Yearly Archives: 2014

Health & Medicine, Politics

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE PLACED UNDER QUARANTINE

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Aquino exhibiting flu-like symptoms
Aquino exhibiting flu-like symptoms

Manila, Philippines  (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Philippine Department of Health has placed Malacañang, the presidential palace, under quarantine after President Aquino and his staff suddenly started becoming ill.

First, it was presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda, then Aquino, then media relations undersecretary Rey Marfil.  Soon, most other staff person at the palace complained about being sick.

Department of Health Secretary Dr. Enrique Ona said that all their symptoms follow the same pattern.  First, they start sneezing then coughing.  “It’s definitely more than just the ordinary flu,” Ona said. “We had no choice but to quarantine all the occupants of the palace in the interest of public health and safety.”

Aquino and his staff began exhibiting symptoms right after they were challenged to douse themselves with a bucket of ice as part of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. “It’s better for us to err on the side of extreme caution and not accept the challenge,” Aquino said.  He didn’t say whether he and his staff were donating instead.

The Philippine government has asked the help of the World Health Organization (WHO) to help contain what seems to be a serious epidemic in Malacañang.

 

 

Politics

GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL’S IDEA TO STOP RACISM IN AMERICA

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Jindal

New Orleans, LA (The Adobo Chronicles) – Louisiana Republican Governor Bobby Jindal, the first Indian-American governor, has the perfect solution to stop racism in America.

Last week, Jindal claimed that racism wouldn’t exist if minorities would just forget about who they are and start acting more like white people.  In an op-ed piece published by Politico, Jindal declared that minorities are responsible for the racism in this country:

“We still place far too much emphasis on our ‘separateness,’ our heritage, ethnic background, skin color, etc. We live in the age of hyphenated Americans: Asian-Americans, Italian-Americans, African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans, Indian-Americans, and Native Americans, to name just a few. Here’s an idea: How about just ‘Americans?’ That has a nice ring to it, if you ask me.”

Asked by The Adobo Chronicles if he had a specific solution to the problem of racism in America, Jindal said, “Yes! Hyphenated Americans should start calling themselves American-Asians, American-Italians, American-Africans, American-Mexicans, etc.”

“We are all Americans first and minorities second.” he added.

Jindal, 43, is reportedly considering to run for president in 2016.  If elected, he will be the first White Minority president of the United States.

Film and TV, International, Tourism

‘INFERNO’ STARTS FILMING IN APRIL; FILM CREW BANNED IN MANILA

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Hanks

Hollywood, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – It’s official. Filming for Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’ begins in April next year and is expected to hit the theaters in December, 2015, according to an announcement by Sony Pictures.

Actor Tom Hanks will be reunited with director Ron Howard in this movie version of the fourth installment of Brown’s blockbuster novel. David Koepp has been tapped to pen the script.image

Hanks will reprise his role as Professor Robert Langdon, a role he played in the ‘The Da Vinci Code.’

Most of the new film will be shot in Italy, except for a few scenes which, in the book version, happens in Manila where the crowded metropolis was tagged by Brown as “the gates of hell.”  He described Manila as a city riddled with poverty, crime and prostitution. And traffic.

But there is a big problem.  The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has said that it has refused to issue a permit to Sony Films to shoot scenes in Manila or its neighboring cities.  “How can anyone expect us to be hospitable to a film crew of a movie that denigrates our reputation,” an MMDA spokesperson said.

MMDA said that it will grant the filming permit only if scriptwriter Koepp will change the line “gates of hell” to “stairway to heaven.”

Sony pictures has not returned calls from The Adobo Chronicles seeking comment on the MMDA statement.