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Maria Ressa Retracts Attacks On The Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Many vicious attacks on the Philippine government, especially on President Rodrigo Duterte, have been attributed to Rappler CEO Maria Ressa.

Democracy is dead.”

Press Freedom is threatened.”

The Philippines is the worst war zone.”

The law is being weaponized to silence Rappler.”

All these rhetoric have earned for Ressa many international awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize.

But now, Ressa is retracting all these pronouncements and propaganda.

This, after she was allowed by the Philippines’ Court of Appeals to leave the country despite departure hold orders against her. — not once, but twice.

She was recently allowed to travel to the United States to conduct lectures at Harvard University. Now she has been given the pass to travel to Oslo, Norway to personally receive her controversial Nobel Prize.

”I apologize for second-guessing the government, especially the courts and the justice system,” Ressa told The Adobo Chronicles.

”I am just thrilled that I am free to travel abroad and talk to the international community about my Philippine experiences as a businesswoman, a dealer in securities and a poster girl of free speech,” she added.

President Duterte Has His Sights On A Guinness World Record!

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Now it can be told. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is going for a Guinness World Record, hoping to put Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize to shame.

Duterte has filed his candidacy for Senator in the coming May, 2022 elections. At 76, Duterte can be Senator for two terms or a total of 12 years, if elected and reelected. That would make him 88 years old after the two terms. He can take a break after that and run again for another two terms which would make him over 100 years old by the time he finishes his third and fourth Senatorial term. Now that would truly be a Guinness World Record.

Former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile had the chance to bag that world record had he won in the 2019 Senatorial elections, dethroning 91-year-old Mahatir Mohammad, the current prime minister of Malaysia. Mahatir was also named as the Oldest Prime Minister by the Guinness World Records.

But Enrile lost.

We’re rooting for Duterte to finally bring honor to the Philippines with yet another Guinness record!

Adobo Chronicles Poll: Practically 100% Of Respondents Say They’re Not Proud Of Maria Ressa’s Nobel Prize

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It may not be 4,000 cars, we mean respondents, but practically 100% of Filipinos say that they are not proud of Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize.

The random Facebook poll was conducted by The Adobo Chronicles after the Philippine Daily Inquirer published an opinion piece saying that Ressa’s Nobel Prize should be every Filipino’s pride.

The AC poll asked respondents (207 as of press time) to comment with a thumbs up if they agreed with the Inquirer piece, or with a laughing emoticon if they disagreed.

The result: 203 of respondents replied with the laughing emoticon and only one responded with the thumbs up emoticon (which pretty much cancels itself because of the margin of error.) Three responses were considered void because they didn’t follow instructions. One commented with a tearful emoticon and two with an angry emoticon.