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PHILIPPINES’ TAX WOMAN WANTS TO CONFISCATE MANNY PACQUIAO’S NEW BEVERLY HILLS MANSION

March 18, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

LOS ANGELES, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight king Manny Pacquiao has bought a Beverly Hills mansion formerly owned by Sean John Combs, popularly known by his stage names Puff Daddy, Diddy and P. Diddy.

Diddy is an American rapper, record producer, actor and entrepreneur. He and Jennifer Lopez were once a couple.

Elsa Nelson, vice president and manager of real estate firm Nelson Shelton & Associates, said three bidders had signified interest in buying the prime estate. “The two other bidders offered a much higher price but the current owners decided to sell it to world boxing icon Manny Pacquiao,” Nelson said.

Various media reports put the cost of the mansion at about $12 million (P540 million).

Immediately after being informed of the purchase, the Philippines’ taxwoman, Bureau of International Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares, filed a petition with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the garnishment of Pacquiao’s new mansion, as payment for back taxes that the Filipino boxer reportedly owes the Philippine government.

It is no secret that Henares and Pacquiao have been long at odds over what Henares claimed to be the boxer’s unpaid taxes from his U.S. boxing fights’ prize winnings.

Pacquiao will fight American Floyd Mayweather on May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in what is being billed “The Fight of the Century.”

Film and TV, International, Music

X FACTOR NEW ZEALAND JUDGE NATALIE KILLS FIRED FOR BEING HYPOCRITICAL (VIDEO)

March 17, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (The Adobo Chronicles) – Two judges on New Zealand’s X Factor have been fired for “bullying” a contestant live on air after a diatribe that makes Simon Cowell cringe in his judge’s chair.

Husband-and-wife duo Natalia Kills and Willy Moon were booted off the reality show for their “destructive tirade” on Sunday evening.

Kills criticized a 25-year-old contestant, Joe Irvine, on Sunday’s show for allegedly stealing her husband’s look “from the hair to the suit”. She called him “disgusting” and “creepy” and asked: “Do you not have any value or respect for originality?” She even declared that she was “ashamed to be here,” listening to Irvine’s rendition of “Cry Me A River.”

MediaWorks, the owner-operator of TV3, the network that airs X Factor New Zealand, however clarified that the Kills and husband were not fired for their critical comments.

“Kills was fired for her lack of originality when she appeared on the show made up like Cleopatra,” the network said. “We want our judges to be original, just as we expect our contestants to be so.”

The network added: “We want our judges to be critical, but not hypocritical.”

Kills is known for copying the looks of many other famous celebrities.

Here’s the video of Sunday’s segment:

International

CONTEST ORGANIZER GRAPPLES TO RESOLVE HUGE ERROR IN MISS PHILIPPINES PAGEANT

March 16, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

The 2015 Miss Philippines title holders (Photo credit: rappler.com)

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The year: 2010. The winner of the Miss Philippines Intercontinental is … Christi Lynn Landrito McGarry!

Fast forward to 2015. The winner of Miss Philippines Intercontinental is … Christi Lynn Landrito McGarry!

Huh?

That’s right, last Sunday night, McGarry was named the Philippines’ representative to the 2015 Miss Intercontinental Beauty Pageant.

Apparently, in naming the winners of the various Miss Philippines titles, the judges forgot that McGarry had already represented the Philippines once in that same pageant. Pageant rules, of course, do not permit repeat candidates.

So, Binibining Pilipinas Charities (BPC), franchise holder of the Miss Philippines pageant is in quandary on how to resolve the huge error. BPC chairwoman Stella Marquez Araneta said that she may have to switch around some of the titles awarded Sunday night.

Will McGarry switch titles with Miss Philippines Universe Pia Wurtzbach? No way! Wurtzbach has joined the Miss Philippines pageant three times before winning the title this year. She’s not about to give up the most prestigious of the Miss Philippines titles.

Will McGarry switch titles with Miss Philippines International Janicel Lubina? Unlikely. Lubina’s morena (tanned) complexion and amazing housemaid-to-beauty queen story make her the perfect candidate for Miss International.

Will McGarry switch titles with Miss Philippines Supranational Rogelie Catacutan? “I will sue BPC if that happens,” Catacutan said, “Miss Supranational is considered a bigger and more prestigious pageant than Miss Intercontinental.”

So what’s left is a possible switch with Miss Philippines Tourism Ann Lorriane Colis. Colis also seems unwilling to give up the crown she has won.

May we suggest that the issue be resolved the Pinoy way?

Jack en Poy!

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