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Maria Ressa Elected President Of The Foreign Correspondents Association Of The Philippines

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E8C25B19-E469-4863-86AD-91FF7ADC74EBMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Rappler is putting behind the controversy over the barring of its star reporter Pia Ranada from entering Malacañang.

As suggested by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Rappler was still free to cover the President by joining the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (Focap).

That’s exactly what Rappler CEO Maria Ressa did, and as soon as her online news source signed up with Focap, she was unanimously elected the new president.

Congratulations to Ressa, but condolences are also in order.  By joining Focap, Rappler all but admitted that it was foreign-owned.

Case closed as far as the SEC decision to cancel Rappler’s media license is concerned.

Moral of the story: you can’t have your cake and eat it too.

Government, Media, Politics, Social Media

Senator Leila De Lima Reacts To ‘Memorial’ Video: ‘Buhay Pa Naman Ako, Di Ba?’

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – “Buhay pa ako, binurol niyo na ako!”  This was the reaction of incarcerated Senator Leila De Lima after she was told a “memorial” was recently held in her honor.

A video of the tribute held at the Senate has gone viral, prompting many gullible netizens to believe that the senator had passed away.

In the video, it appears that Senator Kiko Pangilinan orchestrated the “memorial.” He is shown leading the flower offerers into the Senate chamber.

The flowers were laid at De Lima’s desk and chair where her ‘spirit’ was represented by a blue shawl.

The entire drama was caught on video and was documented by mainstream news media.

Pangilinan has a lot of explaining to do the next time he visits De Lima in Camp Crame.

Watch the VIDEO.