MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Among the many myths and xenophobic comments about Filipinos is that they are dog-eaters, but the Agence France Presse (AFP), the international news agency, thinks worse: that Filipinos are dogs.
Case in point: in a photo caption describing the possible negative effects of El Niño, AFP described as a “Filipino farmer” a dog walking through a drought-ridden field in the Philippines.
What’s worse, The Manila Times, one of the oldest and most respected newspapers in the Philippines, and possibly all of Asia, carried the photo and caption, as if in agreement with AFP!
Let’s give both the AFP and Manila Times a Pulot-sir Award!
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – The Philippines’ leading women’s advocacy group, GABRIELA, is living up to its meme of “1 BILLION RISING.”
The group’s members are everywhere, here and around the world.
In fact, it had ONE clueless member who waved the GABRIELA flag during a small, pathetic protest held during President Bongbong Marcos’ visit to The White House.
The GABRIELA USA member joined activists, mostly non-Filipinos, in chanting “No to Martial Law,” “Tuta” and “Pasista,” clueless of the fact that PBBM is supposed to be a “weak President.”
Anyway, back to GABRIELA. The White House Protest should encourage the organization to revise its meme to “1 PERSON RISING.”
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