WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – He’s called it the ‘China virus,’ downplayed its impact on Americans, and refused to acknowledge or endorse health protocols surrounding this pandemic that has so far killed over 200,000 Americans.
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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – We’re approaching nine months since the Philippine government imposed a community quarantine as part of the national strategy to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Most likely, some form of quarantine will continue to be imposed for many months more, practically putting to waste a full year in the lives of Filipinos.
But fret no more.
Upon recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases, President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an Executive Order authorizing all Filipino citizens to legally deduct one year from their ages in order to compensate for lost time. For example, a 45-year-old Filipino celebrating a birthday this year will remain 45, instead of 46.
The E.O. orders the Philippine Statistics Office (PSO) to tweak its computerized program so that Filipinos’ birth dates will be advanced one year.
Filipinos welcomed this move by the IATF and the President.
Make sure that your birthday cakes will have one less candle this year!
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) –President Rodrigo Duterte and actress Angel Locsin have topped the list of “most admired” men and women in the Philippines in 2020.
This is the second year that both ranked first together in YouGov’s “World’s Most Admired” list among the women.
The survey didn’t sit well with Vice President Leni Robredo who ranked a distant No. 15.
OVP Spokesperson Barry Gutierrez told The Adobo Chronicles that the Vice President cannot accept that she ranked that low in the survey despite all her efforts to be in the limelight, issuing statements left and right about the Duterte government’s programs.
“The survey is fake,” Robredo said, “and is an attempt to discredit all the good things I have been doing and saying especially in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic that the country is facing.”
Gutierrez added that Robredo is worried that the Opposition which she heads might end up fielding Locsin as its Presidential candidate come 2022.
”I can’t allow a fading ABS-CBN star to outrun me, no matter if she’s Darna,” the VP said.
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