensuring human rights, despite the fact that it took them centuries to get there (with some of them still having cases of human rights violations). Being oblivious to the reality on the ground in the Philippines, the EU as well as other human rights activist groups are unwittingly playing the role of useful idiots by the local opposition who themselves have committed, condoned, and perpetuated human rights violations when they were in power. To that I can fully understand and appreciate President Duterte’s verbal attacks on them. Personally, I would not flip the bird at them and tell them “F*ck Y*u” like what President Duterte did. I would probably just tell them to “Get Real!”(Photo taken from aljazeera.com) | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/09/f-u-eu-says-duterte/#comments | Suspicious |
INC Sample Ballots circulating on the internet, a hint for an official Endorsement of INC to Duterte | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-05-04 12:09:56+08:00 | Photo Credits: People’s TelevisionBallots from different provinces in the Philippines is circulating on the internet, many people from INC claimed that this is the official ballot that the religious sect will distribute to its members this week.Is this a big hint that Iglesia ni Cristo is now finally endorse Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for Presidency?“This is different from the other news, many Iglesia ni Cristo members is now changing it’s profile picture to show their support to Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, happy that the moment that they waited for a long time is now happening” One of the Netizen said to our source.But according to some members, people must still wait the official announcement of the Iglesia ni Cristo, they are also not forcing their members to vote for their chosen President and Vice President and they can still exercise their right to decide freely. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/inc-ballots-circulating-internet-hint-official-endorsement-inc-duterte/ | Suspicious |
PHILIPPINES’ TORRE DE MANILA WILL BE RELOCATED TO SAN FRANCISCO | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 23/06/2018 0:00 | The 49-story Torre de Manila condominium project in the Philippines’ capital has been so controversial that it has reached the Supreme Court which will have to decide on the fate of this infrastructure development.The controversy is based on the fact that the building, when completed, will provide an ugly and inapprorpriate backdrop to the nation’s premier monument at Manila’s Luneta Park featuring its national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal.Lawmakers on Tuesday urged property developer D.M. Consunji Inc. (DMCI) to voluntarily demolish the controversial building rather than wait for the Supreme Court to issue a final ruling on the matter.Realizing that it has nothing but a losing case on its side, DMCI has finally agreed to abandon the project and demolish the building.DMCI has come to the decision after it received confirmation from San Francisco that the City by the Bay has approved its application to build a similar project near the world-famous Golden Gate Bridge.San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee informed DMCI that the condominium project will help ease the American city’s housing shortage and uncontrollable skyrocketing of apartment rent.Lee said that after seeing an artist’s rendition of how the condominium project will look like as a backdrop to the Golden Gate Bridge, he decided it would be great fit to San Francisco’s image and skyline. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/23/philippines-torre-de-manila-will-be-relocated-to-san-francisco/ | Suspicious |
Trump Tower Fire: Donald Trump Marks Himself Safe | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 08/04/2018 0:00 | Many Americans were worried after news broke out that one person died in a fire at the Trump Towers in New York.But U.S. President Donald Trump was quick to calm a worried nation.He marked himself “safe” on his Facebook Account.All’s well that ends well. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/04/08/trump-tower-fire-donald-trump-marks-himself-safe/?share=email | Suspicious |
Guest Lenitorial: Edgy Is Your Sitting Veepee | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 16/08/2018 0:00 | by remember, it’s the sitting veepee making convo!That’s all for the echo room today, folks.The sitting veepee can trigger the saddest ennui with herconvo that cannot negotiate the intricacies of existence, her existence. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/08/16/guest-lenitorial-edgy-is-your-sitting-veepee/#respond | Suspicious |
Donald Trump vs Megyn Kelly circus reveals underlying hypocrisy of Big Media | [] | 2016-01-29 01:15:20+00:00 | A controversial tweet from a fan of top contender for Republican Party presidential nomination Donald Trump depicting Fox News reporter Megyn Kelly in a meme and calling her a “bimbo” has gone viral. The meme features photos of Kelly posing provocatively in a small black dress and high heels. The meme included the captions “Criticizes Trump for objectifying women” and, below the photos, “Poses like this in GQ magazine.”The meme spread soon after it was retweeted by Donald Trump himself and has since been retweeted and ‘hearted’ thousands of times.Kelly had previously attracted the ire of Trump during the first GOP debate after she asked him pointed questions about his track record of making derogative remarks about women, their appearance, and their behaviour. Trump has recently refused to participate in the next Republican debate organised by Fox unless the network removes Kelly from the event…Instead of attending the debate, “We’ll have an event here in Iowa, with potentially another network, to raise money for wounded warriors,” campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said. “And Fox will go from probably having 24 million viewers to about 2 million.”Many observers are of the view that this threat may actually hold water considering the bonanza viewership Trump’s appearances have consistently delivered to the media in recent months.The bigger discussion that seems to surround the fracas between Trump, the Fox network, and the bigger community of commentators who have become increasingly polarised by Trump’s unique and unprecedented manner with which he is bidding for the presidency of the mightiest nation on the planet is around the female “objectification” angle that has come centre stage as a result of this recent social media circus.Did the Megyn Kelly meme provide the long-overdue real frame in this debate?Specifically, the word hypocrisy seems to be the order of the day here. It is common knowledge that Fox News consistently hire babe-ish female reporters and television personalities who appear in Fox programmes caked in makeup and decked in attire not too different from Kelly’s GQ photoshoot wardrobe. Indeed, there is an underground cottage industry across social media exchanging images and screencaps of female Fox personalities doing what they do best.Perhaps then this latest spectacle could be a seminal epiphany to the public on why Trump has become such a formidable figure in US politics. Trump’s increasing ability to thumb his nose at Big News Media and the “civil society” it (now even more-arguably) presumes to represent is, itself, an outcome of the industry’s own failure to live up to its own lofty journalistic ideals. Indeed, increasing competition — specifically now that the rise of the Net as a source of “news” is progressively crushing traditional media’s hundred-year-old business models — has forced traditional news outlets to rely more and more on lurid tabloid journalism to boost ratings.An interesting space to watch, even, is how the venerable Huffington Post recently made an editorial decision to add a note to all Trump coverage calling him a ‘serial liar,’ ‘racist’…“Note to our readers: Donald Trump is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, birther, and bully who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.,” the note says. It first appeared Wednesday night on an article about Trump’s feud with Fox News, Politico reports. A Huffington Post spokesperson told Politico that the note will be added to all coverage of Trump. “No other candidate has called for banning 1.6 billion people from the country! If any other candidate makes such a proposal, we’ll append a note under pieces about them,” the spokesperson explained.But look past the pompous rhetoric of this text and it is easy to come out with a more jaded interpretation of this move on the part of the Huff’s editors. It really comes across as a measure of desperation — an online news outlet under pressure from shareholders to increase clicks that simply cannot not cover Trump but needing to resort to a denial caveat to justify its continued coverage of a subject its editors (so they say to their readership) find unsavory. That’s a fistful of words describing the Huff’s editors’ lame effort to tell us “We think Trump is a prick but we need him to keep our heads above water.” | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/01/donald-trump-vs-megyn-kelly-circus-reveals-underlying-hypocrisy-of-big-media/ | Suspicious |
Woman admits that she trained by the camp of Sen. Trillanes to testify against President Duterte in International Criminal Court | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-04-05 18:39:19+08:00 | A women claimed that she was contacted by the camp of Senator Antonio Trillanes to testify against President Rodrigo Duterte in International Criminal Court.Guillermina Barrido, the mystery girl who seek help to Brigada News Davao to spread the information that she knew against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV finally revealed herself in a press conference at The Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao City.The camp of senator Trillanes IV also allegedly gave a draft affidavit to Ms. Guillerma that became her script in testifying against President Duterte.The script was also needed to be approved by Senator Trillanes and De Lima first.According to Ms. Barrido, she was trained by the camp of Senator Trillanes to testify against President Duterte.She said that Senator Trillanes instructed her to call him and read the script that she received from his camp. Barrido claimed that Trillanes did the same process to Matobato and Lascañas to make it more convincing.“Nirerecord nila sa video kung ano ang pinagsasabi namin para matakot kami na bumaliktad daw,” Guillerma told the press.Guillerma revealed that they planned to reveal that Duterte was allegedly involved in illegal drugs because the camp of senator Trillanes believes that other way to destroy the President was not effective anymore.As part of her training, she was instructed by the camp of Sen. Trillanes to fly to Manila, she also carrying some evidences that would prove her claims.The netizens were shocked by the revelation of Guillerma, but they questioned why the media didn’t covered her revelation, giving them an idea that there’s a news black out happening.Guillerma was a fan of President Duterte before she became a support of Liberal Party.All of her relatives who ran for government office was also under the Liberal Party.She was also a black sheep of her family, that’s why the camp of Senator Trillanes thought that she can be bought.Guillerma also revealed that the camp of Senator Trillanes believes that she’s a convincing witness against President Duterte because of being connected to a city councilor and she also have the number of Secretary Christopher Bong Go.Brigada News Davao got an exclusive interview with Ms. Guillerma and she also revealed that Father Alberto Alejo gave her money several times and also a budget to go to Manila to attend a meeting about the plan to destabilize President Duterte and implicate him in illegal drugs.Attorney Jude Sabio also showed the soft copy of the affidavit that made by the lawyer of Edgar Matobato for her to Brigada News Davao. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/guillerma-barrido-admits-trained-camp-sen-trillanes-testify-president-duterte-international-criminal-court/ | Suspicious |
Jeb Bush Declares Candidacy For President With Brilliant Campaign Theme | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 15/06/2018 0:00 | and recently defending invading IraqSupportiing a budget that guts Medicare and education fundingIt will be a presidential campaign season that will frustrate many in the media. What would normally be a busy news season would be a slow news day, every day, because Bush will not be responding to any media questions.If Bush wins the Republican nomination, there might not even be a presidential debate.With Bush (or whoever among the declared Republican presidential candidates clinches the nomination), who needs a debate? | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/06/15/jeb-bush-declares-candidacy-for-president-with-brilliant-campaign-theme/#respond | Suspicious |
5 Filipinas Who Can Rival Kim Domingo's Hotness | ['Vic Patnugot'] | 05/05/2017 0:00 | Kim Domingo is probably the hottest female celebrity in the country today or at the very least across Filipino social media scene and it's hard to think that there's someone who can be hotter than her. So we scoured through our newsfeeds and found some non-showbiz Filipinas who we think can rival Kim's utter sexiness.In no particular order, (because we find it hard to rank these fine women), here are the top 5 internet famous Pinays that can rival Kim Domingo's hotness:1.Karina is a freelance model famed for her mestiza look (just like Kim). She has appeared at different car shows and events as model and/or endorser. She regularly posts on her social accounts: Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook where she has some 36,000 followers. We like to think that she posts what she posts to make every males' (and some females') lives better. If you ask our in-house expert, Karina has probably contributed a lot to reducing the chances of prostate cancer among Pinoys.2.Regina is a professional model who, in recent years, made it to various popular men's magazine. She has also appeared in countless local events such as mall shows, auto shows and the likes. Although she doesn't have Kim's mestiza look, she obviously have a weapons grade chest that is no doubt one factor for Kim's fame and success.Surprisingly, Regina only has some 67 thousand followers on her FB so count yourself lucky that you stumbled upon here because now you can go ahead and follow her and have the privilege to stare at her photos. For science, of course.3.Lilly May a.k.a. Lillymaymac is a pure Filipina (contrary to what we thought previously that she's half Aussie) living in Australia. She's a professional glamour model and product endorser and has landed several roles in a few music videos. Though she falls short in the size department she compensates with her ultra lovely face. Her killer smile alone can melt an entire iceberg.4,Ann is a professional model (or used to be) and has also made it to a popular men's magazine in the country. Clearly this fine lady has what Kim has; the curves and the looks although Ann's facial features falls on the Asian-Mestiza side more she got legs for days just like Kim does.Sadly, Anne shows no signs of returning back to professional modeling at the moment. But that's okay as long as she regularly posts on Instagram which by the way has more than 50K followers.5.Sachzna is also a professional model and product endorser just like the ladies we mentioned above. She did endorsements for a top brand paint in the country and has also graced countless local events. She's quite popular on Facebook with more than 1 million people following her posts.Although she doesn't have the size of the physical specs of Kim Domingo, she has amazing abs.. and personality. She appears be a bubbly person as shown on her recently started YouTube channel where she posts crazy funny stuff.If truth be told, there are more beautiful women on social media other than these, we just haven't laid eyes on them yet. But we are constantly looking so watch out for more. | Pinoy News Blogger | http://pinoynewsblogger.blogspot.com/2017/05/5-filipinas-who-can-rival-kim-domingos.html | Suspicious |
De Lima’s ex-staff uploaded a video of De Lima’s mini concert | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-09-05 07:02:22+08:00 | Senator Leila De Lima’s ex-staff Bogs Obuyes uploaded a video on Facebook that created another controversy to the ex-DOJ Secretary.The video shows De Lima singing in an unknown event somewhere in the Philippines.The Netizens who already watched speculated that the video was taken inside the Bilibid Prison and the band that singing with the Senator are the group of Herbert Colangco.But the supporters of the Senator denied that the video was not taken inside the national penitentiary.Senator Leila De Lima is still not speaking about the video that her ex-staff uploaded.Bogs Obuyes is the one who introduced by Department of Justice as a money courier of the Senator, but the ex-staff of De Lima denied it and he said that he was forced to sign documents when he was summoned last week by DOJ. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/de-limas-ex-staff-uploaded-video-de-limas-mini-concert/ | Suspicious |
Move Over, McDonald’s, It’s Burger King Versus Jollibee | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 01/04/2016 0:00 | The rivalry between America’s McDonald’s and the Philippines’ Jollibee has finally come to an end. The popular Filipino fastfood chain has taken on a new rival, challenging the next best thing to McDonalds — Burger King.On March 31, Burger King is launching its newest menu item it is calling the “angriest burger,” featuring a red bun. Apparently an earlier black version of its hamburger ban didn’t quite click with its customers.Not to be outdone, Jollibee has announced that on April 1, it will launch its answer to the angriest burger — the bloodiest siopao.Siopao, or stuffed steamed bun, is the Asian version of the American hamburger bun.The brewing competition between Burger King and Jollibee is based on which bun is redder. Or angrier. Or bloodier. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/04/01/move-over-mcdonalds-its-burger-king-versus-jollibee/#respond | Suspicious |
