MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Independent Bishops Conference of the Philippines (not to be confused with the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines) has just released the list of 12 Senatorial candidates it is endorsing for the coming May 13 elections.
However, Filipinos can’t help but notice that the bishops’ list shows one candidate whose name was stricken out and replaced with Senator Francis Tolentino.
Immediately, netizens speculated on which candidate the bishops chose, then subsequently dropped. Many believe it was Senator Grace Poe.
Poe, along with Cynthia Villar, consistently topped the list in previous surveys conducted by SWS, Pulse Asia and other polling groups.
If indeed the cancelled name was that of Poe, she has no reason to say “salamat Poe” to the independent bishops.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – After all, Leni Robredo has some delicadeza left in her. She is promising to vacate her position as Vice President if none of the Otso Diretso Senatorial candidates makes it to the top 12 in Monday’s Philippine midterm elections.
While this may be wishful thinking on the part of many Filipinos, they are hoping that Robredo will be woman enough to take full responsibility for a possible zero win for the eight Opposition candidates. She has taken on the responsibility of “leading the Opposition,” but a zero win for the Otso would mean a failure of that leadership.
Already, Otso has scored zero in as far as the endorsement by the block-voting Iglesia Ni Cristo is concerned. None in the Opposition slate made it to the INC endorsement. Is this a foreboding of what will happen on May 13?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – Donald Trump and Rodrigo Duterte were both elected in 2016, but the U.S. President will only serve a four-year term compared to the Philippine President’s six.
Now, Trump wants to change his current term to six years, following that of Duterte’s.
It all began when Trump supporter and head of Liberty University (an Evangelical Christian University) Jerry Falwell, Jr. said that two years need to be added to the President’s current term as payback for “time stolen by this corrupt failed coup.” (Referring to the Mueller investigation).
The American President not only agreed with Falwell. He also argued that “if a former U.S. colony like the Philippines can have a six-year term President, why can’t we?”
He then urged his minions in the Republican Party to start the process of amending the U.S. Constitution.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Independent Bishops Conference of the Philippines (not to be confused with the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines) has just released the list of 12 Senatorial candidates it is endorsing for the coming May 13 elections.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – After all, Leni Robredo has some delicadeza left in her. She is promising to vacate her position as Vice President if none of the Otso Diretso Senatorial candidates makes it to the top 12 in Monday’s Philippine midterm elections.
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