MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – There’s no stopping Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte from pursuing his ‘Build, Build, Build’ program. His next project: convert the U.S. Embassy along Roxas Boulevard in Manila into a Mega Mall.
Duterte unveiled his plan after receiving reports that the Trump administration is planning to close all the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field offices worldwide.
In a statement issued by Malacañang, the President said that closing the U.S. Immigration office in Manila makes the U.S. Embassy useless. One of the Embassy’s most popular service is the processing of tourist and immigrant visas, as well as immigrant petitions filed by U.S. Filipinos on behalf of relatives still living in the Philippines.
Duterte said he’d like to convert the sprawling U.S. Embassy compound into a Mall Of Asia II, saying that it will employ thousands of Filipinos and attract a lot of tourists from China and Russia. “It’s a win-win situation,” the popular President said.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Now that the Court of Appeals has all but denied Rappler’s petition to reconsider the Securities and Exchange Commission’s earlier ruling revoking its media license for violation of the Constitution, CEO Maria Ressa now wants to buy the rights to The Adobo Chronicles.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – GABRIELA, the erstwhile Philippine women’s advocacy group can’t take it any longer and finally broke its silence over the hit game show on ABS-CBN, “Minute To Win It, Last Man Standing.”
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