Bernie Sanders Gets Burned On Philippine Social Media

A69D63E9-6437-47AD-8577-5E4CAB6911C4MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Leave it to the Filipinos to burn anyone on social media.  Yes, including former Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, whose campaign meme was “Feel the Bern.”

Well instead, he felt the burn.

61F92DE8-1E3E-4905-A5E7-512184FCBF7DAfter he commented about Donald Trump’s meeting with the heads of state of Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines whom he called authoritarian, he was  immediately “burned” by Filipino netizens.

Moral of the story: Be careful what you tweet. It could come right back at you!

 

 

Duterte Critic Vicky Garchitorena Freaks Out Over BBC-Sasot Confrontation In Front Of Men’s Restroom

B1A23B88-3B88-4B07-90EC-51530F4BA0D3MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Duterte critic Vicky Garchitorena could not believe that pro-Duterte blogger Sass Rogando Sasot confronted a BBC journalist in front of a Men’s restroom during the ASEAN Summit.

Sasot made a scene at the ASEAN Summit’s International Media Center at the World Trade Center in Pasay City when she questioned BBC over an interview with known Duterte critic Jover Laurio.

Rogando claimed that Laurio, the person behind the website Pinoy Ako Blog, received support of a “powerful group” that enabled her to get the BBC interview last month.

Garchitorena, in a retweet,  questioned why Sasot would do such a thing in front of the PICC Media Center men’s restroom.

”She should have at least done it INSIDE the restroom, away from public view,” Garchitorena told The Adobo Chronicles.

Moral of the story:  If you’re going to do an ambush interview, take it inside the restroom.

Miss International: Back-To-Back Win For Philippines!

4DBB2123-FD1A-49AB-8653-6A4841374CF4TOKYO, Japan (The Adobo Chronicles, Tokyo Bureau) – It’s what most Filipinos were hoping for. A back-to-back win in the Miss International Beauty Pageant. A proud moment where outgoing title holder Kylie Verzosa would crown her successor, fellow Filipina Mariele de Leon.

The back-to-back happened last night. Verzosa crowned Miss Indonesia.

As for the very politically-outspoken de Leon? She was in the back of the pack, not a finalist, not a semi-finalist, no special award.

And oh, did she just re-design the country’s national costume? We can only imagine it was iron-heavy!