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Government, International, Politics, Religion

Pope Francis Issues ‘Cease and Desist’ Order Against Filipino Activist Nun

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3CB4A1B6-00FC-4A60-A119-D208C0A58951THE VATICAN (The Adobo Chronicles, Rome Bureau) – Religious priests and nuns have a vow to look after the spiritual well-being of people, not their politics.

Pope Francis issued this reminder to the Catholic clergy as he issued a ‘Cease and Desist’ order against Filipino activist nun, Sister Mary John Mananzan.

Mananzan, former head of St. Scholarstica’s College in Manila, has been in political news lately, criticizing the Duterte administration for what she calls an attack on the opposition.

The nun is also reportedly behind political protests and rallies staged by students of St. Scholastica.

”Give unto Caesar what’s due to him and to God what’s due to God,” Francis told Mananzan. “Leave politics to the politicians, and focus on religious vow and mission.”

 

Education, Entertainment, Media, Social Media, Technology

BBC’s Video Game On Fake News Backfires

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4F77E4F5-EE9B-44B7-82DE-8E3AA26C5B91LONDON, United Kingdom (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) – The tech gurus at BBC have deveoped an interactive video game for young people to help them detect fake news on mainstream and social media.

But alas, the game backfired on BBC.

In the final segment of the video game, players were asked to check from a list of news sources which ones they think are purveyors of fake news.

Among those checked by game players were: New York Times, Enquirer, CNN.

And… BBC News.

Is this a case of young people biting the hands of those who feed them?

Government, International, Law Enforcement, Politics

International Criminal Court In Panic Mode After Duterte’s PMA Speech

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has gone into panic mode after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he will convince states to withdraw from the international body.

Earlier, Duterte announced the Philippines was withdrawing from the ICC.

“I will convince everybody now under the treaty: Get out! Bastos ‘yan (That is rude)! It is not a document that was prepared by anybody. It is an EU-sponsored [treaty],” Duterte said in a speech on Sunday before graduates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in Baguio City.

ICC officials interrupted their weekend personal plans and reported for work, trying to make phone calls to heads of state of ICC members in an apparent move to discourage countries from following Duterte’s lead in withdrawing from the international court.

In Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump was asked by reporters about Duterte’s call for states to withdraw from ICC.  Trump simply said, “ICC got what it deserved.”

The U.S. is not a signatory to the Rome Statute creating the ICC.