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Political Asylum In The Philippines Offered To Americans Wanting To Escape A Donald Trump Presidency

November 2, 2016 Pol Pinoy 1 Comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Philippines) – Many Americans are starting to make plans to move to other countries in the event that Donald Trump is elected president of the United States on Tuesday.

Canada and countries in Europe are among the more popular choices for a new life for Americans.

But Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has laid out an offer that’s hard to refuse. He is offering Americans wanting to escape a Trump presidency a hassle-free political asylum status. No questions asked.

“Despite my rhetoric against the U.S., I have a soft spot in my heart for Americans — including Filipino Americans — who are fearful of Donald Trump as president of the most powerful country on earth,” Duterte said.

“We’ve been a colony of America for many decades, we speak English, and we love Hollywood movies, so Americans will not have a difficult time adjusting to life in the Philippines, the president pointed out.

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Anti-Duterte Activists Disappointed About President’s Decision On Libingan Ng Mga Bayani

November 2, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Filipino activists protesting President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s decision to allow the burial of Ferdinand E. Marcos in Libingan Ng Mga Bayani (National Heroes’ Cemetery) are in a waiting mode.

They are waiting for a decision from the Supreme Court on whether or not the remains of the former strongman president will be allowed internment at LNMB.

But already, these activists have laid out plans to undertake similar protests when the time comes for Duterte to be laid to rest at LNMB.

Well, Duterte is not going to give them that opportunity. He has announced that he is not interested in being buried at the heroes’ cemetery.

Instead, the president wants to be buried beside his parents, Vicente and Soledad, in Davao City.

“There is no greater honor for me than to be laid to rest beside my mother and father,” he told reporters in Davao City when he visited his family’s mausoleum on All Saints’ Day.
He rejected the idea of being buried at Libingan ng mga Bayani, the cemetery reserved for former Presidents, soldiers and heroes.

So, the activists will need to find another person to protest against in as far as the LNMB is concerned. What a disappointment!

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Philippine Bishops Petition The Vatican To Excommunicate President Duterte

November 2, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippines’ Catholic bishops have had it with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. They have petitioned The Vatican for his excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church.

The petition had nothing to do with the alleged extra-judicial killings connected with Duterte’s war on drugs. Rather, the bishops said Duterte broke a promise he recently made to God.

Many will recall that Duterte revealed God talked to him during his flight back from a state visit to Japan and promised the Almighty that he would stop his cursing and cussing.

On Tuesday, Duterte broke his no curse vow when he warned police officers not to engage in the illegal drug trade.

“Wag kayong (police) magkamali pumasok diyan (drugs) t**g**a, tatapusin ko talaga kayo,” Duterte warned in an ambush interview. (Don’t make the mistake of getting into drugs son-of-a-whores, I will finish you.)

Pope Francis is yet to receive the formal petition from the Philippine bishops.

The Adobo Chronicles caught up with Duterte as he was about to board a plane for Davao City. We asked him to comment on the bishops’ petition.

Duterte replied: “t**g**a, I don’t care about these bishops. They can go to purgatory. I will issue an executive order to cancel their tax exemption, and I will sequester their millions of investments in the stock market. Let’s see if they don’t promise to God that they will never attack me again.”