Government, International, Law Enforcement

PHILIPPINES TO LEASE 2,000 JAIL CELLS IN THE NETHERLANDS

October 25, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – President NoyNoy Aquino today announced that the Philippines and Dutch governments have signed an agreement for the lease of some 2,000 jail cells in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands recently announced that it will close eight prisons because of a lack of criminals. The Dutch justice ministry said that declining crime rates in the Netherlands mean that although the country has the capacity for 14,000 prisoners, there are only 12,000 detainees. The decrease is expected to continue, the ministry said.

Aquino said that the lease will help solve his country’s problem of prison overcrowding while ensuring that there will be sufficient jail cells to accommodate the growing number of political officials being convicted of graft, corruption, plunder and other criminal offenses. Aquino himself is being charged for violation of the constitution in connection with the illegal use of funds under the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) and the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).

Asked how the Philippine government will pay for the lease, Aquino said, “Why, from DAP and PDAF, of course.”

Beauty, Government, International

MIRROR, MIRROR, WHO’S THE MOST GOOD-LOOKING OF THEM ALL?

October 24, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Capture — From top left, clockwise: Canada, Bhutan, United States, Estonia, Mexico, Congo

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – There are close to two hundred heads of state throughout the world — from presidents, to prime ministers, to kings and queens, to, yes, the pope.

But who’s the most good-looking of them all?

For this Adobo Chronicles poll, we’re focusing on the male heads of state (the women will be in a separate future poll).

We’ve narrowed down the list to the top six, and we’d like your opinion by voting in our poll.

The candidates:

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Taavi Roivas, Prime Minister of Estonia
Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico
Barack Obama, President of the United States.

Food, Government, Health & Medicine

CITING CANCER LINK, USDA BANS CURED BACON

October 24, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) – Imagine breakfast without bacon. Now you don’t have to. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has banned the production and sale of cured bacon in the country because of its link to cancer.

Bacon is either cured or uncured while all bacon is soaked in brine to give it flavor and prevent botulism. It is traditionally cured using a mixture of salt, water and synthetic sodium nitrite that acts as a preservative and made by mixing Nitrates, a naturally occurring compound in plants, with certain bacteria.

The USDA ban does not cover uncured bacon. Uncured bacon uses natural nitrates found in juice, sea salt and celery powder to achieve a similar taste, so uncured bacon does not have potentially harmful chemicals akin to sodium nitrite.

Soon after the surprising USDA announcement, the National Association of American Chefs (NAAC) filed papers in court seeking an injunction to stop USDA from implementing the ban.

“This will end the culinary career,” a spokesperson for NAAC said. “Bacon is to hotels and restaurants just like butter is to Julia Child and Paula Deen!”

Consumers nationwide are joining the NAAC in supporting the injunction.

In fact, a million march is being planned in Washington, D.C. the Sunday before Thanksgiving to demand the reinstatement of cured bacon as the beloved miracle ingredient in home cooking and holiday meals.

Meanwhile, big box stores like Costco and large supermaket chains like Safeway have reported that their freezers have practically been emptied in the last 24 hours by customers panicking about the soon-to-disappear cured bacon.