ASIAN AND HISPANIC JOURNALISTS PROTEST USE OF ‘ILLEGAL ALIENS’ IN NEW SUPERMAN MOVIE | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 13/10/2017 0:00 | Two of the country’s minority journalism organizations today formally protested the use of the term ‘illegal alien’ in the new Hollywood film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.The Asian American Journalists Association(AAJA) and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) sent a strongly-worded joint letter to Zack Snyder accusing the film’s director of perpetuating stereotypes and fueling anti-immigrant sentiments.The film’s first trailer was released yesterday. In one scene, Superman (Henry Cavil) is seen on Capitol Hill being mobbed by angry protesters bearing placards with messages like “Superman = Illegal Alien,” and “Aliens are Un-American.”The letter asked Snyder: “How difficult is it for you to use ‘undocumented immigrant’ instead of ‘illegal alien?’AAJA and NAHJ have been advocating against the use of offensive and derogatory language by the media especially as it relates to immigrants and minority communities.In a brief email response to the journalism organizations, Snyder simply said, “Chill, guys. This is fiction! Besides, Superman IS an alien!”The film opens March 16, 2016 in theaters worldwide. Ben Affleck plays the role of Batman. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/10/13/asian-and-hispanic-journalists-protest-use-of-illegal-aliens-in-new-superman-movie/?share=email | Suspicious |
‘SELFIES’ DOWNGRADED FROM MENTAL DISORDER TO POTENTIAL LIFE SAVER | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 10/08/2018 0:00 | Last year, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) officially declared ‘selfies’ as a mental disorder, calling it Selfitis, defined as the passive-aggressive urge to take a photo of one’s self and posting it on social media.Today, the APA downgraded Selfitis to a potential life saver, thanks to a news camerawoman who took the time to snap a selfie and, in the process, save a life.Dolores Gillham, a photographer for CBS2 and KCAL9, was taking a selfie when she heard a man cry our for help. As she took a second selfie, she heard another cry for help. She then contacted her TV station which in turn called for rescue help.The rest is history. The driver of a car that plunged off the the Angeles Crest Highway was rescued by helicopter and taken to a nearby hospital where he is now recovering.So the next time you’re driving through a national forest or enjoying the view at a ski resort, go ahead and take a selfie or two. You might end up saving a life.And no one will think of you as having a mental disorder. Not even the APA! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/10/selfies-downgraded-from-mental-disorder-to-potential-life-saver/#respond | Suspicious |
DOLE Issues Implementing Guidelines For Its Ban On Mandatory High Heels For Female Workers | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 29/08/2017 0:00 | The Department of Labor and Employment has banned the mandatory use of high-heeled shoes among female workers. The Department’s order all but bans shoes with heels that are higher than an inch.A DOLE (the Department, not the pineapple company) official said that the agency has issued implementing guidelines to implement its ban.Among the guidelines is a suggestion to allow female workers to use elevated flat shoes in lieu of high heels. (See photo.) | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/08/29/dole-issues-implementing-guidelines-for-its-ban-on-mandatory-high-heels-for-female-workers/?share=email | Suspicious |
NASA TO ANNOUNCE MONDAY: EARTHLY DEBRIS FOUND ON MARS | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 26/09/2017 0:00 | The National Aeoronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is expected to announce on Monday that scientists have discovered on the surface of the red planet what appears to be debris from earth.NASA is preparing to reveal the “major science finding” in a special news conference that will take place at 11.30 a.m. EDT (4.30 p.m. BST) on Monday to be broadcast live on NASA TV. Reporters will be onsite and asking questions by phone, while the public can get involved via #AskNASA.Because of the ground-breaking discovery, scientists are now speculating that human life could exist in Mars.The debris consist of rusty man-made equipment which resemble those of film cameras, recorders and lighting paraphernalia.In advance of the news conference, The Adobo Chronicles® interviewed key inside sources at NASA who spoke on the condition of anonymity. They confirmed that the debris were, indeed, equipment recently left behind by a film crew from earth.We contacted 20th Century Fox, distributors of the upcoming Matt Damon starrer, ‘The Martian,’ but executives refused to confirm or deny that the debris found in Mars had anything to do with their movie which is set to be released worldwide next week.We’ll just have to wait for the official NASA announcement on Monday. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/26/nasa-to-announce-monday-earthly-debris-found-in-mars/?share=email | Suspicious |
MCWHOPPER JOY: MCDONALDS, BURGER KING AND JOLLIBEE JOIN HANDS ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 26/08/2018 0:00 | On September 21, the world commemorates the International Day of Peace as designated by the United Nations General Assembly. It also marks the U.N. body’s opening day of its annual meeting.To create greater awareness of the occasion, Burger King has proposed opening up a pop-up store in a parking lot between McDonald’s and Burger King in Atlanta, Georgia.The goal? To operate one restaurant for one day staffed by employees of both companies and selling a burger called the McWhopper, a blend of the Big Mac and the Whopper, the best-selling burgers at McDonald’s and Burger King.Sales proceeds would be donated to Peace One Day, a nonprofit group seeking to raise awareness of the International Day of Peace.To make it a truly international event, the Philippines’ top fast food company, Jollibee, is joining the effort and will add its famous spaghetti to the day’s special meal package. Jollibee will even throw in a medium soda and a small cup of frozen yogurt.September 21 also happens to be the anniversary of the official proclamation of Martial Law by the late Ferdinand E. Marcos in 1972.“We’ll be hitting two birds with one stone,” said Ernesto Tan Mantiong, Chief Executive Officer of Jollibee. “It shows our commitment to world peace and the rule of law.”The McDonald’s-Burger King-Jollibee meal combo will be called McWhopper Joy. (Jollibee’s famous chicken is called ‘Chicken Joy.’) | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/26/mcwhopper-joy-mcdonalds-burger-king-and-jollibee-join-hands-on-international-day-of-peace/ | Suspicious |
Like Rodrigo Duterte, Singapore’s late PM Lee Kuan Yew also spoke about Philippine media’s failures | [] | 2016-06-04 13:57:37+00:00 | It has been a busy few weeks for members of Philippine media. Their love affair with incoming President Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte seems to have ended abruptly. Some members of local and even foreign media have called on their colleagues to boycott covering Duterte until he apologises for his remarks about media killings. Apparently, some have interpreted what he said about media killings as “condoning” the murder of journalists. Of course asking Duterte to apologise is basically asking him to tell you to go to hell. True enough, calls to boycott him backfired. Duterte said he doesn’t really care if journalists boycott him.Those who called for boycotting Duterte didn’t think things through. They have no choice but to cover the activities of the office of the President so they obviously aren’t going to win this power struggle. Not covering Duterte will be their loss, not his.Duterte’s nightly press conferences in Davao City, where he prefers to stay instead of Manila, had become some kind of one-man show featuring the President-elect. Duterte loves going on these long monologues on topics he is passionate about. So when a journalist asked him about media killings, he had a lot to say. He enumerated three kinds of journalists. Before that, the first thing he said was, a lot of the murdered journalists were corrupt:Just because you’re a journalist you are not exempted from assassination, if you’re a son of a bitch…andMost of those killed, to be frank, have done something. You won’t be killed if you don’t do anything wrong…andThat can’t be just freedom of speech. The constitution can no longer help you if you disrespect a person…According to Duterte, the three kinds of journalists in the Philippines are: the crusaders – these journalists tell the truth, baring it all before the public. They seldom die because they are respected by the community. Then there are the mouthpieces of vested interests. They act as agents who defend businesses and enterprises. And lastly, the third kind are the vultures of journalism. These are the ones who extort from politicians and businessmen in exchange for keeping quiet about certain damning information. Some of them also engage in publishing malicious information against their sponsors’ rivals. We’ve seen a lot of those so-called “investigative” journalists in the last three decades especially during President Benigno Simeon Aquino’s term.This is not the first time I’ve heard about corrupt journalists. I don’t even know why some in the industry were outraged because, surely, they themselves know of “journalists” who do it for the love of money, not for the love of the truth. The first time someone told me journalists who get killed are corrupt, I was shocked at the thought of how someone could easily dismiss the killings. The second and third time I heard it, my reaction was like “Okay, it seems journalists in the Philippines have a really bad reputation”. It’s either that or the value of life is not really that high in the Philippines. Either way, the situation for Filipino media people isn’t too good. Members of Philippine media should accept the fact that they have a bad reputation. The public doesn’t see the industry as bastion of integrity & honesty. To fix this, they should start policing one another.The problem with some of the members of Philippine media is they engage in partisan politics. They put colour in the news. This was evident prior to the 2010 Presidential Elections when then candidate BS Aquino quite often occupied the front pages of the Philippine Daily Inquirer compared to his rivals. They helped condition the minds of the public that he was popular. Their alliances with the Aquinos were too obvious for some people to ignore. Other media outlets like ABS-CBN also have a reputation for being allied with the Liberal Party. The TV network even featured the life and times of then Vice Presidential candidate Leni Robredo in their popular show Maalaala mo kaya even before the official campaign period started.The Inquirer was also first to headline controversies involving BS Aquino’s rivals like the late former Chief Justice Renato Corona, outgoing Vice President Jejomar Binay and former President Gloria Arroyo. But they hardly reported on news about allegations of corruption involving BS Aquino’s allies like Budget Secretary Butch Abad and former Cabinet Secretary and losing Presidential candidate Mar Roxas. Likewise, The Inquirer didn’t seem to bother digging deeper into allegations of electoral fraud in the recent Presidential Elections, which some are alleging to have resulted in Senator Bongbong Marcos being cheated out of the Vice Presidency. The only publications that gave in-depth analysis about the electoral fraud are The Manila Times and The Standard.The late former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew also spoke about the divisiveness of Philippine media in a speech given during the annual convention of American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1998. According to Lee, “a wieldy partisan press helped Filipino politicians to flood the market place of ideas with junk”. Apparently, the Philippine press before Martial Law enjoyed all the freedom but failed the Filipino people. Lee added that the Philippine press “confused and befuddled the Filipino people so they could not see what their vital interests were in a developing country. And because basic issues like economic growth and equitable distribution was seldom discussed and were not tackled, the democratic system malfunctioned.”After the EDSA people power “revolution”, Philippine media promoted wholesale mediocrity. They were not interested in reporting the failures of the housewife who replaced the so-called “dictator”. Former President Cory Aquino got away with condoning corruption of the people allied with her. Even a letter written by her former Vice President Salvador Laurel expressing his disillusionment with the icon of democracy wasn’t highlighted by the media. They weren’t interested in exposing the truth because they probably didn’t want to taint the image of Cory as the “hero” of EDSA. Some excerpts from his letter are worth republishing here:“But the true state of the nation must be told. And the painful truth is that the nation has gone from bad to worse, while you choose to stand aside in the puerile hope that the problems would simply solve themselves. The ‘new moral order’ to which we were solemnly committed has been perverted. It has become a haven for assassins and a den of thieves. Corruption, betrayal of the public trust and other high crimes have been laid at your door, including a complaint for impeachment, which your chief ally in Congress has already consigned to the archives. “We promised our people morality and decency in government. What do we have instead? The very opposite. It is now openly admitted by many, including your former Solicitor-General and some of your own close relatives in Congress, that the stench of “accumulated garbage”—I’m quoting your own first cousin, Congressman Emigdio Tanjuatco, Jr. —rises to high heaven; that the past years of Marcos are now beginning to look no worse than your first two years in office. And the reported controversies and scandals involving your closest relatives have become the object of our people’s outrage.If only the Philippine media did not play partisan politics, the Filipino people would know the true state of the nation under the Aquinos and their allies. For thirty years, the public was duped into thinking that only former Ferdinand Marcos was the reason why the Philippines could not progress. Indeed, the Philippine media is responsible for the dumbing down of Philippine society in the last three decades especially with their moronic television programs.President-elect Duterte is right in calling out the hypocrisy of Philippine media. It’s about time someone stood up to them. The public will benefit from Duterte not being beholden to members of the media. Frankly, some of them are acting like a bunch of crybabies. Instead of acting like victims, journalists should help investigate the murders of their colleagues. It is sad that journalists get murdered, but a lot of ordinary Filipinos get murdered every day without being reported by the media. Every murder in the Philippines should be treated by the authorities with equal attention.I do not understand why some people are shocked by Duterte’s no-holds-barred speech. He has been talking the way he does even before announcing his candidacy and during the campaign period. Some members of the media simply need to act less emo and continue to cover real news instead of being part of the news. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/06/like-rodrigo-duterte-singapores-late-pm-lee-kuan-yew-also-spoke-philippine-medias-failures/ | Suspicious |
Look: Kalibo rejoices for Duterte’s presence | [] | 2016-04-20 07:30:26+08:00 | After Mayor Rody Duterte rocked Bacolod and Iloilo yesterday, it’s time for Kalibo, Aklan. Thousands people in Kalibo braved the heat of the sun and the long hours of waiting for Duterte to appear on Wednesday.Sexy dance group Mocha Girls joined the rally and entertained the people. Mocha Girls has been performing in all of Duterte sorties free of charge.The photos will tell you how thirsty the people now for real CHANGE!Any thoughts about these photos? Leave your message below! | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/look-kalibo-rejoices-for-dutertes-presence/ | Suspicious |
AFTERMATH OF ‘YELLOW FACE’ PRODUCTION OF ‘THE MIKADO’ : BLUE MEN PROTEST | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 21/07/2017 0:00 | for the tenth time in its 60-year history. Critics say having an all-white cast with faces painted yellow is not kosher.The Seattle controversy is reminiscent of Asian Americans protesting the initial Broadway production of the musical Miss Saigon, in which Caucasian actor Jonathan Pryce played the role of the Engineer.Inspired by the Seattle yellow face controversy, an obscure community of blue men and women living in the outskirts of Alaska has issued a statement criticizing the popular Blue Man Group.Blue Man Group is an organization founded in 1987 by Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton. The organization produces theatrical shows and concerts featuring experimental music (with an emphasis on percussion), comedy and multimedia; recorded music and scores for film and television; numerous television appearances, and a children’s museum exhibit (“Making Waves”). All of the organization’s theatrical performances star a trio of humanoid characters called Blue Men, played by actor-musicians who wear bald caps and uniform blue makeup.The Alaska blue men community members seldom leave their commune for fear of discrimination because of their unusual skin color. In fact, they have diplomatically refused to grant an in-person interview request by The Adobo Chronicles. “We have never shown ourselves to anyone outside of our community,” they said. “But the growing popularity of the Blue Man Group could significantly threaten our peaceful existence and encourage impostors. That’s why we’ve chosen to finally speak out.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/07/21/aftermath-of-yellow-face-production-of-the-mikado-blue-men-protest/#respond | Suspicious |
