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World Leaders Seek Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s Advice

17D50B3F-D5A2-49F2-82B1-32AE3FFB6DCCPARIS, France (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) – While the Liberal Party and other Opposition groups are celebrating the drop in Rodrigo Duterte’s satisfaction and trust ratings as per the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, world leaders have been calling the Philippine President for advice.

The survey showed that Duterte’s net satisfaction rating dipped to 48 percent in September compared to last June’s 66 percent.  His trust rating also declined to 73 percent from last June’s 82 percent. 22294D83-6E55-4ED9-9ACB-F956AA773391

Still, Duterte has the highest ratings compared to the most influential of world leaders.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s satisfaction rating is 36 percent. British Prime Minister Theresa May earned a 34 percent satisfaction rate. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had a July approval rating of 34.2 percent. The latest rating for German Chancellor Angela Merkel was 34 percent. Donald Trump’s approval rating is currently at 32 percent.

During the phone calls with Duterte, the world leaders sought advice on how to increase their satisfaction and trust ratings among their respective constituents.

Duterte’s advice? “Just be true to yourself.”

Great advice.

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The Real Reason Why Rappler’s Maria Ressa Did Not Attend Senate Hearing On Fake News

FC0DDD43-86BD-4555-9807-90DEA2796178.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – There is still a lot of speculation on why Cocoy Dayao and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa did not show up at last week’s Senate Hearing on ‘Fake News.’

Well, those speculations can now  be put to rest — at least in as far as Ressa is concerned.

In an exclusive interview with The Adobo Chronicles, Ressa said that the invitation to attend the hearing was sent to Rappler’s fake address.

”As an online-only news source, we do not have an actual office building or phyisical address unlike all the other publications and broadcast networks,” Ressa said.

”We have a fake postal address but because it is fake, no snail mail ever reaches us.  Everything is ‘lost in the mail,’ “ Ressa added.

So there you have it, dear Senators.  If you ever issue a subpoena to Ressa, call her or text her so that she can come personally pick it up.

In Its News Headline, Rappler Uses Wrong Philippine Air Lines (PAL) Logo

80643F97-17C4-4A01-91D1-CD3149A73618MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Remember when the Phlippine News Agency (PNA) used the wrong logo of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for  its news story?

Yes, that was the news story that used the logo of Dole, the pineapple company, instead of that of the government agency.

Well, this time it was Rappler that made a booboo.

In its headline story about Philippine Airlines (PAL) paying up on the billions its owed the government, Rappler used the wrong logo.  It used that of the U.S.-based online payment company, PayPal.

But at least, Rappler conveyed the correct message that PAL paid.