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Baguio City To Ban The Barrel Man Woodcarving

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B5E8DC2A-B441-4DC8-A884-CCE47A4EC4C9.jpegBAGUIO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Baguio Bureau) – Now that Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan has signed into law an ordinance penalizing profanity in the Summer Capital of the Philippines, Councilor Lilia Fariñas, who authored the ordinance, is setting her sights on Barrel Man.

Visitors to Baguio have, for many decades, been amused by that famous woodcarved souvenir, the Barrel Man (see photo).  But alas, he may soon go totally extinct.

Fariñas told The Adobo Chronicles that banning profanity was just the first step in restoring decency to the city. “Now it’s time to go after graphic and X-Rated Baguio souvenirs,” she said.

Because The Adobo Chronicles is a family-oriented site, we can’t show you what’s underneath that barrel woodcarving.  But our readers can always use Google to do their own research.

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Apple’s New iPhone Sells Out In The First Sixty Minutes!

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1FB41D25-D27C-4DF8-9918-98672E6FDC85CUPERTINO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Jose Bureau) – It only took the first sixty minutes before Apple’s newest iPhone sold out.

A company spokesperson told The Adobo Chronicles that most of the sold units were ordered online, thanks to an aggressive email advertising campaign launched by Apple’s Marketing gurus.

But alas, it seems that many of the new iPhone customers were misled by a typo in the online ad.

Customers thought they were ordering the iPhone X-Rated, instead of the iPhone X-R.

If you are one of the customers who erroneously ordered what Apple is calling its most brilliant device so far, you are advised to contact Apple’s Cupertino headquarters as soon as possible.

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SEC Approves Facebook Philippines’ Application For Logo Change

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C76BC564-CBFC-4F56-BB44-92EA683EA44EMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) –  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that it has approved Facebook Philippines’ application for a change in its corporate logo.

The SEC announcement comes just a day after the social networking giant took down some 95 Facebook pages and 39 accounts that were identified as pro-Duterte, on the grounds that the pages violated its policies on SPAM as well as its authenticity policies..

Among the pages taken down were pages like Duterte Media, Duterte sa Pagbabago BUKAS, DDS, Duterte Phenomenon, and DU30 Trending News.

Earlier, Malacañang, through Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, said that the government had no problems  with Facebook pulling the pro-Duterte accounts and respects the independence of companies and their right to formulate their own corporate policies.

The new logo only applies to Facebook Philippines and involves just a change in color to reflect its political leanings and the influence exerted by the Yellows in the country in stifling free speech. The only other addition is an image of the Philippine flat on the logo’s upper left-hand corner.