#SONA2017 proves that Duterte is LEGALLY popular! | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2017-07-25 02:00:42+00:00 | The second State of the Nation Address (SONA) of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was a hit. Short of trawling the technical report that underpins it, that’s really the only key takeaway from the show Duterte put on yesterday, the 24th July 2017. It was a speech validated by applause and social media engagement around the “worldwide-trending” hashtag #SONA2017.Like a good Game of Thrones episode, the Duterte Show delivered a media feast — content that appeals to every vestige of our reptilian complexes, sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll with a dash of the important issues as footnotes. The same formula that makes Thrones a hit is behind what makes Duterte a hit. Indeed, monitoring my social media timelines, I find it quite amusing to see Tweetizens who, on one hand, would be gushing about the latest Thrones episode and, on another, be gnashing their teeth in outrage over Duterte’s antics.Duterte is a product of the system enacted by the “revolutionary” government of President Cory Aquino in 1987. The 1987 Constitution was hurriedly ratified to legitimise what, until then, was an illegal government. So effective was this technique of siezing power that it was done again in 2001 (and attempted many times after). This Constitution put the “people’s will” on a pedestal so much so that there was conceptual room (with a bit of creative lawyering) to legalise anything given a stamp of approval by a critical mass of people shouting loud enough on any Manila street.Like any leader of any democracy, Duterte’s power — his ability to push things through Congress and influence the judiciary — comes from his popularity. But unlike the popularity of traditional Yellow leaders, his is a popularity legally channeled through institutions. He was elected fair-and-square (albeit likely with a big enough margin to mitigate the effects of alleged electoral fraud perpetrated by his main rival in the 2016 elections). And he sustained that popularity by simply being himself.To this day, Duterte’s popularity-enabled power manifests itself and is applied legally — channeled through the halls of Congress where, in a recent example, Martial Law, the erstwhile political bogeyman of yore, was given a renewed spot under a positive light as a way forward to building a strong nation. As far as we have observed, he has never hinted at extra-constitutional means to push his agenda through. This is in stark contrast with the way adherents of the Yellow Camp (a.k.a. the Philippines’ Liberal Party) think. To the Yellowtards, extra-constitutional means to get their way are always an option. They’ll “take to the streets” at the drop of a hat or, more specifically, at the slightest hint that they feel their self-bestowed entitlement to power is threatened.Former president Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III embodied this temperamental brattiness often mistakenly attributed only to young “millennials”. In the lead up to the 2016 presidential elections, BS Aquino threatened to launch ‘people power’ if Duterte and (then VP candidate) Bongbong Marcos won the election…But what is more worrisome now is that President Benigno Simeon Aquino III (PNoy) said he will lead a people power uprising if a DU30-BBM win happens. This is not an empty threat. He might not have people since his favorability rating is now zero in NCR and his Laglagan Party will no longer be there. Unfortunately, his core group remains. These bastards think the Philippines is all about them and all for them. They created a bubble economy to prop up their image, but really not to help the country. They will now incite havoc to burst that bubble. They can do that easily. PNoy has demonstrated his capability for treason just to advance themselves as he did in his now-infamous Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) project.The trouble with the Opposition is that they continue to latch on to the belief that what is “moral” is necessarily consistent with what the majority will choose. So the idea that the “people’s will” is sacred has, for 30 years, stood on a flawed understanding of its true nature. In actual fact, the true people’s will is amoral (not to be confused with immoral); that is, it makes no distinction between any society’s standard of “good” or “evil”. What is popular has no causal relationship with morality any more than the most popular celebrity has only a lose correlation with actual talent at best. This is the reason pollsters and election punters rely on data science (the same science behind weather forecasting and fashion marketing) to predict elections.This was the fatal error of the Liberal Party in 2016 and the reason they continue to languish in inutile chaos today. The current Opposition led by the Yellowtards’ “prayerful” lot continue to believe in an entitlement to win in a “democracy” premised on goodness as defined by religious scripture and dogma. They lack a scientific approach to winning elections and sustaining popularity. They would rather believe in hocus pocus ideas on why they ought to be in power rather than on sound reasons why they lost the Philippines and continue to fail today.This lesson should not be lost in Duterte’s government either. Rather than rest on their laurels, Team Duterte should step up and be better than they are today. For all the president’s men, the key challenge lies in becoming more organised, coherent, and scientific in a concerted effort to sustain and secure the enormous political capital their boss possesses today. Unlike the Yellowtards who failed to invest in getting to know and understand their enemy, it seems that Team Duterte have a clear picture of who their enemies are and what they are up against. That knowledge needs to be used wisely. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/07/whatever-his-critics-say-dutertes-popularity-was-acquired-through-legal-means/ | Suspicious |
TOP TEN REASONS PRESIDENT AQUINO SNUBBED NORA AUNOR AS NATIONAL ARTIST | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 24/06/2017 0:00 | The exclusion of award-winning actress Nora Aunor from this year’s list of National Artists has created an uproar among many Filipinos here and abroad. All blame points to President NoyNoy Aquino.Here are the top ten reasons Aquino snubbed La Aunor:Nora Aunor has an uncanny resemblance to ex-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo President Aquino is reserving a spot for his sister, Kris Aquino President Aquino received thousands of emails from Vilmanians opposing Aunor’s nomination President Aquino believes that Aunor is a Marcos Loyalist Aunor has won more awards and recognition than Aquino Aunor’s past drug problem might bring attention to Aquino’s own addiction President Aquino thinks that in order to be a National Artist, one must be able to paint In making his final choices for National Artist, Aquino played ‘jack n poy’ with Vice President Jejomar Binay President Aquino wanted a nominee from his home province of Tarlac. Aunor is Bicolana Aquino wants to live up to his reputation of being clueless.Bonus reason:11. “Aunor” sounds too close to Aquino’s nickname, “Abnoy” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/06/24/top-ten-reasons-president-aquino-snubbed-nora-aunor-as-national-artist/ | Suspicious |
A BOOST TO THE PHILIPPINE BEEF INDUSTRY | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 31/08/2016 0:00 | As calls for the scrapping of the Priority Development Assistance Fund, better known as pork barrel, escalated, Philippine Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has proposed that a good portion of P26-billion fund be realigned and spent on education—for more teachers, classrooms, science labs and even meals for malnourished children in public schools.“If plans to scrap the P26-bllion PDAF in the proposed 2014 national budget will push through, then a big portion of that amount must go to education,” Recto said . He has a new name for the pork barrel fund—Basic Education Enhancement Fund or BEEF.Recto’s proposal was immediated applauded by sectors of the Philippine beef industry. Commercial and backyard cattle raisers alike said that it is about time that the beef business be given a big boost. Consumption of pork in the Philippines far outnumbers that of beef, primarily because of the prohibitive prices of the latter.“Recto’s proposal, if approved by Congress, would be the best advertising for the beef industry,” cattle raisers said . “And thanks to the pork barrel scam, pork’s reputation has significant declined. Now it is beef’s time to stage a comeback,” they added.The total cattle inventory in the country as of January 1, 2013 was almost 2.50 million heads. This was 0.19 percent higher than last year’s record of 2.49 million heads. Of the total inventory, about 2.32 million heads or 93.00 percent were raised in backyard farms. The remaining 7.00 percent or about 0.17 million head were raised in commercial farms.As of press time, the Cattle Industry is finalizing a nationwide ad campaign and has come up with a catchy meme, “Butt out, pork. Here’s the beef!” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2013/08/31/a-boost-to-the-philippine-beef-industry/ | Suspicious |
BREAKING:Muntinlupa RTC orders Senator De Lima to be arrested | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-02-23 16:37:36+08:00 | Senator Leila De Lima was expected to be arrested anytime soon after the Regional Trial Court of Muntinlupa (RTC) Branch 204 issued the arrest warrant against the lady Senator.Judge Juanito Gerrerro, Judge Amelia Fabros-Corpuz and Judge Patria Manalastas-De Leon raffled off the case against Sen. De Lima who accused of being the protector of the Bilibid Prison Drug Trade.Last week, Department of Justice charged De Lima for violating the Republic Act 9165 or Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption, Bilibid inmates and former NBI Deputy Directors also filed a case against Senator Leila De Lima who allegedly ordered the inmates to sell illegal drugs to fund her Senatorial Campaign.The Lady Senator said before that she’s ready to face all the accusations against her, but she requested to be detained in a safe place where she can avoid being a victim of alleged extrajudicial killings.But the VACC and other lawmakers said that De Lima must not allowed to chose where she can be detained.This week, Senator Leila De Lima released tirades against the Duterte administration and labeled President Rodrigo Duterte a ‘sociopathic killer’. She also urged the Filipino people to join the People Power Revolution Anniversary Rally on February 25- 26 and stood up against the dictatorship of the current administration. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/breakingmuntinlupa-rtc-orders-senator-de-lima-arrested/ | Suspicious |
LOOK: Mother contacts soldier son, Abu Sayyaf replies | [] | 2016-08-31 11:54:08+08:00 | In a text message, mother of Pfc, Jisun Falcasantos, texted her son’s phone to ask if how was he doing. Falcasantos is assigned in Sulu to combat Abu Sayyaf forces and of the 15 soldiers who died in an encounter in Sulu, Monday afternoon. President Rodrigo Duterte has declared an all out war against the terrorists.Shockingly, Falcasantos mother received a reply. It appeared to be from somebody else whom they believed a member of Abu Sayyaf.” Pinugutan na namin sya ng ulo” part of the terrorist reply. Look the screengrab below of the text messages.What can you say about it? Leave your comments below! | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/look-mother-contacts-soldier-son-abu-sayyaf-replies/ | Suspicious |
BIR, Customs And DOTC Heads Cry Foul Over President Aquino’s Presidential Medals | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 24/06/2016 0:00 | the Order of Lakandula with the rank of Gold Cross Bayani on Cabinet secretaries and the Presidential Medal of Merit on other senior officials.The President personally thanked his Cabinet members for their service and sacrifices, praising some of them for giving up their jobs and personal time with their families to “bring change” to the country. “I couldn’t have done anything without you,” he said.But conspicuously missing from his honorees were three of the most popular agency heads of the Aquino administration — Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Kim Henares, Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Emilio Abaya and Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina.All three protested their omission from the merit awards and went as far as calling Aquino persona non grata.Incidentally, the three agencies were named by Duterte as “the most corrupt” agencies in the country. (While the Land Transportation Office or LTO was the third agency mentioned by Duterte, it is under the jurisdiction of the DOTC headed by Abaya. The infamous Ninoy Aquino International Airport or NAIA, is also under his wing).By snubbing the three admninistration heads, political analysts have concluded that Aquino agrees with Duterte’s assessment on the three most corrupt agencies in the country. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/06/24/bir-customs-and-dotc-heads-cry-foul-over-president-aquinos-presidential-medals/?share=email | Suspicious |
ADOBO CHRONICLES’ “NAME MARK ZUCKERBERG’S BABY” CONTEST | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 01/08/2018 0:00 | Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have announced that they are having a baby girl. This, after revealing that she has had several miscarriages.The proud parents posted a family photo with their dog Beast on Facebook.Zuckerberg even revealed that during an ultrasound, the baby gave him a thumbs up in the tradition of a Facebook ‘Like.’ “She is already part of our Facebook community,” he said.Today, Zuckerberg also announced that he has designated The Adobo Chronicles® to conduct an official worldwide contest to name the baby girl.“We are deeply indebted to the Facebook community and we would like our members and followers to be actively involved in our child’s life,” said Zuckerberg.The winner of the contest will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a godparent for the first Facebook baby.So put on your thinking caps and send us your suggested names through the comments section below.And make sure to ‘like’ the name you think should be chosen for baby Zuckerberg!The contest ends on Labor Day (the holiday, not the day Priscilla will go on labor). | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/08/01/adobo-chronicles-name-mark-zuckerbergs-baby-contest/ | Suspicious |
PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT AQUINO DEMOTED TO POLICE CHIEF | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 15/12/2016 0:00 | One hundred million Filipinos woke up today to find that their president, Noynoy Aquino has been demoted to police chief of Metro Manila. His Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas was also demoted to deputy police chief.The good news is, both seem to be fit for, and doing great in their new jobs.Less than 24 hours after their demotion, both gentlemen were busy at work, responding to a jewelry robbery at a store inside SM, a popular shopping mall.Aquino went to the SM North Edsa Mall in Quezon City, more than two hours after members of the notorious Martilyo gang tried to rob a jewelry store. After 15 minutes of conferring with police officials and surveying the crime scene, he left the site just as Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas arrived.Roxas did not, however, linger long to allow Quezon City police investigators to conduct a probe on the robbery.Aquino and Roxas received praise for being efficient first responders to the crime. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2013/12/15/philippine-president-aquino-demoted-to-police-chief/#respond | Suspicious |
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST OPEN-DECK PASSENGER AIRCRAFT | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 19/08/2016 0:00 | farmers can ride on the open deck built on top of the aircraft, along with their agricultural produce not exceeding 10 kilos (22 pounds) per passenger. The only downside to what Philippine Airlines is calling the “deck class” is that there is no beverage service available. Asked by The Adobo Chronicles whether or not there is a lavatory on the open deck, a PAL spokesperson replied, “We don’t think anyone needs it up there.”The new open-deck aircraft is expected to serve other airports in the Visayas and Mindanao islands within the next year or so. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2013/08/19/philippine-airlines-launches-worlds-first-open-deck-passenger-aircraft/?share=email | Suspicious |
U.S. Cancels Visa Of Philippines’ Senator Trillanes And Congressman Alejano | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 12/09/2018 0:00 | if the court formally proceeded with opening an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by US military and intelligence staff during the war in Afghanistan or pursued any investigation into Israel or other US allies.ICC is the International Criminal Court.Now, America has cancelled the U.S. visas of two Philippine legislators — Senator Antonio Trillanes and Representative Gay Alejano. The couple had previously filed a complaint before the ICC asking the International body to prosecute President Rodrigo Duterte for alleged crimes against humanity.This is a case of Uncle Sam coming to the aid of Juan dela Cruz — not Trillanes or Alejano — but Duterte and the 87% of Filipinos who support the President. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/09/12/u-s-cancels-visa-of-philippines-senator-trillanes-and-congressman-alejano/ | Suspicious |
Philippines Aiming For Guinness Record As SPAM Capital Of The World | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 29/04/2016 0:00 | The Philippines already holds the record of social media capital and selfie capital of the world, and now it is aiming for yet another Guinness honor — that of SPAM capital of the world.Filipinos are using social media platforms 53 hours a week. That’s a whole 11 hours more than the global average of 42 hours according to a global study.Now, Filipinos want to be recognized for SPAM, not the annoying, unsolicited mail or posts one gets on email or social media accounts. Rather, the canned SPAM meat manufactured by Hormel Foods.Right now, the U.S. territory of Guam is recognized as the SPAM capital of the world, followed by the state of Hawaii (thanks to the enormous popularity of SPAM sushi). The Philippines is unofficially in third place. Filipinos want their SPAM for breakfast (with fried rice and eggs) and as special food fare when they have visitors.So, might as well aim to be No. 1 in SPAM consumption, right?In order to achieve this honor, the Philippines’ Department of Tourism and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) have launched a joint program to encourage overseas Filipinos, especially those in the United States, to double or triple their SPAM shipment via Balikbayan boxes to their relatives in the Philippines.“If each overseas Filipino worker sends at least a case of SPAM to their Filipino relatives twice a year, we can easily break Guam’s and Hawaii’s records,” the POEA said.Oh, and make that SPAM Tocino, please! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/04/29/philippines-aiming-for-guinness-record-as-spam-capital-of-the-world/ | Suspicious |
