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Guilty By Tattoo: Trillanes Proposes To Revise PH Revised Penal Code

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E84D6166-D64C-4CF7-AA21-258B2C99C178.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Senator Antonio Trillanes seems to be fascinated a lot about tattoos, and he’s taking this fascination a step further, all the way up to the Philippines’ Revised Penal Code.

Trillanes filed a bill — co-authored by Senators Bam Aquino and Risa Hontiveros — that would penalize any elected or appointed government official, past or present, for having a tattoo, unless they declare it it their SALNs (Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth).

“Tattoos are associated  with criminal activity, including the illegal drug trade, and government officials should not be wearing them,” Trillanes said.

It will be recalled that Trillanes once challenged  Paulo Duterte to take his shirt off during one Senate hearing to prove that the Davao City Vice Mayor doesn’t have a tattoo that links him to some criminal syndicate.

Recently, Senatorial candidate and former  Special Assistant to the President Bong Go bared his back in front of the news media to show his critics that he is tattoo-free.

So for Go, he will go scot-free should Trillanes’ bill become law. As for Paulo Duterte? He just needs to declare it on his SALN, if indeed he has one on his back.

Awards, Government, International, Law Enforcement, Politics

An Open Letter To Noynoy Aquino And Albert Del Rosario

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As a public service, The Adobo Chronicles is publishing this open letter by one of our readers/subscribers, addressed to ex-President Noynoy Aquino and his ersthwhile Foreign Affairs Secretary, Albert Del Rosario:

Dear Sirs:

First of all, let me congratulte both of you for your significant roles that led to the Philippines winning its arbitration case filed with the United Nations defending our country’s claim to one of the disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea — Pag-asa Island.

Today, I read  with keen interest the Manila Times column of  a journalist and book author I greatly admire — Rigoberto Tiglao —which points out that the Pag-island the Philippines is claiming as its territory is actually just a rock.

While the news is very disapponting to me, it has given me much excitement  because of two rocks that have been sitting in my garden for many years now.

I am afraid that China or some other foreign country might take interest in the rocks and claim them as part of their their territory.

I am writing you to see if any of you, Sirs, would be interested in representing me in a case I am planning to submit to the United Nations to lay claim to my two precious rocks.

I do not have a lot of money to fund this claim, so I was wondering if you would be kind enough to render your services to me on a pro bono basis.

I am looking forward to your favorable reply.

Sincerely,

Juan  De La Cruise

P.S. I was also going to ask the same favor of former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay but  he’s too busy with his hopeless Senatorial campaign.

 

 

Government, Law Enforcement, Travel

MMDA Blunders: This Time, Setting A 60KPH Speed Limit On EDSA

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – This is not the first time we’re reporting about a blunder by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), because the agency had many previous blunders — from building that “footbridge to Heaven” In Kamuning, Quezon City to bannning provincial buses along EDSA.

This time, MMDA has issued a new directive setting the speed limit on many roads and highways in the metropolis to 60 Kilometers per hour.

Among the many thoroughfares included in this new rule is, of course, the busiest of them all, EDSA.

The Adobo Chronicles wanted to seek comments about this issue from our experts — the commuters themselves.

They were unanimous in their verdict. Here’s what they said:

“Why is there a need to set a 60KPM  speed limit along EDSA when the actual flow of traffic is already at 6KM per hour?”

Yet another brilliant blunder by the technocrats at MMDA.