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Leni Robredo To Host New Prime-Time TV Game Show On ABS-CBN

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593294F3-55EF-412C-B77D-BC94C531E4F1MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Leni Robredo’s media career is being raised one notch, from hosting a radio show to hosting a prime-time television game show on ABS-CBN.

The new show is titled “The Price of Rice.”  It is a take-off from the popular American TV show, “The Price is Right.”

The idea came from Robredo herself after she was quoted blaming President Rodrigo Duterte for the problems the country is facing, including the rising prices of rice, the Philippines’ main staple.  Posts on social media ridiculed the Vice President’s math skills when she supposedly said P40 per kilo of rice x 4 weeks equaled P1,600.

The new game show is open to all Filipinos — 5th graders and up.

 

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Leni Robredo Agrees To Be Interviewed By BBC’s Stephen Sackur With Two Conditions

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10B4C023-4DFA-4211-8C64-1018ABBA79FBQUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – In a still on-going poll by The Adobo Chronicles, a majority (not just plurality) of respondents have indicated that Vice President Leni Robredo is their top choice to be the next guest of Stephen Sackur on his BBC program ‘Hardtalk.’

So far, Sackur has interviewed Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, Senator Antonio Trillanes and lately, ousted Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.  In all three interviews, Sackur asked hard-hiting questions which the interviewees had a difficult time responding to.  For Trillanes and Sereno specifically, their appearance on the show were dubbed by many as an embarrassment.

Now, Sackur has officially extended an invitation to Robredo to be his next Filipino guest.

297E40D2-2209-42C7-9002-B0A96E134778The Adobo Chronicles has learned that the Vice President has agreed to the interview with two conditions:

One, that the interview will be live at the BBC studios in London with airfare, accommodation and shopping allowance provided by BBC.

Second, that Robredo will bring along an interpreter, her spokesperson Georgina Hernandez.  Robredo will be responding in Tagalog. Hernandez will be translating Sackur’s questions into Tagalog for Robredo to answer.  Robredo also wants assurance from Sackur and the BBC that if Robredo’s answer would be inaccurate or embarrassing, Hernandez will have the option to revise the Vice President’s response.

Neither Sackur nor BBC has indicated consent to Robredo’s conditions.

Stay tuned.

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Sereno, Trillanes Accuse BBC’s Stephen Sackur Of Being A Paid Troll For Duterte

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6FF09B3B-951E-41F9-ACF6-DE1DA6FFF905MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – They were both interviewed on BBC’s Hardtalk by host Stephen Sackur.  Now, they’re accusing Sackur of being a paid troll for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and Senator Antonio Trillanes both said that they regret agreeing to appear before Sackur’s show.

Sackur all but embarrassed both Filipinos and pummelled them with hard-hitting questions that they couldn’t answer to the host’s satisfaction. 

In both instances, Sackur pointed that that Duterte’s overwhelming approval and satisfaction rate is considered extraordinary even in democratic countries in the West.

Trillanes and Sereno had hoped that being featured on a popular television program such as Hardtalk would be their ticket to instant international fame and bring their anti-Duterte stance to international spotlight. Instead, both political figures crumbled before the eyes of the world.