Category Archives: International

Breitbart News’ Steve Bannon To Invest In Rappler?

C902D5F3-0574-4DCF-B923-56C53F28963A.jpegWASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – Steve Bannon, once President Trump’s chief adviser, has stepped down from his role as executive chairman at Breitbart News, the conservative website that has been called the “platform for the alt-right,” Breitbart announced Tuesday.

The move comes amid pressure from Rebekah Mercer, a major conservative donor, according to the New York Times.

Bannon was recently quoted in a new book by Michael Wolff as calling Donald Trump Jr.’s June 2016 meeting with Russians in Trump Tower “treasonous.”

Now, sources close to Bannon are saying that Bannon is considering investing in Rappler, the financially and morally-troubled anti-Duterte Philippine online news source owned by former CNN correspondent Maria Ressa.

Rappler has been trying for months to raise at least  Five Million Pesos to sustain its operations. To date, its online fundraising has failed to reach 25% of its goal.

A Bannon investment in Rappler will solve Ressa’s problem in an instant…

Philippine Air Lines Plane Leaves Honolulu On Time, Lands A Year Later In Manila!

B37815B5-FDCA-4810-B012-2EECCDE25BE7HONOLULU, Hawaii (The Adobo Chronicles, Honolulu Bureau) – PR 101, Philippine Air Lines’ regularly-scheduled flight from Honolulu to Manila left on time, but the otherwise uneventful flight shocked many passengers, mostly Filipino Balikbayan going home for the holidays.

The plane left Honolulu International Airpoirt at 11:31 am on December 31, 2017.  It arrived in Manila at 3:48 p.m.  Alas, it was already 2018 when it arrived.

That’s a year late!

 

Spox Harry Roque To Lead In Observance Of World No Trousers Day January 7

C880B362-46FC-4D64-9797-9C87F68EA27AMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Remember when Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque hopped onto an MRT train to commiserate with Metro Manila commuters?

Well, he liked it so much that he’s doing it again on January 7, in observance of World No Trousers Day. It is a day when commuters — from San Francisco to London —  drop their trousers while riding the trains to work.

Roque told The Adobo Chronicles that he prepared long and hard for this, shedding a lot of weight in order to look good for the cameras. (See photo for artist’s rendition of Roque sans his trousers.)

Members of the Senate and House of Representatives will be joining Roque in this once-in-a-lifetime commute.