Monthly Archives: August 2016

Food, Immigration, International, Law Enforcement, Politics, Travel

BREAKING: Donald Trump Prevented From Leaving Mexico

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Nieto, left , and Trump in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – Just minutes after meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was held by Mexican immigration authorities and prevented from returning to the United States.

While reports were sketchy, sources at the U.S. State Department said that Trump is being charged for violating Mexican immigration laws.  The candidate and his entourage didn’t have the appropriate entry and exit permits.

While Americans do not need a visa to visit Mexico, Mr. Trump was on a highly-classified list of foreign nationals needing special visiting permits.  By virtue of his campaign rhetoric against immigrants and Mexico, Trump has been declared ‘persona non grata’ and  is therefore not eligible under the visa-free policy of Mexico.

The Trump campaign has sought the help of Hillary Clinton and the U.S. State Department to intercede with the Mexican government to allow the GOP candidate to return to the U.S.

“It was a clear clase of misunderstanding,” the Trump campaign said.

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Government, International, Politics, Social Media

Filipinos React To Senator De Lima’s ‘Impeachment’

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Dilma, left, and De Lima

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Just hours after watching  CNN’s Christiane Amanpour interview Leila De Lima on Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s war on drugs, Filipinos were shocked at the news that the lady senator has been impeached.

Reaction was mixed. Many rejoiced while others expressed sadness that the escalating word war between Duterte and De Lima has come to this.

The news of impeachment came via the late-night edition of ABS-CBN’s ‘TV Patrol’ when newsreader (and former Vice President) Noli De Castro mentioned De Lima in his ‘nagbabagang balita’ (coal-hot news).

Well, it turns our that many Filipinos heard it wrong from the constantly screaming De Castro.

De Castro was reporting on breaking news from Brazil where President Dilma Rousseff was impeached by the Senate.

Actually, Philippine senators cannot be impeached. Rather, they can be expelled by a three-fourths vote of all members of the Senate. Yes all, including Senator Manny Pacquiao.

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Religion

Catholic Priests Will Be Gonged For Homilies Over 8 Minutes

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THE VATICAN, Italy (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) – In Hollywood, Oscar winners are drowned out by music  when they exceed the alloted time for their acceptance speeches.  In Catholic churches around the world, priests face the gong for homilies  over 8  minutes long.

Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, the secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, says homilies should be brief to cater for people with short attention spans. Clergy should also work from an outline, rather than a script, to allow for better eye contact.

In a book called The Word of God, Eterovic proffers suggestions on how priests and deacons can improve the quality of sermons and retain churchgoers’ interest.

“The homily in general should not go over eight minutes – the average amount of time for a listener to concentrate,” he said, adding that clergy should keep abreast of current affairs so that a sermon addresses issues of local or national concern.

In Manila,  the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) issued a pastoral memorandum addressed to all altar servers in the country to use the church gong to cut off clergy who go beyond the 8-minute limit for homilies.

Welcome to the “Gong Show!”

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