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Youth Rallies: Future Drug Pushers To Stage Anti-Duterte Protests

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IMG_2919.PNGMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Youth groups are not happy that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is getting in their way of being the country’s future drug pushers.

At a recent press conference, the #YouthResist, a movement formed by youth groups Millennials Against Dictators [MAD], Student Council Alliance of the Philippines (SCAP), Akbayan Youth and some campus- and community-based youth groups, said they are planning to hold anti-Duterte rallies on July 18, just days before the president’s July 24 State of the Nation Address (SONA).

The youth sentiment was quite obvious in the message they wrote on their protest placards. “We all are possible drug pushers,” their signs proclaimed.

“The president must respect the fact that we, the youth, are the country’s future.  We are tomorrow’s senators and congressmen, mayors and governors, bank presidents and multinational CEOs.  But we are also the future drug pushers, so we must resist everything that Duterte is doing to fight illegal drugs,” the youth group said.

 

Government, Politics, Social Media, The Media

Jim Paredes Now A Die-hard Dutertard

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IMG_2915.JPGMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Former Filipino entertainer Jim Paredes has suddenly turned from being a harsh critic of the Duterte administration  to a loyal and passionate supporter.

Paredes’ change of heart and politics shocked and disappointed his former fellow Yellowtards like Raissa Robles, Leah Navarro and Cynthia Patag.  Rappler and The Inquirer both refused to carry the story claiming it is “fake news.”

Bur Paredes’ most  recent tweets speak for themselves. Finally, the FIlipino-Australian has nothing but positive comments about Duterte and the Philippine government.

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Government, Law Enforcement, Politics, Social Media

#DollarParaKayLeni Launched In San Francisco

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IMG_2901SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – It’s been a almost a year since a fundraising campaign was launched to help Leni Robredo shoulder the costs of former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ electoral protest questioning the legitimacy of the Vice President’s win in last year’s elections.

Previously, the Supreme Court required both Marcos and Robredo to pay a deposit in order to make the vote recount happen.  Marcos had to pay P66 million, while Robredo, P15 million.

Unconfirmed reports show that since the launch of “PisoParaKayLeni,” the total amount raised has only been about P400,000, a long ways to the P15 million Robredo needed to come up with.

And so, Leni’s FilAm supporters are coming to the rescue, launching a new campaign, “DollarParaKayLeni.”  The goal is to raise the rest of the P15 million Robredo needs.

Launched in San Francisco’ s Union Square, the stateside fundraising campaign hopes that kind-hearted Leni supporters will contribute at least a dollar each.

“A dollar goes a long way,” organizer Rodel Dimagiba said, “since the current U.S. Dollar-PH Peso exchange rate is almost 50 to 1. That’s 50 times more that we can raise for Leni than the one peso contribution by Leni’s supporters in the Philippines.”

The Supreme Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal will start the preliminary conference on Marcos’ petition on Tuesday, July 11.

Related: Did ‘PisoParaKayLeni’ Violate the Philippine Constitution? READ