Category Archives: International

DONALD TRUMP CONSIDERING THE PHILIPPINES AS SITE FOR THE 2016 MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT

June 26, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Trump, left, and Univision CEO Randy Falco

CITY OF DORAL, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles®) – The ongoing rift between Miss Universe Pageant owner Donald Trump and Univision has escalated in just the last 24 hours, and Mexico is turning out to be the biggest loser.

The rift began when Trump announced that he was running for president of the United States. During that announcement, the business mogul promised that if elected, he would close the southern border so that Mexico would stop sending “rapists, drug addicts and criminals.”

Reacting to Trump’s remarks, Univision, the largest Spanish-language network, said it will not be airing the upcoming Miss U.S.A. pageant or the 2016 Miss Universe Pageant.

Trump was unapologetic and today sent a strongly-worded letter to the Univision’s CEO, banning the network’s personnel from setting foot on the golf course and facilities of the Trump National Doral Miami, site of last year’s Miss Universe Pageant.

In addition, Trump said he was seriously considering Acapulco in Mexico as the site for the 2016 Miss Universe Pageant. But now that Univision has decided not to air the pageant, Trump said he is inclined to choose Manila in the Philippines as the site for the 2016 pageant. If held in Manila, the pageant will be broadcast live from the Mall of Asia.

Earlier, Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries in South America threatened to boycott the Miss Universe Pageant because of Trump’s tirade about Mexicans.

Upon hearing the news, current Miss Philippines-Universe title holder Pia Wurtzbach expressed disappointment because she said she had looked forward to traveling Mexico for the 2016 pageant.

International, LGBT, Same-sex Marriage

FILIPINA LESBIAN IS RECIPIENT OF FIRST NOBEL PRIZE FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY

June 26, 2015 Pol Pinoy 1 Comment

HONOLULU, Hawaii (The Adobo Chronicles ® ) – While the (almost) entire United States was celebrating today’s Supreme Court ruling affirming the constitutional right to marry for members of the LGBT community, Hawaii was celebrating the news that one of its own — Filipina lesbian Denora Dancel — has been awarded the first-ever Nobel Prize for Marriage Equality.

Dancel and Nina Baehr were the same-sex partners who sued the state of Hawaii for denying them a marriage license. The Hawaii Supreme Court in 1993 ruled in their favor in the much-celebrated case of Baehr vs. Lewin. The landmark case began the movement in the rest of the country to challenge the ban on same-sex marriage in the courts, all leading up to today’s historic victory for equality and civil rights.

The Nobel Prize committee is trying to locate Dancel and Baehr so that it could send the formal invitation to them travel to Oslo, Norway, to personally receive the award.

Please contact The Adobo Chronicles for any leads.

Government, International, Law Enforcement, Travel

UNDOCUMENTED PINOYS GRANTED TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

June 24, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

A recent rally in support of immigratio reform (Photo source: sayanythingblog.com)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles®) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has designated the Philippines for Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for a period of 12 months, effective July 1, 2015 until the new elected Philippine president takes office next year.

Under section 244(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)(B), the Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to designate a foreign state (or any part thereof) for TPS upon finding that the foreign state has experienced events or situations resulting in a substantial, but temporary, disruption of living conditions.

A similar status was just granted to Nepal which recently experienced a massive, devastating earthquake.

A TPS means that nationals from the desginated country who are in the U.S. illegally will be temporarily immune from deportation and are eligible to apply for work authorization or travel permit. While it does not automatically give them a permanent resident status, they are allowed to apply for a green card – if they qualify – once the period of TPS expires.

The TPS for the Philippines was based on extreme devastating living conditions in the country resulting from widespread political curruption and inefficiency of the Aquino administration. The Department of Homeland Security cited massive unemployment, high crime rate, lack of affordable housing, rising food prices, overcrowding in Metro Manila and other urban areas, and the nightmarish traffic conditions exacerbated by mismanagement of MRT, Metro Manila’s light railway system. This is not to mention that majority of politicians now in office are linked to graft, corruption or plunder cases.

All these conditions are expected to significantly improve once Aquino steps down at the end of his presidential term in 2016.