Philippines Disqualified From Next Year’s Asia’s Got Talent | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 14/12/2017 0:00 | Fans and judges have spoken and the nine finalists in Season 2 of “Asia’s Got Talent” (AGT) have been named, three of them from the Philippines.After receiving angry complaints from all over Asia, producers of AGT have announced today that next year’s season will not have any Filipino contestants.”Filipinos are too talented and this creates an unfair advantage by Pinoys over talents from other Asian countries,” the producers said.”We will reassess the situation in the next few years to see if we can again accept talents from the Philippines,” they added. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/12/14/philippines-disqualified-from-next-years-asias-got-talent/?share=email | Suspicious |
Philippine Catholic Bishops Ban Halloween Parties | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 28/10/2016 0:00 | The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) reminded the public to spend money on charity instead of going to costume parties.Ozamiz Bishop Martin Jumoad told Radyo Veritas that attending Halloween parties will not benefit a person’s faith. He said Filipinos should instead help typhoon survivors and other people who are in need.Jumaod said people should share their resources, especially since it is the Year of Mercy for those who are Catholic. “Cancel your Halloween parties and divert your money in helping the poor, those who are affected by the typhoon ‘Lawin’ and ‘Karen’ in Batanes and in Northern Luzon,” he said.Reacting to Jumaod’s statement, CBCP president Socrates Villegas said the Ozamiz bishop does not speak for the entire CBCP. “The Catholic bishops of the Philippines want to maintain our profitable investments in the stock market,” he said, ” charity can wait.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/28/philippine-catholic-bishops-ban-halloween-parties/ | Suspicious |
OBAMA FACES DIPLOMATIC STANDOFF IN JAPAN | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 24/04/2017 0:00 | Barack Obama faced the most embarrassing diplomatic standoff to date in his years as U.S. President. It happened during his visit to Japan, the first leg of his multi-nation tour of Asia.Obama’s advisers sure did a good job in briefing him about Japanese culture and etiquette, so the president knew that a “bow” was the appropriate greeting when meeting with dignitaries and the Japanese people. So when he was introduced to Asimo, the robot at Miraikan, Japan’s major science center located in Daiba, Tokyo, he did what he was supposed to do: bow his head. To his surprise, Asimo didn’t return his bow, but instead offered its robotic arm looking for a handshake, the American way of greeting. Obama froze and didn’t know what to do. And neither did Asimo.The rest is history. The meeting has now been dubbed as the worst diplomatic standoff ever encountered by a sitting U.S. president.To diffuse the awkward situation, officials at Miraikan asked Asimo to demonstrate to the distinguished visitor its running and soccer skills, and Obama was quite impressed although he admitted he was a little “scared.”Want an oxygen mask? That would be $50 extra! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/04/24/obama-faces-diplomatic-standoff-in-japan/#respond | Suspicious |
‘GOOGLE VOICE’ FACES GENDER DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 14/12/2016 0:00 | The West Coast Division of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing Google for gender discrimination over its popular Google Voice smart phone app.Like Apple’s Siri, Google Voice is able to help smart phone users with questions or directions through its voice-activated feature. The problem is that Google Voice does not have an option for a male voice, unlike Siri.The class action suit alleges that Google discriminates against consumers who have specific gender preferences for their smart phone “assistants or concierge service” by not offering the option of a male voice, especially in a gay male-dominated place like the San Francisco Bay Area.Google has not returned calls from The Adobo Chronicles requesting for comment on the lawsuit. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2013/12/14/google-voice-faces-class-action-suit/?share=email | Suspicious |
FIAT CAR SALES IN U.S. TRIPLE, THANKS TO POPE FRANCIS | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 25/09/2017 0:00 | Fiat, the Italian part of the global Fiat-Chrysler alliance, is having more and more trouble selling its small, inexpensive cars in America. Most recent data on “days to turn,” the average number of days dealers have cars in inventory before selling them, continues to rise for Fiat.But thanks to the U.S. visit of Pope Francis, Fiat sales in the U.S. have more than tripled in just the last two days. This, after Catholic car buyers watched media coverage of the Pontiff’s activities in Washington, D.C., during which he has been transported from the airport to The White House to the U.S. Capitol and other venues in a tiny Fiat instead of the usual Cadillac limousines afforded visiting dignitaries.Even in the Vatican, the Pope has traded his limousine and Popemobile in favor of a used Fiat.Since becoming pope, Francis has led an uncomplicated life, rejecting the pompous and ostentatious ways of The Vatican. From shoes to garments, from living quarters to automobiles, he has chosen the way of simplicity and poverty.Will this signal the end of Volkswagen’s and Toyota’s world dominance in automaking? | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/25/fiat-car-sales-in-u-s-triple-thanks-to-pope-francis/?share=email | Suspicious |
‘Nina,’ Starring Zoe Saldana: The First Contender For The 2017 Oscars | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 02/03/2016 0:00 | Now that the 2016 Oscars have been handed out, it’s time for film makers and moviegoers to look to next year’s contenders. Critics are already saying that ‘Nina,’ a biopic about the legendary troubled singer Nina Simone, is leading the pack.The new film stars actress Zoe Saldana and David Oyelowo (‘Selma,’ ‘The Brave One’).Saldana, a Latina, brings to life the blues legend who was a major figure during the civil rights movement.There was one problem when Saldana was cast. She wasn’t black enough. But make-up artists worked hard to make her light skin several shades darker. They even gave her a prosthetic nose.And so, the rest is history. ‘Nina’ is all but assured of a nomination, perhaps even an Oscar statuette for ‘Best Make-up’ come the 2017 Academy Awards.Is this the beginning of the end of #oscarssowhite?“Nina,” hits theaters and VOD on April 22. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/03/02/nina-starring-zoe-saldana-the-first-contender-for-the-2017-oscars/ | Suspicious |
Fact Check: The True Meaning Of Yellow | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 23/04/2018 0:00 | For the longest time since Cory Aquino became President of the Philippines, the color yellow has been made to represent courage and opposition to the establishment.In fact, the yellow ribbon has replaced the tri-colors of the Philippine flag among NoyNoy Aquino and members of his Liberal Party.But a simple Internet search reveals that the true meaning of the yellow color is cowardice and deceit — both of which accurately describe Aquino and his minions. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/04/23/fact-check-the-true-meaning-of-yellow/?share=email | Suspicious |
Philippine Beauty Pageant Bans Females Born In C-Section | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 26/06/2016 0:00 | It’s that time of the year again when the Philippines chooses its representatives to various international beauty pageants.As one can imagine, there is so much excitement following recent victories by Filipinas in bringing home prestigious titles like Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International, among many others.One of the major Philippine pageants is the ‘Mutya Ng Pilipinas’ which currently holds franchises to international contests like Miss Asia Pacific International, Miss Tourism International, Miss Tourism Queen of trhe Year International, Top Model of the World and Miss Tourism Planet.However, ‘Mutya Ng Pilipinas’ faces charges of discrimination because of its screening process and candidate requirements. Among other qualifications to sign up as a pageant contestant, the applicant must be “a natural-born female.”Many believe that this requirement discriminates against females who were born in the Cesarean or C-Section. “Why limit the contest only to those born through natural delivery,” they ask. “What’s important is that they are of Philippine heritage and can represent the true beauty of the Filipina.”The Adobo Chronicles tried to reach pageant organizers for comment but they have not returned our calls. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/06/26/philippine-beauty-pageant-bans-females-born-in-c-section/?share=email | Suspicious |
SPAM SHORTAGE HITS HAWAII | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 25/12/2016 0:00 | said: “secret service agents and journalists” accompaning President Barack Obama who is currently vacationing in Hawaii with the first family and first dog, Bo.Officials are also investigating reports that the shortage is further aggravated by Filipinos going home for the holidays with balikbayan boxes loaded with cans of spam purchased from Costco and other warehouse stores in the islands.Local merchants have sent urgent messages to Hormel Foods, makers of spam, to airlift several thousand cases of canned spam from its Minnesota headquarters to Hawaii. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2013/12/25/spam-shortage-hits-hawaii/ | Suspicious |
Move Over TransAmerica Pyramid, Here Comes San Francisco’s Leaning Tower | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 05/09/2017 0:00 | For many decades, San Francisco’s skyline was ruled by the TransAmerica Building. No tourist will leave the City by the Bay without a selfie in front of the obelisk-shaped tower.Not anymore.Here comes San Francisco’s newest and future tourist attraction: The Millennium Condominium Tower. It’s the city’s modern version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.At its current rate, the sinking Tower could tilt another 10 inches toward the Salesforce Tower in the next two years, lawyers for the homeowners warned in a legal filing.We asked our artist-in-residence to give us an idea what the Tower might look like in the future (see photo).While condominium residents will not be happy, world tourists will be, for sure! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/09/05/move-over-transamerica-pyramid-here-comes-san-franciscos-leaning-tower/?share=email | Suspicious |
POLLSTERS SHOCKED BY PROFILE OF DONALD TRUMP’S SUPPORTERS | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 07/12/2017 0:00 | whether it is about immigration or refugees or terrorism, his numbers would further go up.Intrigued by what is now being called ‘The Donald Phenomenon,’ a coalition of pollsters decided to revisit all the major polls they each have conducted in the last year. What they found shocked the hell out of them.The pollsters found that almost 90% of those who have voted for Trump in the polls belonged to the bottom half of the IQ spectrum.While the pollsters chose not to disclose how they determined the demographics and IQ scores of the poll respondents, they made it absolutely clear that Trump voters had IQ scores ranging from 55 to 85 (mentally inadequate to low intelligence). The average IQ scores of Americans range between 86 and 100.Finally, we know what’s causing ‘The Donald Phenomenon.’ | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/12/07/pollsters-shocked-by-profile-of-donald-trumps-supporters/ | Suspicious |
MCDONALD’S TO INCREASE WORKERS’ MINIMUM WAGE, JOLLIBEE COUNTERS WITH ITS OWN EMPLOYEE PACKAGE | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 02/04/2018 0:00 | SAN JOSE, California (The Adobo Chronicles ) –The never-ending, ever-escalating fast food rivalry between McDonald’s and that fat stupid happy bee once again comes to the fore.McDonald’s has announced that it will increase its workers’ minimum wage by $1 above the locally -mandated minimum in 1,500 stores, starting July 1. That’s expected to lift the incomes of 90,000 workers, the company said in a press release. By the end of 2016, the average wage of McDonald’s workers should be $10, well above the federal minimum of $7.25, noted the company in the release.Additionally, McDonald’s announced it will allow workers who have a one-year tenure at the company to accrue paid vacation time of up to 20 hours per year.Today, McDonald’s arch enemy (get it? McDonald’s arch?), Jollibee, announced an employee package that puts the red-headed clown to shame.Jollibee announced that all workers in its U.S. and Canada stores will receive twice the locally-mandated minimum wage, plus a generous benefits package that would include two weeks of paid sick and two weeks of paid vacation; an employer-paid medical, vision and dental insurance; a 5% employer contribution toward employee 401K retirement funds; and housing rental allowance of $500 a month.This is over and above free employee meals during their work shifts of chicken joy, spaghetti and unlimited soda. Employees working the early morning shift will have free Jollibee breakfast of garlic fried rice, eggs and their choice of longganisa, tocino or bangus, with coffee or orange juice.Upon hearing of Jollibee’s announcement, the Filipino fast food restaurant’s website was inundated with job applications, with majority of resumes indicating that they are current employees of McDonald’s. There were a few resumes from Filipinos working at Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, eBay and Yahoo! The applicants were hoping to be employed in Jollibee’s San Jose, Milpitas, Daly City and Union City stores. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/04/02/mcdonalds-to-increase-workers-minimum-wage-jollibee-counters-with-its-own-employee-package/#respond | Suspicious |
Palit-Presidente Rally Organizers Release Aerial Photo To Show They Had Thousands Of Attendees | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 10/04/2017 0:00 | While it has been reported that anywhere from 4,000 to 100,000 people attended the ‘Palit-Bise’ (change of Vice President) rally at Luneta last April 2, there has not been an aerial photo of the gathering of President Duterte’s supporters published in the news media.In contrast, anti-Duterte supporters who recently staged a ‘Palit-Presidente’ (change of President) rally released an aerial photo of their protest to counter reports that there were only a little over a dozen attendees.The Palit-Presidente released this photo on Palm Sunday. It does show a sea 🌊 of people brandishing the opposition’s familiar yellow color, reminding their supporters and others of the triumphant entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem: | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/04/10/palit-presidente-rally-organizers-release-aerial-photo-to-show-they-had-thousands-of-attendees/#respond | Suspicious |
Florin Hilbay blocks people on social media because he cannot handle dissent | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2017-11-04 01:29:00+00:00 | What kind of lawyer does not listen to dissenting or alternative opinion? Weren’t they trained to present sound and robust arguments in a logical manner? Well, it seems former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay is one such lawyer who does not like to listen to arguments and understand points of view that run counter to his.Indeed, Hilbay has made a name for himself on social media as a habitual blocker of anyone who even hints of some semblance of disagreement to what he evidently believes are the sacred views he upholds. The trouble with that is Hilbay is a self-described liberal. And last we recall, “liberals” are supposed to be “inclusive” and open to “diversity” in both points of view and ways of life.In a post on Facebook, Hilbay said…Empower people, not government; enable citizens, not politicians; strengthen institutions, not leaders; distribute, dont concentrate, power.Well, social media has done exactly that in the 21st Century. Unlike in the old days when Yellowtardism virtually monopolised the discourse thanks to those days being the days when only Big Media possessed the capability to broadcast and publish to a mass audience unchallenged, ordinary people today have access to mass communication platforms that are giving Big Media and their partners-in-propaganda a run for their money.For such a young guy, Hilbay behaves like the old farts who still believe they are entitled to a monopoly on the discourse based merely on who they are. This is, after all, the same guy who proposes that an “information police” be organised to serve as some kind of authority on what is “fake” or authentic information.As the old cliché question goes, however, who guards the Guardians?Hilbay, for example, was embroiled in controversy back in 2016 when a Commission on Audit (COA) report revealed that he received almost 5 million pesos in “excess allowances” before stepping down from his post…State auditors said the honoraria and allowances that Calida, Hilbay and other state lawyers received exceeded 50 percent of their annual basic salary, which is a violation of the COA Circular 85-25-E. Calida succeeded Hilbay on June 30, 2016. The report said Calida and Hilbay’s basic salary for 2016 amounted to P702,516 each, and that their allowances should only be P351,258 each. Calida and Hilbay received P1.48 million and P5.1 million in honoraria and allowances in 2016, respectively, the COA said.Imagine then if such an “information police” as Hilbay proposes existed to evaluate this kind of report. Will it pass the authenticity test? Or will it be labelled as “fake”? Politicians and government officials, after all, go by the motto “What are we in Power for?”. So facts tend not to get in the way of political agendas in the Philippines. Indeed, given Hilbay’s predisposition to blocking “undesirable” information, it does not give many too much comfort to see a proposal to control information proposed by him seeing the light of day.A red flag for self-appointed “thought leaders” is consistent inconsistency. Inconsistency is a symptom of such people who regard personal loyalties (and not first principles) as the key foundation of their advocacies. Hilbay, however, is a lawyer so one would expect a bit more of a person trained in Philosophy — a discipline where conclusions are mere derivatives of intellectual exploration on a landscape of competing ideas. As a serial blocker of dissent, Hilbay cannot be considered as someone who arrives at his conclusions systematically. Rather, he is likely to be more of an extremist — someone who latches on to a set of beliefs and cherry-picks information and points of view to enforce rather than validate those beliefs. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/11/florin-hilbay-blocks-people-social-media-cannot-handle-dissent/#comments | Suspicious |
