Monthly Archives: July 2023

Arts, Education

Maria Ressa Is Guest Principal Dancer With Columbia Ballet!

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NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, New York Bureau) – Unknown to many, Rappler CEO and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa has academic certificates in theater and dance. It is therefore no surprise that she has been designated guest principal dancer by Columbia University Ballet. Ressa will play the lead role in “Swan Lake.”

Columbia seems to have this fetish for Ressa. Just recently, the university announced that the convicted cyber libeler will join its faculty in July next year, while being a Distinguished Fellow this coming fall.

Congratulations are in order for Ressa!

Social Media

Rappler To Charge P6.99 Per Month For Its Yellow Verified Check Mark!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It’s all about the money, money, money! Or ego maybe?

Twitter was first to announce it was charging $8 a month for account holders to get verified through a blue check mark.

Not to be outdone, Meta/Facebook is now offering the same check mark for $14.99 a month.

But will Rappler just sit back and be left behind? No, not if you ask its convicted CEO Maria Ressa.

Today, Rappler announced that Filipino Twitter, Facebook and Instagram account holders can now display the yellow Rappler checkmark on their profiles for a bargain price of P6.99. That’s Philippine pesos!

Rappler has been losing revenue and following because year after year, it has been named the least-trusted news brand in the Philippines by no less than the prestigious Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Harvard University.

Ressa is hoping that this new offering would generate the needed revenue not only to keep Rappler alive, but also to help pay for the legal expenses in connection with her conviction for cyber libel, now on appeal before the Supreme Court.

So what are you waiting for? Show your pride and support for Rappler! Subscribe now for your yellow check mark!

Beauty, Religion

Catholic Bishops Slam New Miss Grand Philippines For Mimicking The Black Nazarene’s Hair

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – First, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCB) slammed the use of the image of Jesus Christ as costume in a performance by a drag queen. The bishops are calling it blasphemous.

Now, CBCP is after the new Miss Grand Philippines 2023 Nikki De Moura, saying it was offensive to Catholics for the beauty queen to mimic the curly hair of the revered Black Nazarene.

“She could easily have worn a hairstyle as straight and natural as Mocha Uson’s,” one Manila-based bishop said.