WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – This week’s issue of TIME magazine features the world’s strongmen on its cover and main story. U.S. President Donald Trump is not among them, but the Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte is.
Today, Trump called Duterte to congratulate him for being afforded the rare honor along with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
”I don’t know how you did it, but I’m jealous,”Trump told Duterte during the 5-minute call.
”We should talk more often so I can get some useful advice from you,” Trump told Duterte.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – What could be a better day to protest against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for what some are calling his failure to fulfill a campaign promise to end ENDO — the contractualization of workers — than May 1, Labor Day.
So, armed with bright-colored placards demanding that Duterte end ENDO, protesters marched in the the streets near Malacañang — all 5,000 or so of them.
But when Duterte announced that he has signed an Executive Order ending ENDO, the protesters said, “We were kidding. We just wanted something to protest about.”
End of the ENDO story.
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