MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – CEO Maria Ressa has finally given up on dealing with what she calls a “toxic sludge” on Facebook which has severely impacted the operations and credibility of her start-up online news source.
In an interview on CNN,Ressa revealed that the (Duterte) government has reclassified Rappler from a media organization to a dealer in securities (stockbroker).
It couldn’t be fake news, coming from Ressa herself.
Well, at least Rappler stays in business. But first things first. It must pay the back taxes the government says it owes as a stockbroker.
No worries, you will not miss any news. You still can get it from Facebook, the toxic sludge.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Opposition Senators announced today that they will be filing a joint bill that would ban the celebration of Chinese New Year in the Philippines.
The Senators — Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros, Antonio Trillanes and Kiko Pangilinan — said that their proposal is in protest of President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent signed agreements with Chinese President Xi Jinping which they claim all but “sell” the Philippines to China.
Chinese New Year has traditionally been a special non-working holiday in the country. The Senators want to scrap the holiday.
However, one Opposition Senator, Franklin Drilon, asked his colleagues to defer the bill until 2020, since the year 2019 in the Chinese Lunar Calendar is the Year of the Pig.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – As reported by radyo.inquirer.net and retweeted by retired entertainer Jim Paredes, the Chinese currency, rinminbi, can now be used for transactions in the Philippines.
It was reported that this was among the many agreements signed by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the latter’s state visit to the country.
Today, Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) issued preliminary guidelines on the use of Chinese currency in transactions within the country.
Initially, rinminbi can be used by local Filipinos to purchase the following items:
Siopao
Siomai
Hopia
Kikiam
Tikoy
Taho
The Central Bank said that more items will be added in the coming months.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – CEO Maria Ressa has finally given up on dealing with what she calls a “toxic sludge” on Facebook which has severely impacted the operations and credibility of her start-up online news source.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Opposition Senators announced today that they will be filing a joint bill that would ban the celebration of Chinese New Year in the Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – As reported by radyo.inquirer.net and retweeted by retired entertainer Jim Paredes, the Chinese currency, rinminbi, can now be used for transactions in the Philippines.
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