MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Every Filipino knows the proper way of displaying the Philippines 🇵🇭 flag: the blue stripe on top and the red stripe at the bottom.  There is only one situation in which the colors can be reversed — when the country is in a state of war.

Today, President Rodrigo Duterte declared a state of war not through an upside down display of the flag but of the official seal of the Office of the President (see photo.)

Malacañang told The Adobo Chronicles that he has had it with the Yellowtards and has — albeit reluctantly — launched an all-out war against those who have obnoxiously opposed him and his reform programs, especially his anti-drug and anti-corruption campaigns.

As part of his official declaration, Duterte urged his social media warriors to crush the opposition, especially those whose statements and actions are aimed at destabilizing the legitimate government while compromising the extremely popular will of the supermajority of Filipinos.

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Youth groups are not happy that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is getting in their way of being the country’s future drug pushers.

At a recent press conference, the #YouthResist, a movement formed by youth groups Millennials Against Dictators [MAD], Student Council Alliance of the Philippines (SCAP), Akbayan Youth and some campus- and community-based youth groups, said they are planning to hold anti-Duterte rallies on July 18, just days before the president’s July 24 State of the Nation Address (SONA).

The youth sentiment was quite obvious in the message they wrote on their protest placards. “We all are possible drug pushers,” their signs proclaimed.

“The president must respect the fact that we, the youth, are the country’s future.  We are tomorrow’s senators and congressmen, mayors and governors, bank presidents and multinational CEOs.  But we are also the future drug pushers, so we must resist everything that Duterte is doing to fight illegal drugs,” the youth group said.