Monthly Archives: May 2017

Government, Politics

Senate Minority Bloc Forms New Coalition

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IMG_1850.PNGMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – “We will fight till the last one of us remains standing!”

With these words, a group of five senators belonging to the Minority Bloc announced the formation of a new coalition aimed at opposing every proposal and every move of their pro-Duterte colleagues.

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and his fellow minority bloc members Senators Antonio Trillanes IV, Kiko Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, Bam Aquino formed the new group which they are calling the Voltes V.

“We chose the name because it represents the superpower of a small but determined group of individuals committed to fight injustice, bullying and other political as well as social ills,” Senator Hontiveros said.

The group hopes to recruit mostly young people — especially the students of U.P. — to help them in their opposition to Duterte and his allies in Congress.

The group said that it still needs to contact incarcerated Senator Leila de Lima to determine whether she wants to join the new coalition.

“If she does, we’ll rename the group to Voltes V+1,” Hontiveros said.

Language, Social Media

When A President Misspells A Word

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IMG_1838WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – No other president in history has ever been so careless in his tweets, often misspelling words that kids easily ace in the National Spelling Bee. Like Donald Trump. Like ‘covfefe.’

Trump’s tweet has gone viral but no one has dared to correct his spelling.

Well, we will.

The correct spelling is ‘cofveve.’ It means to have coffee ☕️  first and converse later.

Let’s hope Trump can correctly pronounce ‘nuclear,’ unlike that other President who says it the ‘nucular’ way.

Calling the attention of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos!

Arts, Education, Human Interest, Politics

U.P. Oblation Statue To Be ‘Unveiled’

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IMG_1807QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Oblation, the well-recognized symbol of the University of the Philippines will soon be unveiled. Literally.

The naked statue of a man (with just a leaf front covering), with hands outstretched and looking up to the sky, was designed by Filipino artist Guillermo Tolentino.

The U.P. Board of Regents unanimouslty approved a resolution for the total unveiling to symbolize the university’s continuing search of the truth through education.

Critics say, however, that it is the board’s strategy to diffuse and cover up the controversies that have plagued the university in recent months — including its politics, activism and its failure to  make it to the topnotcher lists in professional regulation exams.

No state funds will be used for ‘renovating’ the oblation statues at all U.P. campuses nationwide.  An ‘endowment’ grant from concerned U.P. alumni has been set aside for this purpose.

“It is a coming of age,” one U.P. student commented. “If students can run around fully naked during the annual “Oblation Run,” why can’t the very symbol of the university do the same?”

One question remains between now and the unveiling:  how endowed is the Oblation?

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