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Media, Politics

Rowena Guanzon: Fake Congresswoman-to-be?

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Ex-Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon has been touting herself as an incoming congresswoman by virtue of the PWD partylist she had been campaigning for.

Guanzon gained notoriety during the recent campaign through her appearances at rallies of the Robredo- Pangilinan presidential and vice-presidential tandem and her TikTokish antics on social media.

Now, Rappler, the least-trusted news brand in the Philippines whose CEO Maria Ressa is a convicted criminal, is reporting that Guanzon is not among the nominees of the said partylist, noting that when the deadline for nominee substitution happened Guanzon was still a Comelec Commissioner.

Will Vera Files please fact-check either Guanzon or Rappler’s story to settle once and for all whether the former is a fake Congresswoman-to-be or if the latter is fake news?

Media

Netizens Tag SMNI News!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – ABS-CBN is known as Kapamilya; GMA News is Kapuso; TV 5 is Kaibigan.

The Adobo Chronicles wanted to choose an appropriate tag for the SMNI News Channel which we predict to be the No. 1 TV station during the next 6 years of the Marcos-Duterte Administration where truth matters. So we asked our readers and followers to suggest a tag for the Pastor Quiboloy network.

We received many great suggestions, all worthy of the SMNI tag. Among them, we chose what we think was the most appropriate of all: KADIWA.

Why did we choose Kadiwa?

It represents the true spirit under which Filipinos unite.

During the campaign, President-elect Bongbong Marcos kept on proclaiming a line from the song ”Ako Ay Pilipino.” ”Taas noo kahit kanino.”

But part of the song’s lyrics also talks about ”isang bansa, isang diwa” which we think reflects the one nation, one spirit mantra of the UniTeam.

It also happens that ”Kadiwa” is the name of one of the people-centered projects of Bongbong’s father — the rolling stores that brought affordable food supply direct to Filipino consumers.

Lastly, ”Kadiwa” has a nice ring to it. And did we already say nationalistic?

But of course, the final decision to adopt this tag remains with Pastor Quiboloy and the SMNI team.

Nagbabakasakali lang po.

Politics

Rowena Guanzon Recants Ad Hominems Against Bongbong Marcos!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – She called President-elect Bongbong Marcos ”magnanakaw, bobo, (thief, stupid), tax evader and addict” during the campaign but apparently, ex-Comelec Commissioner and possible incoming member of Congress by virtue of her Partylist Rowena Guanzon is recanting all that.

In a chance meeting with incoming Ilocos Norte Representative Sandro Marcos, Rowena told the son of Bongbong that she was taking back everything negative she said about his father.

The impromptu meeting happened during a recent gathering among incoming and comebacking lawmakers in the 19th Congress.

“I was wrong and was merely trying to get the attention of voters and the media. It was a desperate attempt to make myself still relevant despite my retirement from Comelec,” Guanzon told the young Marcos. ”I am so very very sorry,” she added.

This only proves that Sandro’s charm cuts across generations — from millennials to senior citizens.