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MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT IS HIRING FOR A FILIPINO COPY EDITOR

December 1, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Miss Universe Organization owned by Donald Trump is hiring for a copyeditor to join its fabulous team of producers, choreographers, designers, script writers, stage managers and public relations officers, and it is specifically looking for a Filipino.

This, after media cameras recorded and published videos and photographs of Miss Universe staff showcasing the sashes of contestants signed up for the international pageant to be held December 20 at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.

Philippines was clearly misspelled as “Phillippines” and that didn’t sit well with Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach and the Binibining Pilipinas Charities (BSP), franchise holder of the Miss Universe Pageant in Manila.

BSP threatened to withdraw from the competition unless the Miss Universe Pageant got its act together.

Trump was apparently upset at the booboo and ordered his staff to immediately hire a Filipino copyeditor.

“I can’t afford not to have Miss Philippines in the pageant,” Trump said. “Philippines is always a top contender for the crown and the pageant would be incomplete without a Miss Philippines.”

International, Politics

OBAMA TO PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GRACE POE: ‘I FEEL YOU!’

December 1, 2015 Pol Pinoy 2 Comments

PARIS, France (The Adobo Chronicles) – U.S. President Barack Obama has finally broken his silence over the Philippine presidential race that’s turning out to be the most controversial ever in the political history of the former American colony.

Speaking to reporters in Paris where he is attending a world summit on climate change, Obama said, ‘I have been informed that a division of the Commision on Elections has ruled to disqualify Senator Grace Poe from running for president on citizenship grounds. The popular senator and frontrunner in national polls is a foundling and is facing several disqialification complaints claiming she is not a natural-born citizen. Like in the U.S., only natural-born cirtizens can run for president.

‘I feel you,’ Obama said about Poe, ‘because I have been in the same boat.’

Througout his presidential career, Obama has been dodged with accusations that he was born outside of the U.S., despite having released copies of his Hawaii birth certificate.

“I know the truth will eventually prevail, and that those who seek to discredit you will realize that they are making a huge mistake.’

Upon hearing of Obama’a comments, Republican presidential candidate and frontrunner Donald Trump, a known birther, instructed his campaign staff to look into the cases against Poe so that he can make his own statement about the Philippine presidential race.

‘As a candidate for president, I have to show my supporters and the American voters that I have the capacity and commitment to deal with foreign affairs, especially if it involves the birther issue,’ Trump said. ‘If Poe cannot show proof she was born in the Philippines, I will personally oppose her candidacy as well. If I am president of the United States, there can only be one American president.’ (Poe’s opponents are also claiming that by virtue of her dual citizenship, she is an American citizen.)

Beauty, Fashion, International

PIA WURTZBACH’S NATIONAL COSTUME AND EVENING GOWN FOR MISS UNIVERSE REVEALED

November 29, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) – Pia Wurtzbach will walk the Miss Universe stage in Las Vegas next month wearing a national costume created by a Filipino designer, the Philippines’ candidate to the international pageant said.

The decision came after previous Miss Universe contender MJ Lastimosa’s national costume, which was designed by Colombian Alfredo Barraza, drew flak from pageant enthusiasts and netizens earlier this year. Some even likened it to a cake. Lastimosa failed to make it to the top 5 of the Miss Universe pageant, the first time since 2009 that the Philippines did not make it to the final five.

While Wurtzbach refused to name the Filipino designer for her national costume and evening gown, The Adobo Chronicles, invoking freedom of information (FOI), was able to secure the designer’s sketches.

For her national costume, Wurtzbach will be wearing a military-inspired attire similar to that worn in the movie ‘Heneral Luna,’ the Philippines’ official submission to next year’s Oscar Award for best foreign language film. “It is both historical and eye-catching,” the designer said, “and it truly represents an important aspect of Philippine history.”

For evening gown, Miss Philippines will be wearing a blue, red and silver traditional maria clara, inspired by designs worn by Filipino women during the Philippine revolution.