QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – Vice President Leni Robredo chided the Duterte Administration for what she called government “propaganda” in dealing with the country’s problems, including the decline in Gross National Product (GDP).
“Enough with propaganda,”she told online news source Rappler. “What we need is real action.”
Robredo said the Office of the Vice President has, all along, been focused on real solutions to the country’s problems, including hunger and poverty. She cited as an example, OVP’s recent distribution of servings of spaghetti to needy residents of San Mateo, Rizal.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – Leni Robredo, the Philippines’ Vice President, is not only a math and economics expert, she’s also a historian!
In her radio show yesterday, she said that her country’s GDP under the coronavirus pandemic, is the worst since 1947 — during the war.
All along, world historians have written that World War II began in 1939 and ended in 1945. But Robredo thinks the war extended well into 1947!
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – When one one encounters a red tag in a retail store, it usually means an item is on sale and significantly marked down. Not so with sili (chilli pepper) in the Philippines.
Amid all the talk of red-tagging of individuals and elements with alleged ties to the NPA-Communist Party, sili has recently had its share of the hugely criticized government practice.
But it’s not for reasons of anti-government ties nor mark downs, but for exorbitant prices, ranging upwards of P700 per kilo. The red-tagging comes from all directions — from government to the media and above all, consumers whose spicy meals of Bicol Express or Laing are gravely threatened.
It’s a classic case of red spice being red-tagged.
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