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Business, Economy, Food, Tourism

BALESIN ISLAND: PHILIPPINES EXCLUSIVE RESORT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST RICH PEOPLE

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imageBALESIN ISLAND, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Described as a destination of unmatched natural beauty located off the eastern coast of Luzon in the Philippines, Balesin Island Club, Alphaland Corporation’s flagship project, is a 500-hectare tropical island paradise with 7.3 kilometers of pristine white-sand beaches. It is a members-only, private leisure getaway located 60 miles east of Manila that boasts of a clientele composed of the who’s who in politics, business, arts & entertainment, and the Philippines’ millionaires circle.

(The resort was the venue of the recent wedding of Senator Chiz Escudero and actress Heart Evangelista.)

What is little known about this exclusive resort is that it discriminates against the very customers that it is trying to attract: the rich people.

On Saturday, fashion designer and model Maggie Wilson-Consunji said that her mom was discriminated against by the resort. It happened during breakfast when the waiter refused to serve her mom the same delicious chicken adobo meal that her son Conner’s yaya (nanny) ordered. The waiter said the adobo was a ‘yaya meal’ and was not available to the rich clients of the resort.

Consunji  informs us she will file a formal complaint against the resort before the Philippine Commission on Human Rights on Monday for discriminating against rich people and for giving preferential treatment to nannies.

Here’s her story as posted on her Facebook page:

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Business, Food

MCDONALD’S TO INCREASE WORKERS’ MINIMUM WAGE, JOLLIBEE COUNTERS WITH ITS OWN EMPLOYEE PACKAGE

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Image Credit: www.gannsdeen.com
Image Credit: http://www.gannsdeen.com

SAN JOSE, California (The Adobo Chronicles ) –The never-ending, ever-escalating fast food rivalry between McDonald’s and that fat stupid happy bee once again comes to the fore.

McDonald’s has announced that it will increase its workers’ minimum wage by $1 above the locally -mandated minimum in 1,500 stores, starting July 1. That’s expected to lift the incomes of 90,000 workers, the company said in a press release. By the end of 2016, the average wage of McDonald’s workers should be $10, well above the federal minimum of $7.25, noted the company in the release.

Additionally, McDonald’s announced it will allow workers who have a one-year tenure at the company to accrue paid vacation time of up to 20 hours per year.

imageToday, McDonald’s arch enemy (get it? McDonald’s arch?), Jollibee, announced an employee package that puts the red-headed clown to shame.

Jollibee announced that all workers in its U.S. and Canada stores will receive twice the  locally-mandated minimum wage, plus a generous benefits package that would include two weeks of  paid sick and two weeks of  paid vacation; an employer-paid medical, vision and dental insurance; a 5% employer contribution toward employee 401K retirement funds; and housing rental allowance of $500 a month.

This is over and above free employee meals during their work shifts of chicken joy, spaghetti and unlimited soda.  Employees working the early morning shift will have free Jollibee breakfast of garlic fried rice, eggs and their choice of longganisa, tocino or bangus, with coffee or orange juice.

Upon hearing of Jollibee’s announcement, the Filipino fast food restaurant’s website was inundated with job applications, with majority of resumes indicating that they are current employees of McDonald’s. There were a few resumes from Filipinos working at Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, eBay and Yahoo!  The applicants were hoping to be employed in Jollibee’s San Jose, Milpitas, Daly City and Union City stores.

Business, Law Enforcement, LGBT, Religion

STRAIGHT COUPLE DENIED WEDDING SERVICES BY INDIANA GAY CAKE AND FLOWER BUSINESS

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The Hoosier's wedding cake would have looked like this. (Photo credit: weddingzone.org)
The Hoosier’s wedding cake would have looked like this. (Photo credit: weddingzone.org)

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (The Adobo Chronicles) – A heterosexual Indiana couple chose to get married on Friday, April 3. Little did they know that the date they chose would fall on Good Friday this year.

It’s a time when the Christian church is in mourning. It is the day that Jesus Christ died on the Cross. It is also a time when church altars are stripped bare, except for a crucifix draped in purple-colored fabric.

The bride and groom, the future Mr. and Mrs.  Hoosier, chose bright red as the theme color for their entourage and ceremony. The story gets even weirder.

Just days after Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed legislation giving local businesses the license to deny services to gay men and women if it is in keeping with their religious belief, the Hoosiers lost their wedding florist and cake maker, and it is too late to find a replacement.

Apparently, the Indy Cakes and Flowers is owned and managed by a gay couple. In protest of the new anti-gay law, the couple decided to refuse services to the Hoosiers.

“It is our religious belief that it is morally wrong to treat gay men and women differently as one would treat heterosexuals,” the gay couple said, “so it is our right under the new law to deny services to the Hoosiers. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, but they can go complain to the governor’s office.

The business owners added that with same-sex marriage now legal in many states, they have enough business to keep them going.