Sex, Lies, Videotape, Uson And De Lima

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Uson, left, and De Lima

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – What do blogger Mocha Uson and Senator Leila De Lima have in common?  Sex, lies and videotape.

The outspoken senator has been facing accusations about her alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison while being constantly subjected to rumors about her sexual escapades with her personal driver and even with some jail inmates.  There are alleged sex videos pointing to the lady senator.

Uson, on the other hand has been accused of being a paid spokesperson for President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and has been the subject of attacks by critics and the jealous media like Rappler for her popular political blog.

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Recent stats on Facebook pages of Uson and Rappler (screen capture)

Now, the enemies of Uson are spreading “Throwback Thursday” photos of the former singer, dancer and nude model.

“Inuungkat yung nakaraan ko. Pinapakita yung mga hubad kong larawan na lumabas po sa mga magazine,” Uson said in an interview on Friday. (They’re digging into my past. They’re showing my nude photographs that have appeared in magazines.)

While she maintains that she’s unaffected by the bashing she receives in social media, Uson wants netizens to stop making personal attacks against her.

De Lima has demanded the same.

Now it remains to be seen whether women and human rights groups will come to the defense of Uson like they did for De Lima in condemning slut-shaming which we all agree has no place in a decent society like ours.

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Will The Real Miss Philippines Please Step Forward?

img_6379MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – In every competition, there are hometown decisions, and then there are hometown decisions. Two for one, so to speak.

When the 2016 Miss Earth beauty pageant unravels in Manila on October 29, there will be two Filipinas who will be competing for the crown: Miss Philippines and Miss Sweden.

Miss Philippines is Imelda Schweighart who happens to be part German.  Then there’s Filipina Cloie Skarne, Miss Sweden.

Cloie is Filipino by blood and strongly resembles singer-actress KC Concepcion who is her half sister.

Cloie is the daughter of actor Gabby Concepcion by Jenny Syquia but has taken on the last name of her Swedish adoptive father; while KC is Concepcion’s daughter by Sharon Cuneta.

The other contestants are already crying “foul” because they feel that the Philippines has two representatives to the pageant.  “That doubles the chances that the next Miss Earth will be Filipina,” they claimed.

The reigning Miss Earth is also Filipina, Angelia Ong.

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Miss Philippines Grabs Spotlight From President Duterte For Hitler Comment

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Schweighart

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) –  Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has been criticized for recently comparing himself to Adolf Hitler (although it was actually Ex-President NoyNoy Aquino who first did).

Well, the heat is off Duterte.

A Filipina beauty queen has taken over the spotlight for her comment about Hitler.

Imelda Bautista Schweighart, who is competing in Miss Earth 2016, made the comments about President Duterte during a pageant video posted on social media.  She compared her country’s president to Hitler for the way he is trying to eliminate drugs.

While posing with Austrian counterpart Kimberly Budinksy, Ms Schweighart asked her if Hitler was from Austria.

“That’s a bad question because we normally don’t really talk about Hitler. But yes, he is,” Ms Budinsky answered.

Schweighart replied, “No offense meant. I’m half German so I just wanted to make sure that Hitler was really Austrian and not German.”

End of story.

The Miss Earth Pageant will be held in Manila on October 29.  Stay tuned.

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