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REPUBLICANS SEEK COMPROMISE ON IMMIGRATION REFORM

July 14, 2014 Pol Pinoy 1 Comment

Washington, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) – Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas, who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, told Fox News Sunday that Republicans were considering a compromise with the Obama administration that would reinstate bipartisan talks and possibly a bill that would establish true comprehensive immigration reform this year.

The compromise will not only authorize the release of President Obama’s $3.7 Billion emergency spending request to Congress to stem the flow of children across the southwest U.S. border but permanently fix the broken immigration system of the United States.

“We are prepared to give in to all of Obama’s proposed immigration policies, including the granting of amnesty to the estimated 11 Million undocumented immigrants currently living in the country in exchange for a no-nonsense border security plan,” McCaul said.

When asked by The Adobo Chronicles what one major compromise the Republicans were seeking, McCaul said, “Very simple: close all existing gaps in the U.S.-Mexico borders in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. But in addition, we would like to construct steel fences in the waters on either side of the U.S. territory, in the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.”

In an analysis of the Republican proposal, it was determined that the proposed steel fences will be built at 12 nautical miles around the state of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean and 12 nautical miles around all eastern states that look out into the Atlantic Ocean.

The Obama administration is currently reviewing the Republican proposal and is expected to issue a statement in the next couple of days.

Will this finally put at end to the immigration impasse?

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PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT AQUINO TO ANNOUNCE RESIGNATION IN PRIME TIME ADDRESS TO THE NATION

July 14, 2014 Pol Pinoy 3 Comments

Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Following the footsteps of his political idol Richard Nixon, Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino is set to announce his resignation in an address to his nation to be televised in prime time this week. For security reasons, Malacañang, the presidential palace, is not saying what day this week the president is making this unprecedented move.

The beleaguered Aquino administration has been in hot water as a result of a Supreme Court decision declaring as unconstitutional Aquino’s action of using non-discretionary funds under the Disbursement Acceleration Program or DAP for questionable purposes, not the least of which was sending monetary “gifts” to senators who voted for the impeachment of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.

Sources close to Aquino who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, said that the real reason for Aquino’s decision to quit is his declining popularity among fans and supporters of actress Nora Aunor. Aquino snubbed Aunor in the naming of this year’s National Artists.

“The fans and supporters of Ms. Aunor constitute 90 percent of the country’s population,” the sources said, “and the president understands that he can no longer perform his duties with very little support from the Filipinos.

The Adobo Chronicles will bring you the presidential announcement live when it happens.

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PHILIPPINES TO IMPORT 24K GOLD WHEELCHAIRS FOR ITS HIGH-PROFILE JAIL INMATES

July 11, 2014 Pol Pinoy 1 Comment

Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – First, it was designer jail cells, now it’s gold wheelchairs. The Philippine government can’t seem to settle down on how to treat its high-profile inmates, namely, ex-presidents, senators and wealthy business persons charged and detained for crimes ranging from plunder to graft & corruption.

There appears to be a consistent pattern in which famous inmates — from former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Bong Revilla, Jr. to businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles — suddenly become ill upon their arrest, requiring them to be hospitalized and treated for their ailment. Arroyo is under hospital arrest for corruption and plunder while she was in office, while Enrile, Revilla and Napoles have all been named in the pork barrel scandal currently being prosecuted by the Philippine Ombudsman. Also arrested in the pork barrel scam was Gigi Reyes, Enrile’s former chief of staff. Reyes immediately fell ill after her arrest and was transferred to a local hospital.

To cope with the increasing need for mobility among these famous inmates, the government of President NoyNoy Aquino has entered into an import agreement with a foreign manufacturer of wheelchairs. Not just ordinary wheelchairs, but gold wheelchairs.

The 24-karat-gold wheelchairs were designed by Ken Borochov (see photo), the same artist who designed the gold wheelchair of Lady Gaga when the famous singer had a hip surgery earlier this year. Borochov says that 1.5 ounces of gold were plated on each chair and that his idea was to make them look like thrones. Certainly fit for queens, divas and privileged politicians.

The wheelchairs will be paid for from left over pork barrel funds now in the custody of Malacanang, the presidential palace.