MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Most Filipinos think that former President Rodrigo Duterte would be the best Philippine Emissary to China to broker a diplomatic solution to the South China Sea territorial dispute between the two countries. It is a well-known fact that Duterte is good friends with Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Duterte recently met with Xi during his personal visit to China.)
But President Bongbong Marcos has a different idea.
He wants to appoint Rappler CEO Maria Ressa as his personal representative on South China Sea affairs. “Who could be the best to fill that role than the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate herself,” Marcos told The Adobo Chronicles.
Our sources tell us that Marcos had already met secretly with Ressa who surprised Filipinos with her sudden 180-degree turn in as far as her thoughts and impressions were on the President. She now says Marcos (whom she labeled “son of a dictator”) is doing a good job.
No word yet on when Malacañang will formally announce Ressa’s appointment, which would earn her a presidential pardon in the event that the Supreme Court affirms her cyber libel conviction.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippine Coast Guard is losing restraint over the continued “bullying” by China, the last incident being the firing of a water cannon on a resupply boat in the South China Sea.
Unreliable sources tell The Adobo Chronicles that the PCG is finalizing its “Oplan L,” which would grant blanket authority to all its vessels to respond with laser beams in the event of another water cannon attack by the Chinese Coast Guard.
Moral of the story: the Philippines will no longer take water cannon attacks just sitting down. It will respond accordingly using modern technology!
(Adobo Chronicles’ chief geopolitics correspondent Brian Neyra contributed to this report.)
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Filipino cuisine can definitely compete with the best of the best in the world, but presentation has always been its achilles heel. After all, delicious food is not all about taste, ingredients and nutrition, but also about presentation.
Well, the time has come for one of the best-loved Filipino dishes, Kare-Kare. Thanks to the ingenuity of Filipino chefs, this delectable dish of meat and vegetables in peanut sauce has become world class.
Kare-Kare will soon be served at Michelin Star-designated restaurants around the world.
This dish now joins Sinigang (voted the best soup by Taste Atlas), in the world’s culinary elites!
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