Category Archives: Government

Government, Language, Law Enforcement

CALIFORNIA DMV RECALLS PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATE OF THE ADOBO CHRONICLES

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imageSAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – Company vehicles like those of television stations, hotels, airport shuttles or even Google are marked with painted logos or personalized (vanity) licensed plates.  Even The Adobo Chronicles  has its special license plate, ‘My Adobo’ on its company car used to transport its reporters covering events and breaking news.

While anyone in California can pay extra money to get a less boring personalized vehicle license plate, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) employs a three-person license plate police team that monitors, approves or cancels vanity license plates that may  be offensive, racist or insensitive.

Last month, the DMV cancelled the license plate of a Southern California driver after grasping its double meaning: ‘NOT SEE.’ The other meaning was, of course, anti-Semitic.

The three-person team, which reviewed more than 100,000 orders for vanity  plates last year, rejects about 25 applications a day — requests like “BUBEEEE,” “BURN 01” and “M16 GRL” that run afoul of prohibitions on references to guns, drugs and certain body parts.

Today, The Adobo Chronicles  received a demand letter from DMV asking us to surrender our license plate, ‘My Adobo.’

The letter didn’t exactly say what was offensive about our special license plate, but when we called DMV, they said our license plate was offensive to many non-Filipinos who are vegetarian, vegan or who are allergic to the smell of garlic and vinegar.  Adobo is the Philippines’ national dish consisting of chicken or pork that’s simmered in a mixture of soy sauce, vinegar and garlic.

As a law-abiding company based in the California, we absolutely want to adhere to government regulations and decisions, so we are asking our loyal readers and followers to suggest a new license plate that will be less offensive to non-Filipinos in America.

Government, International, Politics

FILIPINA WINS HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON AWARD FOR TREASON

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image WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) – For the first time ever, a Filipina has won the Hillary Rodham Clinton Award for Advancing Women in Peace and Security in the person of Miriam Coronel Ferrer.

Ferrer is the goverment negotiator for the peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the Philippines.

The award was presented by  Clinton and Georgetown University President John DeGioia at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. on April 22.

The day after she received the award, Ferrer was charged with treason before the Office of the Ombudsman in Manila for conspiring in the approval of the controversial Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) which complainants described as ‘unconstitutional.’

Also included in the criminal complaints were President NoyNoy Aquino, Senate President Franklin Drilon, House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, BBL government peace panel negotiator Teresita Deles as well  MILF representatives Murad Ebrahim, Mohagher Iqbal and Ghazali Jaafar.

In filing the complaint, former Assemblyman and Immigration Commissioner Homobono Adaza and government-critic Herman Tiu Laurel cited the respondents as co-conspirators in promoting the approval of the of the BBL, granting the MILF more power and territory beyond the limits set by the Constitution. They said the BBL violates at least 11 provisions of the Constitution on religion, equal protection rights and promoting social justice.
Among others, they said the accord would redefine Article 1 of the Constitution granting part of the national territory to the Bangsamoro and powers of sovereignty which are indivisible.

Upon learning of the charges, Clinton, who recently declared her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, revised  Ferrer’s award to ‘Hillary Rodham Clinton Award for Advancing Women in Treason.’

 

Government, Religion, Science and Environment

PHILIPPINES: GETTING MARRIED, BAPTIZED OR BURYING SOMEONE? MUST FIRST PLANT A TREE

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imageILOILO, Philippines – Catholics who want to marry, have someone buried or baptized will soon be required to plant trees, according to a Memorandum of Agreement among the Catholic Church, the local government and the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources in the province of Iloilo  in Central Philippines.

Not just any kind of trees, but Bonsai trees.

‘Bonsai’ is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated.

The agreement, signed on April 22 (Earth Day),  was originally aimed to reforest the lands denuded by Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in 2013.  Thousands of trees, including century-old ones, were uprooted when Typhoon Yolanda hit the province.

However, many Catholics in the province — mostly from low-income families — complained that they do not own any land and would not be able to comply with the tree planting requirement.

As a compromise, the archbishop of Iloilo relaxed the requirement by allowing Catholics to instead plant Bonsai trees on pots and containers inside their homes or apartments.

Taking advantage of the new rule, SM Department Stores in the province quickly added Bonsai trees to their list of available items in their gift registries.

Couples getting married or parents having their children baptized in the Catholic Church can now request their invited guests to give them the gift of Bonsai.

For Catholic burials, families of the deceased can now add the following line in the obituaries:

‘In lieu of flowers, please consider bringing a Bonsai tree to the wake or funeral.’