Category Archives: International

Ellen Tordesillas Accuses Duterte Of Supplying Weapons To ICC

6649EF71-A17B-4B6F-BD21-EBBCF843E9C1MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Subject to fact-checking by Rappler and Vera Files – In a single tweet, Ellen Tordesillas of Vera Files accused Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte of supplying weapons to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Duterte is facing a complaint before ICC for alleged crimes against humanity.

Tordesillas’ latest tirade against Duterte follows her previous accusation that the president is the No. 1 source of fake news.

The Adobo Chronicles talked to Tordesillas as she was leaving a television studio where she figured in an embarrassing interview where she aaaah’d and uuuuhm’d when asked about her working definition of fake news.

4AB3800C-5F38-4F66-9CD2-926F11C51C24Tordesillas said that the weapons supplied by Duterte to ICC includes Uzi’s, semi-automatic rifles, multi-calibre guns and other assault ammunition.

The Adobo Chronicles could not immediately fact-check Tordesillas’ claim.

 

 

Jim Paredes Mistakenly Deported

0DC58C4D-9375-4F76-AA5A-EFF2762DA910MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) –Subject to fact-checking by Rappler and Vera Files – Anti-Duterte retired entertainer Jim Paredes was deported back to Australia at dawn this morning.  But it was all in error.

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested Paredes and put him on the first available flight from NAIA to Sydney.

Apparently, overly-eager BI employees mistook Paredes as the Australian who was reported to be engaged in anti-government activities in violation of the Philippine Constitution. Foreign citizens are expressly prohibited to engage in such activities while in the country. Paredes holds Australian citizenship.

The real Australian concerned in the report turned out to be a 71-year-old nun, Sister Patricia Fox.

As he was being escorted to his plane, Paredes kept on shouting, “Look at me, look at me. Do I look like a 71-year-old nun?”

 

Leni Robredo On Group Photo At Holocaust Memorial: Wala Namang Nakalibing Doon

8885B64B-1A12-493A-A9E1-2ED641427B3C.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Subject to fact-checking by Rappler and Vera Files – Back from her junket to Europe, with other politicians including Senator Kiko Pangilinan, Vice President Leni Robredo defended the viral group photo showing her and her group posing and smiling at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany.

Robredo said she sees nothing wrong with the photo, first posted online by Ifugao Representative Teddy Baguilat, Jr.

“Eh wala namang nakalibing doon, so anong problema?” (Nobody’s buried there, so what’s the problem?)

“What so disrespectful about that,” she added.

Dear Madam, that’s why it’s called Holocaust Memorial, not Holocaust Cemetery.