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SINGER CHRIS BROWN INVITED BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES

July 30, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – After just ten days since his sold-out concert in Manila, Grammy Award-winning singer Chris Brown has been invited back to the Philippines. Brown is currently in Israel as part of his concert tour.

The unprecedented invitation came from no less than Leila De Lima, Secretary of the Philippines’ Department of Justice (DOJ). It came in the form of a subpoena.

DOJ has issued a subpoena against Brown for allegedly defrauding a Christian church out of $1 million after he canceled a performance at a New Years Eve event and failed to return the money.

Brown’s name appears on the subpoena along with Canadian promoter John Michael Pio Roda after a $1 million estafa complaint was filed due to the singer skipping a scheduled musical performance for the Church of Christ in the Philippines, which is called Iglesia ni Cristo, on Dec. 31, 2014, at the Philippine Arena. Brown and Roda were reportedly paid $1 million in advance and canceled without paying any of the money back.

Ahead of the subpoena being issued, Brown, 26, was performing in Manila and was initially barred from leaving the Philippines on July 21 because of the complaint that was filed. While he was finally cleared to leave the country by the Bureau of Immigration on July 24, Roda was not.

Roda is planning a return concert for Brown as soon as he arrives back in Manila. The concert will be held at the Philippine Arena. Concert proceeds will help fund the court case that will ensue as a result of the DOJ invitation.

It remains to be seen whether or not the upcoming concert will be able to raise the $1 Million that Brown owes Iglesia Ni Cristo, and then some.

Entertainment, Government, Politics, Technology, The Media

KRIS AQUINO DENIES RUMORS THAT SHE WAS PROPOSED TO BY YOUTHFUL CABINET MEMBER

July 27, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Villanueva, left, and Aquino (Photo: Philippine Daily Inquirer)

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles®) – Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words. But then, at other times, it means nothing.

Philippine social media was abuzz with rumors that a youthful member of President NoyNoy Aquino’s cabinet took advantage of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday night to propose to presidential sister Kris Aquino.

The rumors all began with a photo posted on Facebook, showing Joel Villanueva, director general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), down on his knees and seemingly begging the actress and television host to marry him.

Aquino was quick to deny the rumors, but admitted she felt a little kilig (to tremble in a flirtatious way) by the photo. After all, Villanueva used to be a basketball player like her ex-husband James Yap.

TESDA is the government agency tasked to manage and supervise technical education and skills development in the Philippines. It was created by virtue of Republic Act 7796, otherwise known as the “Technical Education and Skills Development Act of 1994”.

Villanueva was appointed by the president in 2010. The director general position carries with it a cabinet rank.

Aquino is known to be a celebrity who can’t keep her personal life and romantic encounters under wraps. She has previously gone public with her relationship to a married politician who was also a former professional basketball player, Joey Marquez. Aquino accused Marquez of domestic violence and giving her a sexually-transmitted disease.

She has also been romantically linked to Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista, a former child actor. No, he was not a basketball player.

We are often told that pictures don’t lie. That’s absolutely not true. With or without Photoshop.

Entertainment, International, Travel

BREAKING: SINGER CHRIS BROWN REFUSED ENTRY IN HONG KONG!

July 24, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

HONG KONG (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Grammy award-winning singer Chris Brown was finally allowed to leave the Philippines after a three-day delay due to a fraud complaint against him for a cancelled concert last New Year’s Eve. Brown was in Manila Tuesday for a sold-out concert .

The 26-year-old R&B artist had been stuck in Manila after running afoul of a corporation, run by an influential religious group, Iglesia Ni Cristo, that filed a fraud complaint against him for a cancelled New Year’s Eve gig. He and his Canadian promoter were paid a $1 Million advance for the New Year’s Eve concert.

The delay meant he missed a performance in Hong Kong that was scheduled for Wednesday evening.

But when it rains, it pours.

When Brown arrived in Hong Kong Friday, he was not allowed by authorities to disembark from his chartered plane and was asked to leave immediately. Chinese immigration and customs officials barred the American singer from entry because of the missed concert Wednesday night.

Many fans were terribly upset that the Hong Kong gig was cancelled. Although concert ticket purchasers were given refunds, they still complained that the cancellation caused them great irreparable emotional distress. Many took a leave of absence from their day and night jobs just to be able to attend Brown’s concert.

As of this writing, it wasn’t clear whether or not Brown’s plane has left Hong Kong, and if it has, where it was headed.