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Actress Haley Atwell Denies Canceling ComicCon Appearance Due To Political Unrest In The Philippines

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B9E392FC-CB2C-4777-8223-D71BC472E612MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Organizers of ComicCon Asia 2018 earlier announced that actress Hayley Atwell, known for her role as Peggy Carter in Agent Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will no longer be part of the event.

In a statement posted on the group’s Facebook page, Hayley cited the “political unrest in the country” as the reason.

“We wish to inform everyone that Hayley Atwell has decided to cancel her appearance in the 2018 ComicCon Asia due to the perceived ‘political unrest in the country.’ In a message sent to us, Hayley said that ‘she’s not comfrotable making the trip at this time.’

Mainstream news media wasted no time in reporting the cancellation.52D2AFCB-CE67-4002-A481-AD067AFBF3E4

The Adobo Chronicles contacted Haley on the set of an episode she was shooting and she denied having mentioned anything about political unrest in the Philippines.

”What I said was that I was canceling my trip to Manila because the Liberal

Government, International, Politics, Religion

Pope Francis Issues ‘Cease and Desist’ Order Against Filipino Activist Nun

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3CB4A1B6-00FC-4A60-A119-D208C0A58951THE VATICAN (The Adobo Chronicles, Rome Bureau) – Religious priests and nuns have a vow to look after the spiritual well-being of people, not their politics.

Pope Francis issued this reminder to the Catholic clergy as he issued a ‘Cease and Desist’ order against Filipino activist nun, Sister Mary John Mananzan.

Mananzan, former head of St. Scholarstica’s College in Manila, has been in political news lately, criticizing the Duterte administration for what she calls an attack on the opposition.

The nun is also reportedly behind political protests and rallies staged by students of St. Scholastica.

”Give unto Caesar what’s due to him and to God what’s due to God,” Francis told Mananzan. “Leave politics to the politicians, and focus on religious vow and mission.”

 

Government, International, Law Enforcement, Politics

International Criminal Court In Panic Mode After Duterte’s PMA Speech

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has gone into panic mode after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he will convince states to withdraw from the international body.

Earlier, Duterte announced the Philippines was withdrawing from the ICC.

“I will convince everybody now under the treaty: Get out! Bastos ‘yan (That is rude)! It is not a document that was prepared by anybody. It is an EU-sponsored [treaty],” Duterte said in a speech on Sunday before graduates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in Baguio City.

ICC officials interrupted their weekend personal plans and reported for work, trying to make phone calls to heads of state of ICC members in an apparent move to discourage countries from following Duterte’s lead in withdrawing from the international court.

In Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump was asked by reporters about Duterte’s call for states to withdraw from ICC.  Trump simply said, “ICC got what it deserved.”

The U.S. is not a signatory to the Rome Statute creating the ICC.