Monthly Archives: November 2015

Entertainment, Film and TV, Politics

SUSAN ROCES VS. AMALIA FUENTES FOR PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT?

Leave a comment
Grace Poe, left and mom Susan Roces holding a photo of the latke Fernando Poe, Jr., actor and failed presidential candidate. Right, Amalia Fuentes.
Grace Poe, left, and mom Susan Roces holding a photo of the late Fernando Poe, Jr., actor and failed presidential candidate. Right photo: Amalia Fuentes.

MANILA, Philippine (The Adobo Chronicles) – The top two contenders for Philippine president — Senator Grace Poe and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte are both facing disqualification charges before the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) —   Poe on the grounds of allegedly not being a natural-born citizen, and Duterte, for being a substitute for a nuisance candidate who had earlier withdrawn his candidacy.

In ancipation of a decision by COMELEC, the camps of both candidates have laid out their respective “Plan B.”

Poe’s camp has asked the senator’s mom, Philippine movie queen Susan Roces, to be the substitute candidate should Poe be disqualified to run for president.

Duterte’s camp (PDP-Laban), on the other hand, is in negotiations with the other Philippine movie queen Amalia Fuentes to be its standard bearer if COMELEC bars Duterte from running.

Before there was the Nora Aunor-Vilma Santos rivalry, there was the Roces-Fuentes feud in Philippine cinema. 2016 could see a revival of that feud.

In the Philippines, it is not uncommon for film actors and actresses to run for political office.  As a matter of fact, film star Alma Moreno has been drafted by Vice President Jeojomar Binay (who is running for president) to be part of his senatorial ticket.

It’s more fun in the Philippines.  We mean, really.

Politics

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT RODRIGO DUTERTE MAKES IT TO GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

Leave a comment

imageMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – A Filipino aspirant for president made the Guinness World Record as the only candidate in the world to file his candidacy while asking the electorate not to vote for him.

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte addressed his countrymen in a video after he filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for president in the 2016 elections. He joins four other major declared candidates in what could be the largest field of presidential aspirants in Philippine history: Vice President Jejomar Binay, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, Senator Grace Poe, and Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. Dozens of others have filed candidacies for president.

In his video message, Duterte, famous for his iron-fist and extra-judicial style of management, asked the public not to vote for him, making him what the Philippines’ Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is calling a “nuisance candidate.”

World record or not, political analysts are predicting Duterte might actually win the election .

It’s more fun in the Philippines.

Government, Law Enforcement

KENTUCKY TO REQUIRE VALID PASSPORT WHEN APPLYING FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE

Leave a comment
Don't leave home without it...
Don’t leave home without it…

ROWAN COUNTY, Kentucky (The Adobo Chronicles) – Beginning in 2016, a valid U.S. passport may be a required as the only acceptable identification document when traveling on domestic flights while the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may be given the power to request a non-issuance, or cancellation, of a passport for individuals owing taxes.

Encouraged by this new development, the state of Kentucky — yes the same state where a Rowan County clerk refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — is proposing new regulations regarding the issuance of marriage licenses, gay or straight.

The new rules, reportedly the brainchild of county clerk Kim Davis and widely supported by state Republican lawmakers, will require marriage license applicants to show proof of U.S. citizenship through a valid U.S. passport.

So, if you’re planning to get married in Kentucky, it is wise to start securing your U.S. passport or passport card if you don’t already have one, or if you do, to make sure it is unexpired.

The Adobo Chronicles contacted all of the Republican candidates for president and all have expressed full support for the measure.  That means it may become the law not just in Kentucky, but in the entire U.S. of A!