MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Opposition Senators announced today that they will be filing a joint bill that would ban the celebration of Chinese New Year in the Philippines.
The Senators — Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros, Antonio Trillanes and Kiko Pangilinan — said that their proposal is in protest of President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent signed agreements with Chinese President Xi Jinping which they claim all but “sell” the Philippines to China.
Chinese New Year has traditionally been a special non-working holiday in the country. The Senators want to scrap the holiday.
However, one Opposition Senator, Franklin Drilon, asked his colleagues to defer the bill until 2020, since the year 2019 in the Chinese Lunar Calendar is the Year of the Pig.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Last week, The Adobo Chronicles reported that the long-running teleserye ‘FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano’ is finally coming to an end this December.
Well, ABS-CBN is not dragging its feet in finding a replacement for the series that stars Coco Martin. In fact, it has found its next ‘super’ teleserye.
Produced by Kris Aquino, the new TV show is based on real-life events — the legal battles involving the Queen of All Media, her former business partner Nicko Falcis and his lawyer brother Jesus.
Aquino recently filed criminal charges against Nicko for alleged theft and cyber libel charges against Jesus.
The new teleserye is titlted ‘Kris Aquino’s Ang Hukuman.’ It premieres in mid-December on ABS-CBN.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – As reported by radyo.inquirer.net and retweeted by retired entertainer Jim Paredes, the Chinese currency, rinminbi, can now be used for transactions in the Philippines.
It was reported that this was among the many agreements signed by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the latter’s state visit to the country.
Today, Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) issued preliminary guidelines on the use of Chinese currency in transactions within the country.
Initially, rinminbi can be used by local Filipinos to purchase the following items:
Siopao
Siomai
Hopia
Kikiam
Tikoy
Taho
The Central Bank said that more items will be added in the coming months.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Opposition Senators announced today that they will be filing a joint bill that would ban the celebration of Chinese New Year in the Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Last week, The Adobo Chronicles 
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – As reported by radyo.inquirer.net and retweeted by retired entertainer Jim Paredes, the Chinese currency, rinminbi, can now be used for transactions in the Philippines.
The Adobo Chronicles 
You must be logged in to post a comment.