Every so often, The Adobo Chronicles breaks away from its satirical nature to bring a story or issue to the fore in a serious and truthful manner. This is one of those rare occasions.
We are publishing ‘An Open Letter to President NoyNoy Aquino: Do the Right Thing,’ in connection with the growing controversy over the exclusion of actress Nora Aunor from this year’s list of National Artists. It was written by our publisher.
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Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – In Philippine cinema, there are only two recognized factions of fans: Noranians and Vilmanians. The former are fans of multi-awarded actress Nora Aunor and the latter are followers of rival actress and now governor of Batangas province Vilma Santos.
There is a raging controversy right now surrounding President NoyNoy Aquino’s exclusion of Miss Aunor from this year’s nomination for National Artists. Aquino said that the snub was due to Aunor’s “drug past” and that National Artists should be role models.
Well, the president’s sister, TV host Kris Aquino, a certified Vilmanian, just spoiled Santos’ chances of ever being named National Artist.
Kris posted a photo on her Instagram account – that of some pastries given her by Santos. With the gift came a handwritten note in which Santos misspelled ‘blessed’ (bless) and ‘truly’ (truely). The post immediately went viral and Noranians were one in saying that National Artists, at the very least, should know how to spell correctly. “They have to be role models,” they said.
A potential great honor that went pooooof, thanks to Kris Aquino!
Oslo, Norway (The Adobo Chronicles) – Call it Karma, but for Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino, what goes around comes around.
In one of the most controversial moves by a sitting president, Aquino snubbed multi-awarded actress Nora Aunor, excluding her from the short list of nominations for the National Artists Award. This, despite a unanimous nod for Aunor by the national nominating commiittee.
Responding to the mounting criticism of the snub, Aquino issued a statement that his decision to exclude Aunor was because of the actress’ drug possession charge in Los Angeles, California years ago. “It is a moral issue,” Aquino said.
In a weird turn of events, the nominating committee for the prestigious Nobel Prace Prize informed the Philippine government that Aquino can not be nominated for the prize on moral grounds, particularly his chain-smoking. There is speculation that the Aquino administration wanted the president nominated for this year’s peace prize.
“Smoking kills. Second-hand smoke kills,” the Oslo committee said, “so there is no way a person who causes death can ever be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.”
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