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Health & Medicine, Politics, Social Media

In Facebook Address To The Nation, Leni Robredo Lets Her Hair Down

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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – In what many are saying as her attempt to mimic President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), Vice President Leni Robredo took to her Facebook account last night to address the Filipino people.

Wearing a pair of eyeglasses, donning a purple dress, her hair in a bun, and with hands clasped, Robredo firmly and emphatically laid out her solid and well-thought of points for the country to more effectively deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

To demonstrate that she was heartfelt and serious about her recommendations, she let her hair down towards the end of her address.  With that, she seemed to tell her viewers: “This is the real me, not the fake me.”

Government, Health & Medicine

Curfew And Liquor Ban Lifted Under GCQ In Quezon City?

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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – Last August 19, the National Capital Region, including Quezon City, was placed under a less restrictive General Community Quarantine (GCQ). The move by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases was seen as a balancing act between ensuring the health safety of the population in the Covid-19 pandemic and the health of the economy.

Nevertheless, even under GCQ, cities within NCR will continue to observe curfew hours, and some still impose a liquor ban or some variation of it.

In Quezon City however, residents got confused over an infographic that renamed “curfew” to “public safety” hours.

Many interpreted the hours to mean “happy” hours which for them signaled the total lifting of both curfew and the liquor ban.

The public is advised not to drink to that. Yet.

Here’s the full infographic from the QC government:

Business, Health & Medicine, Social Media, The Media

Rappler To Close Its Offices In Philippines, Indonesia!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Rappler employees are commending their CEO Maria Ressa for her courageous display of concern for them amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic.

Yesterday, Ressa announced that Rappler was permanently closing down its offices in the Philippines and Indonesia.

The diffcult decision was reached after no less than Rappler reported that the Philippines has surpassed Indonesia as the ASEAN country with the highest number of Covid-19 confirmed cases. The online news source also reported that Indonesia now has the most number of Covid-19 deaths in all of Southeast Asia.

”The health and safety of my employees are my priority concerns and I can’t continue to operate my business in either country without feeling responsible should any of them contract the deadly virus,” Ressa told The Adobo Chronicles.

Asked what her plans are for her business, Ressa said that since she is also a U.S. citizen, she might operate Rappler from the United States while allowing her staff to work from their own homes in the Philippines and Indonesia.

“After all, my staff are used to using Google, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram when reporting or investigating the news,” Ressa added.