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Government, Health & Medicine, Law Enforcement

QUEZON CITY EYES TO ROLL OUT CITIZEN ID, DRINKING LICENSE

December 9, 2020 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – The city government is eyeing to roll out citizen IDs to all its constituents to help in the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine once it becomes available .

The “QCitizen card” is similar to Makati City’s citizen ID which was used in the distribution of Covid-19 cash relief to its residents.

Sources close to QC Mayor Joy Belmonte told The Adobo Chronicles also said that the city is also considering issuing drinking licenses, similar to the driver’s license, as a way to regulate the sale and consumption of alcohol during and after the coronavirus pandemic. Only those with a valid drinking license will be able to buy and drink alcohol —in public or on private.

Government, Health & Medicine, Media, Politics

HARRY ROQUE CALLS LENI ROBREDO A “PIG”

December 7, 2020 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque is not one who would mince his words when responding to criticism and statements from Rodrigo Duterte’s critics, including the Vice President.

Reacting to a recent statement from Leni Robredo that she would volunteer to be among the first to receive the Covid-19 vaccine once it’s available, Roque said that the VP was a bit too late because Duterte had already volunteered first.

He then proceeded to call Robredo a “pig.”

A “guinea pig,” that is.

Culture, Health & Medicine, International, Technology

WHY AMERICANS ARE PANIC-BUYING FOR TOILET PAPER

December 6, 2020 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – It happened in the spring at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. It’s happening again as more and more states are mandating stay-at-home instructions to deal with increasing cases of Covid-19.

What’s happening? Consumers are seeing empty supermarket and warehouse shelves where toilet paper used to abound. Americans are in a panic-buying mode.

But why toilet paper, one might ask.

Well, unlike in countries like Japan, American homes are not equipped with bidets in their toilets, and Americans have no concept of the dipper or pitcher (tabo) like it is used and practiced in countries like the Philippines. So they are fully dependent on the good old toilet paper to clean up after a dump.

America, the most advanced and industrialized country in the world, apparently needs to keep up with Japanese toilet technology, or perhaps adapt to its former colony the Philippines’ tabo culture.

Especially in a pandemic..