Category Archives: International

Human Interest, International, Language, Politics

Animal Rights Group: Saying ‘Bring Home The Bacon’ Is Offensive To Pigs

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – Watch your language.  This is the gist of an animal rights group’s advice to people.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) now says that the phrase, ‘bring home the bacon’ is quite offensive to pigs.

But it’s not only pigs that get hurt from human expressions. Worms, horses, birds and bulls as well.

So, PETA has come up with suggestions on how humans can tone down their offensive rhetoric agains animals (see chart).

Meanwhile, The Adobo Chronicles also came up with suggested language that can be substituted when talking about human beings — men, women, children, homosexuals and persons with disabilities:

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Government, International, Politics

Duterte Admits: I Am Tuta Ng Kano

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – After all his past rhetoric against Uncle Sam, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte today admitted that he is, after all, still a “tuta ng Kano” (American puppet).

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that Duterte made this admission after he approved the purchase of 16 Black Hawk helicopters from the Sikorsky Aircraft Corp — an American company — for $240 million.

Earlier, it was announced that the Philippines was considering buying helicopters from Russia.

But because of U.S. sanctions on Russian military exports, that Russian purchase was shelved.

”I have no choice,” Duterte reportedly said, “if I purchased the helicopters from Russia, my country would also face sanctions from Donald Trump.  I’d rather be called an American puppet rather than face the wrath of Uncle Sam.”

Duterte’s admission gives his critics yet another reason to criticize his administration.
Government, Immigration, International, Media, Politics

Teddy Boy Locsin Asks His Canadian Foreign Affairs Counterpart: Please Grant Maria Ressa Asylum

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teddy Boy Locsin has appealed to his Canadian counterpart, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland   to take in Maria Ressa and grant her political asylum in Canada.

Locsin was encouraged by a tweet posted recently by Freeland expressing concern about the security and safety of the Rappler CEO.

Ressa faces tax evasion charges but has making the rounds of international news media outlets claiming that she was being harassed and intimidated by the Duterte government simply because she was a journalist.

For his part, Locsin promised that if Canada granted Ressa asylum, he will bat for the Canadian trash shipped to Manila years ago to stay in the Philippines, no more questions asked.