Adobo Chronicles Exclusive: Once A Prince, Always A Prince

May 7, 2023 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

LONDON, United Kingdom (The Adobo Chronicles, London Bureau) – “Once a Prince, Always A Prince.” This seems to be unshakable belief of a movie theater in London.

While other establishments have changed names, say from “Her Majesty,” to “His Majesty, and the national anthem has been updated to “God Save the King,” the Prince Charles Cinema, located on 7 Leicester Pl in London, is standing its ground.

It has announced, in no uncertain terms on its marquee, that it is not changing its name to “King Charles Cinema.”

To which the fast food chain BurgerKing reacted with a public statement: “There’s nothing to change. We have always been King, never a Prince.”

In hindsight, as Filipinos would say, “advanced mag-isip.” (thinking in advance).

International

King Charles: Don’t Rain On My Parade!

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LONDON, United Kingdom (The Adobo Chronicles, London Bureau) – Can you hear Barbra Streisand singing “Don’t Rain on my Parade” in the background?

That’s exactly what happens when you watch this video of a military horse refusing to join in the parade to honor King Charles on coronation day. What an ungrateful subject of the Monarch!

It may have literally rained on inauguration day, but this defiant horse received top billing among parade spectators and the news media.

An ungrateful subject (from Brian Neyra’s FB page)

Tourism

Philippines’ Tourism Secretary’s Noble Mission To Hawaii!

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HONOLULU, Hawaii (The Adobo Chronicles, Honolulu Bureau) – The Philippines’ Secretary of Tourism, Christina Garcia-Frasco, is headed to Hawaii for an impossible mission: to ask the Aloha State to share its tourists with her country!

This, after Hawaii’s legislators allocated no funds for the state’s 25-year-old tourism office in the 2023-2024 budget bill. Earlier, lawmakers considered a couple of bills that would disband the Hawaii Tourism Authority and replace it with an agency that will focus less on marketing Hawaii to tourists and more on managing the state’s destinations and resources.

Garcia-Frasco told The Adobo Chronicles that the Philippines is a worthy and comparable tourist destination as Hawaii because of the country’s scenic and breath-taking natural sites including white beaches, underground rivers, waterfalls, awesome mountain views and English-speaking locals.

The tourism secretary will propose to give the State of Hawaii 10% of the Philippines’ revenue from tourism.