MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The quotation marks (open and close quotations) are the most abused special characters in news and social media — all in the name of modern graphics and quote cards.
The Adobo Chronicles collated examples of the disgusting abuse of these traditional marks to indicate a direct quote from someone.
Many media outlets and graphic designers have all but omitted the closing quotation mark, as if they want to add more to quoted statement.
Others have placed the quotation mark on photos instead of text. Still others have placed the quotation marks in the perimeter of boxes or the circumference of circles.
But the winner in all this abuse of use is TV 5 which took out all the text in their quotation marks!
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) issued today, Sept. 4, its decision to suspend the live noontime program “It’s Showtime!” for 12 airing days.
The suspension had to do with a recent episode segment where hosts Vice Ganda and real-life partner Ion Perez erotically licked some cake icing in front of kids.
To fill the void during the suspension, MTRCB extended the daily airtime of rival show, “E.A.T.” (Tito, Vic and Joey) by two hours a day for 12 days. TVJ’s show will now run from 12 noon to 4:40 pm.
Moral of the story: it helps to have your daughter (Lala Sotto) be the MTRCB Chair.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Adobo Chronicles publisher and editor Rene Astudillo has been nominated for the 2023 Awit Awards (equivalent of the U.S. Grammys) for “Best Jazz Recording.”
The single, titled “SINYOR: Hindi Lahat Magkakaedad” was composed by Rafael “Pikes” Salvador, is about the joys and challenges of being a senior citizen. It is set to the “big band” arrangement of Jun Tamayo. Reck Cardinales is the song’s producer.
Others in the production team include Voice Coach Arnie Mendaros, Sound Engineer Jess Fermino, and Producer Reck Cardinales. It was recorded in September of 2022 at the Wild Grass Studios in Quezon City.
SINYOR is now streaming on Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer. Music and Lyric videos are also available on YouTube.
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