Facebook Launches Celebrity Death Watch App

img_7974SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – 2016 be damned. Too many celebrity icons were taken away from us and the year is not quite over. Prince. David Bowie. George Michael. Carrie Fisher and mom Debbie Reynolds. Not to mention political figures like Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

The spate of celebrity deaths has sent netizens the world over to their Facebook pages, wondering if their favorite celebrities have been spared by the painful destruction of mortal beings.

Worry no more.

Facebook has announced it has launched a new app that would enable celebrities to tag or mark themselves “alive.”  It is similar to the feature launched several years ago in which people can mark themselves “safe” in the aftermath of natural and mad-made tragedies like earthquakes, fires and mass shootings.

img_7983In the first few hours after it launched, the new Facebook app has seen posts by international celebrities including Pope Francis, Queen Elizabeth, Betty White, Cher and Jackie Chan.

To find out the life or death status of your favorite celebrity, simply log on to your Facebook account and in the search button, type in, “Where’s _____ (name of celebrity).

Duterte And Trump Join Hands To Dissolve The United Nations

img_6228NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, New York Bureau) – Many are calling it a case of  “birds of the same feather flock together.”  But the birds are far from being ordinary flock. They’re heads of state.  And they are joining hands to dissolve the United Nations.

Previously, President Rodrigo Duterte, in his critique of the High Commissioner on Human Rights who asked for his investigation regarding alleged extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, said he’d “burn down the United Nations.”

Now, President-elect Donald Trump has gone on record to say that the United Nations is “just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time.”

Are the days of the U.N. numbered?

 

Hollywood Celebs Take To Social Media To Mark Themselves “Alive”

img_7962HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles, Los Angeles Bureau) – As the year 2016 continues to claim the lives of celebrities and icons of the film and music world, more and more Hollywood personalities are taking to social media to mark themselves “alive.”

It is their way to calm their fans about the continuing news of celebrity icons passing away.  More celebrities are expected to join in, especially in the last few days of 2016.

“We’re alive. No need to worry,” many of them said.