Monthly Archives: May 2019

Politics

May 13 Aftermath: Election Protests Galore?

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Pasig City Mayor-elect Vico Sotto faces an electoral protest if his predecessor Bobby Eusebio moves forward with his plan to file  a case against him for alleged election fraud.

It is not uncommon for losers in an election to lodge complaints against those who beat them. But what is it with winners protesting against their fellow winners?

The Adobo Chronicles has learned from unreliable sources that winners in the May 13 Senatorial elections are planning to file complaints against fellow winners, as follows:

  • Senator Grace Poe will protest the fact that she was only No. 2, next to top vote-getter Senator Cynthia Villar. Poe was No. 1 when she first ran for Senator.
  • Senator Nancy Binay can’t believe she was No. 12, and was almost left out of the magic circle by J.V. Ejercito. She says she expected a much better showing considering the popularity of the Binay name, especially with her siblings’ (Abby and Junjun) rivalry and public bickering in the Makati City mayoral race.
  • Bong Revilla plans to file charges against fellow candidates for berating him for his Budots campaign dance and viral videos.
  • Finally, Lito Lapid still can’t figure out why he did better than most  of his fellow winning candidates. He plans to complain to Comelec that his fellow candidates didn’t spend as much as he did for their political campaign. He says that wasn’t fair.

In a related development, Ifugao Congressman Ted Baguilat will file a complaint against Vice President Leni Robredo for not doing enough to help him in his gubernatorial campaign. The losing Baguilat is known to be close to the VP.

 

 

 

 

Social Media

Imee Marcos Challenges Fellow Senator-elect Pia Cayetano To A Spelling Bee

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Taguig Rep. Pia Cayetano believes that questions about the controversial educational background of fellow Senate bet Imee Marcos should be resolved.

“I’ve been a champion of education and I feel that should be dealt with as sincerely as possible because we are talking to the youth about the importance of education and we do have issues pa rin nung nabibili sa Recto,” Cayetano said when asked about the issue during her interview on ANC’s Headstart.

Marcos had been criticized during the campaign season for supposedly lying about her education credentials.

In response, Marcos challenged  Cayetano to a live, televised one-on-one Spelling Bee to be held at the Philippine Arena to be attended by Filipino youth in K-12.

No response yet from the Cayetano camp.

 

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Oxford Dictionary Names Filipino Slang “Woke” Its 2019 Word Of The Year!

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LONDON, United Kingdom (The Adobo Chronicles, Paris Bureau) – For the first time in its 140-year history, Oxford Dictionary  has named a Filipino slang as its “2019 Word of the Year.”

The word, “Woke,” has been used by Filipino netizens to describe members of the political Opposition and their followers in the context of being irrelevant, clueless, even idiots. The word has been especially popular during the political campaign period leading up to the May 13 Philippine midterm elections where all in the Opposition Senatorial slate, known as Otso Diretso, failed  to make it to the winning circle, or Magic 12.  Additional definitions of the word refer to those who “attended the wake” of the Opposition candidates (read: the demise of the Opposition.) 6B3CA481-A649-412B-B125-5398093E031E

Originally, “woke” bore the nuance of ‘alert to racial or social discrimination and injustice’, popularized through the lyrics of the 2008 song ‘Master Teacher’ by Erykah Badu, in which the words ‘I stay woke’ serve as a refrain, and more recently through its association with the Black Lives Matter movement, especially on social media.”

In honoring the Filipino version of the word, a spokesperson for Oxford said that they found the new, Filipino interpretation of “woke” more intriguing, interesting and touché, especially in the light of the growing political activism on social media.

Even respected  journalists like Rigoberto Tiglao of The Manila Times and top bloggers like R.J. Nieto, a.k.a. Thinking Pinoy, have adopted the word for their day-to-day vocabulary.

Well, okay. Even The Adobo Chronicles.