MMDA To Implement New Scheme To Permanently Solve EDSA Traffic

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Yellow lanes. Coding. Provincial bus ban. Nothing seems to work to bring about a smooth flow of traffic along EDSA, Metro Manila’s busiest and longest thoroughfare.

Finally, the technocrats at the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) have come up with a new scheme which they are very confident will permanently solve EDSA’s traffic nightmare.

Patterned after the HOV (High Occupancy Vehicles) and carpool lane policies in place in the U.S. and other developed countries, the new MMDA scheme will throw out all traffic regulations in place and    enforce a new, foolproof lane designation scheme from end to end on EDSA.

There will only be three designated lanes, one each for singles, those in a relationship, and those whose relationship status is complicated.

MMDA says the idea was inspired by Facebook.

PWDs Storm Senator Cynthia Villar’s Office Over Transgender Issue

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Be careful what comes out of you mouth because it may come back to haunt you. This was the lesson learned by Senator Cynthia Villar after Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) stormed her office over the ongoing transgender issue.

Villar recently suggested that while the SOGIE (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression) Bill is still being considered by legislators, transgender women should be allowed to use public restrooms designated for PWDs, saying these facilities are not always in use.

The Senate is now deliberating on SOGIE following that Quezon City shopping mall incident where Filipina Transgender Gretchen Custodio Diez was denied use of the women’s restroom.

The PWDs berated Villar for compromising their own rights just so she could gain some points with the LGBT community.

”It seems that the Senator’s idea of equality is to cut a slice of the pie of one disadvantaged sector to give to another equally-disasvantaged sector,” the protesters said.

Asked for comment, Villar said, “Sowee na po. Tao lang po.” (Sorry. I’m just human)

In Photos: Leni Robredo Says She’s Ready To Be President, World Leaders React

MANILA, Philipines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Leni Robredo says she is ready to be President come 2022, pointing out that she would not have agreed to run for Vice President if she felt she wasn’t capable of holding the highest position in the land, in case something happened to the President.

Upon hearing this latest public statement from Robredo, world leaders —from Barack Obama and Angela Merkel to Pope Francis and Hillary Clinton — reacted with gusto, and The Adobo Chronicles captured it all in photos: