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Sotto Wants 14th-Month Pay For Non-Government Workers; Pacquiao Wants 14-Days Pay for Senators

August 24, 2018 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

B34F5F1F-AD83-4FBD-B010-4B2D022128CE MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Senate President Tito Sotto is hoping that his bill mandating a 14th-month pay for non-Government workers will be passed soon.

Meanwhile, Senator Manny Pacquiao has proposed that the annual salaries of all Senators be cut to an equivalent of 14 days’ pay.

Speaking to The Adobo Chronicles, Pacquiao said that it is only fair that Senators be compensated for the actual amount of work they put in, which is about 14 days total in any given year. “And even those 14 days,” the boxer-turned Senator said, “are spent mostly conducting useless public hearings that do not even aid in legislation.”

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Economy, Food, Government

For First Time Ever, Philippines To Import Tuyo

August 22, 2018 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

E8BB5EBC-01B0-4CF5-8461-92CBFF2BCA2B MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – No less than Facebook Fact Checker Rappler has declared as a hoax reports that Rodrigo Duterte is the first Philippine President to import galunggong (round scad), an inexpensive fish popular among Filipinos. The fact is, the country has been importing galunggong since 2001.

But now, sources close to Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol say that for the first time in Philippine history, the government is importing tuyo — salted dried fish that’s always been identified as a “poor man’s food” because of its abundance and affordable price.

In a statement issued by the Presidential Communications Coordinating Office (PCOO), it was revealed that the non-stop Monsoon rains that have lingered on in the country is to blame.

”Without the sun, food producers can’t dry the fish,” the statement said, “so the Duterte Administration has no choice but to import the commodity from countries that have sunny weather.”

It wasn’t clear how long the tuyo shortage in the Philippines will last; it depends on the Monsoon situation.

As the TV Patrol weathercaster would say, “Ang buhay ay weather-weather lang.” (Life is but dependent on weather.)