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In Its News Headline, Rappler Uses Wrong Philippine Air Lines (PAL) Logo

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80643F97-17C4-4A01-91D1-CD3149A73618MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Remember when the Phlippine News Agency (PNA) used the wrong logo of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for  its news story?

Yes, that was the news story that used the logo of Dole, the pineapple company, instead of that of the government agency.

Well, this time it was Rappler that made a booboo.

In its headline story about Philippine Airlines (PAL) paying up on the billions its owed the government, Rappler used the wrong logo.  It used that of the U.S.-based online payment company, PayPal.

But at least, Rappler conveyed the correct message that PAL paid.

Beauty, Government, Politics

Next On The Senate Calendar: Hearing On Fake Face

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Before and after photos of Risa Hontiveros, left, and Xander Ford, right

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Senate of the Philippines has the distinction of holding hearing after hearing  “in aid of legislation.”

One of the most-watched Senate hearings todate was that on “fake news,” which saw an entertaining clash among the Senators, members of the mainstream media as well as private citizen bloggers.

The next calendared hearing might prove to be even more interesting as the Upper House tackles the issue of “fake face.”

The hearing next week comes on the heels of the recent “revelation” on national television of the new and improved Xander Ford.

The Senate Secretariat confirmed to The Adobo Chronicles that among those invited as resource persons are Ford and no less than a member of the Senate, Risa Hontiveros.

Committee Chair Grace Poe said that both Ford and Hontiveros would be the best resource persons as the Senate tries to legislate fake faces because of their first-hand experience in facial transformation.

Government, Politics, Social Media

Senate Employees Fired For Posing In Front Of Senator De Lima’s Office

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3EB52D92-10CE-47C4-957F-1DDABB78C783MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – What’s bad for the goose is bad for the gander.

At a recent Senate hearing on “fake news,” Senator Kiko Pangilinan admonished resource person R.J. Nieto (a.k.a. Thinking PInoy) that because he is now a consultant with the Department of Foreign Affairs, he is subject to the code of ethics for government workers, officials and employees.

Nieto, along with blogger Mike Acebedo Lopez, had been criticized for taking a photo in front of the office of Leila De Lima in an apparent taunt directed at the incarcerated senator.

Well, the next day, several Senate employees posed in front of De Lima’s office, in what was supposed to be a direct response to the Lopez-Nieto photo.

Well, the Senate employees are now facing termination for violation of the code of ethics for government employees.

The dismissed employees have expressed anger towards Pangilinan, and are planning to appeal their termination.

What’s bad for the goose is bad for the gander.