All posts by Pol Pinoy

Finally, A Sensible Solution To Metro Manila’s Nightmarish Traffic

IMG_5234.PNGMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Imagine yourself in a jeepney during commute hours from Fairview in Quezon City going to Taft Ave. in Manila, or vice versa.  What are you going to do during those nightmarish hours, especially when your cellphone is registering “low batt.”

The traffic problem in Metro Manila seems hopeless as it has been for many decades, with no solution on hand.

Until now.

Today, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced what it called the most sensible solution thus far to the traffic problem.

In a memorandum addressed to all drivers and operators of jeepneys plying the Quezon City to Manila route, MMDA is now requiring them to install karaoke machines in their vehicles.

“If we can’t solve the traffic situation, we can at least make the daily commute more entertaining for the commuters, by providing the most popular form of entertainment for Pinoys — karaoke singing,” MMDA said.

So next time to hop on a jeepney, make sure you’re prepared to belt out your favorite karaoke song — except Frank Sinatra’s “My Way,” which has been banned by the Philippine government years ago because it was considered the deadliest karaoke song.

 

Top Reasons Why President Duterte Is A Dictator/Tyrant

IMG_4163Not since Ferdinand E. Marcos have Filipinos been ruled by a dictator.  Make that tyrant. Here are the top reasons why Rodrigo Duterte perfectly fits into the dictator/tyrant profile.

Filipinos should be afraid.  Very afraid.

  • He has said many times: “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it.”
  • Incarcerated Senator Leila De Lima is free to use Senate stationery to criticize him.
  • There have not been any departure hold orders for the likes of VP Leni Robredo, Senators Trillanes and Hontiveros, Edgar Matobato.
  • That woman Agnes Callamard was not barred from entering (or leaving) the Philippines
  • Commission on Human Rights Chair Chito Gascon continues to be a free man.
  • Malacañang doors remain open to all, including rebels and communists.
  • He has accepted the rejection by the Commission on Appointments of his Cabinet appointees.
  • Inquirer, Rappler, ABS-CBN and GMA News remain open.
  • Australian Jim Paredes is free to travel back and forth to the Philippines
  • Raissa Robles’ Twitter Account has not been shut down. Her one and only book has not been banned.
  • He has declared a ‘National Day Of Protest’ so that his critics can hold rallies and burn his effigy.
  • He has not defied any Supreme Court decisions or Congressional actions.
  • He just laughs off references to him as a psychopath, murderer, mad man. And yes, dictator and tyrant.