Monthly Archives: May 2019

Law Enforcement, Politics, Social Media

Decoding Gary Alejano’s ‘Code Blue’

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It was a  cryptic message, interpreted by many as a Magdalo-type threat to overthrow the government by staging yet another coup attempt.

It started with this Twitter message from defeated Opposition Senatorial candidate Gary Alejano:

In a hospital setting, Code Blue is called  when a patient isn’t pumping the oxygenated blood he or she needs to survive. It is likely due to cardiac or respiratory arrest. 

We asked code experts to try to make sense of Alejano’s tweet and this is their analysis:

”Remember during the campaign when Alejano and several other Otso Diretso Senatorial candidates staged a mock jet ski trip to Scarborough Shoal?  Blue is the color of ocean.”

”So when Alejano mentioned about waiting for Code Blue, he meant waiting for clearance from Opposition leaders like VP Leni Robredo and LP President Kiko Pangilinan to cross the blue ocean to  go into self-exile in the South Chin Sea.”

Good riddance we think!

Business, International, Media, Social Media

Adobo Chronicles Opens New Philippine Office, Next To Rappler’s

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AC office, Unit A, left; Rappler’s office, Unit B, right

PASIG CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – California-based The Adobo Chronicles (AC) has finally opened its Philippine office in Pasig City, next to archrival Rappler.

Pasig City Mayor-elect Vico Sotto and his mother, entertainment personality Connie Reyes, cut the ceremonial ribbon to formally inaugurate AC’s new local  headquarters located at Unit  A (for Adobo), 3/F, North Wing Estancia Offices, Capitol Commons, Ortigas Center, Pasig City (Rappler occupies Unit B in the same Building floor).

AC CEO and Executive Editor Rene Astudillo said that it is quite appropriate that the news satire site office is right next to Rappler, the top online purveyor of fake news.

Astudillo and Maria Ressa have long been at odds because the Rappler CEO doesn’t seem to get satire.  Conversely, Ressa has accused AC of not getting satire.

Rappler has fact-checked AC many times while Ressa and Rappler have been AC’s favorite topic in its breaking stories.

AC has also announced that it will soon establish an Indonesian Bureau to provide balance and competition to Rappler’s dispatches from Jakarta. It comes right on the heels of unrest in Indonesia following the country’s presidential elections.

 

 

Food, Politics

Biko Prices In Pasig City Increase Two-fold

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PASIG CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – First, it was allegedly banned from being sold or eaten in Pasig, but now, while it is abundant in the city’s public market, sidewalk stalls and even at mall food courts, biko, that popular Filipino delicacy is now commanding excessive prices.

The rice cake became the center of controversy in the days leading up to the May 13 elections since it was allegedly banned because it reminded voters of its namesake, Vico Sotto, candidate for mayor.

But now that elections are over and Sotto has been proclaimed the new mayor, biko prices have doubled.

What used to be a 12-inch bilao (round wicker tray) now sells for P300 compared to P150 prior to the elections. The prices of the 14-inch and 16-inch trays have also doubled.

The vendors we talked to said that the demand for this food item has increased significantly since Vico won in the elections and that consumers now consider it a great honor to have or consume biko in their households.

We guess we now know what Sotto’s first agenda will be on his first day as mayor.