Monthly Archives: May 2015

Human Interest, Religion

(VIDEO) SAN FRANCISCO PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER HOLDS NEW RUBIK’S CUBE WORLD RECORD!

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imageSAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – A new Rubik’s Cube world record has just been set by a San Francisco Presbyterian Church minister when he clocked in at 5.0 seconds, the fastest time solving a 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube.

The previous record was set earlier this year by American teenager Collin Burns at 5.25 seconds, followed by Mats Valk from the Netherlands, at 5.55 seconds in 2013.

The Rev. John Weems broke the record at last Sunday’s church service, witnessed by the congregation at the Calvary Presbyterian Church on Fillmore Street in San Francisco.

HERE’s how he did it.

Business, Government, International, Politics, Travel

CHICAGO VISIT: PRESIDENT AQUINO LEAVES THE U.S. EMPTY-HANDED

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President Benigno Aquino III received signed jerseys of the Chicago Bulls and the Boston Celtics during his working visit in Chicago on Thursday. (Malacanang Photo Bureau)

CHICAGO, Illinois (The Adobo Chronicles) – In his speech before a small group of Filipino Americans in Chicago this week, President Aquino touted his administration’s programs to improve the economic standing of the Philippines, calling his country the new “Darling of Asia.”

Aquino’s trip to Chicago was meant to attract U.S. companies to invest in the Philippines.

ABS-CBN News is reporting that Aquino left Chicago empty-handed, except for a pair of signed jerseys of the Chicago Bulls amd Boston Celtics, top teams in the American National Basketball Association (NBA).

The Adobo Chronicles spoke with representatives of some of the U.S. companies Aquino was trying to woo.  They were one in saying that they had already previously invested a lot of money in the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, and lost. “We can’t risk more investments in the Philippines at this time,” they said.

Aquino is now in Canada. Maybe he’ll have better luck there. Or maybe not.

Government, International, Politics, Travel

IN STATE VISIT, PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT AQUINO WILL SEEK TO REPAIR TRASHY RELATIONS WITH CANADA

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imageOTTAWA, Canada (The Adobo Chronicles) – Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino sets foot in Canada this week for a state visit – the first by a Philippine president since 1997 – upon the invitation of Governor General David Johnston and Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

“In my visit, we will witness the signing of several memorandums of understanding that will strengthen ties between the Philippines and Canada. We will also thank their government and their people for all their support,” Aquino said.

What Aquino is saying in public is, however, very different from his real mission in visiting this North American country.

Aquino’s primary goal is to raise the issue of illegal Canadian trash in the Philippines when he meets with Harper.

Fifty containers of reeking Canadian garbage, including used adult diapers, have been languishing in the port of Manila for almost two years, sparking recent protests in the Philippines by environmental activists and public health officials.

Chronic Inc., a plastics exporter based in Whitby, Ontario shipped the containers — supposedly filled with recyclable Vancouver plastics — to the Philippines in the spring and summer of 2013. But upon inspection, the country’s Bureau of Customs found the containers were filled with stinking household garbage, including used adult diapers and kitchen waste.

So, truth be told. Aquino’s state visit seeks to repair his country’s trashy relations with Canada.