Beauty, Film and TV, International, Politics

Steve Harvey For U.S. Ambassador To The Philippines?

January 15, 2017 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, New York Bureau) – Sources close to the Donald Trump presidential transition team have secretly told The Adobo Chronicles that comedian and television host Steve Harvey is being groomed to be the next U.S. ambassador to the Philippines.

Harvey, who is scheduled to be in Manila this month to host the Miss Universe Pageant, was photographed visiting with Trump at the Trump Tower in New York yesterday. He gained notoriety when he announced the wrong Miss Universe in last year’s pageant.

Trump had asked all Obama-appointed U.S. ambassadors to leave their posts on the same day that he takes his oath as the 45th U.S. president.

The incumbent U.S. ambassador to the Philippines, Sung Kim has just assumed his post in December following the conclusion of Philip Goldberg’s tenure.

Does this mean that after the Miss Universe pageant concludes on January 29 (January 30 Philippine time), Harvey will stay put in Manila to assume his new duty?

Government

Philippine Legislator Wants To Tax Bad Breath, Body Odor

January 13, 2017 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – If a bill proposed by a Philippine legislator is approved, Filipinos with bad breath and body odor will have to pay an additional tax.

In an effort to avert the negative effects of increasing the excise tax on petroleum products, Representative Rodel Batocabe proposed instead to tax beauty and cosmetic products and procedures.

In his proposal, Batocabe included “cosmetic products, or any substance or preparation intended to be placed in contact with the various external parts of the human body or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, with a view exclusively or mainly cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance, and/or correcting body odor, and/or protecting the body or keeping them in good condition.”

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Business, Economy, Food, Politics

San Francisco’s Kuleto’s Restaurant Will Reopen January 20 as Trump’s

January 12, 2017 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – So much for Donald Trump abandoning his businesses to focus on his presidency. He’s opening a new restaurant in — of all places — San Francisco.

A popular Union Square gastronomical institution in the City by the Bay, Kuleto’s, has closed, apparently a victim of the ridiculously rising rent in San Francisco.

Kuleto’s has specialized in Northern Italian cuisine and has been a favorite after-work hangout for San Francisco’s hip crowd and sports fans.

Trump has bought the space for an undisclosed amount.

The president-elect has not revealed what kind of food he will be serving at his new restaurant, but he’s happy that the new signage would only involve a little tinkering (see photo).