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FANS URGE MISS PHILIPPINES TO ANSWER FINAL QUESTION IN TAGALOG

October 25, 2013 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Manila, Philippines – In a television interview prior to her departure for Moscow, Russia to compete in this year’s Miss Universe Pageant, Miss Philippines Ariella Arida tried to address criticism about her English language skills. Unfortunately, her response to the interview question put her in hot water, when she said that Latina candidates in the pageant can’t even speak a complete English sentence. Her comment drew protests from citizens of Latin countries who described her response as offensive.

Miss Arida has since apologized for her comment. But that hasn’t stopped her fans and supporters from petitioning the Binibining Pilipinas Charities, franchise holder of the Miss Philippines Universe Pageant, to allow Miss Arida to answer the final question in her native Tagalog tongue should she be selected as one of the top five finalists in the Miss Universe Pageant. Miss Arida is among the early favorites to win the crown.

Past Philippine bets in this most prestigious beauty pageant have done very well in the competition, reaching the finals only to lose the crown because of their not-so-smart response to the final question, in English.

Fans and supporters believe that it would be best for Miss Arida to answer the final question in Tagalog and avail the services of an interpreter so that she can better express herself and avoid a potential blunder response that has cost past Philippine candidates the much-coveted crown.

Binibining Pilipinas Charities founder and chairperson Stella Marquez-Araneta has not responded to the fans’ request.

International

PHILIPPINES BANNED FROM MISS UNIVERSE ONLINE VOTING

October 22, 2013 Pol Pinoy 20 Comments

Moscow, Russia – Since the Miss Universe organization first implemented public online voting for Miss Photogenic and “fan favorite,” the Philippine candidate has always been among the top candidates, if not the winner of the special award — thanks to 30 million Filipinos who have Internet access, not to mention multiple email accounts. That’s almost a third of the Philippines’ total population of about 100 million.

The Miss Universe organization knows how passionate Filipinos are when it comes to their beauty queens and that they will do everything they can to ensure their candidate’s victory. The organization, however, feels that online voting results may not totally reflect the true merits of the competition, equating the results to a “hometown decision.”

Because of this, the Miss Universe organization announced that the Philippines has been banned from online voting in this year’s pageant to be held November 9 in Moscow, Russia. It said Internet votes emanating from the Philippines will be automatically blocked.

The announcement angered Filipino netizens who felt that the ban would diminish the chances of the Philippine candidate, Ariella Arida, in winning the Miss Photogenic or fan favorite award.

Despite the ban, beauty pageant experts and enthusiasts have placed Miss Arida in the initial circle of favorites to win the title, which would potentially give the Philippines its third major beauty title this year, following the victories of Megan Young as Miss World and Johanna Datul as Miss Supranational for 2013.

Business, International, Politics

PAYBACK TIME FOR U.S. REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS

October 17, 2013 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. government shutdown has ended, but the damage to the economy has been done.

The ratings agency S&P has cut the annualized U.S. growth rate closer to 2% from 3%, saying that the shutdown has taken $24 billion out of the U.S. economy. The agency also cut 0.6% off of the yearly fourth quarter GDP growth.

Upon the recommendation of his top financial advisers, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order that would restitute what has been lost in the economy because of this nonsensical shutdown strategy orchestrated by the Republican and Tea Party leaders.

The EO mandates that the Republican legislators pay back the $24 billion lost because of the two-week shutdown. Each of the 46 Republicans in the Senate and the 232 Republicans in the House of Representatives has been asked to pay the U.S. government $73 million. The deadline for the restitution is November 1, 2013. The Obama administration has denied requests from the Republican legislators for an installment plan.

The Adobo Chronicles has learned that the country’s largest banks have offered the legislators unsecured personal loans to enable them to meet their obligations under the EO. The banks, however, are charging the legislators enormous interest rates ranging from 24.9% to 36.8 %.