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Politics

President Aquino Withdraws ‘Best Man’ Status for Dingdong Dantes, Chiz Escudero Weddings

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L-R: Best Man Aquino; Marian & Dingdong; Heart & Chiz
L-R: Best Man Aquino; Marian & Dingdong; Heart & Chiz

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino: always  the Best Man, never the Groom.

Aquino, a bachelor, seems to be a favorite Best Man for celebrity weddings, including those of actors Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera, as well as Senator Chiz Escudero and actress Heart Evangelista.

But how the world turns.

Aquino officially announced today that he is withdrawing his “Best Man” status for the weddings of both  Dantes and Escudero, and it’s all because of politics.

Escudero is an independent candidate for vice president, challenging Aquino’s (and his Liberal Party’s) anointed candidate, Leni Robredo.

Dantes, on the other hand, just quit his post as Commissioner of the Aquino administration’s National Youth Commission so that he could actively campaign for his chosen bets in the 2016 presidential elections. The actor is reportedly leaning towards campaigning for Senator Grace Poe, and not Aquino’s anointed presidential candidate Mar Roxas. Of course, the president is not at all happy.

Blood is thicker than water, so they say.  In this case, politics takes precedence over weddings.

 

Business, Diversity, The Media

Amateur Photoshop Artist Shows Ellen DeGeneres The Way

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The controversial ad
The controversial ad

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – Talk Show host Ellen DeGeneres’ clothing line, GapKids X ED, is all about encouraging children to embrace what makes them unique. But it’s that “empowerment” aspect of the brand’s campaigns that left many confused by the most recent photos posted to GapKids’ Twitter account on Saturday.

One photo showed two white children doing acrobatic moves while a third, older white child leans her arm on the black child seen in the ad. Many people on Twitter took issue with the tweet, which reads “meet the kids who are proving that girls can do anything.” Many thought the photo had some “racist” overtones.

Upon learning of the criticism, DeGeneres immediately fired the advertising agency for her clothing line and asked an amateur photoshop artist to revise the ad.  Here is what the artist came up with.  DeGeneres reportedly really, really liked it!

The photoshopped, revised ad
The photoshopped, revised ad

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Politics

Philippine Presidential Elections: Mar Roxas Leads In New Poll!

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L-R: Duterte, Poe, Binay, Roxas, Santiago
L-R: Duterte, Poe, Binay, Roxas, Santiago

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Mar Roxas has every reason to be very happy these days. The former Interior Secretary is leading by a wide margin in a new poll on the Filipinos’ top choice to be their next president.

For many months now since the election campaign began, Roxas has fared very poorly in the polls, oftentimes taking the bottom slot.

imageThis new poll, which comes just about a month till election day on May 9, shows Roxas in the top spot at 37.5%, or more than 12 % ahead of second placer Vice President Jejomar Binay.  Binay got 25% while Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senators Grace Poe and Miriam Defensor-Santiago were all tied for third place with 12.5% each.

The poll was conducted jointly by ABS-CBN, GMA-7 and the Philippines Daily Inquirer.  It was a single-question poll which asked likely voters: “If elections were held today, which of the five presidential candidates would you least want to win?”

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