Neophyte Senator Leila De Lima Breaks Senate Records

img_7390MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Senator Manny Pacquiao has so far failed to break his own record as the top absentee legislator while in the House of Representatives. He might end up with a close to 100% attendance in the Senate.

But another neophyte senator, Leila De Lima, has already broken three Senate records after just  5 months since she took office.

The Senate Secretariat has awarded her a trophy to honor her impressive record, including:

  • Most number of walkouts
  • Most number of press conferences
  • Most number of Senate hearings called

In addition, she will also be honored by her colleagues during the Senate Christmas party for her courage and staying power.  She has resisted calls for her to step down amid allegations of obstruction of justice, alleged corruption relating to the illegal drug trade at the National Bilibid Prison, and admission of inappropriate romantic affair with a married man.

Despite her own admission of frailty, she is actually a very strong woman.

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Justin Trudeau’s Scented Candle Outsells That Of Donald Trump And The US President-Elect Is Not Happy

img_7383TORONTO, Canada (The Adobo Chronicles, Toronto Bureau) – It’s beginning to look at lot like Christmas, and the shopping for gifts and Christmas tree stocking fillers  are in full swing.

Scented candles are among the more popular items during the holidays and two new products have been introduced to the market.  One bears the scent of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the other, the scene of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

The numbers are in, and Trudeau’s scented candles have  far outsold Trump’s.  As expected, Trump is not happy.

The Adobo Chronicles has just learned that Trump fired his scented-candle promo team for doing a lousy job.

We wonder though, if any advertising or marketing group will ever succeed in promoting the Trump scented candle.

Incidentally, Trudeau hasn’t even employed a promo team for his scented candle.  The sales just keep going and going.

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‘Saturday Night Live’ Sanctioned Over Fake News

img_3289NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – In recent weeks, ‘fake’ news on social media has come under heavy attack by those who do not understand the meaning of freedom of speech.

As a result, social media giants Facebook and Google have promised to take concrete measures to deal with the proliferation of fake news, trolls and propaganda on the Internet.

Now, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has joined the bandwagon to ferret out fake news, this time on television.

As its first test case, FCC has sanctioned the popular television show, ‘Saturday Night Live’ over its recent episodes featuring then presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

In a strongly-worded memorandum to SNL producers, the FCC warned that it will no longer tolerate the TV show’s fake news episodes which have fooled its audience for a long time.

The FCC now requires SNL to tag all its episodes by flashing a disclaimer that reads, “This is a joke. This is only a joke.”

SNL has appealed the sanction and is scheduled to meet with the FCC on Monday.

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