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Senator Hontiveros Files Bill To Change EDSA to KIDSA

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IMG_4061MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Philippines Senator Risa Hontiveros is on a high roll these days, basking on her three minutes of fame following the killing of Kian Delos Santos in a recent drug operations by the police in Caloocan City.

The Akbayan lady senator was among the first opposition politicians to visit the wake of the slain teenager.  Then, she placed some minor (and not so minor) witnesses under her custody.

Now, Hontiveros has filed a Senate bill that would rename Epiphanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) to KIDSA — KIAN DELOS SANTOS AVENUE.

The senator said this would be the appropriate thing to do to honor the memory of Kian and to remind the Filipino people of the consequences of the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.

In an exclusive interview with The Adobo Chronicles, Hontiveros admitted that the spirit of EDSA which ousted Ferdinand E. Marcos and catapulted the yellow oligarchy to political power is fading away.

“It is therefore necessary to rename the avenue to something more relevant to the times, and something that the yellows can rally behind,” she said.

Government, International, Law Enforcement, Military, Politics

BREAKING: Philippines President Duterte Stages Coup Against Manila Government

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IMG_3982MARAWI CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Davao Bureau) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is fed up with rumors and threats of a coup d’etat against his democratically-elected government.  So he staged his own coup.

Garbed in full military gear, with his personal assistant Bong Go in tow, Duterte descended upon war-torn Marawi City to declare a revolutionary government that will replace his own in Manila’s Malacañang Palace.

Many pro-Duterte folks have long been clamoring to give Duterte revolutionary powers as a way to institute his reforms and campaign against illegal drugs and corruption.

Well,  Duterte supporters got what they wanted, while the sprinkling of opposition politicians got the shock of their lives.

This was truly “shock and awe.”

Duterte’s coup practically abolishes Congress, the Supreme Court, the Commission on Human Rights, the Commission on Elections, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines,  and puts Malacanang Palace in a total lockdown.

For a full video coverage of the coup — in the award-winning style of film director Brillante Mendoza — please visit Mocha Uson’s blog.

Government, Law Enforcement, Social Media

De Lima Wants To Attend Senate Hearing On Kian In Support Of Fiscal Darwin Cañete

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IMG_3964MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Detained Senator Leila De Lima is frustrated that the Supreme Court has not acted on her petition to be allowed to attend yesterday’s and future Senate hearings on the police killing of Kian de los Santos.

Sources close to the Supreme Court said that De Lima’s argument of “fulfilling her duties as a Senator” and that she is not a flight risk were not convincing enough for the Supremes.

But a new opportunity has surfaced and this might just be the key for the high court to give the senator permission to personally attend future hearings.

A copy of a Certificate of Commendation for Atty. Darwin Cañete has been making the rounds on social media.  The fiscal was among the witnesses/resource persons invited to yesterday’s hearing.

The commendation was signed by no less than De Lima when she was justice secretary.

The senator says she should be allowed to be physically present at the Senate Hearing to authenticate her signature on the commendation.

Nice try, senator!