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PHILIPPINES: PRESIDENT AQUINO THANKS HAIRDRESSER, ENTOURAGE IN STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS

July 27, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino on Monday delivered the longest State of the Nation Address (SONA) in the country’s history and used the podium at the joint session of Congress to thank his hairdresser.

For two hours and ten minutes, Aquino, speaking in Tagalog, focused on two major themes: blaming his predecessor for all that is wrong with the country and thanking his entire personal entourage.

In addition to his hairdresser, he thanked his wardrobe consultant, his nanny, his security detail, his personal secretary, his spiritual counselor, his parents, his sisters and in-laws, his smoking buddies, and finally his bosses — the Filipino people.

If his last SONA sounded like an acceptance speech at a film awards presentation, it is because it was. The Adobo Chronicles® learned that Aquino’s sister, actress and television talk show host Kris, wrote majority of what he said in his SONA.

In addition to calling it an acting award acceptance speech, critics have called the speech a SOPA, or State of the Previous Administration.

Beauty, International

DONALD TRUMP TO MISS UNIVERSE PAULINA VEGA: ‘YOU’RE FIRED!”

July 26, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

2105 Miss Universe Paulina Vega, left, and first runner-up Nia Sanchez -- both Latinas — 2015 Miss Universe Paulina Vega, left, and first runner-up Nia Sanchez — both Latinas

MIAMI, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Donald Trump can’t handle the truth — that even his beauty queens don’t support his pronouncements about Mexicans and immigrants.

Trump has made illegal immigration the centerpiece of his bid to become the next president of the United States. He not only called for the building of a great wall in the southern border between the U.S. and Mexico, but maintained that Mexico is sending rapists, drug addicts and criminals to America.

That didn’t sit well with reigning Miss Universe Paulina Vega of Colombia. She criticized Trump for his comments, joining the chorus of Latin countries in denouncing the Republican presidential candidate for his racist remarks.

Trump called Vega a “hypocrite” for criticizing him while wanting to hold on to the Miss Universe crown.

Well, Trump, owner of the Miss Universe Pageant, has the last word, just like in his reality TV show, ‘The Apprentice.” He told Vega, “You’re fired!’

In accordance with Miss Universe regulations, whenever the reigning Miss Universe, for whatever reason, is unable to fulfill her duties, the first runner-up becomes Miss Universe. That would mean Miss U.S.A. Nia Sanchez.

But there is a problem.

Sanchez is Latina and is not willing to wear the Miss Universe crown because of Trump’s anti-Latin comments.

So, the Miss Universe title is currently vacant.

But Miss Philippines MJ Lastimosa volunteered to wear the crown if Trump was okay with it.

No word yet from Trump. Stay tuned!

Government, International, Law Enforcement

DONALD TRUMP HEEDS ANN COULTER’S SUGGESTION TO DEPORT JOSÉ ANTONIO VARGAS

July 25, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles® )- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump today called for the arrest and deportation of Filipino José Antonio Vargas, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who came out as an undocumented immigrant years ago.

Trump issued the call after conservative columnist Ann Coulter made the suggestion in an interview with Megyn Kelly of FOX News.

Trump, who just arrived in New York after a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas, accepted Coulter’s challenge and asked the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to implement U.S. immigration laws concerning immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally.

Vargas, who founded the group ‘Define American,’ recently released a documentary, ‘White People’ which aired on MTV.

Meanwhile, conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, a Filipino American, agreed with Coulter about Vargas’ arrest and deportation. “I am a U.S. citizen because I worked hard for it,” Malkin said. “I had to find a U.S. citizen to marry.”