QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – A total of 1,800 examinees passed the 2018 Bar exams as announced on Friday by the Philippine Supreme Court. That’s a mere 22% of the 8,155 takers.
Today, Leni Robredo who flunked the Bar exam on her first try, had a very personal message to all who didn’t make the passers list:
”You could be Vice President some day.”
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – For many years, dozens of containers of trash and toxic waste shipped from Canada have been sitting idle in the Port of Manila. The shipment was supposed to contain recyclable plastic.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has had it, so he threatened to declare war on Canada if the trash aren’t shipped back ASAP.
Well…
Canada has made an offer to the Philippines to repatriate six dozen shipping containers full of rotting garbage that were erroneously shipped there six years ago, the federal environment minister said recently.
If the offer is accepted, the trash would return to Canada through the port of Vancouver before disposal.
The previous Aquino administration used channels at the United Nations to resolve its international conflict with China. Didn’t work.
Duterte used bluff diplomacy to put an end to a long-standing issue with Canada, and it worked!
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Following the lead of Montreal, Canada, the Philippine Senate is now conisdering a bill that would strike down the tax exemption for churches. Not all churches, but the two largest denominations — the Roman Catholic Church and the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ).
(Montreal has begun to tax churches, especially those that use their facilities for non-worship purposes.)
The Senate bill is authored by Senator Kiko Pangilinanan, chair of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws. It has the full support of 100% of the Senators.
In justifying the proposed law (which would require a Constitutional Amendment). Pangilinan said that since the Catholic Church and INC have been using their religious platforms to meddle in politics, their tax exemption is no longer warranted.
”Catholic churches have used the pulpit to influence people on who to vote for in this coming and past elections while allowing church builidngs to serve as venues for political campaigns and partisan propaganda,” Pangilinan said. He also alluded to the Catholic Church’s huge investments in the stock market.
As for INC, Pangilinan said that it has always been known to vote as a block, dictating their followers to vote for chosen candidates.
As expected, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines and INC head Eduardo V. Manalo have expressed stiff opposition to the proposed law, citing the Constitutional guarantee of Separation of Church and State.
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