Monthly Archives: July 2017

Government, Law Enforcement, Politics, Social Media

#DollarParaKayLeni Launched In San Francisco

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IMG_2901SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – It’s been a almost a year since a fundraising campaign was launched to help Leni Robredo shoulder the costs of former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ electoral protest questioning the legitimacy of the Vice President’s win in last year’s elections.

Previously, the Supreme Court required both Marcos and Robredo to pay a deposit in order to make the vote recount happen.  Marcos had to pay P66 million, while Robredo, P15 million.

Unconfirmed reports show that since the launch of “PisoParaKayLeni,” the total amount raised has only been about P400,000, a long ways to the P15 million Robredo needed to come up with.

And so, Leni’s FilAm supporters are coming to the rescue, launching a new campaign, “DollarParaKayLeni.”  The goal is to raise the rest of the P15 million Robredo needs.

Launched in San Francisco’ s Union Square, the stateside fundraising campaign hopes that kind-hearted Leni supporters will contribute at least a dollar each.

“A dollar goes a long way,” organizer Rodel Dimagiba said, “since the current U.S. Dollar-PH Peso exchange rate is almost 50 to 1. That’s 50 times more that we can raise for Leni than the one peso contribution by Leni’s supporters in the Philippines.”

The Supreme Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal will start the preliminary conference on Marcos’ petition on Tuesday, July 11.

Related: Did ‘PisoParaKayLeni’ Violate the Philippine Constitution? READ

 

 

 

Business, History, Politics, Social Media

Raissa Robles Launches New Martial Law Book

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IMG_2887MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – ‘Never Again.’ It has been the battlecry for those who were opposed to the dictatorial regime of the late Ferdinand E. Marcos, in obvious reference to decades of Martial Law under the deposed strongman.

It is also the title of the one and only book by self-identified ‘investigative journalist’ and blogger Raissa Robles.

But now, the battlecry — and Robles’ book — are moot and academic, after President Rodrigo Duterte declared Martial Law in Mindanao, a move upheld by both Congress and the Supreme Court.

So, what is Robles going to do?

Well, write another book, and she did.

The Adobo Chronicles learned from very reliable sources in San Francisco that Robles will soon launch a sequel to her first book.  This time, it will be titled, ‘Never Again and Again.’

The new book chronicles the failure of anti-Marcos elements to prevent a repeat of a Martial Law declaration in the Philippines.

Economy, Food, Government, International

Senator Cynthia Villar Has A New Proposal For Philippines To Achieve Rice Sufficiency

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IMG_2646MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – A few weeks ago, Philippine Senator Cynthia Villar proposed a ban on restaurants serving UNLI (unlimited) rice as a way for the country to achieve rice self-sufficiency.

But that didn’t go well with most Filipinos who always look forward to their free, unlimited rice that comes with their order of  inihaw, kare-kare, adobo and lechon kawali.

Now, the hard-working senator has a new proposal that she thinks would be a sure way to reduce rice consumption in the Philippines.

Villar is proposing that the National Food Authority (NFA) import individually-wrapped rice grains from Japan (see photo).

By making it laborious for Filipinos to unwrap one rice grain at time in order to complete their three to four cups of rice to cook, Villar says in that in due time, Filipinos will eventually reduce their rice consumption.

NFA Administrator Jason Aquino told The Adobo Chronicles that the importation of the individually-wrapped rice grains from Japan will initially cost a lot of money, but in the end, it will reduce local demand for rice.  When that happens, NFA will no longer need to import rice, even when local production is affected by weather conditions, Aquino said.