Monthly Archives: July 2023

Business, Tourism

Philippine Exporters To Stick To Old Tourism Slogan!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Filipino exporters of locally-made products had so much fun with the old slogan of the Department of Tourism that they adopted it in their promos and packaging. It’s More Fun in the Philippines!

Given the controversy surrounding the new slogan of “Love The Philippines,” the National Association of Filipino Exporters issued a unified statement saying that their members will ignore the new logo and stick to the old.

The Adobo Chronicles spoke with top officers of Goldilocks who said that they will not change any of their packaging bearing the old tourism logo.

“We will not spend a single centavo to transition to the new slogan that’s not catchy nor makes sense,” they said.

“Besides, the old slogan blends perfectly with our packaging. We will not settle for anything without class,” they added.

National News

Adobo Chronicles Fact-checks Senator Raffy Tulfo

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippine Star is reporting that Senator Raffy Tulfo has slammed the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s “anti-poor” plan to impose taxes on junk food next year.

In a statement, Tulfo said that poor families would even eat chips as viands to feed their hungry stomachs.

But an AC investigation found out that a 180g pack of potato chips costs about P278 at Lazada, and that’s even on sale!

The Daily Price Monitoring report by the Department of Agriculture further shows that for that amount of money, or less, “poor Filipinos” can buy a whole chicken, a kilo of pork, or fish.

So where does Tulfo get his information? Perhaps from unpaid interns who don’t even know how to do simple things as Google check?

OUR VERDICT: Senator Tulfo’s statement has no basis in fact and is trying to play on emotions.

International, Tourism

PH Department Of Tourism Will Use New Video Clip Filmed Entirely In The Philippines!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippines’ Department of Tourism may have found the perfect comeback from its embarrassing tourism video clip taken by its contractor ad agency DBB from stock images that are not of the Philippines.

Tourism Secretary Christine Garcia Frasco proudly unveiled the new video clip to be used in the “Love The Philippines” branding. And this time, the video clip was filmed entirely in the Philippines.

With this new clip, DOT said it is hitting two birds with one bullet.

“It is not only a tourism video, but also an environmental video,” Frasco told The Adobo Chronicles.

When you fall, rise up! It’s not the end of the world!

(The Adobo Chronicles’ senior geopolitical correspondent contributed to this report.)