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Beauty, Government, International, Law Enforcement, Tourism, Travel

No Misses Venezuela, Brazil In Miss Universe Pageant In The Philippines

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Venezuelan, left, and Brazilian woman, right, nabbed at NAIA (Internet capture)

MANILA. Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s War on drugs will not spare anyone, not even beauty pageant contestants.

Today the Philippines announced that the Miss Universe contestants from Venezuela and Brazil will not be allowed to participate in the international beauty pageant to be held here next January.

The announcement came as two female foreigners — one from Venezuela and the other from Brazil (not the pageant contestants) — were nabbed by authorities at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for trying to bring in illegal drugs.

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald ‘Bato’ De La Rosa warned other countries that their Miss Universe contest representatives will also be banned if any of their female citizens are caught trying to smuggle drugs into the country.

With the banning of Venezuela and Brazil, the Philippines’ representative, Maxine Medina  will have a much better chance to win the crown (back to back) now worn by Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.

Venezuela and Brazil are among the consistent winners and finalists in the 65-year-old pageant.

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Government, International, Politics

Hillary Will Appoint Trump U.S. Ambassador To The Philippines

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Trump, left, and Goldberg

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – It’s not all bad blood between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. When she assumes the U.S. presidency, Clinton says she will appoint Trump the U.S. ambassador to the Philippines.

The current U.S. ambassador, Philip Goldberg, is ending his three-year tour of duty in Manila this November.

“Trump would be the perfect choice to replace Goldberg. I am very confident he will get along very well with Philippine President Duterte” Clinton said.

(Duterte is often referred to as the Donald Trump of the Philippines and Trump has also been called the Duterte of America.)

Trump seems open to the idea, knowing that the Filipinos love beauty pageants.

“Perhaps during my tour of duty, I can take over the ownership of the Binibining Pilipinas Charities (Miss Philippines Charities) which has the local franchise for international beauty contests like Miss Universe and Miss International,” the Republican presidential candidate said.

“Then I can go back to barging into the dressing rooms of naked pageant contestants,” Trump added. “That would be so wonderful.”

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International, Media, Politics, Social Media

Inquirer, FilAm Lawyer Apologize To Philippine President Duterte

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img_6385SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – The Inquirer, a leading Philippine daily newspaper, and Ted Laguatan, a self-confessed long-time San Francisco-based Filipino American lawyer, have issed a joint and very heart-felt apology to President Rodrigo Duterte today.

Yesterday, the Inquirer published a scathing op-ed piece by Laguatan in which he urged the world’s good and decent people like himself to force Duterte to resign. The good lawyer invoked Jesus Christ in hoping that the popular president amend “his evil ways” and  “save his soul.”

The problem? Laguatan named the wrong president, whoever that “Rodolfo Duterte” was. And it seemed that the Inquirer didn’t know any better by publishing the article.

Perhaps the newspaper couldn’t afford to pay a copyeditor? Or did the editors think Laguatan’s lengthy piece was satire?

Inquirer has since corrected the misnomer, but thanks to the power of the Internet Laguatan’s laughable piece and the Inquirer’s complicity in attacking Duterte will go down  in history as the greatest infamy in Philippine politics.

(The letter of apology hasn’t been published yet as it is undergoing some intensive copyediting and proofreading at the Inquirer.)

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