MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Will Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino finally end his bachelor status?
Aquino, who has been rumored to have dated Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, reportedly asked the Filipina beauty for her hand in marriage.
Wurtzbach has confirmed the private meeting with Aquino at the presidential palace today.
“He did ask for my hand … to congratulate me for winning Miss Universe,” Wurtzbach clarified.
PRAHA, Czech Republic (The Adobo Chronicles) –Diamonds International Corporation (DIC), the Miss Universe sponsor that created the $300,000 crown of the Philippines’ Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach is suing the Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. (BPCI) for patent violation.
The Czech Republic-based DIC told reporters in Praha that it is suing BPCI, the local franchisee for the Miss Universe Pageant in Manila for unauthorized replication of the bejeweled Miss Universe crown.
BPCI built a float for Wurtzbach for use in the welcome and homecoming parade held yesterday in Metro Manila. The float had a giant canopy which basically re-created the crown.
DIC declined to state the amount that it is suing BPCI for.
NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach arrived in her native Philippines today to a warm welcome at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). She wasn’t wearing her $300,000 crown.
In her brief statement upon arrival, Wurtzbach thanked all who trooped to the airport in the early hours of the morning to welcome her. She did not mention anything about her missing crown.
However, The Adobo Chronicles just learned that the crown was personally confiscated by the Philippines’ chief tax woman, Kim Henares of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). The BIR commissioner was on hand to greet her at the airport’s VIP lounge with an official tax statement demanding $30,000 (1.4 Million pesos) in taxes for the bejeweled crown.
When Wurtzbach refused to pay up, saying that the crown is just “on loan” to her for the duration of her reign, Henares ordered her tax agents to confiscate the crown.
Miss Universe is scheduled to hold a press conference tomorrow and is expected to reveal details of the confiscated crown.
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