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Next Year’s Spelling Bee Will Include Spanish And French Words

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Nihar Janga, left, and Jairam Hathwar, Spelling Bee co-champions

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – The annual Spelling Bee competition is running out of words.  There seems to be no word that young contestants cannot spell, making it more and more difficult to have a single winner.

This year’s event was no different.  The last two remaining spellers — Nihar Janga, 11, and Jairam Hathwar, 13 — breezed through the words hurled their way.  They were declared co-champions. This is the third straight year in a row that co-champions were declared winners).

Following this year’s finals, Scripps, the competition’s sponsor, announced that beginning next year, Spanish and French words will be included in the list for competitors to spell.

“This should easily resolve the problem of having co-champions each year,” a spokesperson for Scripps said.

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BREAKING: VP-Elect Leni Robredo Refuses To Live In Coconut Palace

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The Coconut Palace

NAGA CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – In the Philippines, the days of pomp and circumstance are numbered.

Filipinos have elected a president and a vice president who both refuse any public display of privilege and excessive life.

Previously, President-elect Rod Duterte had announced that instead of taking up residence in Malacañang, the presidential palace, he will be commuting back and forth from Manila to Davao City.  He is also considering transferring the seat of government to his hometown in Mindanao.

Today, following the conclusion of the congressional election canvass which confirmed that she will become the next vice president, Leni Robredo announced that she is not going to live in the Coconut Palace, the official VP residence in Manila.

Instead, Robredo said that she will be commuting daily to her hometown of Naga City. She will be commuting by bus, like she always does.

The Coconut Palace was built during the administration of the late Ferdinand E. Marcos and was among the ostentatious infrastructure projects of then First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos.

Will Malacañang and the Coconut Palace be auctioned off soon on eBay?

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President-Elect Duterte Issues Clarification On Marcos Burial

image.jpegDAVAO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Philippine President-elect Rod Duterte today issued a clarification to the media regarding his previous announcement that he will allow the burial of Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani (National Heroes Cemetery).

Duterte said he was referring to Ferdinand, Sr.

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