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Government, Media, Politics, Social Media

Sex, Lies, Videotape, Uson And De Lima

October 14, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – What do blogger Mocha Uson and Senator Leila De Lima have in common? Sex, lies and videotape.

The outspoken senator has been facing accusations about her alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison while being constantly subjected to rumors about her sexual escapades with her personal driver and even with some jail inmates. There are alleged sex videos pointing to the lady senator.

Uson, on the other hand has been accused of being a paid spokesperson for President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and has been the subject of attacks by critics and the jealous media like Rappler for her popular political blog.

Recent stats on Facebook pages of Uson and Rappler (screen capture)

Now, the enemies of Uson are spreading “Throwback Thursday” photos of the former singer, dancer and nude model.

“Inuungkat yung nakaraan ko. Pinapakita yung mga hubad kong larawan na lumabas po sa mga magazine,” Uson said in an interview on Friday. (They’re digging into my past. They’re showing my nude photographs that have appeared in magazines.)

While she maintains that she’s unaffected by the bashing she receives in social media, Uson wants netizens to stop making personal attacks against her.

De Lima has demanded the same.

Now it remains to be seen whether women and human rights groups will come to the defense of Uson like they did for De Lima in condemning slut-shaming which we all agree has no place in a decent society like ours.

Entertainment, Film and TV, Government, Politics, The Media

Philippines President Duterte To Host TV Game Show

October 13, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Duterte portrait by Japanese artist Ayumi

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Several weeks ago, Philippines President Rodrigo Roa Duterte announced that he would allot an hour-long morning show on the government’s television station, PTV4, to communicate directly with the Filipino people. Well, that television program will soon become reality — as in reality TV.

Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar today unveiled the format of Duterte’s show, which in reality, is a game show. The title? “You Ask Me One, I’ll Ask You Two!”

During the commercial-free TV show, Duterte will field questions from the television audience, and for each question he answers, he will ask two questions.

Andanar said that Duterte was very confident his answer to each question will embarrass the questioner, while the answers to his two questions will find the questioner totally in agreement with the president.

For the game show’s premiere episode, Duterte’s guests will be representatives from the United Nations, United States and European Union.

Here’s the full announcement from the Office of the President.

Government, Law Enforcement, The Media

What The Philippines Is Doing To Drug Surrenderers

October 13, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Zumba in Quezon City, Philippines (Photo credit: CenterTechNews)

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – According to a report by PRI The World, some of the Filipino drug users who have voluntarily surrendered to authorities are being sent to Zumba classes.

Since Philippines President Rodrigo Roa Duterte launched his administration’s war on drugs, more than half a million individuals have surrendered in order to avoid arrest or prosecution. Others are coming forward for fear of possibly being killed in police or vigilante operations.

Because of the unexpected number of surrenderers, the government is unable to provide ample rehabilitation services due to lack of facilities.

Many drug rehab centers are being set up in military camps, including one in Nueva Ecija province where a 10,000-bed capacity facility is expected to open soon. But these are hardly enough to cope with the massive response to the government’s campaign.

The PRI report, however, is incomplete. Zumba classes are just the tip of the iceberg.

The Adobo Chronicles learned from highly reliable sources that many of the surrenderers are being referred to compulsory services and activities including yoga, Tai Chi, Karate, Piloxing, yoga, among others.

Surrenderers who are determined to be good anti-drug spokespersons are being enrolled in Toastmasters Club classes to improve on their communications skills.

Two of the nation’s television networks, ABS-CBN and GMA-7 have agreed to employ surrenderers who might be good dancers as back-up performers for their variety shows.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has also entered into a memorandum of agreement with the Duterte administration to utilize young and non-violent surrenderers as altar boys for Sunday and daily church services.

It takes a village to deal with the Philippines’ drug problem!