BREAKING: Claiming Massive Vote Fraud, Donald Trump Calls For New U.S. Presidential Election | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 26/01/2017 0:00 | After a series of Executive Orders ranging from repealing Obamacare to building a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border, Donald Trump today announced the most controversial act in his week-old presidency. He is calling for a new U.S. presidential election.Claiming that there had been massive fraud during last November’s election resulting in Hillary Clinton’s wide lead in the popular vote, Trump issued a new Executive Order for a repeat presidential election on March 1, 2017.Trump charged that Clinton’s lead in the popular vote came from millions of non-existent voters and “illegal immigrants.” He also pointed out that many voters were registered in two or more precints, including some of his top White House aides.“I will not settle for anything but a clean sweep of the elections, both the electoral and popular votes,” he said,”and I simply cannot accept that Hillary won the popular vote. Absolutely unbelievable!”Both Democratic and Republican leaders welcomed this latest announcement by the president. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/01/26/breaking-claiming-massive-vote-fraud-donald-trump-calls-for-new-u-s-presidential-election/?share=email | Suspicious |
WATCH: Sen. Manny Pacquiao opposes Lascañas to testify in the senate:”Dapat mag dignidad tayo sa senado” | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-03-02 00:09:37+08:00 | Senator Manny Pacquiao opposed the appearance of retired SPO3 Arthur Lascañas in the senate to testify his new story about the “Davao Death Squad”He urged the other senators to preserve the dignity of the senate and don’t let witnesses like Lascañas to testify again.Pacquiao said that if the senate allowed Lascañas to testify despite that he flip flopped his previous testimonies, it might affect the future senate investigations.“Kailangan nating ipakita na may dignidad tayo dito sa Senado. Dignity is the most important thing here in the Senate…Kung ako pala ay witness, pwede na pala akong mag sinungaling dahil pwede naman palang bawiin…Yan ang magiging basis sa susunod na mga hearing. Huwag nating paglaruan ang mga position natin bilang Senador.” Senator Manny Pacquiao said in his senate speech.In an interview, Manny Pacquiao also told the reporters that maybe some people who opposed President Rodrigo Duterte convinced SPO3 Lascañas to change his testimony to destroy the image of the President.“Paano mo paniniwaalan e nag statement na dito yun e? Tapos nag statement na naman” Pacquiao told the reportersSPO3 Lascañas appeared last year at the senate investigation on alleged extrajudicial killings happened during the Duterte administration, but last month he junked all his previous under-oath testimony.In his previous statements, Lascañas denied the existence of the Davao Death Squad and even debate with Senator Antonio Trillanes IV who’s now helping him to testify against President Duterte. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/watch-sen-manny-pacquiao-opposes-lascanas-testify-senatedapat-mag-dignidad-tayo-sa-senado/ | Suspicious |
TEXAS TO BUILD IMMIGRATION WALL AROUND ITS ENTIRE PERIMETER | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 11/11/2017 0:00 | Emboldened by the recent ruling of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court which upheld a lower court decision blocking the implementation of a series of President Obama’s executive orders on immigration, Texas today announced that it will build a wall around the state’s entire perimeter.A three-judge panel ruled against the Obama administration on a 2-1 vote in Texas v. United States, upholding a lower court’s injunction against two programs. Obama created one of the programs, called Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, or DAPA, and expanded another, called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA in a unilateral effort to reshape the U.S. immigration system after the 2014 midterm elections.Governor Greg Abbott said that the “great wall” will not only prevent Mexicans from illegally crossing the border but also keep undocumented immigrants already in the U.S. out of the Lone Star state. “This will mean millions of dollars in savings on the part of the state government which otherwise would be spent on providing services to undocumented immigrants, including health insurance, food stamps and and housing,” Abbott said.Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he fully supports the Texas move and promised to donate $1 Billion of his own money to help in the building of the great wall. He says all he wants in return are giant billboards along the wall with the message: “Built through the generosity of Donald Trump.”Meanwhile, the Obama administration says it will appeal the Circuit Court’s decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/11/11/texas-to-build-immigration-wall-around-its-entire-perimeter/ | Suspicious |
DONALD TRUMP TO HOST FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN LAS VEGAS | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 14/09/2018 0:00 | While the current media focus is on the second Republican presidential debate happening this week on CNN, the election-weary U.S. population is eagerly anticipating the first Democratic presidential debate scheduled for October 13 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Earlier, the Democratic National Committee announced that there will only be six debates among the small field of presidential candidates (as opposed to the 36 declared Republican presidential aspirants).The first Democratic debate will air on CNN and will also be broadcast by Salem Radio. It will be held at the grand ballroom of the Trump Towers in Las Vegas.The Republican presidential candidate frontrunner has graciously offered the Trump Towers as the site the Democratic debate.It is no secret that Trump has a history of cordial relationship with the Clintons, so offering his Las Vegas landmark property comes as no surprise to many.In fact, one of the six Democratic debates is scheduled in Miami, Florida, and Trump has offered his golf resort in Doral, just a few miles from Miami, as the venue for that particular debate. It was the site for this year’s Miss Universe beauty pageant.There is a good side to Trump, after all. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/09/14/donald-trump-to-host-first-democratic-presidential-debate-in-las-vegas/#respond | Suspicious |
Filipinos have Mocha Uson and the Yellowtards have Jover Laurio. Who’s gonna win? | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2018-10-03 23:36:51+00:00 | Now that former Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson is a private citizen, she can start blogging. Like a real blogger. Just like that other one who’s been styled by no less than Rappler and its community of Jesuit- and nun-educated cheerleaders as the preeminent blogger of the Philippine Opposition led by the Liberal Party (a.k.a. the Yellowtards). The winner will be the Filipino audience who get front-row seats to a brilliant match of wits over the Net. Jover Laurio blogs and Mocha Uson blogs. Who’s gonna win? That remains to be seen. But the lines are drawn and pens and keyboards are locked and loaded.In an ambush interview following her resignation from government service, Uson issued the first battle cry. “Bakbakan na talaga ‘to!“. We still have to hear from The Yellowtard Blogger. Is she up to the challenge?The more interesting question is, how deep a bench of political bloggers do the Yellowtards wield. Is Jover all they’ve got? In basketball-crazy Philippines, depth of bench is an important factor to consider when placing bets. Even more interesting, the Yellowtards have designated Twitter as their battlefield…Is this a smart move? Compared to Twitter, Facebook, where Uson is queen, is the preferred platform for political discussion amongst Filipino Netizens. In terms of engagement and referral traffic, a Facebook post is at least ten times as valuable as a tweet byte-for-byte. Twitter is also known to be an echo chamber of the private school village-raised elite minority of Philippine society. This can be seen in the way elite stuff largely irrelevant to the masses (UAAP games, university rivalries, SJW causes, etc.) easily “trend”. As such, Twitter chatter has long proven to be an unreliable cross-section of the general sentiment of the Filipino public.This is the trouble with the Yellowtards and the broader Philippine Opposition that follows their lead like sheep. Rather than understand the enemy, they prefer to assure themselves in their quaint love-in soirees that theirs is the superior and morally-upstanding force and intent. In being so focused on the imagined ascendancy of their lot, they routinely underestimate who and what they’re up against — just like they did back in 2016 when then presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte came out of left field to seize Imperial Manila from the Liberal Party.The Opposition will do well to consider what their next move will be and not underestimate what Uson is now capable of now that she is free of the conventions demanded of her when she was part of the Malacanang team. One obvious step is to ditch the Yellowtards and the choir of fallen saints they habitually worship. In doing so, the Opposition will become less of an insult to the intelligence of the Philippine electorate and more of the respectable Opposition Filipinos deserve — one that is a productive part of the modern democracy Filipinos aspire to build. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2018/10/filipinos-have-mocha-uson-and-the-yellowtards-have-jover-laurio-whos-gonna-win/#comments | Suspicious |
NoyNoy Aquino Returning To The Senate! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 12/12/2017 0:00 | And you thought you were done with NoyNoy Aquino when he stepped down as President in 2016. Think again.Reliable sources have informed The Adobo Chronicles that the ex-President is indeed returning to the Senate.But not as a Senator. Rather, as a witness in the ongoing Senate investigation on the Dengue vaccine mess.Many will recall that it was during PNoy’s administration that the controversial (and now potentially unsafe) vaccine Dengvaxia was approved under the government’s Dengue immunization program without the appropriate recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO)Aquino reportedly wants to tell the truth at the Senate investigation.But can he handle the truth? | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/12/12/noynoy-aquino-returning-to-the-senate/?share=email | Suspicious |
BREAKING: Supreme Court Will Rule On Marcos Electoral Protest Via Lottery | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 22/12/2017 0:00 | For the millions of Filipinos waiting for a resolution to the Vice Presidential electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Leni Robredo, the wait is finally coming to an end.In an en banc resolution aimed at immediatley determining who among the two is the duly-elected VP, the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has set December 27, 2017 as the date in which the name of the true VP will be picked from a bowl.The PET adopted a similar move in the U.S., in which a tie in the race for the State of Virginia’s 94th District seat in the House of Delegates will result in a lottery. Republican incumbent David Yancey tied with Democratic challenger Shelly Simonds in a recount and a subsequent court decision declaring a “no winner.””If it can be done in the U.S., why not here in the Philippines,” Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno told The Adobo Chronicles. “The Filipino voters deserve to have a legitimate Vice President, whoever that may be,” she added.The drawing of the name of the VP winner will be open to the public and will be held at the EDSA Shrine. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/12/22/breaking-supreme-court-will-rule-on-marcos-electoral-protest-via-lottery/ | Suspicious |
PACQUIAO FANS PROTEST BOXER’S ‘NO SELFIE’ POLICY | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 10/04/2018 0:00 | picketed blocks and blocks of the Pacific Coast Highway near Santa Monica where the boxer jogs most mornings as part of his training in preparation for his fight with American Floyd Mayweather.The “Fight of the Century” is scheduled on May 2, 2015 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.The reason for the picket?The Filipino fans are protesting a new ‘no selfie policy,’ promulgated by the boxer’s training camp.Each morning, hundreds of Pacquiao fans try to follow the boxer during his morning run in the hopes of taking a selfie with their hero.One of the protesters, a Filipino veteran who has lived in L.A. for almost 40 years, said that the ‘no selfie’ policy deprives the fans of the rare opportunity to have their photos taken with their boxing idol. “A selfie with Pacman is a treasure that I can proudly show to my grandchildren,” he said.The Pacquiao camp explained that the new policy is designed to ensure that the boxer will not come in contact with any fan who might be suffering from a cold or some other infection. “We can’t afford to have Manny get sick even for just a day. We need him every single day for his training until fight day,” a spokesman for Pacquiao said.A few disgruntled fans who were turned away after they attempted to take a selfie with Pacquiao said that they will now cheer for Mayweather instead.A little sour grapes there, eh?RELATED STORY: American Psychiatric Association Declares Taking Selfies A Mental Disorder (Selfitis) | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/04/10/pacquiao-fans-protest-boxers-no-selfie-policy/?share=email | Suspicious |
Duterte: ‘I have to confront Abu Sayyaf’ | [] | 2016-06-25 15:52:01+08:00 | President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Friday warned the bandit Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) against continuing its kidnapping activities, saying the day of reckoning is coming. His statement was issued after receiving kidnap victim Marites Flor from incoming Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza during the turnover of command at the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) on Friday afternoon.Duterte said these kidnappings “gave us a very bad image but there will be a time I have to confront Abu Sayyaf”.Dureza turned over to Duterte the Filipino woman abducted by the ASG along with three other foreign nationals from the high-end marina resort in the Island Garden City of Samal on September 21, 2015.Dureza and Flor arrived at DCPO at 2:22 p.m from Sulu where the victim was freed by the ASG. Flor was held by the ASG for nine months.Duterte thanked Dureza and Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan for their help in the negotiations with the ASG.Dureza confirmed Flor’s release was made through the efforts of Duterte and it came with no precondition.According to Dureza, he had just come from Oslo when he was told that their efforts to recover Marites from the ASG yielded good results and he was tasked to pick her up from Sulu.With this development, Ronel Flor, the brother of Marites, said they were happy she was released.“Mao ra man gyud na among gihulat nga ma release siya (That is the only thing we have been waiting, that she will be released),” Ronel said in a phone interview.Ronel, who is in Valencia, Bukidnon, said the family never had the chance to speak to Marites even when she was in the hands of the ASG. He said they were neither contacted by ASG nor an emissary.He said he only knew about Marites’ release in the news but her mother was informed by the anti-kidnapping authorities in Davao City.On the other hand, Marites’ mother Flordeliza said the family was happy that she is now safe.Flordeliza was grateful that her daughter had been released and is now coming home. She also said she was sorry about Canadian Robert Hall, her daughter’s partner who was beheaded last June 13. Another Canadian national, John Ridsdel, was beheaded last April.Flordeliza thanked Duterte, adding that the family was sad he was not the president yet before Hall was killed.Meanwhile, Norwegian national Kjartan Sekkingstad still remains in the hands of the ASG.Dureza said they did not have any information yet on the fate of Sekkingstad but there are also efforts to save him.“No word for him yet. We only got Flor,” Dureza said.Flor was released on Thursday night by the ASG under Mujer Yadah and was turned over to Gov. Tan early Friday.Word has it that a Php20-million ransom was paid for Flor’s release.But Dureza said there was no ransom paid, adding that some of their long-time friends helped secure her release.He said they are exerting the same efforts for Sekkingstad’s release.Dureza recalled that when they were in Oslo, he had an audience with Foreign Minister Borge Brende of Norway and established a phonepatch between him and Duterte during which they mentioned efforts to recover Sekkingstad. (PNA)Any thought on this issue? Leave your comments below! | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/duterte-confront-abu-sayyaf/ | Suspicious |
