Category Archives: Business

Move Over TransAmerica Pyramid, Here Comes San Francisco’s Leaning Tower

IMG_4343.PNGSAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – For many decades, San Francisco’s skyline was ruled by the TransAmerica Building.  No tourist will leave the City by the Bay without a selfie in front of the obelisk-shaped tower.

Not anymore.

Here comes San Francisco’s newest and future tourist attraction: The Millennium Condominium Tower.  It’s the city’s modern version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

At its current rate, the sinking Tower could tilt another 10 inches toward the Salesforce Tower in the next two years, lawyers for the homeowners warned in a legal filing.

We asked our artist-in-residence to give us an idea what the Tower might look like in the future (see photo).

While condominium residents will not be happy, world tourists will be, for sure!

 

 

Breaking News! UBER Suspension Is Now Ober

IMG_4130MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) –  The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has lifted its one-month suspension on UBER after the ride-hailing firm paid almost $10 million in fine and financial aid to its drivers affected by the halted operations.

LTFRB had halted UBER’s operations for a month from Aug. 14 for violating an order to stop accepting new driver applications.

In effect, UBER’s suspension is now ober!

Divorce Cases Pile Up In Manila

IMG_3189MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – A strange phenomenon is happening in Manila.  In just the last few weeks, divorce cases have piled up in the courts which is very unusual for a Catholic country like the Philippines.

The Adobo Chronicles launched an investigation into this phenomenon, interviewing the spouses who initiated the divorce cases.

We discovered a common denominator among those who filed cases: their spouses had, at one point, checked in at a Manila hotel — Victoria Court.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the hotel raffled off new iPhone 7’s among those who have recently checked in at their property.  Then, it posted the names of the lucky winners on a giant billboard for all the world to see. It was inevitable that the winners’ wives and husbands saw the billboard as they drove along Manila’s major thoroughfares.

Moral of the story: don’t give away iPhone 7’s!