In a shocking twist, Vice President Sara Duterte has to make do with less than a measly 433 bodyguards after the scandalous withdrawal of 75 police officers.
This tragic reduction leaves her with a little less than the combined security of Pope Francis and King Charles including his entire Royal Family. How will she manage?
Is she guarding state secrets, or perhaps a special recipe for adobo? The Philippines must be the world’s most dangerous place for a vice president.
While the Pope strolls through crowds with a mere 135 guards, and the British royals sleep soundly with 185, Duterte faces her nation’s grocery stores, ribbon cuttings and funerals with an almost laughable 433 protectors.
This cutback surely jeopardizes national security — or at least the nation’s supply of ‘manananggal’ repellent. Indeed, only in the Philippines could such a reduction be seen as an existential threat.
The uproar over the “Last Supper” tableau at the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony proves that in the age of social media, a good scandal never goes un-manufactured.
Viral photos, cropped to show only 13 actors (‘Jesus’ included), sparked outrage and accusations of sacrilege. However, a wider view reveals a bustling scene with 17 actors (plus ‘Jesus’). Whatever happened to the 12 Apostles we’ve been taught in Catholic school?
Were the viral photos intentionally cropped to ignite controversy? After all, nothing boosts engagement like a juicy scandal.
Is this a classic case of “much ado about nothing,” fueled by the modern penchant for outrage?
The only real crime here is that the actors had to pretend to enjoy a cold buffet for hours, while the world argued over who got left out of the frame.
Former Senator Ping Lacson was so impressed and inspired by the Opening Ceremonies of the Paris Olympics that he shared his vision of the quadrennial sports event 40 years from now.
Citing the unique Olympic parade along the Seine River with the iconic Eiffel Tower in the background, he says Manila can easily replicate or surpass Paris’ Opening Ceremonies.
Lacson says, “a startling Olympic parade along the clean and scenic Pasig River from Manila Bay to Laguna de Bay” would surely put the Philippines on the Olympic map.
He is also confident that the country can also beat the controversial “Last Supper” tableau with its own “Ama Namin”-type grand performance, with drag artist Pura Luca Vega as the model and inspiration.
Finally, Lacson is hoping that the lighting of the Olympic flame could be technologically induced — simultaneously— at the craters of Taal and Mayon volcanoes for a truly nature-oriented blast for the opening ceremony.
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