Monthly Archives: November 2017

Awards, International, Politics

Senator Leila De Lima Bags ‘Employee Of The Month Award’

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30F3975B-E0EA-42A7-A406-D6AB2EAD3E97JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) – Companies — large and small — have a tradition of giving out awards to their employees, not the least of which is the ‘Employee of the Month’ Award.

Well, Liberal International, a federation of liberal political parties, is no exception. Yesterday, it handed out is prestigious ‘Employee of the Month’ award to incarcerated Philippine Senator Leila de Lima.

De Lima is a member of the Philippines’ Liberal Party which is a member of this international liberal company.

We commend Liberal International for recognizing the work of its employees and we congratulate the Honorable lady Senator.

 

Social Media, The Media

Philippine Star Publishes Fake News

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0AFEC83F-A47A-45E6-80A0-9A2C39888B47UPDATE: PhilStar has since “corrected” its story and has removed any mention of Adobo Chronicles as the alleged source of the unconfirmed information.

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Pinoy Ako Blog’s Jover Laurio did it. And so did the ‘legitimate news site’ Philippine Star.  Both just published fake news.

But let’s leave Laurio alone.  She’s a blogger.  Let’s focus on PhilStar.

On October 30, PhilStar published an opinion column in its Pilipino edition claiming that U.S. President Donald Trump called Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes a ‘narco.’ No specific source of the information was cited except that an unnamed reporter from an unnamed news source reportedly interviewed Trump aboard Air Force One, the presidential plane.

On October 31, Thinking Pinoy posted a comment on his Twitter account about the reported statement from Trump.  He referenced PhilStar as the source of info.

On the same day — October 31 — The Adobo Chronicles published a ‘story’ about Trump and Trillanes, adding that the senator in turn called the U.S. President a ‘wacko.’

Then on November 1, PhilStar published a news report about Trillanes calling the Trump statement ‘fake news.’

Guess who PhilStar blamed for the alleged ‘fake news?’ — The Adobo Chronicles!

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?  So, who is spreading fake news now?

Government, International, Politics, Race Relations

Opposition Senators Want To Investigate Duterte’s Japanese Citizenship

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9C6D4A4E-B7FF-4F10-BDFF-0388B20C545FMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Three opposition senators — Antonio Trillanes, Risa Hontiveros and Bam Aquino — are calling for a Senate Hearing to investigate the citizenship of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

The trio issued the call after it was reported that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe referred to Duterte as ‘family.’ Abe’s statement was made during Duterte’s second state visit to Japan this week.

”One of the qualifications of a Philippine President is to be a natural-born citizen,” Hontiveros told The Adobo Chronicles, “so if Duterte is a relative of Abe, it is possible that our President was born in Japan.”

Vice President Leni Robredo welcomed the proposed Senate investigation, saying that it could fast-track her desire to become President.