The unresolved issues with the Marcoses are strong indictments of Filipino cultural dysfunction | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2016-11-30 12:59:17+00:00 | It is tempting to think of the unresolved issues with the Marcos family – their alleged ill-gotten wealth, the lack of compensation for all those who supposedly suffered during the Martial Law era, and now the purportedly “undeserved” burial of the late strongman Ferdinand Sr. at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) – as political issues that the people should forever be reminded of. As long as there is even just one member of that Marcos clan remaining on God’s green earth, he/she, and all other Filipinos, should be constantly reminded that that family is tainted with original sin.Thirty years down the line, however, and with no settlement or resolution in sight, certain influential forces still insist on blaming only the Marcoses and those who show even the slightest bit of “support” for them. Current president Rodrigo Duterte has also copped his share of criticism for not stopping the burial. Critics of Duterte and the Marcoses claim that while no law stops the burial, no law compels him to proceed with it either. Duterte, however, true to his campaign promise, defended his decision not to change his mind on it.Things don’t work that way. Blaming the Marcoses for the lack of resolution has its limits. No doubt that certain powers-that-be would like to keep that from Filipinos in order to hide their own shortcomings in “doing their part.”Here in Get Real Post, we assert that the social, political, and economic issues that Filipinos face will always stem from the cultural issues that they have. The issues with the Marcoses – particularly the lack of resolution of them – are no exception. In fact, they present a strong indictment of certain cultural dysfunctions that Filipinos have refused to flush out of their systemsThere is a strong indictment of pwede-na-iyan. Those who opposed the burial, claim that Duterte is solely to blame for the “predicament” because he shouldn’t have rocked the boat. All the presidents who came after the Marcoses didn’t touch the issue. Ask, however, of a law that explicitly bars Ferdinand Sr. from being buried there, and you get…crickets.“But, but, the spirit of the 1987 Constitution was that it was a response to the Marcos excesses!”All the same, you cannot legislate what is not explicitly stated. Diba, lawyers and wannabe lawyers?Blaming Duterte for “rocking the boat”, because you didn’t plug the loopholes yourselves, is, quite simply, a loser’s retort. The bottom line is, 30 years of post-Marcos government, most of it still influenced by the LP and Yellowtardism, did nothing to prevent the burial.There is a strong indictment of bahala na. The way the Marcos issues have been handled, the burial being just one of them, remind me of the way Filipinos generally regard maintenance of equipment. Pwede na iyan, total tumatakbo pa. (That’ll do, it’s still running anyway.) But once it breaks down, however, they are usually panicky, helpless, and clueless as to why it did.In addition, as GRP webmaster benign0 has pointed out, the anti-Marcos movement has yet to articulate any sort of endgame. Ano ba gusto talaga nila mangyari? (What do the people really want to happen?) What is the plan to hold the Marcoses accountable, finally? What do people have to help them in their quest? What is the alternative if they do not get what they want?The answer to all those questions, so far, seems to be: nothing. Perhaps the anti-Marcos movement just wants Filipinos to keep on crying, “Never Forget”. Bahala na.Problem is, not everyone wants to keep on crying with them. Not because they believe Marcos was a saint, but simply because they don’t see the point in continuing to do so anymore.There is a strong indictment of Filipino-style democracy. Among those who are anti-Marcos, some say that their ongoing fight against that family should not be reduced to a family feud between the Aquinos and the Marcoses. Rather, it should be viewed as “people of the Philippines vs. the Marcoses”.The trouble with that statement is that, post-Marcos, the people chose the Aquinos and their ilk to represent their interests. Or maybe so they thought. Whatever the reason post-Marcos governments have (e.g. the Marcoses “were not cooperating”) for not being able to resolve the Marcos issues (e.g. throw them in jail), the net result is that the people have failed because their representatives have failed, despite the power of an entire legitimate government behind them.Filipinos, however, until now, fail to understand that in institutions like democracy, rights accorded have corresponding responsibilities. The biggest responsibility that they fall short in is to keep their leaders accountable. Filipinos have seemingly assumed that democracies run themselves, especially after the votes have been cast.Laws don’t implement themselves, and issues don’t solve themselves; it takes active deeds, active participation from all the people, to make these things happen.Remember that the anti-Marcos movement asked the Supreme Court (SC) to decide on the matter. The SC decision was one they didn’t like. What happened? They cried foul against the SC.They played by the rules of democracy. They played by the rules of the law. They didn’t get what they want, so no they cried foul, and persecution, and are currently trying to revive the extralegal “People Power” movement. “Getting what you want” is not always the outcome of “playing by the rules.”But the rules need to be followed nonetheless.It is becoming more and more preposterous, as time goes by, to hear Filipinos blame their misfortunes solely on one man or group of people.The underlying question that needs to be answered is: How long will it be until Filipinos get that their cultural dysfunctions are leading them to ruin? | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2016/11/unresolved-issues-marcoses-strong-indictments-filipino-cultural-dysfunction/ | Suspicious |
WATCH: Bongbong’s eulogy in father’s surprise Burial | [] | 2016-11-19 17:00:33+08:00 | Bongbong Marcos, the son of the late president Ferdinand Marcos, delivered an emotional eulogy. He thanked the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the members of the Philippine National Police for the full support in the burial.He also thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for realizing the dreams of the family.Bongbong said that they have been waiting for 27 years to bury the remains of FM in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. WATCH VIDEO BELOWWhat can you say about this? Leave your comments below! | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/watch-bongbongs-eulogy-fathers-surprise-burial/ | Suspicious |
Senator Trillanes Files Bill To Change Philippine Flag | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 30/11/2016 0:00 | Arguing that the Philippines is a country for all — pro-Duterte, pro-Aquino and anti-Marcos alike — Senator Antonio Trillanes today filed a bill that would change the current flag of the republic.He unveiled the proposed new design at a press conference held at the Hyatt Hotel in Manila, the same hotel where a group of 10 Cabinet ministers held a news conference several years ago to announce their resignations in protest against alleged poll-rigging by Arroyo, and urged her to quit. They became to be known as the “Hyatt Ten.”The new design replaces the blue stripe of the existing Philippine flag with yellow, representing Filipinos who are pro-Aquino and pro-Liberal Party. The red stripe remains to represent the pro-Duterte and pro-Marcos supporters.Other senators have expressed their full support for Trillanes’ bill, among them, Senators Risa Hontiveros, Franklin Drilon, and Leila De Lima. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/11/30/senator-trillanes-files-bill-to-change-philippine-flag/ | Suspicious |
MAYWEATHER STRIPPED OF WBO TITLE, FILIPINOS HAIL THEIR CHAMP PACQUIAO | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 07/07/2018 0:00 | the first runner-up is as important as the title holder. If for any reason, the reigning queen cannot fulfill her duties, the first runner-up automatically inherits the crown.If you don’t believe us, just ask Donald Trump. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/07/07/mayweather-stripped-of-wbo-title-filipinos-hail-their-champ-pacquiao/ | Suspicious |
Fidel Ramos Explains Message On His Undershirt | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 19/04/2018 0:00 | This is not the first time that ex-President Fidel Ramos has worn an undershirt over his regular shirt which carries the message, “Better Than The Others.”The Adobo Chronicles finally caught up with Ramos today and we asked him what the significance is of the message on his undershirt.”It simply means I’m a better President than Cory Aquino and NoyNoy Aquino combined,” he said.Ramos’ statement didn’t sit well with NoyNoy. “I think at 90 years old, Ramos is already experiencing his second childhood,” he told The Adobo Chronicles. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/04/19/fidel-ramos-explains-message-on-his-undershirt/#respond | Suspicious |
GOVERNOR BROWN ORDERS WATER RESTRICTIONS IN CALIFORNIA BUT NOBODY BELIEVES HIM | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 01/04/2018 0:00 | California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered officials Wednesday to impose statewide mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as surveyors found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack in 65 years of record-keeping.The problem is, no one in California believes him.Brown chose the wrong day to issue the order : April Fools’ Day.For many Californians, the news about Brown’s order was as believable as the news of Mike Pence resigning as governor of Indiana today.Perhaps Brown’s communications manager needs to be written up. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/04/01/governor-brown-orders-water-restrictions-in-california-but-nobody-believes-him/#respond | Suspicious |
Baguio City Taxi Drivers: “We’re Being Robbed By Our Passengers!” | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 09/02/2016 0:00 | In most cities in the Philippines, taxi riders complain about drivers “robbing” them of hard-earned money, either by tampering with the fare meter or taking the long and winding road to the passengers’ destination.Not in Baguio City, the summer capital of the Philippines, which celebrates a huge cultural festival this entire month of February, the Panagbenga. The annual flower festival is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of tourists to this city which boasts of San Francisco-like weather.It is the other way around: passengers robbing taxi drivers, with the full blessing of the government’s transportation agency!It would have been a huge opportunity for taxi drivers to earn more income, except for one thing. They’re actually losing 5 pesos each time they take on passengers.Plastered on the windshield of all Baguio City taxis is a sign that says, “Taxi Fare, less 5 pesos.” So if your final fare as per the taxi meter is 100 pesos, you actually will only pay 95 pesos.There is a logical and legal explanation to all this, but it is of little concern to the taxi-riding public. What’s important is the 5-peso saving each time someone rides a cab. After 20 taxi rides, you’ll have enough money to buy you a Starbucks espresso! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/02/09/baguio-city-taxi-drivers-were-being-robbed-by-our-passengers/#respond | Suspicious |
Steve Harvey For U.S. Ambassador To The Philippines? | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 15/01/2017 0:00 | Sources close to the Donald Trump presidential transition team have secretly told The Adobo Chronicles that comedian and television host Steve Harvey is being groomed to be the next U.S. ambassador to the Philippines.Harvey, who is scheduled to be in Manila this month to host the Miss Universe Pageant, was photographed visiting with Trump at the Trump Tower in New York yesterday. He gained notoriety when he announced the wrong Miss Universe in last year’s pageant.Trump had asked all Obama-appointed U.S. ambassadors to leave their posts on the same day that he takes his oath as the 45th U.S. president.The incumbent U.S. ambassador to the Philippines, Sung Kim has just assumed his post in December following the conclusion of Philip Goldberg’s tenure.Does this mean that after the Miss Universe pageant concludes on January 29 (January 30 Philippine time), Harvey will stay put in Manila to assume his new duty? | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/01/15/steve-harvey-for-u-s-ambassador-to-the-philippines/?share=email | Suspicious |
On The Eve Of Duterte’s SONA, Philippines’ Inflation Rate Drops To Historical Low | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 21/07/2018 0:00 | President Rodrigo Duterte will have a news headline when he delivers his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday. The Philippines’ inflation rate has just dropped from 5.2% to 0.1%!The good news was announced by the Central Bank of the Philippines in a hastily-called press conference at the Manila Peninsula Hotel.Central Bank Governor Nestor Espenilla, Jr. said that the primary factor that led to the decline of the inflation rate was the sudden influx of cash in the National Capital Region (NCR). This, in turn, resulted in greater demand for goods and services and increase in overall market productivity.Thanks to the organizers of the anti-SONA rallies for handing out cash — as much as P10,000 each — to those who agreed to attend tomorrow’s mass protests.To avail of the P10,000 payment, one must sign a notarized statement of intention to appear at the rallies. Fifty percent of the payment is payable upon submission of the statement and the other half is payable upon submission of a selfie photo showing the rallyist at the protest venue.The State of the Nation is strong! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/07/21/on-the-eve-of-dutertes-sona-philippines-inflation-rate-drops-to-historical-low/?share=email | Suspicious |
“Baguio on red alert?” Netizens worries after recent attacks of alleged NPA rebels in Benguet | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-02-10 02:58:59+08:00 | Netizens worried on circulated rumors that Baguio City and other municipalities in Benguet was on red alert after alleged members of New People’s Army burned two trucks containing copper concentrate in Ampucao itogon, Benguet Thursday.An explosive was placed in the two vehicles but the operators of the trucks were safe after the suspected rebels allowed them to leave.According to the witnesses, the motives of the rebels in the arson incident was to give a lesson to Philex mines which owns the trucks.A Facebook page based on Baguio City named 9Baguio also posted an unconfirmed reports that the Abu Sayaff and NPA were plotting a terrorism activity in the crowded places of Baguio City and La Trinidad.The source of the information according to the page came from the Philippine Military Academy.A Netizen who works in Philex Mining expressed his sadness after the trucks were burned.“Walang puso ang my gawa nito… philex is a responsible mining dito kme kumukuha ng ikabubuhay nmin at png suporta sa pamilya nmin volvo 129 and volvo 127″ Netizen Reynaldo Tullao wrote in his post.But City Government of Baguio and the Philippine National Police is not yet confirming the rumors circulated on the internet.Last week, a fake intelligence report circulated on social media informing the Netizens that the Abu Sayaff already entered Baguio City and plotting to bomb a mall.The unconfirmed reports may possibly affect the tourist visits in the upcoming Panagbenga Festival next month in Baguio City because of being afraid to became a victim of terrorism. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/baguio-red-alert-netizens-worries-recent-attacks-alleged-npa-rebels-benguet/ | Suspicious |
We Are Four Years Old Today! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 15/06/2017 0:00 | 25,149, 207 views3,193 stories15,698 active followers6,371 comments$15,000 donation to various charitiesWe were quoted and misquoted. We were translated into different languages. We received fan mail and hate mail. We rattled the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines. We upset Hollywood. We even invented a new word: ‘ selfitis.’Four years and we’re still having so much fun.We hope you are, too, and if not, that’s perfectly fine as well.Here’s to the next four! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2017/06/15/we-are-four-years-old-today/ | Suspicious |
Philippine Government Officials Deny Plan To Round Up Gay Men | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 15/05/2016 0:00 | Government officials in Cotabato and other cites in the Philippines have categorically denied rumors that gay men will be rounded up following the May 9 presidential elections.The rumors started spreading on social media after Cotabato City local officials announced they were conducting ‘Oplan Baklas.’ (Operation Gay Men)It turns out that indeed, the plan did round up and rid the city not of gay men but of campaign posters and paraphernalia. It was part of a city-wide clean-up drive after the elections. Similar clean-up campaigns were launched in many parts of the country.‘Baklas’ which is plural for gay men also means to “remove” or “dismantle.”All’s well that ends well. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/05/15/philippine-government-officials-deny-plan-to-round-up-gay-men/#respond | Suspicious |
Donald Trump Offers U.S. Citizenship To 71-Year-Old Nun Ordered Deported From The Philippines | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 01/06/2018 0:00 | Just days after a group of Philippine (Makabayan) legislators filed a bill to grant Philippine citizenship to 71-year-old Australian missionary Sr. Patricia Fox, President Donald Trump offered the nun U.S. citizenship.Fox was ordered deported following charges that she violated the terms of her temporary stay in the Philippines. She was accused of participating in political activities which is prohibited under the Constitution.The Adobo Chronicles spoke with Trump and asked him his rationale for the U.S. citizenship offer to Fox.The President said that this was consistent with his earlier pronouncement that he would welcome immigrants from white countries.Many will recall that Trump had questioned why the US would accept more immigrants from Haiti and “shithole countries” in Africa rather than places like Norway, as he rejected a bipartisan immigration deal.We could not get hold of Sr. Fox to ask her if she would accept Trump’s offer. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/06/01/donald-trump-offers-u-s-citizenship-to-71-year-old-nun-ordered-deported-from-the-philippines/ | Suspicious |
