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Trump Sends Duterte U.S. Visa By Mail, Is Returned To Sender

July 22, 2017 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte didn’t have to fall in line at the U.S. Embassy in Manila for a U.S. visa. It came in the mail, courtesy of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Alas, Duterte instructed his right-hand man Bong Go to return the mail to sender.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, previously praised and invited by President Trump to come to the White House, said he will not visit the United States during or after his term because the country is “lousy.”

Duterte’s remarks about one of the Philippines’ oldest allies was in response to Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), who said he would protest if the Filipino leader utilized Trump’s invitation.

“There will never be a time that I will go to America during my term, or even thereafter. So what makes that guy think I’ll go to America? I’ve seen America, and it’s lousy,” Duterte told reporters Friday about McGovern.

Upon learning of the mailed visa, Vice President Leni Robredo sent a text message to the U.S. Embassy, asking if she could stand as proxy to Duterte for the botched White House visit. Embassy officials have yet to respond to Robredo.

Economy, Food, Government, International

Senator Cynthia Villar Has A New Proposal For Philippines To Achieve Rice Sufficiency

July 2, 2017 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – A few weeks ago, Philippine Senator Cynthia Villar proposed a ban on restaurants serving UNLI (unlimited) rice as a way for the country to achieve rice self-sufficiency.

But that didn’t go well with most Filipinos who always look forward to their free, unlimited rice that comes with their order of inihaw, kare-kare, adobo and lechon kawali.

Now, the hard-working senator has a new proposal that she thinks would be a sure way to reduce rice consumption in the Philippines.

Villar is proposing that the National Food Authority (NFA) import individually-wrapped rice grains from Japan (see photo).

By making it laborious for Filipinos to unwrap one rice grain at time in order to complete their three to four cups of rice to cook, Villar says in that in due time, Filipinos will eventually reduce their rice consumption.

NFA Administrator Jason Aquino told The Adobo Chronicles that the importation of the individually-wrapped rice grains from Japan will initially cost a lot of money, but in the end, it will reduce local demand for rice. When that happens, NFA will no longer need to import rice, even when local production is affected by weather conditions, Aquino said.