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Torre de Legazpi To Rise Alongside Mayon Volcano

April 25, 2017 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

LEGAZPI, Albany (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday junked the petition that sought to demolish the controversial Torre de Manila condominium in Manila, allowing its construction to resume.

Voting 9-6, the high court threw out the plea that the Knights of Rizal filed against the high-rise in September 2014, calling the project a “sore thumb” that would ruin the sight line of the Rizal Monument, a national landmark.

The Court also lifted the temporary restraining order it had issued in June 2015 halting construction of the 49-story building on Taft Avenue, a DM Consunji Inc. (DMCI) project.

The high court dismissed the petition “for the reasons that: (1) the Court has no jurisdiction over the subject matter; (2) the petitioners have no standing to sue; and (3) they stand to suffer no injury,” said Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te.

‘Furthermore, the Court also found that there is no law that prohibits the construction of the challenged Torre de Manila,” he said in a briefing.

In its petition, the Knights had argued that the building “would forever ruin the sightline of the Rizal Monument in Luneta Park.”

Encouraged by the decision of the Supreme Court, DMCI Today announced that it will soon begin construction of a similar condominium project in Legazpi, Albay, alongside Mt. Mayon, the world’s most perfect cone volcano.

DMCI said it will construct the condominium building using the most modern technology that would make the building withstand any natural calamity like earthquakes, hurricanes or a volcano eruption.

The Mayon project will be pre-selling soon.

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TIME APOLOGIZES: PCOS MACHINE MALFUNCTION LED TO INCLUSION OF SENATOR DE LIMA IN 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS

April 22, 2017 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, New York Bureau) – TIME Magazine has issued an apology to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the omission of his name in the 2017 List of 100 Most Influential Persons in the World.

Readers were shocked that Trudeau, who came in second in the online poll conducted by TIME, was not among those officially named by TIME. Instead, Philippine Senator Leila de Lima who was not even named in the initial list of possible candidates for the recognition, suddenly gained a spot among the 100.

TIME explained that the mess was due to some technical error involving the precinct count optical scanner (PCOS) machine it used to tabulate the votes. “The SIM card we used for the tabulation apparently already had de Lima’s name on it,” TIME said.

The PCOS is the exact same system used during last year’s Philippine Presidential elections which resulted in an electoral protest by defeated vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos. Leni Robredo won the election by a very slim margin.

TIME regrets the error and will issue an addendum to its announcement, deleting de Lima’s name and adding Trudeau’s.

All’s well that ends well.