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Education, Government, Politics, Social Media

Leni Robredo Wants To Put An End To U.P. Diliman’s Annual Oblation (Naked) Run

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67ADB0BF-EDF1-41AC-8B33-341E0EEC1D42QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo seems to have some serious beef with anonymity. Just recently, she called for legal sanctions against anonymous social media accounts that are, in her words, spreading fake news.

Now, Robredo wants to put an end to the Oblation Run at the University of the Philippines’ Diliman campus.

The run is an annual event organized by the university’s Alpha Phi Omega fraternity. Participants run around the campus naked to protest various political and social issues. The runners, however, remain anonymous by wearing face and head masks.

“Just like the anonymous accounts on social media, the runners hide their identity while being open about issues they are fighting for. It’s just not fair,” Robredo, herself a U.P. Diliman graduate, told The Adobo Chronicles.

Robredo added:

”I fully support freedom of speech, but I also believe that people must be man or woman enough to own up to their speech.”

Words of wisdom from the fake VP.

Government, Politics, Travel

OFWs Plan To Meet Leni Robredo When She Visits The Middle East

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70EFCA82-B846-44A7-93D1-FB67833A4E58.jpegDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (The Adobo Chronicles, On board a commercial shipping vessel in the  U.A.E.) – Philippines’ Vice President Leni Robredo has announced plans to visit overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East as part of her INP project that promotes inspiring and success stories of Filipinos.

“May balak tayo sa Middle East, di ba, na magkaroon ng Istorya ng Pag-asa (We have plans in the Middle East, right, to have Istorya ng Pag-asa,” Robredo said.

“Iyong mga kababayan natin sa Middle East kasi mukhang sunod natin na Istorya ng Pag-asa (Our countrymen in the Middle East will be next to be featured for the Istorya ng Pag-asa),” she added.

The Vice President was sparse with details of the trip, which have yet to be finalized. There is no final date of the trip yet, according to Robredo’s office.

Upon learning of her plans, a region-wide coalition of Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle East told The Adobo Chronicles that they plan to meet Robredo at airports on her arrival — not to welcome her but to demand that she fly back the the Philippines immediately.

A coalition spokesperson said that Robredo has no business telling the stories of OFWs. “We can tell our own stories — that of our love of our home country and our support for President Rodrigo Duterte. She’s just trying to find an excuse to make yet another international shopping trip.”

No comment yet from the Office of the Vice President.

Government, International, Politics

Mike Pence And Leni Robredo To Hold Bilateral Vice Presidential Summit

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Birds of the same feather flock together, even if one is an American Eagle, the other a Philippine Eagle.

U.S. Vice president Mike Pence and Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo have both admitted that their only role is to “wait for something to happen to the President.’

Both Vice Presidents  also ageed that they need to start meeting each other more often for therapy to help ease the stress of their respective jobs (or no jobs).

No date has yet been set for the VP summit or which VP will host whom.