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Philippines Department Of Transportation Will Implement Jeepney Modernization Program Next Month

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The iconic jeepney, the military-style mode of public transportation unique to the Philippines will soon be extinct.

The Department of Transportation will start implementing the Jeepney Modernization Program starting next month in two pilot areas — Metro Manila and Baguio City.

In Metro Manila, the dilapidated, smoke-belching jeepneys will be phased out and replaced by modern, evironmentally-friendly vehicles (see design above.)  Some units will even feature airconditioning.

In Baguio City, the jeepneys will be replaced by gas-free units featuring bright-colored hair (see photo above.)

If successful, the program will be rolled out in other major cities and towns in the Philippines.

Oh what fun it is to ride…

Government, Law Enforcement, Politics

Philippine Court Orders Transfer Of Janet Napoles To Taguig Jail, Will Room With Senator De Lima

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IMG_1375MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The days of “solitary confinement” for jailed Senator Leila De Lima will soon be over.  She has been assigned a new roommate by the Court.

The Sandigangbayan First Division has ordered the detention of alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City pending her plunder trial in the case of former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.

The Court said there was no sufficient proof regarding Napoles’s claim that she would be safer at the National Bureau of Investigation custodial center amid supposed threats to her life.  It therefore ordered Napoles transferred from her present detention cell at the Correctional Institution for Women in Madaluyong City to Camp Bagong Diwa where De Lima is now jailed.

It may take some time for the two women to warm up to each other since both are known to be strong-willed and stubborn.  But the Court believes that eventually, their frailties as women will eventually endear them to each other.

 

Gender, Government, Media, Politics, Social Media

BREAKING: Leni Robredo Will Step Down As VP To Spend Quantity Time With Daughters

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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Hold the presses on impeachment!  Vice President Leni Robredo has just announced that she is stepping down in order to spend more quantity time with her daughters.

The shocking announcement came just hours after Robredo concluded the first episode of her new weekly radio 📻  program which aired Sunday, Mother’s Day.

During the radio show, Robredo had this advice to Filipino working mothers:

‘Nothing will ever take the place of the time you spend with your children. Some working mothers I know would say that giving their children quality time is okay. But I tell them, no. Quality time is not okay. It should be quantity time, which means parents should spend all the time they could with their children.”

Many working mothers, grandmothers and single parents took to social media to denounce Robredo’s statement and were planning to organize a “Million Mom March Vs. Robredo” at the Luneta sometime next week.

To prove that she was sincere in her advice to mothers, and to avert any civil unrest as a result of her comments, Robredo said she has decided to immediately step down from her position.

The 1987 Philippine Constitution gives the incumbent President the power to choose who will replace the Vice President.  Who will it be ?