Category Archives: Government

While The Cat Is Away In China, The Mouse Is Also Away In Ecuador

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Both out: Duterte in China, Robredo in Ecuador

BEIJING, China (The Adobo Chronicles, Tokyo Bureau) – Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo once told an audience in the U.S. that her only role is to wait for “something to happen to the president.”

So, if something did happen in the next few days to President Duterte while he is away on an official state visit to China, what is Robredo’s role?  Nothing, because is also away, in Ecuador.

This is Robredo’s third foreign travel since she became VP.

One would think that if the president of a country is out on official business, the next in line to the presidency should stay put, just in case.

But as the saying goes, “while the cat is away, the mouse will play.”

While we are not saying Robredo is out playing (she’s attending a UN Habitat Conference), shouldn’t there be more travel coordination between the Offices of the President and VP so that, in the very worlds of Robredo — if anything happens to the president — then…

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Trump To Obama: ‘Are You My Nanny?’

IMG_6457.JPGWASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – Just hours after President Obama urged Donald Trump to stop whining like a baby, the Republican presidential candidate took to his Twitter account to ask the president: “Are you my nanny?”

Trump was reacting to Obama’s comments in which he said, “I have never seen in my lifetime or in modern political history, any presidential candidate trying to discredit the elections and the election process before votes have even taken place,” Mr. Obama said. “It’s unprecedented. It happens to be based on no facts.”

“He’s not my nanny. Who is he to say I should stop whining? I can do as I please,” Trump tweeted.

Moral of the story: a president should never argue with a baby. Unless, of course, he or she is the baby’s nanny.

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China Visit: Philippine President Duterte Plans To Trade Manila’s Chinatown For Scarborough Shoal

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Manila’s Chinatown

BEIJING, China (The Adobo Chronicles, Hong Kong Bureau) – Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte begins a three-day official visit to Beijing Tuesday, armed with a solid proposal to resolve once and for all the territorial dispute between his country and China over Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, a.k.a. South China Sea.

Malacañang told The Adobo Chronicles that Duterte will propose to the Chinese government a deal in which China will give up its claim over Scarborough Shoal in exchange for the Philippines relinquishing ownership of the entire area on which Manila’s Chinatown now stands.

China is reportedly very interested in having full jurisdiction over the world’s oldest Chinatown.

The Chinese government plans to convert Manila’s Chinatown into a Hong Kong style enclave and make it a world-famous shopping and tourist destination.

The Philippines, on the other hand, will have full ownership of Scarborough Shoal, including all the benefits that will be derived from its oil-rich resources.

U.S. Secretary of State was reported to be scratching his head over this shocking news from Beijing.

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