MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – In the age of instant, electronic communications, the Philippines’ Presidential Communications Office (PCO) wants to stick to old tradition — printing and distributing tabloids to herald the accomplishments of the administration.
Critics have said that no one reads printed newspapers anymore these days as they look to the Internet for their daily dose of up-to-date news and developments.
But the new tabloid, “The Philippine Gazette” has brought joy and relief to thousands of Filipino tinapa (smoked fish) vendors who praised the PCO for giving them access to free newsprint to use in their small businesses.
It is customary for tinapa and other dried fish vendors to use old newspapers to display and wrap their goods. They have had difficulty obtaining used newspapers because very few people still buy or read them.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – We, at The Adobo Chronicles, fully understand the predicament of native English speakers visiting the Philippines regarding their difficulty in pronouncing many Filipino words.
We are starting a new series as a public service to y’al English speakers. You can thank us later!
Let’s start with the word, “Carinderia.”
It is a noun which refers to a food stall with a small seating area, typically in a market or at a roadside, serving pre-cooked menu items.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippines may officially subscribe to the “One-China Policy” but its practical approach is more of neutrality — through its Fruit Diplomacy which it hopes will significantly ease the territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
While China sends aircraft and sea vessels in and around the Taiwan Straight to intimidate Taipei government, the Philippines regularly sending imports of banana, mango and durian to BOTH China and Taiwan.
Taiwan regularly monitors Chinese incursions into its ADIZ (air defense identification zone) while the Philippines constantly watches its revenue from its fruit exports.
As Philippine President Bongbong Marcos has said, “we are a friend to all, an enemy to none.”
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