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Entertainment, Government, Music, Politics

Philippines VP Leni Robredo Feels Snubbed by U2’s Bono

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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – When U2 staged a concert in Manila last weeked, Bono paid tribute to Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and other Filipino women. He even dedicated the song “Ultra Violet’” to Ressa.

That didn’t sit well with Vice President Leni Robredo, who  wasn’t included in the tribute.

”How dare Bono snub me after all I’ve done for thr Filipino people — from being Housing Secretary to Drug Czar, not to mention my other pet project which were all documented by photo ops,” she said.

Robredo compared her snub with that infamous incident when The Beatles snubbed the First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos when they were in Manila for a concert.

 

Education, Government, Politics

Be Careful What You Wish For: U.P., Philippine Christian U To Be Closed By DepEd

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – In a recent public statement, Senator Cynthia Villar proposed that the Department of Education (DepEd) should disband underperforming schools, while providing incentives to those that do well in educating Filipinos.

Well, DepEd is taking Villar’s statement seriously.

Today, DepEd announced it was closing down the University of the Philipppines and Phiilippine Christian University — almae matres of Villar.

”Obviously, the two universities didn’t do a good job in educating Villar, so we’re disbanding them,” a spokesperson for DepEd told The Adobo Chronicles.

”Unfortunately, we can’t close down New York University because we do not have jurisdiction over U.S. schools,” DepEd said.

 

Business, Education, Government

Cynthia Villar Wants To Close Down Schools To Make Way For More Land Development

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Senator Cynthia Villar wants “underperforming” schools disbanded by the Department of Education.

 “‘Yung mga maliliit [na schools] baka idisband natin yun,” Villar said in an ambush interview Thursday at a Stratbase forum in Taguig City.

We caught up with Villar during her recent inspection trips to one of VistaLand’s land and housing development projects (Villar owns VistaLand), and this is what she told us:

”Sayang naman yung mga lupa na kinatatayuan ng mga underperforming schools.  Let’s put the land to good use by converting them to housing developments.”

Villar, many will recall, was the author of the Rice Tarrification Bill which is now law.  It stripped the National Food  Authority of its rice procurement function by allowing for unli importation of the staple commodity by private entrepreneurs.  Many rice farmers have complained that they are losing their only means of livelihood because of the law.  It is rumored that some of them are considering just selling their farm land to VistaLand.

Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, Vista an kailangan.