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Ex-Comelec Chair Andy Bautista Seeking Professional Opportunities In San Francisco

07E85C9C-6872-4965-8E9A-38B142E61045SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – The Philippine Senate has ordered the arrest of former Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair Andres “Andy” Bautista after he repeatedly failed to attend the Senate probe into his alleged unexplained wealth. However, the warrant could not be served because Bautista is out of the country.

Reports say that Bautista has been out of the country since November 21 last year to “explore professional opportunities” and “seek assistance for certain medical challenge” he was facing.

Bautista’s wife, Patricia, has been accusing him of allegedly amassing nearly P1-billion worth of unexplained wealth, and of owning more than 30 bank accounts with the Luzon Development Bank’s (LDB) amounting to P329 million.

Our investigative reporters have confirmed that Bautista is in San Francisco seeking professional opportunities. He has applied for a position as Executive Director of the Folsom Street Fair.

Folsom Street Fair (FSF) is an annual BDSM and leather subculture street fair held in September, that caps San Francisco’s “Leather Pride Week”. Sometimes simply referred to as “Folsom”, it takes place on Folsom Street between 8th and 13th Streets, in San Francisco’s South of Market district. 

We wish Bautista the best of luck. It would be a great pride among Filipino Americans to have a Pinoy head the world’s largest leather event.

 

To Solve Traffic Mess, Senator Grace Poe Proposes Daylight Saving Time For Half The Filipinos

CEF5965F-98FE-463D-8EAE-B1CED776092D.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Today, most Americans will adjust their clocks in observance of Daylight Saving Time (DST). For this time of the year, it’s called ‘spring forward’ because they advance their clock by one hour.  In simple terms, they lose an hour for the duration of DST.

Well, Philippine Senator Grace Poe, who has been criticized for not giving President Duterte emergency powers to solve the nightmarish traffic in Metro Manil and elsewhere, has a brilliant idea.

She is proposing to establish a year-round Daylight Saving Time for half the Filipinos.

She explains:

”If half the Filipinos adjusted their clocks and advanced it by one hour, then not everyone will be going to work at the same time. Therefore, it will greatly ease traffic and travel time during commute hours.”

The Adobo Chronicles asked Senator Poe how she will determine which half of the population will be subject to DST.

“Simple lang yan (that’s quite simple). Those whose ages end in odd numbers (11, 21, 25, 59, etc) will advance their clocks.  All others will keep the normal time.”

Is this the beginning of the end of the country’s traffic problem?

Senate Approves New Impeachment Robe

8C28925D-2A9A-4BD9-AC6D-70A5A03C06CBMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – ‘Ayaw naming magmukhang mga rebulto ng santo’ (We don’t want to look like statues of saints).

With that statement, the Philippine Senate approved a new design of the robe they put on when acting as an impeachment court.

The design, proposed by Senators Risa Hontiveros and Bam Aquino, mimics that of the robe used by Canada’s Supreme Court.

The new red and white design is closer to a Santa Claus robe without the hat. It replaces the maroon velvet robe that is commonly seen draping statues of Jesus Christ and saints at Catholic churches.

”We can’t wait to debut the new robe at the Impeachment trial of Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno,” Hontiveros and Aquino told The Adobo Chronicles.