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Culture, Government, Politics, Social Media

Opposition Senators File Bill To Ban Chinese New Year Celebrations In The Philippines

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Opposition Senators announced today that they will be filing a joint bill that would ban the celebration of Chinese New Year in the Philippines.

The Senators — Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros, Antonio Trillanes and Kiko Pangilinan — said that their proposal is in protest of President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent signed agreements  with Chinese President Xi Jinping which they claim all but “sell” the Philippines to  China.

Chinese New Year has traditionally been a special  non-working holiday in the country.  The Senators want to scrap the holiday.

However, one Opposition Senator, Franklin Drilon, asked his colleagues to defer the bill until 2020, since the year 2019 in the Chinese Lunar Calendar is the Year of the Pig.

 

Arts, Business, Culture, Government, Law Enforcement

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.

Culture, Fashion, Government, Politics

VP Leni Robredo’s Fashion Statement At 88th National Day Of The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

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215319F3-ED30-4493-BF3E-6C3B70F542F8.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – She didn’t have to make a speech or deliver a statement.  All she needed to do was to flaunt her fashion sense.

We’re talking about Leni Robredo, the Vice President of the Philippines.

On September 25, 2018, Robredo graced the 88th National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a Muslim country.

Cultural and religious sensitivity, as well as diplomatic protocol would have prompted Robredo — as a representative of the Philippine government — to dress appropriately on this occasion.

But she chose to wear a green lace, see-through dress which would make any Muslim — including Muslim Filipinos — cringe.

Muslim women cover up in public. But Robredo chose to bare her legs with her knee-length dress (the grayish slip – or was it Spandex shorts? –  nothwithstanding).

Strike Two for insensitivity for Ms. Robredo.  Remember the smiley faces at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin?