Nora Aunor, Bembol Roco To Play Lead Roles In Leila De Lima-Ronnie Dayan Love Story

November 23, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It has the makings of both a box-office hit and an award-winning film.

Star Cinema announced today that it has started filming a new love story-thriller based on the now confirmed romantic relationship between Senator Leila De Lima and her driver-lover Ronnie Dayan.

In just the recent week, both De Lima and Dayan confirmed their relationship, with the senator saying it lasted “a few years” while Dayan revealing it was for seven years.

The relationship between the two has been one of the most followed stories on news and social media, especially in the light of the ongoing investigation on the alleged proliferation of illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison (National Penitentiary).

Multi-awarded actress Nora Aunor will play the role of De Lima while actor Bembol Roco will play Dayan. This is not the first time that the two play the lead roles in a Filipino film. They played husband and wife in the 2012 acclaimed film, “Thy Womb.”

Film experts and enthusiasts predict that the De Lima-Dayan love story will surpass all box office records because of the Filipinos’ penchant for intrigue, scandal and ‘chismis’ (gossip).

They are also saying that Aunor is perfect to portray De Lima because both women have a distinctive mole on their faces. While Roco has a shaved head, it would be easy to don a wig to look more like Dayan, they added.

Business, Diversity, Fashion, Immigration, Politics

Macy’s To Give Away Trump Clothing Line Items On Black Friday

November 23, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – Shortly after Donald Trump launched his candidacy for president, Macy’s decided to drop the Donald J. Trump Clothing line in protest against the Republican’s comments about Mexicans and immigrants.

Now that Trump has been elected, Macy’s said it will continue to boycott they Trump collection of suits, shirts and ties and mor

But there is one problem.

Macy’s has accumulated a huge inventory of Trump’s clothing line collection which is just sitting idle in its warehouses.

Today, Macy’s announced that on Black Friday — the biggest shopping day of the year — it will give away Trump collection items to the first 1,000 customers at each of its department stores nationwide, or until supplies last.

A spokesperson for Macy’s said that it is the store’s way of thanking its loyal customers while getting rid of the boycotted items, thus freeing much-needed warehouse space.

Macy’s stores nationwide will open at 12:01 am on Friday.

Media reports say that shoppers have already begun camping out in front of Macy’s stores nationwide.

Business, International, Politics, Technology

Apple Adds ‘Alt-Right’ Key To Its Computer Keyboards

November 22, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

CUPERTINO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Jose Bureau) – Technology giant Apple is known for its innovation and for constantly reinventing itself and its products. This strategy has spelled the company’s tremendous success across the globe.

Occasionally, Apple immerses itself in politics and the current political atmosphere following the election of Donald Trump as the 45th U.S. president is one of those times.

By now, the term Alt-Right (Alternative Right) has become a familiar phrase especially on social media.

The Alternative Right, commonly known as the Alt-Right, is a set of far-right ideologies, groups and individuals whose core belief is that “white identity” is under attack by multicultural forces using “political correctness” and “social justice” to undermine white people and “their” civilization. Characterized by heavy use of social media and online memes, Alt-Righters eschew “establishment” conservatism, skew young, and embrace white ethno-nationalism as a fundamental value.

In keeping up with this new political atmosphere, Apple has just announced that it will be replacing all keyboards on its desktops, laptops, iPhones and iPads with a new design that adds the “Alt-Right” key. The key will be located in the lowermost right corner of the keyboard. How appropriate

Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the addition of this all-important key will enable those who subscribe to the Alternative Right ideologies (and idiosyncrasies) to identify themselves when sending emails, texts or posting on social media. Hitting the “Alt-Right” key will automatically add the hashtag #AlternativeRight to whatever a person is typing on the keyboard.

Welcome to the 22nd century!