Category Archives: Government

Government, Immigration, International, Politics

Senatorial Candidate Gary Alejano Wants Philippine Government To Recall All OFWs

May 6, 2019 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Senatorial candidate Gary Alejano is urging the Philippine government to recall all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) as a way to stop the employment of Chinese nationals in the country.

In a tweet, Alejano complained that 66 Chinese workers are working on the Chico River Irrigation Project — jobs that should have been for Filipinos.

He told The Adobo Chronicles that the hundreds of thousands of OFWs should be asked to come home so that they can be tapped to fill a few dozen jobs that are needed in connection with ongoing infrastructure and other development projects under President Rodrigo Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” program.

”Ang trabajo sa Pilipinas ay dapat sa Pilipino,” he said. “Ang trabaho sa U.A.E. ay dapat sa Arabo.“

Government, International, Science and Environment

Bluff Diplomacy: Canada Offers To Take Back Its Trash Shipped To The Philippines

May 2, 2019 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – For many years, dozens of containers of trash and toxic waste shipped from Canada have been sitting idle in the Port of Manila. The shipment was supposed to contain recyclable plastic.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has had it, so he threatened to declare war on Canada if the trash aren’t shipped back ASAP.

Well…

Canada has made an offer to the Philippines to repatriate six dozen shipping containers full of rotting garbage that were erroneously shipped there six years ago, the federal environment minister said recently.

If the offer is accepted, the trash would return to Canada through the port of Vancouver before disposal.

The previous Aquino administration used channels at the United Nations to resolve its international conflict with China. Didn’t work.

Duterte used bluff diplomacy to put an end to a long-standing issue with Canada, and it worked!

Government, Politics, Religion

Senate Proposes Bill To Tax Philippine Catholic Church, Iglesia Ni Cristo

May 2, 2019 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

9D8488C6-0584-4065-9FA1-54B84A0E9542 — Philippine Catholic Bishops, left, and one of INC’s huge church buildings, right

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Following the lead of Montreal, Canada, the Philippine Senate is now conisdering a bill that would strike down the tax exemption for churches. Not all churches, but the two largest denominations — the Roman Catholic Church and the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ).

(Montreal has begun to tax churches, especially those that use their facilities for non-worship purposes.)

The Senate bill is authored by Senator Kiko Pangilinanan, chair of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws. It has the full support of 100% of the Senators.

In justifying the proposed law (which would require a Constitutional Amendment). Pangilinan said that since the Catholic Church and INC have been using their religious platforms to meddle in politics, their tax exemption is no longer warranted.

”Catholic churches have used the pulpit to influence people on who to vote for in this coming and past elections while allowing church builidngs to serve as venues for political campaigns and partisan propaganda,” Pangilinan said. He also alluded to the Catholic Church’s huge investments in the stock market.

As for INC, Pangilinan said that it has always been known to vote as a block, dictating their followers to vote for chosen candidates.

As expected, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines and INC head Eduardo V. Manalo have expressed stiff opposition to the proposed law, citing the Constitutional guarantee of Separation of Church and State.