President Bongbong Marcos, Jr. could have easily been our hands-down choice for this year’s Person of the Year. What with his rock-star status during the last presidential campaign which led to the world-shocking come back of the Marcoses to Malacañang.
But another Marcos all but sidelined the former senator — his own son Sandro who was the bigger rock star in all the campaign sorties and public events attended by the family.
Not even Bongbong will challenge our choice, we believe! Not even when it comes to who’s more easy on the eyes.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – His effort to pay tribute to Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa boomeranged on him when he revealed that the criminally-convicted Rappler CEO actually paid her way to the prestigious honor.
Jesus Falcis, a known anti-Administration attorney tweeted that Ressa, a Nobel Peace PRICE recipient is more celebrated abroad than in the Philippines.
Falcis did not say how much Ressa paid for the award.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It was supposed to be a night of praise and tribute for Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa, with no less than Hollywood celebrity Meryl Streep introducing her during the award ceremonies sponsored by The Clooney Foundation.
But alas, the night turned from magical to embarrassing for the CEO of Philippine blogsite Rappler.
During her introduction, Streep said that Ressa could stay in the U.S. and seek asylum to avoid the conviction and court cases she is facing in the Philippines.
Reacting to Streep’s statement, Ressa said she felt insulted when the actress insinuated she was not an American citizen. (Ressa has dual citizenship — American and Filipino).
“Streep displayed the arrogance of many Americans who stereotype people of color (read: non-whites) as perpetual foreigners and invaders of the Great White Way,” Ressa told The Adobo Chronicles.
We tried to reach Streep for comment on Ressa’s accusation but were told by her secretary that she was busy filming her 75th movie of her lifetime.
The Adobo Chronicles publisher Rene Astudillo came to the rescue of Ressa by saying that Streep should brush up on U.S. Immigration Law.
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