March | 2016 | The Adobo Chronicles

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – McDonald’s, the American fast food giant, has finally thrown in the towel, realizing that in the Philippines, it just cannot compete with its local counterpart, Jollibee.

But the resilient McDonald’s is not giving up altogether. It has started to shift its business operations from hamburgers to education.

Ronald McDonald has announced that it is taking over the ownership and management of the University of Baguio in the Philippines.

It is a move that is considered a ‘win-win’ situation because McDonald’s will not only profit from operating a university. Its student cafeteria will still offer the regular McDonald’s menu. What’s more, its revenue from operating the university will be tax-exempt.

If the pilot project in Baguio City is successful, McDonald’s plans to buy other universities throughout the Philippines.

What’s next? Perhaps a Bachelor’s Degree in Fastfood Business Administration?

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Pro-Life Partylist is one of the so-called marginalized political groups seeking to field a candidate who , if elected, will represent them in the Philippines’ House of Representatives.

The Pro-Life Partylist makes no secret about its platform : preserving family values and promoting chastity.

So, in launching its campaign for the 2016 elections, the Pro-Life Partylist held a ‘condom-cutting’ ceremony to demonstrate the stuff their members are made of.

Political opponents, however, criticized the Partylist and accused its leaders of destroying expired condoms. “By doing so, they actually helped educate the public about the proper use of condoms — that is, disposing of expired ones,” opponents say.

Sometimes, political groups need some smart and knowledgeable advisers so that they do no incriminate themselves by looking stupid.

The Catholic Church as well as some members of congress have the same stance as the Pro-Life Partylist. In fact, in January, congress slashed a One Billion peso-budget for 2016 that was supposed to be used to purchase condoms for distribution free of charge, as part of the Reproductive Health Law.

Condoms. Condomed.