Category Archives: Law Enforcement

International, Law Enforcement, Religion, The Media

INDONESIA: THE REAL MIRACLE ABOUT CONVICTED FILIPINA MARY JANE VELOSO

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Veloso, center
Veloso, center

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Miracles do happen, especially in a Catholic country like the Philippines.

Yesterday, Filipinos were blessed with yet another miracle. They have been praying all week, hoping that Filipina Mary Jane Veloso, along with eight others convicted of drug-related crimes in Indonesia, would be spared from execution.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, President Noynoy Aquino and Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao all joined in the chorus asking the Indonesian government to stop the execution.

The appeals fell on deaf ears. At dawn on Wednesday,  the convicts faced the firing squad.

But wait, only  eight of the nine convicts were executed. Mary Jane was spared and granted a stay. A miracle.

But the real miracle was that Mary Jane had already been killed by the front page headline news story in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Apparently, she was resurrected then  granted a reprieve by the Indonesian government.

This made Pacquiao, a devout Christian, an even more ardent believer.

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Law Enforcement

MARYLAND GOVERNOR DISMISSES NATIONAL GUARD, CALLS IN BALTIMORE MOMS TO RESTORE ORDER

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Hogan
Hogan

BALTIMORE, Maryland (The Adobo Chronicles ) – Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has dismissed the 5,000 members of the National Guard and has called on all Baltimore moms to register for a spcecial task force aimed at restoring peace and order in the city.

Hogan earlier declared a state of emergency and called in the National Guard to deal with violent and destructive protests following the funeral of Freddie Gray, a black man, who died in police custody.

Acknowledging that using guns, tear gas and other amunition is not going to solve the problem, Hogan appealed to able-bodied Baltimore moms to step in.

The idea came from an unnamed Baltimore mother who was shown on television smacking her son — who was dressed all in black — for taking part in the riots against police and businesses Monday afternoon and dragging him away.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts even acknowledged the mother’s actions during a press conference early Tuesday morning. “And if you saw in one scene, you had one a mother who grabbed their child who had a hood on his head and she started smacking him on the head because she was so embarrassed. I wish I had more parents who took charge of their kids tonight,” Batts said.

As of press time, hundreds of Baltimore moms have signed up for the special task force.

 

 

Government, Language, Law Enforcement

CALIFORNIA DMV RECALLS PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATE OF THE ADOBO CHRONICLES

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imageSAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – Company vehicles like those of television stations, hotels, airport shuttles or even Google are marked with painted logos or personalized (vanity) licensed plates.  Even The Adobo Chronicles  has its special license plate, ‘My Adobo’ on its company car used to transport its reporters covering events and breaking news.

While anyone in California can pay extra money to get a less boring personalized vehicle license plate, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) employs a three-person license plate police team that monitors, approves or cancels vanity license plates that may  be offensive, racist or insensitive.

Last month, the DMV cancelled the license plate of a Southern California driver after grasping its double meaning: ‘NOT SEE.’ The other meaning was, of course, anti-Semitic.

The three-person team, which reviewed more than 100,000 orders for vanity  plates last year, rejects about 25 applications a day — requests like “BUBEEEE,” “BURN 01” and “M16 GRL” that run afoul of prohibitions on references to guns, drugs and certain body parts.

Today, The Adobo Chronicles  received a demand letter from DMV asking us to surrender our license plate, ‘My Adobo.’

The letter didn’t exactly say what was offensive about our special license plate, but when we called DMV, they said our license plate was offensive to many non-Filipinos who are vegetarian, vegan or who are allergic to the smell of garlic and vinegar.  Adobo is the Philippines’ national dish consisting of chicken or pork that’s simmered in a mixture of soy sauce, vinegar and garlic.

As a law-abiding company based in the California, we absolutely want to adhere to government regulations and decisions, so we are asking our loyal readers and followers to suggest a new license plate that will be less offensive to non-Filipinos in America.