QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – It doesn’t matter if you were the former Vice President of the Philippines. When visiting any of the Barangays, you have to follow established ordinances.
Leni Robredo was cited by the Barangay Tanod (village police) in Old Balara in Quezon City for playing lato-lato, that annoying, noisy and dangerous game of clicking balls to make a loud clapping noise.
The barangay has an existing ordinance which bans the sale, possession, or playing lato-lato.
In fairness, Robredo wasn’t aware of the ordinance and simply wanted to show her skill in playing with balls to a group of supporters.
After being questioned by the police, Robredo was issued a citation and ordered to pay a fine of P69.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Filipinos are all too familiar with shops selling used clothing and other items. They’re known as Ukay-Ukay or Wagwagan.
But who’d expect to find used condoms at these retail outlets? Well, the police did.
Manila police raided an Ukay-Ukay in Divisoria after receiving a tip that the store was selling used, triple-washed, albeit sanitized, condoms. The items were apparently smuggled into the country from San Francisco, California.
Some 69 boxes were seized and the owner of the shop brought to the police station for questioning.
SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – Elon Musk may be more tolerant of controversial and offensive posts than Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, but the Twitter owner does not condone violence.
As of today, Twitter has permanently taken down the account of ex-Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon after she insinuated the use of violence in dealing with online bashers and trolls. Her statement was accompanied by a photo of her holding a gun.
“This is definitely against our community guidelines,” Musk said, “and I will not allow any Twitter account holder to use my platform to instigate any form of crime or violence.”
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