KOREAN K-POP GROUP, PHILIPPINES’ ALDUB DENIED ENTRY AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

South Korean K-Pop group, left, and the Philippines' AlDub
South Korean K-Pop group, left, and the Philippines’ AlDub

SEOUL, South Korea (The Adobo Chronicles) – Two incidents involving Asian entertainers at the Los Angeles International Airport were exposed today which have to do with the groups being denied entry into the United States.

A South Korean group is alleging that U.S. authorities denied them entry at Los Angeles International Airport, suspecting they were sex workers.

“Oh My Girl,” an eight-member South Korean girl band, was held at LAX for more than 15 hours on Wednesday while being questioned by officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, according to a statement released by the group’s South Korean management company.

Similarly, the Philippines’ most popular television love team known as AlDub was also reportedly refused entry for a different reason.  The duo was suspected of intending to overstay their tourist visas and become what is popularly known in the Filipino American community as TNT or ‘Tago Ng Tago’ (always hiding).

The K-Pop was supposed to attend a promotional event in L.A. while The AlDub duo was scheduled to appear at a Philippine  Tourism event in the City of Angels.

Contacted by The Adobo Chronicles,  the Customs and Border Patrol said it cannot comment on individual visa or entry cases.

Meanwhile, there are reports at AlDub’s millions of fans are scheduled to hold a protest rally at Luneta Park, just a stone’s throw away from the U.S. Embassy in Manila, to express their disappointment and anger at U.S. Immigration.

As a result of recent terrorist incidents in the U.S., many legislators are considering a review of the U.S. Visa Waiver Program that allows citizens of certain countries (like South Korea) to visit the country for a certain peiod of time without the need for a visa. (The Philippines is not part of the Visa Waiver Program).

We can blame it all on Donald Trump and his campaign rhetoric!

PRESIDENT AQUINO NOT TOO CONFIDENT ABOUT HIS ANOINTED CANDIDATE MAR ROXAS

Aquino, left, and Roxas
Aquino, left, and Roxas

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino is not very confident that his anointed successor, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, will do good job as the next president.

Roxas is the Aquino administration’s bet in the 2016 presidential elections.

Aquino said he’s leaving so much unfinished business that it sometimes crossed his mind to stay beyond his term should the Constitution allow it. “There’s a small side that wants to say I want to inaugurate the SLEX-NLEX connectors,” Mr. Aquino told journalists in a forum. “I want to ride the MRT with more trains, (with) the 14th (car) coming in (soon). (I want) to make sure that the CCT (Conditional Cash Transfer) program really produces the results (expected)… It’s like, there are so many things that will be left almost done,” the President said.

Aquino added that Roxas wasn’t his first choice to be the Liberal Party’s  presidential bet. It was only when Senator Grace Poe declined to be the administration’s standard bearer in the elections that Aquino named Roxas as his anointed successor.

Despite Aquino’s comments, Roxas says he remains a loyal supporter of the president, vowing to continue Aquino’s daang matuwid (straight path) and the campaign against government corruption. “I want to be my own man,” Roxas said, “but I owe the success of my political career to Aquino.”

FIRST AMENDMENT: DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO BAN FOOLISH PEOPLE FROM AMERICA

Trump (screen capture)
Trump (screen capture)

MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina (The Adobo Chronicles) – First, Donald Trump said the United States should close its borders to Mexicans and immigrants. Then he called for the banning of Chinese birth tourism. Then he called for shutting out all Muslims from entering the United States.

Now, the Republican presidential candidate and frontrunner says America should ban all foolish people,  referring to those who advocate freedom of speech under the U.S. Constutution’s First Amendment.

In a campaign speech in South Carolina this week, Trump suggested that “we should close the Internet in some places as a way to stop terrorism. He says he will call Bill Gates and others who know what’s going on.

Trump said he expects many people to criticize his Internet closure proposal on First Amendment grounds, but “these are foolish people. There are a lot of foolish people  and they should all be banned from America.” This latest statement didn’t sit well with many of his own supporters, especially the foolish people who keep on voting for him in the polls.

Trump continues to surge in the polls with a double-digit lead over his closest rival  Senator Ted Cruz.