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Travel

Senator Robin Padilla Pursues His Cable Car Proposal For Metro Manila

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Don’t let Senator Robin Padilla’s moustache-combing video at a Senate hearing fool you. He’s hard at work trying to propose innovative projects that will benefit the country, among them the establishment of cable cars in Metro Manila.

Padilla had proposed the project earlier last year but he waited until his return from the Alps in Switzerland to solidify his proposal.

He is now in consultation with transportation experts to come up with a blueprint of what he is calling the MMCA, or Metro Manila Cable Authority that will undertake and manage cable car projects throughout the Metropolis, similar to what he saw in Switzerland.

Padilla is confident that cable cars are the ultimate solution to Metro Manila’s traffic nightmares and would make travel between and among cities in NCAR a breeze.

Imagine traveling from Valenzuela to the Port of Manila in under 10 minutes!

Media

Inquirer Purveyor Of Fake News?

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chroniclers, Manila Bureau) – Rappler and Vera Files should focus their “fact-checking” on their fellow Pinklawan — one of the major newspaper dailies in the Philippines. It is unfortunate that fake news spread by Inquirer.net escapes the watchful eye of these self-appointed censors.

Case in point: Inquirer.net recently posted a selfie photo of ex-Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo with Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska. In its caption, Inquire said one of them “delivered a very moving speech.” Inquirer didn’t specify who between the two ladies delivered the (moving) speech.

Was it intentional for the Inquirer to be vague about its caption in the hope that it will boost the image of their favorite — and defeated — presidential candidate, Robredo?

Or were the Inquirer editors non-caring and too lazy to check the work of their trainee-reporter?

Either way, it’s fake news. Or even worse. And if Rappler and Vera Files won’t call out Inquirer, The Adobo Chronicles will, as we do now!