Category Archives: Health & Medicine

Beauty, Health & Medicine

Binibining Pilipinas Candidates Withdraw En Masse From This Year’s Pageant

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Year after year, Filipinos look forward to the coronation of their beauty queens who will represent the country in various prestigious international pageants.

One of the most anticipated of these pageants is Binibining Pilipinas which chooses the Philippines’ representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss  International and other prestigious international contests.

Alas, this year’s national pageant may be cancelled altogether, as contestants withdraw en masse from the competition.

The reason? The beauty queen hopefuls are fearful of the epidemic that’s gripping many countries in the world: the coronavirus.

No matter that the crown (corona) this year is even more bejeweled and pearl-studded than ever.

 

Business, Health & Medicine

U.S. Budweiser Sales Double As A Result Of Coronavirus Scare

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TAMPA, Florida  (The Adobo Chornicles, Tampa Bureau) – A new study found people may be skeptical of Corona beer because it shares part of its name with the virus making people ill across the world.

5W Public Relations, an independently-owned PR agency, conducted a phone survey of 737 U.S. residents who considered themselves beer drinkers this week.

The survey revealed 38 percent of beer-drinking Americans would not buy Corona under any circumstances now. Among those who said they usually drink Corona, only 4 percent said they would stop drinking Corona. Fourteen percent said they wouldn’t order Corona in a public venue.

Meanwhle, a separate survey conducted by The Adobo Chronicles (AC) showed that sales of Budweiser and Budlight in the United States more than doubled in the weeks after the first case of coronavirus was reported in the country.

”It’s better to be safe than sorry,” a bar customer at a local Tampa bar told AC.

AC is currently investigating whether sales of the Toyota Corona have also declined.  Stay tuned!

Government, Health & Medicine, International

Leni Robredo Wants To Be Coronavirus Czar like U.S. VP Mike Pence

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – There’s something about being “czar” that excites Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo.

Fresh from being appointed then fired as the drug czar of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, Robredo now wants to be named the “coronavirus czar.”

It all started when U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was named the White House point person quarterbacking the administration’s response to COVID-19.

The Philippine VP told The Adobo Chronicles that she would very much like to be Pence’s counterpart for the Philippines.

”I think I can do a great job in stopping COVID-19 from spreading in the country,” she said. “If VP Pence can do it, I, too,  as Philippine Vice President can.”