VP Leni Robredo Marked Herself Safe In Zamboanga Bridge Collapse

431C073A-51E4-4F28-B744-C7D8B4D07CB4QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It looked like her but it wasn’t her.

Filipinos woke up this morning to the news and video of the collapse of a bridge in Zamboanga City, causing injury to government officials who fell into the sea.

“OMG, it’s Leni,” many Filipinos were heard screaming as they watched the wooden bridge to a housing project collapse in front of their eyes.

But a fact-check made by The Adobo Chronicles has confirmed that Robredo is safe and sound.  The lady in a pink cap wasn’t the Vice President, but the mayor of Zamboanga City.

Robredo’s spokesperson Georgina Hernandez told reporters that it could not have been the Vice President.  “If it were her,  she would have been wearing a yellow, not pink baseball cap,” Hernandez said.

22EBF6A6-D4FF-4532-AD36-F398707BE666Soon after the incident, Robredo logged on to her Facebook account and marked herself ‘safe.’

What are we going to do without Facebook’s safety check?

Tito Sotto Asks Citizens To Refuse Senate Presidency For Him

SottoMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – When asked about the prospect of becoming the next Senate President, Senator Tito Sotto said: “Who am I to refuse?”

With that, he is now asking the Filipinos to do the refusing for him.

Hence, this Adobo Chronicles poll.

Please refuse.  We mean please vote.

Facebook Partners With Leni Robredo To Fact-Check Fake News

146A1429-834A-47C5-B4B3-D21EB535149BMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Apparently, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not happy with his two fact-checking partners, Rappler and Vera Files so he announced a third partner in the Philippines — none other than Vice President Leni Robredo.

Since the Facebook partnership began, Rappler and Vera Files have focused their fact-checking on satire sites, including The Adobo Chronicles.

Zuckerberg wanted someone who will focus on fake real news, or should we say real fake news.  Facebook believes Robredo and the Office of the Vice President are best qualified to be fact-checkers of fake news.

The ink hasn’t even dried on the Facebook-OVP partnership agreement, but already, Leni Robredo went straight to work, fact-checking journalist and Manila Times columnist Rigoberto Tiglao.

Robredo tagged Tiglao as a purveyor of fake news.