Category Archives: Government

Education, Government, Politics

A Permanent Lock Down For U.P. Diliman

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1A53C14B-9B8C-4EC1-95FD-73F178E1F61AQUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – In the U.S., a lock down is implemented when a mass shooter is on campus.  It is a standard procedure aimed at ensuring the safety of students, teachers and staff.

Yesterday, there was a lock down at the University of the Philippines, Diliman campus.  As students walked out of their classes, the doors and gates of the university were put on a lock down.

Today, The Adobo Chronicles learned that the lock down is permanent.  U.P. Diliman will be closed permanently.

It was welcome news for millions of Filipino taxpayers who have always complained that the taxes imposed on their hard-earned income are not being put to good use.

Imagine the savings on the government’s coffers!

Food, Government, Law Enforcement, Local News

City-wide Hunger Strike Looms in Baguio

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F112987A-C7FB-4E45-B424-1C39568186BBBAGUIO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Hundreds of thousands of Baguio City residents are threatening to go on a hunger strike beginning on March 1 this year.

March 1 is the start of the implementation of a new city ordinance that prohibits fish vendors from cleaning and scaling the fish that they sell at the Baguio City Public Market.

The ordinance is supposed to address environmental and drainage problems caused by vendors offering this free service to their customers.

Most Baguio residents who rely on fresh fish for their daily meals are not happy and so they are orgnizing a city-wide hunger strike that will last until the city government repeals the new ordinance.

”I’ve never scaled or cleaned fish in my entire life,” says one Baguio resident. “It was so convenient for me that the fish vendors always do it for me.”

“This whole thing smells real fishy,” said another resident who goes to the market everyday to purchase fish for her family’s meals.

Government, Politics, Religion

Philippine Bishops Not Happy About EDSA People Power Anniversary Rally This Sunday

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6780A333-FFBE-446F-96DA-7A935805A562MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Since the first EDSA People Power, the Catholic Bishops of the Philippines have always been supportive and at the forefront of protest rallies against the government. But alas, the robed church hierarchy is frowning at this year’s commemoration of EDSA I on February 25.

Protest organizers have called on the people to stage a mass walkout this Sunday.

That means that Catholics will be walking out of Sunday masses at churches nationwide.

So expect churches to be ghost towns this Sunday.

It will be a big loss of revenue for the Catholic Church because of empty Sunday collection baskets.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is holding an emergency meeting today to come up with a strategy to discourage people from participating in the EDSA rally and instead fulfill their obligation by attending mass and contributing to the Sunday collection.

For starters, the CBCP has banned all nuns, priests and seminarians from participating in the EDSA rally.