Category Archives: Government

Government, Travel

Transcript Of Senate’s 2018 Budget Hearing For Office Of Vice President Leni Robredo

Leave a comment

IMG_3875.PNGMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Senate today approved the 2018 budget for the Office of the Vice President, granting Leni Robredo a three percent increase from this year.  The senators gave Robredo a P443 Million budget for next year.

Here’s a transcript of the Senate budget hearing:

Senator: So, Ma’am Leni, you are asking for a P443 Million budget for your office in 2018?

VP: That’s korek

Senator: But with all due respect, Ma’am, you yourself said that the only job of the Vice President is to wait for something to happen to the President.

VP: Yes, I did.

Senator: So why do you even need a single centavo for your office’s budget?

VP: Your honor, I have many foreign travels and speaking engagements scheduled for 2018: Rome, London, Paris, Toronto, Sydney and many more…

Senator: Oh, okay.  Mr. Chair, I move to approve the almost half a billion 2018 budget requested by the Vice President.

 

 

Government, International, Politics, Travel

NAIA To Be Renamed MIA Monday

1 Comment

IMG_3786

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – On Monday, August 21, Filipinos observe a national holiday, Ninoy Aquino Day.

Highlight of the commemoration will be the renaming of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) back to its original name, Manila International Airport (MIA).

The International Pilots Association (IPA) hailed the move. It will now be much easier to say MIA than NAIA when communicating with the air control towers.

Government, Media, Social Media

Rappler’s Pia Ranada Appointed Assistant Secretary of PCOO

Leave a comment

IMG_3768.JPGMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Yesterday, The Adobo Chronicles reported that Rappler CEO Maria Ressa fired star reporter Pia Ranada after the latter wrote a story on the alleged appointment of Nikki Prieto-Teodoro as the new Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.  Rappler quickly retracted the story because it was fake and unconfirmed.

But no worries, Ranada will not be unemployed.  She has just been appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as a second Assistant Secretarty of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO).  Ranada will be working closely with ASEC Mocha Uson.

Despite her differences with President Duterte, PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar told The Adobo Chronicles that Ranada will be a great assset to the Duterte administration because of her penchant for gossip and fake news.

“Her expertise will counter all the fake news being spread by anti-Duterte news media both here and abroad,” Andanar said.

Well, all’s well that ends well!