Category Archives: Government

GUINNESS RECORD: Philippines Will Have Two VPs For Eleven days!

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Davao Bureau). – Here’s one for the Guinness Book of World Records:  the Philippines will have two vice presidents, albeit only for eleven days!

Presumptive Vice President Inday Sara Duterte announced that she plans to have her oath-taking on June 19, eleven days before that of Presumptive President Bongbong Marcos. (Under the Constitution, the President-elect — and by extension — the Vice President-elect shall take the oath of office at around noon on June 30, 2022.)

2016 was a weird exemption when Leni Robredo had a separate inauguration as VP from that of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Inday Sara’s announcement sent waves of disappointment to many of the 31 million who voted for the Marcos-Duterte tandem, dashing their hopes to personally witness the historic oath-taking of the17th President and his VP on the same day and stage.

So, technically, Duterte’s oath-taking will not yet formally install her as Vice President since the term of the incumbent, Robredo, doesn’t end till June 30.

For eleven days, the Filipinos will have two vice presidents — a world record indeed!

Sara Duterte’s Vice Presidential Oath Leaked!

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Davao Bureau) – Presumptive Vice President Inday Sara Duterte announced that she will take her oath of office 11 days early, in Davao City.

The announcement came as a big disappointment for UniTeam supporters who wanted to witness the historic inauguration of both presumptive President Bongbong Marcos and Duterte on the same day and stage. (The presidential inauguration is set for noon on June 30, 2022, as stated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution.)

The Adobo Chronicles obtained a leaked copy of Duterte’s oath and we are sharing it with our readers and followers.

Biden Calls Bongbong Marcos; Harris Calls Robredo!

WASHINGTON D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – U.S. President Joe Biden did not waste much time in calling Philippines’ President-elect Bongbong Marcos to congratulate him on his impressive majority win. Biden is the first head of state to call Marcos.

But Vice President and defeated candidate Leni Robredo was not left behind. American VP Kamala Harris also called her minutes after the Biden-Marcos call.

In a leaked transcript of the call, Harris offered Robredo her deepest condolences, telling the Philippine VP that ”as a woman and as VP myself, I feel you! I’m just luckier than you because I won the election and you didn’t. But I’m sure there will be other political opportunities for you once your party has re-grouped. It may take 12 or more years, but your time will come.”

Per the unofficial election results, Marcos beat Robredo for the presidency by a landslide.