Prof. Contreras to VP Leni: ‘Kung naniniwala kang ikaw ang nanalo bakit wala kang tiwala sa recount?’ | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-12-11 16:09:33+08:00 | De La Salle University professor and political scientist Antonio Contreras questioned why the camp of Leni Robredo was so afraid of the recount requested by the defeated Vice Presidential Candidate Bongbong Marcos.“Leni Robredo ano ba problema mo. Kung naniniwala kang ikaw ang nanalo bakit wala kang tiwala sa recount?” Contreras wrote.He wrote that the Vice President must not worry about the expenses of the recount because Bongbong Marcos must the one who would shoulder all the expenses.“i naman ikaw ang gagastos at si Bongbong Marcos.At may karapatan ka namang makialam sa proseso ng recount bilang respondent. Andyan naman si Atty. Macalintal na abugado mo. Di naman siguro problema pera at andyan naman ang LP at si Loida Nicolas-Lewis.” He added.Contreras believe that Leni can participate in the recount because she’s a lawyer.In these past weeks, the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo expressed alarm over rumors that the ballots would be recounted even without the direction of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal which handling the election protest filed by Bongbong Marcos against Robredo.Source: | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/prof-contreras-vp-leni-kung-naniniwala-kang-ikaw-ang-nanalo-bakit-wala-kang-tiwala-sa-recount/ | Suspicious |
POPE FRANCIS WILL VISIT ARROYO, JAILED SENATORS, NAPOLES DURING PHILIPPINES VISIT | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 28/12/2017 0:00 | all of whom are in prison in connection with the pork barrel scam.The revised papal schedule was finalized despite objections from President NoyNoy Aquino and the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.Indeed, when he visits the Philippines in January, Pope Francis will clothe the naked, take care of the sick and visit those in prison, just like it says in the bible. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/12/28/pope-francis-will-visit-arroyo-jailed-senators-napoles-during-philippines-visit/ | Suspicious |
Philippine Government To ‘Take Back The Internet’ From Maria Ressa And Rappler? | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 01/11/2016 0:00 | Rappler CEO Maria Ressa’s widely-quoted statement, “Time to take back the Internet” might just come back to haunt her. Just in time for Halloween.Ressa has been very vocal about the proliferation of “fake” news sites and trolls that have left her online news organization lagging behind in terms of followers and reader engagements. She was particularly critical of entertainer-turned-political blogger, Mocha Uson, who has more than 4 million followers, twice that of Rappler.Now, the Philippine government may soon ‘take back the Internet’ from Rappler because it appears it has violated the Philippine Constitution.Article XVI, Section 11 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution specifically states that the mass media must be wholly-owned and managed by citizens of the Philippines.But Rappler is partly-owned by a foreign company, Omidyar Network. How do we know? Rappler itself told us so way back on November 5, 2015:So, before Rappler can take back the Internet, it may first have to give it up! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/11/01/philippine-government-to-take-back-the-internet-from-maria-ressa-and-rappler/#comments | Suspicious |
It’s time for Trillanes to seek political asylum in the United States to escape Duterte | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2017-10-28 03:41:21+00:00 | It might be time for “senator” Antonio Trillanes to seek political asylum in the United States. After all, he sees himself as “persecuted” and the subject of attempts to “silence” him. In the West, that indeed constitutes “political persecution” and is enough grounds to consider providing refuge to the “senator”. But will Trillanes’s case meet the criteria sufficiently enough to enable such a hypothetical bid for asylum to prosper?That does not seem to be a promising prospect. There seems to be no real evidence that the Philippine government has mounted initiatives meant to impinge upon basic rights to personal expression and political dissent that Trillanes insists it is engaging in.Indeed, Trillanes himself has taken a lot of liberties speaking his mind at every forum willing to provide him a soapbox to stand on. He has also travelled extensively to meet with “sympathetic” patrons to his cause which include certain European rapporteurs and even US senators who were critical of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in the past. Trillanes, it seems, has spent inordinate amounts of time and resources travelling overseas for various publicity stunts and to stir up support from foreign governments and non-government organisations for his “cause”. He seems to have forgotten that he is, first and foremost, a Philippine senator on paper and actually is in a solid position to address and act on his concerns within the immediate setting of his office. As such, one can’t help but wonder whether these overseas “projects” and schmoozefests with foreign honchos manifests a disturbing lack of confidence in his own country’s system of governance to provide sufficient venue to pursue his agenda.Rather, Trillanes has, instead, banked on what he sees to be a more influential backer — that of foreign interests — and, in the process, has relegated the true source of his mandate — that of the Filipino people closer to home — to validate the credibility of his vision (if it can even be called that) to a small footnote in his thesis. In short, Trillanes has, in the course of seeking endorsement from foreign entities, merely highlighted the bald reality that the Philippines remains a mere vassal state of its former Imperial masters — one that could not function without the tacit approval of their overlords.This is likely because, in reality, Trillanes lacks credibility before his own people. A video taken during a forum in which he spoke before the Filipino-American community during his recent visit to the US shows him facing a “hostile crowd”. It got to a point, during this forum, where the host had to tell a member of the audience to “shut up” and “get out”.There is, therefore, some evidence that Trillanes has stopped listening to his own constituents and has taken it upon himself to unhinge his agenda from any semblance of sensibility and fuel its pursuit mainly on the energy he derives from his own personal hubris and vindictive character.Recall that this is not the first time Trillanes was given a reality check by an observer not picked from within the little echo chamber he has cocooned himself within. Back in June, Trillanes was taken to task for the lack of coherence in his agenda in a confronting interview with BBC journalist Stephen Sackur.In that episode of his talk show HARDtalk, Sackur did not mince words. He first got Trillanes to confirm that he is an avowed democrat then proceeded to grill him on the matter further citing the inconsistency of this vow to uphold democratic rule with his track record of launching coup d’etats (notably described by Sackur as “pathetic” in the way they lasted for no more than a day or two) against a duly-elected president, then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, through the 2000s.On that single point, Sackur built a consistently-themed conversation with Trillanes. He kept referring to the simple fact that Duterte had, during his campaign for the presidency, been fully up front about what he envisions his rule will be like, laying on the table every gory detail of the way he plans to make good on his promises to run roughshod over every obstacle — even over “human rights” — to fulfill his mandate to clean up his country. That he won the presidential election with all those ideas laid out before the public to digest is, as Sackur points out more than a few times during the interview, democracy at work.Today, “the majority of Filipinos seem to like his iron fist,” Sackur observes. From there, more pointed questions were fielded by Sackur in rapid succession. One of his most difficult questions to Trillanes was, around whether or not his efforts to take down the Duterte administration were in tune with ordinary Filipinos’ sentiments. Sackur even went as far as describing Trillanes’s comments on the Philippine government as “constantly negative” in that light. Trillanes could only stammer out a response that merely speculated about where Duterte’s numbers could go in the mid-term. Without any actual logic or facts to support or substantiate his claims that Duterte’s popularity cannot be sustained, Trillanes could only insist that he was “confident” that Duterte’s days are numbered.There is enough evidence to conclude that Trillanes’s actions and initiatives of late do not have the broader interests of his constituents in mind but more that of a small clique of groups who are threatened by the erosion of the status quo that they have long benefited from. Indeed, TIME “journalist” Joseph Hincks in a recent article described him as a “principal adversary” of Duterte which pretty much makes him the de facto Opposition leader of the moment and highlights the truth about the real motive behind his activities. But Trillanes is, supposedly, a “senator” — a role that requires that one do things primarily in aid of legislation. Filipinos need to ask this “senator” an important question in that light:What exactly is the legislative agenda that frames Trillanes’s recent activities?Simple answers should suffice. After all, it is often the simplest answers that make the most sense. Perhaps the real answer to that question as far as we have observed is just one word: Nothing. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/10/time-trillanes-seek-political-asylum-united-states-escape-duterte/#comments | Suspicious |
CALIFORNIANS RELIEVED: NO 8.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE ON THURSDAY | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 29/05/2018 0:00 | right where the San Andreas fault runs through.(Disclosure: The Adobo Chronicles did not receive any fee for promoting the movie ‘San Andreas,’ starring Wayne Johnson, in this news story.) | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/05/29/californians-relieved-no-8-8-magnitude-earthquake-on-thursday/#respond | Suspicious |
Adobo Chronicles, Rappler Barred From Live Coverage Of Monday’s Senate Hearing On 2016 Electoral Fraud | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 03/08/2018 0:00 | Mainstream media companies are expected to show up in full force on Monday when the Senate hearing on the alleged 2016 Electoral Fraud continues.The last hearing, in which Atty. Glenn Chong questioned the Comelec and Smartmatic’s electronic transmissions a day before the actual May 9, 2016 elections, was not covered live by many Mainstream news outlets.However, The Adobo Chronicles and Rappler will be barred from covering Monday’s hearing.The Senate Secretariat explained the decision:”Adobo Chronicles is a satire news site while Rappler is a fake news site.”We at The Adobo Chronicles wholeheartedly accept the Senate decision. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/08/03/adobo-chronicles-rappler-barred-from-live-coverage-of-mondays-senate-hearing-on-2016-electoral-fraud/?share=email | Suspicious |
The Curious Case Of Two ‘Natural-born Citizens’ Running For President: Grace Poe And Ted Cruz | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 21/01/2016 0:00 | So, who is considered a natural-born citizen? Well, it all depends on the country and the legal interpretation by constitutionalists.The Philippines and the United States have candidates running for president in their respective 2016 presidential elections. Both countries require presidential candidates to be “natural-born” citizens.The Philippines’ Senator Grace Poe faces legal qualification challenges by virtue of her being a foundling. The Philippine nationality law is based upon the principle of jus sanguinis (Latin: right of blood) and therefore descent from a parent who is a citizen or national of the Republic of the Philippines is the primary method of acquiring Philippine citizenship. Poe’s parents, and their citizenship, have not been ascertained to this moment.Ted Cruz, on the other hand, while having an American mother, was born of a Cuban father — in Canada. The constitutional text provides that a U.S. president, unlike other elected officials, must be a “natural born citizen.” Some say this language could not mean anyone born a citizen or else the text would have simply stated “born citizen.” The word “natural” is a limiting qualifier that indicates only some persons who are born citizens qualify. Moreover, when the Constitution was enacted, the word “natural” meant something not created by statute, as with natural rights or natural law, which instead were part of the common law.Both scenarios are curious cases that may or may not be resolved in this election year.So what happens if either Poe or Cruz is elected president remains the million dollar (and , in the case of the Philippines, peso) question.Our recommendation? Just vote your conscience. Just don’t ask Donald Trump. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/01/21/the-curious-case-of-two-natural-born-citizens-running-for-president-grace-poe-and-ted-cruz/?share=email | Suspicious |
IT’S SHAPING UP TO BE MARCOS VS. AQUINO IN THE PHILIPPINES’ 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 03/03/2018 0:00 | In the U.S., presidential politics is shaping up to be a Clinton-Bush-Clinton-Bush affair. In the Philippines, it’s likely to be Marcos-Aquino-Marcos-Aquino. After four years of the older Bush (George H.W.) and eight years of the younger Bush (George W.); and after eight years of Bill Clinton, the 2016 U.S. presidential elections is likely to be a contest between another Bush and another Clinton – Jeb and Hillary. The Philippines seems to be mimicking its former colonial master. After twenty years of Marcos’ rule (Ferdinand, Sr.) and six years a piece for the older Aquino (Cory) and her son (NoyNoy), the 2016 presidential elections could possibly be a contest between another Marcos and another Aquino – Bongbong (Ferdinand, Jr.) and Kris (NoyNoy’s sister). It will be up to the intelligent Filipino voter to make the difficult choice between matuwid na daan (straight path), and baluktot na daan (crooked path). Matuwid na daan is the NoyNoy administration’s battle cry. The question is, who — between Bongbong and Kris — will follow which path? What color will the voters choose? Red (Marcos loyalists) or yellow (Aquino fanatics)? Let the games begin! (Actually, the games have begun. Marcos’ resume is now being scrutinized as far as his Oxford and Wharton degrees are concerned, while Aquino’s love life is taking center stage — largely through her own doing). | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/03/03/its-shaping-up-to-be-marcos-vs-aquino-in-the-philippines-2016-presidential-elections/?share=email | Suspicious |
Sign From Heaven? Filipinos Flock To Jollibee After Sky Phonomenon Over Manila | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 23/04/2016 0:00 | Filipinos are known to be devout Catholics and they look to the sky for divine intervention.On a clear, warm Sunday, as people were coming out of church services, a sign from the heavens appeared in the sky over most of Metro Manila.It was a cloud formation never before seen anywhere in the world — that of a chicken leg, presumably fried chicken leg.That was enough to create a mad rush to Jollibee restaurants across the metropolis, and by 10 a.m., every single Jollibee’s was sold out of the Chicken Joy.But unknown to many, something had terribly gone wrong. The “miracle” was actually a promo gimmick by McDonald’s, which paid hundreds of thousands of pesos to rent a plane that would release a smoke formation resembling a chicken leg.Jollibee’s, McDonald’s number one competitor in the fried chicken business in the Philippines, was truly blessed with free advertising! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/04/23/sign-from-heaven-filipinos-flock-to-jollibee-after-sky-phonomenon-over-manila/?share=email | Suspicious |
