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Senator Hontiveros Files Bill To Ban Plastic, Including For Surgery

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File photo of Hontiveros, left, and Sanchez with Xander Ford, right

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Paper or plastic? If Senator Risa Hontiveros had her way, grocery and other shoppers will no longer have a choice. Plastic will forever be banned.

Hontiveros has filed a Senate Bill aimed at reducing the damaging effects of plastic on the environment.

But her bill goes beyond shopping.

Not only will store owners be banned from using plastic bags. Plastic surgeons will have to find alternative materials for their profession and business.

Hontiveros’ bill is very timely as it comes just days after Xander Ford made his big reveal on national television — a total facial makeover courtesy of an infamous plastic surgery clinic.

The Adobo Chronicles tried to reach Ford for comment on the proposed bill, but broadcast personality (and wife of defeated presidential candidate Mar Roxas) Korina Sanchez refused to give us Xander’s cell phone number.

Ford’s big reveal happened on Sanchez’s TV program, “Rated K” on the ABS-CBN Network.

The Inquirer Renames Itself

3F3245A2-2366-42D4-8A27-2D23E1284036.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippine Daily Inquirer (The Inquirer) has always lived up to its ‘fearless’ motto — no fear in spreading biased, and sometimes fake, news.

But the national daily’s owners felt that there was something missing. They finally found it: a more accurate, descriptive name for its kind of politics and newspapering.

So today, the paper announced it was changing its name to The Manilaw Times.

The Yellows are celebrating this milestone — a newspaper they can truly call their own!

Inquirer, Rappler To Merge, Unveil New Tabloid Format

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Many saw it coming. With The Inquirer and its parent company being accused of tax and rental evasion and Rappler losing followers, funding and credibility, the two media outlets have decided to merge.

The new publication will be called The New Rappler Inquirer. It follows the format of the infamous tabloid National Enquirer.

The new publication will hit newstands starting October 1.

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