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Film and TV, Government, Politics, The Media

Actor Gabby Concepcion Thankful He Was Cussed By President Duterte

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IMG_5416MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Instead of being enraged, Gabby Concepcion expressed deep gratitude to President Rodrigo Duterte who cussed the actor in a recent televised speech.

“Gabby Concepcion, mukha kang pera, p*tng *na ka,” Duterte said repeatedly. (Translation: “money-faced son-of-a-b*tch)

The President was, of course referring to ABS-CBN’s Gabby Lopez whom he described as one of the country’s oligarchs.

Concepcion told The Adobo Chronicles that he was very honored to have been mentioned by the President.

“It means he is an avid fan,” Concepcion, a hearthrob of the 80’s, said of Duterte.

The actor is also very thankful because now, his name will go viral and this could only again jumpstart his acting career.

All’s well that ends well.

Gender, Government, Politics

Philippines’ 2022 Presidential Race Shaping Up With All-Women Frontrunners

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L-R: Robredo, Duterte, Hontiveros

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – President Rodrigo Duterte has not yet even completed a full 14 months of his six-year term but already, political parties are floating the names of their standard bearers come 2022.

Vice President Leni Robredo, being the highest-ranking member of the opposition Liberal Party is almost assured of nomination to run for president.

The Duterte administration has also started floating the name of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, the president’s daughter, to be the ruling PDP-Laban’s candidate.

Not to be outdone, the minority coalition that includes Akbayan is reportedly grooming Senator Risa Hontiveros to be their chosen one.

The women’s organization Gabriela couldn’t be more pleased with this frontrunner line-up, telling The Adobo Chronicles that an all-women candidate field will totally eliminate issues of machismo and misogyny from the presidential race.

Gabriela has already chosen its 2022 election meme which is: “May the best woman win.”

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all ?

Government, Politics, Social Media

Chito Gascon Thanks Congress For Doubling CHR’s 2018 Budget

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IMG_5013MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Commissioner Chito Gascon is a happy camper these days after the Philippine House of Representatives (HOR) doubled the 2018 budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR).

It will be recalled that HOR earlier slashed CHR’s budget from P678 Million to P1,000.  It has then increased the approved budget to P2,000.

In speaking with The Adobo Chronicles, Gascon said that the increase in his budget comes at a very significant day when Twitter also announced that it is doubling the 140-character limit for tweets.

“It only shows that human rights and free speech will always prevail if we are vigilant,” Gascon said.