Philippine Senate inquiry on ‘fake news’ reveals how little people understand about REAL blogging | ['Oratio Imperata'] | 2017-10-04 12:41:00+00:00 | Another non-surprise today. Cocoy Dayao, the man seemingly at the centre of a vast network of anti-government websites and blogs was a no-show at today’s Senate inquiry into “fake news”. Instead of Dayao, it was Malacanang bloggers RJ “Thinking Pinoy” Nieto and Assistant Secretary for Communications Mocha Uson who had to stand under the harsh light of the senators’ wrath.The trouble with the Malacanang troops is that they didn’t keep their noses clean enough to evade the potshots of the media-hungry senators they faced today. The house of cards that was effectively taken apart in the Senate today was the rickety edifice of ambiguity both Nieto and Uson had built to justify being both government officials and “bloggers” and their insistence that they could continue to wear the latter hat and remain entitled to the right to speak their minds on that platform the way ordinary private citizens are allowed to do.That’s a difficult balancing act and a position virtually impossible to rationalise when your every move and utterance is seen to be made on the taxpayer’s dime. Indeed, the key takeaway was more around a confirmation that, really, none of the parties in this “debate” actually understood what blogging is really all about. That much was clear seeing that the exchange was still peppered with notions of authorities on “credibility”, credentials or the lack of these thereof that determines what one can or cannot publish on mass media platforms, and other such high-horsed concepts that, in reality, are ultimately irrelevant to real bloggers.Real bloggers owe nobody nothing, see. They owe respect only to their readers’ intelligence. And that, alone, is what keeps real bloggers intellectually honest. The minute you are seen to be blogging on someone else’s dime or under someone’s guidance or editorial oversight, you cease to be the stuff that is made for the jungle that is the blogosphere in its true and original sense. In that context, only the free market of ideas and its Darwinian governance over memetic dominance is what determines who is truly credible and which player wins in the long run.At the core of the confusion on the “debate” on “fake news” is the runaway banalisation of the term “fake news” itself. No longer a word that describes a precise concept with clarity, it has become a mere buzzword used as a lame label by the numerous screeching shills that dominate the chatter that passes off as political discourse in the Philippines. For that we can heap much of the blame on mainstream news media which, rather than apply the professional discipline to remain precise in its choice of words, instead, also jumped on the “fake news” buzzword bandwagon. Rather than be precisely categorical in referring to specific types of fraudulent or misleading published content, it lazily and sloppily slapped the “fake news” label on everything it deemed to be of dubious or, worse, sub-journalistic quality. And in the process of arbitrarily dividing the memetic landscape between “authentic” and “fake” using this pedestrian buzzword, the whole industry eroded its own ascendancy to any perception of authority to proclaim any such.This again leaves the only playing field that matters to real bloggers. Try as much as they can, members of the Establishment cannot contain nor regulate those who are truly accountable only to the true free market of ideas. It’s sort of like the Observer Effect in particle physics. There is an effect caused by the act of observation that makes the true state of a system elusive to precise evaluation by observers. Real bloggers are kind of like that. The more you try to categorise them or reduce their work to governable artefacts, the more they slip right through the cracks in your theory. | Get Real Philippines | https://www.getrealphilippines.com/2017/10/philippine-senate-inquiry-fake-news-reveals-little-people-understand-real-blogging/#comments | Suspicious |
President Duterte eyes railway system in Mindanao | [] | 2016-05-29 23:36:40+08:00 | The incoming president is true to its previous words during the campaign period that he would put up a railway station in Mindanao and some parts in Luzon. He said in one of his interview that ‘a nation will not grow without a railway system’.Saturday night in a hotel in Davao, Duterte mounted another press conference reiterating his vision for a railway system that links Manila to Nueva Ecija in the north and Sorsogon and Batangas in the southern part of Luzon.Duterte is also eyeing for railway development in the entire Mindanao. He said that he has been studying the process of installation since it needs a partnership with other country to materialize the system because the government has no enough funds for it. Duterte added that the process would go through PPP (Public-Private-Partnership) program.Even before election, Duterte has been dreaming of a partnership with China who is capable enough to create one. Duterte also stressed that the project should not influence or compromise that stand of the Philippine government in the disputed islands in the west Philippine sea.“Just because you’re building me the railway does not mean to say that I am abandoning the Scarborough Shoal,” Duterte said.In his previous interview with reporters, Duterte was quoted by the Inquirer, he said that “I will just ask you to build a rail, just like what you did for Africa,” referring to the Chinese-funded high-speed railway line project of the Kenya Railways Corporation, which has cut travel time from Nairobi to Mombasa from 13 to three hours.Is change coming? Leave your thoughts below! | Duterte Daily Stories | http://duterte.today/president-duterte-eyes-railway-system-mindanao/ | Suspicious |
WILL ROSE FOSTANES BE THE LAST FILIPINA STANDING? | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 13/01/2017 0:00 | from X Factor to American Idol to The Voice. The reason? Because Filipinos are such good musicians they have an “unfair advantage” over competitors of other nationalities, according to TV producers. Read the full story HERE. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/01/13/will-rose-fostanes-be-the-last-filipina-standing/ | Suspicious |
Artist TJ Sarvida writes open-letter for Inquirer: “Pwede po bang humingi ng kunting pag galang sa papa ko?” | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-12-25 14:02:45+08:00 | Bubot Sarvida, father of one of artist who supported the campaign of President Duterte, TJ Sarvida was shot dead on December 22, 2016.Inquirer covered the killings happened during that night and they included in their article how Bubot Sarvida was killed by the suspect.The two article from Inquirer and Radyo Inquirer claimed that Bubot Sarvida witnessed one of the killings of an alleged drug pusher during that night so the suspects followed Sarvida in his house and killed him.The article also said that Mr. Sarvida’s wife was on the watch list.After the article was published on the internet, some Netizens were confused and thought that Mr. Bubot Sarvida was a victim of extrajudicial killings or War on Drugs.Jimmy Bondoc, a friend of TJ Sarvida slammed inquirer for their report about Mr. Sarvida.According to Bondoc, the article wrote about Mr. Sarvida was false and they carried evidences that would prove that Sarvida was not a victim of vigilante groups like what the inquirer claimed.Bondoc also said that the top newspaper put his friend TJ Sarvida in danger because of their false and malicious report.He also asked the newspaper to withdraw the false information that they written about Mr. Sarvida.TJ Sarvida also wrote an open letter for Inquirer, he narrated the real story behind the killing of his father Bubot.He also asked the Inquirer to respect his father and stop politicizing the tradegy happened during that night.TJ also said that his father and mother is a god-fearing person so it’s impossible that his family is involved in illegal drugs.Even Mr. Daniel Sarvida, brother of the victim also slammed inquirer and others for destroying the image of his killed brother. He also thanked Bondoc for defending his brother from irresponsible journalism.“IN HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE ABS-CBN, JIMMY BONDOC HAD DEFENDED MY BROTHER’S VILIFIED NAME CAUSED BY THIS IRRESPONSIBLE REPORTING MADE BY RADIO.INQUIRER.NET AND OTHERS!I AM PERSONALLY THANKING SINGER-COMPOSER JIMMY BONDOC FOR DEFENDING MY BROTHER’S CLEAN REPUTATION BEING A LAW ABIDING CITIZEN AND GODLY SPIRITUAL PERSON!” Daniel Sarvida wrote on his Facebook account. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/artist-tj-sarvida-writes-open-letter-inquirer-pwede-po-bang-humingi-ng-kunting-pag-galang-sa-papa-ko/ | Suspicious |
College Editors Rally Against Rappler’s Maria Ressa | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 17/01/2018 0:00 | Dozens of editors and staff of college newspapers across the country staged a rally in Mendiola yesterday to condemn Rappler’s Maria Ressa for giving the legitimate press a “bad name.”Members of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines criticized Ressa for using Press Freedom as an excuse to violate the fundamental law of the land. (The 1987 Philippine Constitution prohibits ownership of news media by non-Filipinos.)The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently revoked Rappler’s license because foreign investors have a stake in the company.In disowning Ressa and her battlecry of “suppression of Press Freedom,” the student journalists told The Adobo Chronicles that Ressa is giving the legitimate Press a “bad rap.” | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2018/01/17/college-editors-rally-against-rapplers-maria-ressa/#respond | Suspicious |
BREAKING: Second U.S. Presidential Debate Rescheduled For Midnight | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 08/10/2016 0:00 | The Commission on Presidential Debates has announced a change of schedule for the second debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. It was originally scheduled at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday night.The debate in St. Louis, Missouri, will last 90 minutes and be conducted in a “town hall” format featuring questions from undecided voters, moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper and ABC’s Martha Raddatz.The commission told The Adobo Chronicles that the debate will be moved out of prime time and rescheduled for midnight the same day.The decision by the commission came after the explosive audio tape of Trump surfaced in which he bragged to TV host Billy Bush about kissing and groping women. In that audio tape, Trump actually mentioned the word “p*ssy.”Because the presidential debates are supposed to be rated G (for general audiences), the commission saw it fit to move it to midnight. It said that the Trump audio is sure to be brought up by Clinton and it would be unwise to allow minors to be listening to an exchange where “p*ssy” would constantly be mentioned.The commission advised parents to make sure that their children who are not yet of legal age be put to bed before the start of the midnight debate. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2016/10/08/breaking-second-u-s-presidential-debate-rescheduled-for-midnight/#respond | Suspicious |
De La Salle Professor lectured Agot Isidro “countries do not behave like the soap opera characters you play” | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2016-10-10 03:24:14+08:00 | A professor and political scientist of De La Salle University responded on Agot Isidro’s criticism against President Duterte.Professor Antonio Contreras of De La Salle University lectured the actress Agot Isidro on Facebook about international relations.“International relationsions is not simple as you think is. Countries do not behave like the soap opera characters you play” Antonio Contreras said to his post.The professor also offered a one-on-one political literacy lesson to the actress to gain more knowledge about politics and international relations.The post of Contreras got thousands of likes and shares from the Netizens.Agot Isidro on Friday slammed President Duterte for his anti-US, EU statements, believing that many Filipinos may suffer hunger and poverty if US and EU withdrawn their aid in the Philippines.As of now, the original post of Agot Isidro against President Duterte was removed in public. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/de-la-salle-professor-lectured-agot-isidro-countries-not-behave-like-soap-opera-characters-play/ | Suspicious |
WATCH: Fire in HTI Cavite Export Processing Zone in General Trias, 20 reported critical | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-02-02 02:41:23+08:00 | Fire hits one of the biggest companies in Cavite and dozens were reportedly injured and brought to the hospital because of suffocation in the chemicals burned inside the Housing Technology Industries Building.Netizens in Cavite were alarmed and worried about their relatives and working in that company which considered as the best employer of General Trias Cavite.At the time of the accident, 300 employees were on duty.More than 100 employers were brought to Divine Grace Hospital and General Trias Maternity Hospital near EPZA.The factory is now closed and declared fire under control of BFP on 11:30PM Thursday.GoCavite also posted the names of the workers brought to Divine Grace Hospital in General Trias. But hundreds of victims were still not named as of today. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/watch-fire-hti-cavite-export-processing-zone-general-trias-20-reported-critical/ | Suspicious |
SHOCKER: JUSTIN BIEBER COMES OUT! | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 13/03/2018 0:00 | In a no-holds-barred interview with Men’s Health magazine, Canadian teenage singing idol came out to his fans and critics alike. Bieber’s coming of age is the cover story of the magazine’s new issue.Bieber, whose singing career in the United States has been marred by encounters with the law, now wants everyone to consider him a man, no longer a kid. “I’ve left the kid in me in the closet. I’m a new man,” he said.The singer turned 21 on March 1.Expect to see more of him in adult-only places. And who knows what troubles that would bring! | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2015/03/13/shocker-justin-bieber-comes-out/#respond | Suspicious |
CHURCH OFFICIAL IS ALL PRAISE FOR POPULATION EXPLOSION IN THE PHILIPPINES | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 24/07/2017 0:00 | In America, corporations are people. In the Philippines, people are money. That is, according to a ranking member of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).Reacting to a new report that the population of the Philippines is about to officially reach 100 Million, Father Melvin Castro, executive secretary of the CBCP, said that this is good news. “It is a blessing and a demographic dividend,” he added.It is estimated that 75 percent of the Philippines’ total population are Catholic.In an interview on the Catholic Radio Station, Radio Veritas, Castro explained what he meant by “dividend” and discussed the great impact of the population explosion, especially on the country’s Roman Catholic Church.“Just imagine, even if only 50 Million Catholics will put one peso into the Sunday collection basket, that’s 50 Million pesos a week that will go to the coffers of the Catholic Church. Multiply that by 52 weeks, that’s 2.6 Billion pesos a year. Think of what all that money, plus the interest it will earn from the church’s stock investments, can do,” Castro argued.It is precisely the church’s wealth and influence that President NoyNoy Aquino had proposed a constitutional amendment to create four branches of government: executive, legislative, judicial and the Catholic Church. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2014/07/24/church-official-is-all-praise-for-population-explosion-in-the-philippines/#respond | Suspicious |
MORMONS SEEK TO MERGE WITH THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH | ['Pol Pinoy'] | 16/12/2016 0:00 | Pope Francis continues to win the hearts of Catholics and non-Catholics alike with his humble, down-to-earth, and open-arms approach to his papacy. Time magazine’s 2013 ‘Person of the Year’ seems to be transcending the realms of organized religion and is slowly but surely gaining the respect and admiration of, even the Mormons.President Thomas S. Monson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) has sent feelers to The Vatican for a possible summit with Pope Francis to explore a merger between the Mormons and the Roman Catholic Church . “I like everything I’ve seen so far about this new Pope,” Monson said.Monson was reacting to a story by The Adobo Chronicles regarding women and gay Catholics flocking to Vatican confessionals following the release of the 2014 Priests Calendar featuring the best-looking Catholic priests.“We have our fair share of good-looking Mormon missionaries, and they would look hotter if they donned the Catholic priest collar rather than the boring white shirt and tie,” said Monson. | Adobo Chronicles | https://adobochronicles.com/2013/12/16/mormons-seek-to-merge-with-the-roman-catholic-church/ | Suspicious |
Karen Davila criticizes Paolo Duterte: “Hindi porket member ng first family hindi niyo ipapatawag” | ['View All Posts Pinoytrending'] | 2017-09-01 02:28:45+08:00 | Renowned newscaster Karen Davila of ABS-CBN and DZMM became passionate during her radio program and challenged Davao City Vice Mayor Paulo “Pulong” Duterte to attend the hearing during her commentary about the alleged connection of the Presidential son in smuggling.Davila said that Paolo Duterte who’s an elected official and a member of the first family must beyond reproach in short, he must gain the full confidence and trust of the people.The broadcaster said asked VM Duterte to attend the senate hearing and prove that all the accusations against him is not true.Davila told Paulo that instead of criticizing Sen. Trillanes IV in Facebook, it’s better that he participate to the senate investigation and attend the probe.“Bakit kung sino yung mga ordinaryong indibidwal, kailangang sumipot sa Senado.. Bakit po kayo[Paulo Duterte] hindi pwede?,” Davila said.She said that if Pulong Duterte’s name was mentioned during the senate probe, he must attend the hearing to clarify his name and not let the senators defend him.Davila even mentioned the name of Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Richard Gordon who was accused by defending Paulo Duterte in the senate.“Kung si Karen Davila binangit sa Senado, are you telling me na makakalusot ako sa senado at hindi ako sisipot, dedepensahan ako ni Senator Gordon at sasabihin eh binangit mo lang si Karen Davila, anong basis mo?” she said.She clarified that her comment against the Vice Mayor is not personal and not trying to defend Sen. Trillanes, but as a taxpayer, she must know the truth about the alleged connection of Pulong in smuggling.Davila also urged the senate blue ribbon committee to invite Paolo Duterte in the senate to clean his name.“Kahit po public official o ordinaryong tao, pantay pantay kami, hindi po porket miyembro ng first family eh hindi niyo ipapatawag, yan po ang opinyon ng isang tax payer na tulad ko, sana po patas po.. ipatawag niyo lahat ng binabangit under oath sa senado.. walang takot yan” Davila told the senate.Meanwhile, several pro-Duterte bloggers like Sass Rogando Sassot reacted on the recent comments of Karen Davila against VM Duterte.Sasot said that Davila only wanted to help Trillanes in his mission to destroy the name of Paolo Duterte by letting the Vice Mayor grilled by him in the senate hearing, despite that Mark Taguba, one of the witness in the P6.4-B Shabu shipment from China that the ‘Davao Group’ is not involved in the illegal drug shipment.She also challenged Davila to file a case against Paulo Duterte if the broadcaster got an evidence against the Vice Mayor.“Karen Davila, kung may ebidensya na smuggler si Paolo Duterte at Mons Carpio, mag-sampa na ng kaso sa korte. Sabi nga diba ni Trillanes kay Gordon: Hindi korte ang senado. So anong purpose ng invitation? In aid of legislation or Trillanes’ SELF-PROMOTION?” Sasot said. | Pinoytrending Altervista | https://pinoytrending.altervista.org/watch-karen-davila-criticizes-paolo-duterte-hindi-porket-member-ng-first-family-hindi-niyo-ipapatawag/ | Suspicious |