QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – Many netizens and those in the news media keep going around the circle, complaining and reporting on prices and supply shortage of agricultural products — from rice to garlic to onions. It’s the best they can do to discredit the government and the administration of President Bongbong Marcos.

Now, the focus is on sili (chili pepper), a necessary ingredient in many Filipino dishes.

But the Department of Agriculture, headed by the president himself, is assuring the public that there is no shortage of sili. “But we do realize that there is an oversupply of silly (people) out to complain about anything and everything, a D.A. spokesperson told The Adobo Chronicles.