Monthly Archives: August 2016

International, Politics, Sports

Manny Pacquiao: ‘My Salary As Senator Not Enough!’

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Pacquiao, left, and Vargas

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It’s official: Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is coming out of retirement and returning to the ring.

Pacquiao, who was recently elected senator of the Philippines, has confirmed that he will fight WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas on Nov. 5 in Las Vegas.

The main reason? He is not earning enough money as an elected public official.

The 37-year-old Pacquiao said he was excited to return to the ring and said he has to fight again to earn a living. “I’m helping the family of my wife and my own family, as well. Many people also come to me to ask for help and I just couldn’t ignore them,” he said on Wednesday.

Prior to being elected senator, Pacquiao served as a congressman representing his home province of Sarangani, and was the number one absentee member of the lower house.

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Beauty, International, Local News, Sports

In Rio, Athletes Compete To Be Top, In Sao Paolo, The Race Is To Be Bottom (Parental Guidance)

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image.jpegRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (The Adobo Chronicles, Sao Paolo Bureau) – The fierce competition among the athletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio is focused on the gold medal, to be the top.  In Sao Paolo, Brazil’s largest city, the contest is to be bottom.

Twenty-seven women competing to win the title of best bottom in Brazil got into the Olympic spirit yesterday by running in their own 100-metre sprint – in nothing but skimpy bikinis. They ran down the famous Avenida Paulista, Sao Paolo’s main street.

The women are all hopefuls for the title of Miss Bumbum, Brazil’s most popular beauty pageant for those “left behind.”

While the parade of beauties delighted thousands upon thousands of spectators, one particular lady who was recently spotted watching the women’s gymnastics in Rio, was not a happy camper.

You guessed it right. Kim Kardashian!

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Business, Government, Immigration, International, Politics, Race Relations, Travel

Philippines To Build A Wall Around The New Trump Tower In Manila

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The new Trump Tower in Makati City, Philippines

MAKATI CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – On Monday, Filipino Congressman Joey Sarte filed a resolution in Manila’s House of Representatives that seeks to permanently ban U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from entering the country following his campaign speech last week where a he named the Philippines as one of the “terrorist nations.”

During a rally in Portland, Maine, Trump announced that immigrants came to the U.S. legally and then plotted to murder Americans. He said that countries like the Philippines, Somalia, Syria, Morocco, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Yemen were sending such people to the U.S. and called them “terrorist nations.”

“We’re letting people come in from terrorist nations that shouldn’t be allowed because you can’t vet them,” the real estate mogul said.

In the upper chamber, Senator Manny Pacquiao filed a separate resolution that would authorize the government to build a wall around the 56-storey Trump Tower in Makati City.  The residential building is set to open at the end of this year and is one of the international real estate projects of the Trump Organization.

In a statement issued to the press, Pacquiao said that the wall will ensure that Donald Trump will not be able to sneak into the property, in the event that his arrival in the Philippines is not detected by the country’s Bureau of Immigration.

“As a persona non grata, Trump should be barred from entering the Philippines or accessing his property in the country,” Pacquiao said.

In addition to the wall, Pacquiao’s resolution also mandates that the property be patrolled 24/7 by the Philippine National Police.

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