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Government, Health & Medicine, Law Enforcement, Politics, Social Media

VP Robredo Can’t Be Compelled To Release IQ Score — Supreme Court

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Voting 13 to 2, the Philippine Supreme Court today voted to junk a petition seeking for the release of President Rodrigo Duterte’s health records.

In a majority ruling jointly penned by the 13 justices, the high court said that the President, given previous public admission of health issues he has been having, cannot be compelled to release his otherwise confidential health records.

In making an obvious point to support its ruling, the court said that “in the same way, we cannot, by law, compel Vice President Leni Robredo to publicly release her IQ score, despite many claims on social media that she seems to be lacking in the intelligence category.”

Kudos to the Supreme Court for affirming every Filipino’s right to privacy and confidentiality!

Government, Health & Medicine, Law Enforcement

In Cavite, Lechon, Fundador Offered As Incentives To Stay At Home

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Cavite City, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Esquire magazine is reporting that nothing’s better than free lechon to motivate Caviteños to stay at home.  Or brandy.  Fundador.

In the Cavite municipality of Alfonso, Mayor Randy Salamat is encouraging his constituents to stay at home by offering up a reward of 10 lechon to the barangay with zero or the least number of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) violators.

Alfonso’s “Best in Lechon” contest will start on April 27 and end on May 15. According to Salamat, the 10 pieces of lechon will be donated by two Alfonso citizens, Ysrael Landico and Dodo Credo.

Not to be outdone, the mayor of an unnamed nearby town is offering a case of Fundador brandy to the barangay with zero ECQ violators.

Anything to keep Filipinos indoors amid the threat of Covid-19.

Health & Medicine, Law Enforcement, Politics

Senator Leila De Lima Exempted From COVID-19 Testing

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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – While members of the Philippine Senate and their staff have been scrambling to get tested for COVID-19 due to their interaction with someone who tested positive for it, incarcerated Senator Leila de Lima is exempted.

One Senator, Migz Zubiri recently revealed he had tested positive for the coronavirus while his colleagues have gone into self-quarantine.

De Lima’s exemption was at her own request,  In a handwritten note, she said there was no need for her to get tested because she had been in quarantine for 3 years now — in jail.

Makes sense.  Except in the event that one of her jail guards or police escorts turns out to be a carrier of the dreaded virus!