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The News Media Got It All Wrong About Baguio City’s Anti-Profanity Ordinance

E7021EED-72DA-40FB-B7C3-C31705728F64.jpegBAGUIO CITY, Philippies (The Adobo Chronicles, Baguio Bureau) – All that hype about the Baguio City Government passing a new law that prohibits students and those who frequent businesses like computer shops and arcades from uttering profanities boils down to this: the news media got it all wrong.

A careful reading of Ordinance 118, Series of 2018 makes it clear that it is the schools and businesses that are prohibited from cussing — not the students or or customers.

Here is the exact wording of the Ordinance (highlights provided by us):

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So as far as individual students and business customers are concerned, the new Ordinance is moot and academic.  Nothing in the law prohibits them from uttering profanities.  The law must be followed to the letter, so it will be the schools and business establishments that will penalized if they cuss or curse.

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Baguio City To Ban The Barrel Man Woodcarving

B5E8DC2A-B441-4DC8-A884-CCE47A4EC4C9.jpegBAGUIO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Baguio Bureau) – Now that Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan has signed into law an ordinance penalizing profanity in the Summer Capital of the Philippines, Councilor Lilia Fariñas, who authored the ordinance, is setting her sights on Barrel Man.

Visitors to Baguio have, for many decades, been amused by that famous woodcarved souvenir, the Barrel Man (see photo).  But alas, he may soon go totally extinct.

Fariñas told The Adobo Chronicles that banning profanity was just the first step in restoring decency to the city. “Now it’s time to go after graphic and X-Rated Baguio souvenirs,” she said.

Because The Adobo Chronicles is a family-oriented site, we can’t show you what’s underneath that barrel woodcarving.  But our readers can always use Google to do their own research.