Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach under a float canopy of a giant replica of the Miss Universe crown
PRAHA, Czech Republic (The Adobo Chronicles) –Diamonds International Corporation (DIC), the Miss Universe sponsor that created the $300,000 crown of the Philippines’ Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach is suing the Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. (BPCI) for patent violation.
The Czech Republic-based DIC told reporters in Praha that it is suing BPCI, the local franchisee for the Miss Universe Pageant in Manila for unauthorized replication of the bejeweled Miss Universe crown.
BPCI built a float for Wurtzbach for use in the welcome and homecoming parade held yesterday in Metro Manila. The float had a giant canopy which basically re-created the crown.
DIC declined to state the amount that it is suing BPCI for.
AMES, Iowa (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Washington Post is reporting that Sarah Palin returned to center stage of a presidential campaign yesterday, a few years older but still wearing her signature rimless eyeglasses. Her auburn hair is bouncier. And her keen ability to capture the spotlight is not at all diminished. The former Alaska governor was in Ames, Iowa, to endorse GOP front-runner Donald Trump. She did so wearing a black pencil skirt topped off with a mini-black cardigan studded with what resembled needle-thin, glistening stalactites. On television, as all that black blurred together, she looked a bit like she was wearing a bedazzled choir robe. She even shouted out for a “Hallelujah!”
But our fashion reporter for The Adobo Chronicles noticed something that nobody else did.
Buried in those stalactites were patches and transparent bags of bullets, a no-nonsense political statement about the Second Amendment which both Trump and Palin are strong advocates for.
Upon further investigation, we found that that Palin was paid by the National Rifle Association (NRA) to wear what she wore at the rally.
Palin’s take? $2 Million!
It wasn’t clear whether the bullets were live or just empty shells. Palin has not returned our phone calls.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) – So, who is considered a natural-born citizen? Well, it all depends on the country and the legal interpretation by constitutionalists.
The Philippines and the United States have candidates running for president in their respective 2016 presidential elections. Both countries require presidential candidates to be “natural-born” citizens.
The Philippines’ Senator Grace Poe faces legal qualification challenges by virtue of her being a foundling. The Philippine nationality law is based upon the principle of jus sanguinis (Latin: right of blood) and therefore descent from a parent who is a citizen or national of the Republic of the Philippines is the primary method of acquiring Philippine citizenship. Poe’s parents, and their citizenship, have not been ascertained to this moment.
Ted Cruz, on the other hand, while having an American mother, was born of a Cuban father — in Canada. The constitutional text provides that a U.S. president, unlike other elected officials, must be a “natural born citizen.” Some say this language could not mean anyone born a citizen or else the text would have simply stated “born citizen.” The word “natural” is a limiting qualifier that indicates only some persons who are born citizens qualify. Moreover, when the Constitution was enacted, the word “natural” meant something not created by statute, as with natural rights or natural law, which instead were part of the common law.
Both scenarios are curious cases that may or may not be resolved in this election year.
So what happens if either Poe or Cruz is elected president remains the million dollar (and , in the case of the Philippines, peso) question.
Our recommendation? Just vote your conscience. Just don’t ask Donald Trump.
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