COMELEC: Change In Hash Code Was Mere Cosmetic

May 12, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – As the vote count in the May 9 Philippine elections reached more than 90%, the camp of vice presidential aspirant Senator Bongbong Marcos had asked to stop the count while seeking an investigation into a suspicious new script computer command allegedly fed to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) transparency server.

The Marcos camp said that the introduction of the command, known in technical jargon as “hash code” could have very well altered the vote count.

The unofficial vote count began with Marcos leading his closest rival, Leni Robredo, by almost 1,000 votes. Marcos said that his vote count suspiciously started a downward trend right after the hash code was changed.

As of press time, Robredo leads the VP race by more than 220,000 votes, with almost 96% of precincts reporting.

Today, the COMELEC said that the introduction of the new hash code did not affect the data and vote count. “It was purely cosmetic,” the poll body assured.

However, COMELEC declined to disclose whether the cosmetic change was done by Mary Kay, Revlon, Kokuryu or some other cosmetic company.

Government, International, Politics

Rodrigo Duterte And Donald Trump: East Meets West

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The Philippines’ Duterte, left, and Trump (screen capture from “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”)

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – It was a secret, quickly-arranged meeting, captured only through the lens of an iPhone. Philippine presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte came face to face with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. It happened in an undisclosed penthouse office in New York City.

Duterte, described by Western media as the “Donald Trump of the East,” came in his trademark collared t-shirt, a sharp contrast to Trump’s suit and tie.

Trump spoke in English while Duterte spoke in Taglish — a mixture of English and Tagalog, the Philippines’ national language. Sources close to Duterte said the tough-talking, foul-mouthed mayor of Davao City blurted out some Filipino expletives here and there.

While no details of the meeting were released to the media, many are speculating that Trump had sought the advice of Duterte on how he can win in November’s U.S. general elections and how to deal with a female opponent (presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton). Duterte had two female opponents for the presidency: Senators Grace Poe and Miriam Defensor-Santigao.

When the meeting was over, Trump treated Duterte to a catered lunch of steak and lobsters, but the mayor asked for dried fish, sour soup and rice. While Trump consumed his steak and lobster with pure gold silverware, Duterte chose to eat with his bare hands, just like he normally does.

Overall, it was a meeting like no other – a meeting of two future (?) world leaders. We’ll revisit this in November!

LGBT, Politics, Same-sex Marriage

The Woman Who Is Worse Than Manny Pacquiao

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – Filipino boxer and presumptive senator-elect Manny Pacquiao had said that gay people who engage in same sex are “worse than animals.” An American woman legislator is worse than Manny Pacquiao.

Newcivilrightsmovemet.com reports:

State Rep. Sally Kern on Wednesday stood in the Oklahoma House chamber and delivered a speech announcing that gay people are worse than terrorists – again. The 69-year old Baptist was delivering her retirement address and her colleagues did not object or interrupt.

“Yes in 2008 I did say that the homosexual agenda is worse than terrorism,” Kern admitted in her speech Wednesday. “Now we all know that terrorism destroys lives, property and brings devastation. Just look at where we are today in our society. A man who feels like a woman can go into a ladies’ restroom now. A florist, a baker, a photographer are being ruined financially because they wouldn’t participate in a same-sex wedding, since it goes against their sincerely held religious beliefs. Same-sex marriage has been forced on every single state by the courts,” Kern lamented.

She claimed that “in schools all across the nation children are being encouraged to try the homosexual lifestyle and even to play-act being the opposite sex, because they could be a transgender. And homosexuals are even wanting churches to be punished for just sharing what the bible says if it contradicts what they want,” she claimed. Kern did not offer any proof.

“I didn’t apologize in 2008 and I don’t apologize today either because God’s word has not changed. Things are worse today than they were then and I’m afraid they’re going to just get worse.”

Let’s just say that either legislator is no better than the other, period.

And happy retirement, Madam Kern. Good riddance!