Monthly Archives: May 2022

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U.P. Diliman Campus To Be Converted To The World’s Biggest Mall!

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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – Move over, Mall of America. Here comes the Great Mall of the Philippines, bigger, better, more modern and more environment- friendly!

Hours after the U.P. Office of Student Regent urged Iskolar ng Bayan (government-paid scholars) to walk out of their classes because of the impending landslide presidential victory of Bongbong Marcos, the president-elect’s transition team immediately submitted a unique proposal: to convert the U.P. Diliman campus into the biggest mall in the world. It will be called The Great Mall of the Philippines.

The transition team made the recommendation, saying that empty classrooms and buildings at the country’s national university would be an unnecessary waste of space, resources and funds.

”Converting the entire campus into a mall would generate billions of pesos to help boost the Philippine economy, not to mention the huge government savings from the withdrawal of funds for free tuition afforded to U.P. students.

The transition team has sent out requests for proposals for the design to convert the sprawling campus to a one-of-a-kind shopping complex with lots of parking, lots of trees, and lots of customer patriotic spirit.

What a win-win project that the BBM administration is off to a great start with!

(Darwin Cañete contributed to this report.)

Fact Check

FACT CHECK: Rappler’s Tweet On Leni Robredo Scholar FAKE NEWS!

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RAPPLER’S TWEET:

In a tweet dated May 6, Rappler shared photos of 30-year-old Antonio Esquelador with the Mayon volcano as backdrop and described him as “a scholar of Vice President Leni Robredo for the last five years.” Esquelador is a man born without legs.

Rappler said Esquelador Jr. of Barangay Puro, Legazpi City, was making his way through 5 kilometers to join the May 6 Albay grand send-off for Robredo.

CHALLENGED:

As reported by the Philippine News Agency, Commission on Higher Education chairperson J. Pros Pero “Popoy” de Vera questioned Rappler’s tweet.

De Vera pointed out that Esquelador was actually a Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) beneficiary under Republic Act 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education (UAQTE) law.

RA 10931, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in 2017, helps qualified disadvantaged students and those residing and studying in cities and municipalities without public universities to support their studies.

In view of the foregoing , The Adobo Chronicles tags the Rappler tweet as:

Politics

Leni Robredo’s Landslide Win In A Mock Election!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Move over, SWS, Pulse Asia, Publicus Asia, Octa Research. Your surveys now have to take the back seat!

Enter, mock elections at a garment factory showing Vice President Leni Robredo leading at 77% of the votes, indicating a clear, landslide win over her closest rival former Senator Bongbong Marcos.

This is the first time ever that Robredo has overtaken Marcos in polls and surveys since the start of the 2022 elections campaign period.

Champagne flowed at the Office of the Vice President’s residence and office at the Boracay Mansion in Quezon City.

The Adobo Chronicles reached out to the UniTeam campaign for comment.

Spokesperson Atty. Vic Rodriguez said their camp is not worried, adding that ”mock elections beget mock results.”

Reacting to Atty. Rodriguez’ s comment, actress and TV host Kim Chiu said, ”Why is it that the spokesperson is always the one making public comments, instead of candidate Bongbong Marcos himself ?”