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KFC Launches Chicken Adobo-Scented Sunscreen

August 22, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

IMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Kentucky Fried Chicken recently announced that it was launching an unexpected new product: fried chicken-scented sunscreen.

Starting Monday, KFC is giving away 3,000 free bottles of Col. Sanders’ Extra Crispy Sunscreen. U.S. residents can receive the SPF 30 by visiting ExtraCrispySunscreen.com. “Suntan lotion always smells like lotion,” KFC CMO Kevin Hochman told Business Insider. “So we thought — why not make it smell like fried chicken?”

Today, KFC Philippines announced a local version of the new chicken-scented sunscreen. It smells like the popular Filipino dish, chicken adobo.

KFC officials are confident that the new product will do very well in the Philippine market considering the abundance of beach resorts in this country of more htan 7,000 islands.

“The sunscreen will protect your skin while smelling like the mouth-watering aroma of soy sauce, vinegar and garlic,” the officials said.

Food, Government, Immigration, International, Travel

Filipinos Protest ‘Balut’ Ban In Dubai

August 21, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Filipinos both in the Philippines and in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are not happy about reports that balut, the popular boiled fertilized duck egg, is being banned upon entry into Dubai.

The Philippine Consulate in Dubai has warned arriving Filipinos in the UAE to refrain from bringing balut not only because it will be confiscated but could also delay the immigration process at the airport.

Reacting to the news, a national coalition of Philippine relatives of UAE Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) has scheduled a “people power” protest this weekend to be held at Rizal Park (Luneta). The group expects a million people to participate in the protest.

A spokesperson for the coalition told The Adobo Chronicles that the UAE should “leave our balut alone.” It is the greatest source of Filipino pride and sustenance. It warned that OFWs in Dubai will stage a city-wide strike if the ban continues.

“What will the UAE ban next? Tuyo and danggit ?” (salted dried fish) the spokesperson asked.

Government, International, Politics

Donald Trump Names Michele Bachmann His Secretary Of State

August 21, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is a step ahead of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

While Clinton is busy putting together her transition team in preparation for her impending move into The White House, Trump is already naming members of his cabinet. His first appointee? Former Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann.

Trump named the Tea Party darling his Secretary of State.

Bachmann has confirmed the appointment telling reporters that Trump has his ear on foreign policy.

In a Minnesota fundraiser for Trump on Saturday, Bachmann revealed that she is advising the Republican candidate on foreign policy.

The news came as huge disappointment for former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin who had desperately wanted the State Secretary job. Among Palin’s foreign policy expertise is the fact that she can see Russia from her backyard.