MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The following is the official statement from the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) regarding Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent comment calling two major news outlets “bastos.”
(Roughly translated, “bastos” means “no manners.”)
Editing by The Adobo Chronicles as part of our public service.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – In yet another report that seeks to put President Rodigo Duterte and the Philippines in a bad light, The New York Times posted a documentary to show the world that Filipinos are living in fear and grief as a result of alleged extra-judicial killings due to the government’s campaign against illegal drugs.
The documentary claims that the “body count rises daily” on the streets of Manila.
The Adobo Chronicles sent its own investigative team of reporters and photographers to confirm what was reported by the Times.
We can now categorically say that the NYT report was mostly true!
As we walked the streets of Manila — from Tondo to Mandaluyong, from Pasay to Makati — we could not believe what we saw: dead bodies piled up everywhere!
We documented every single dead body we encountered and came up with these numbers which seem to match up perfectly with the 7,000 EJKs reported by the news media here and abroad:
Our investigation only proves that The New York Times is a very reliable source of fair, accurate and balanced reporting. We urge you to subscribe now!
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Last week, Philippine Vice President sent a video message to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs alleging that there have been some 7,000 drug-related killings by the police and vigilantes since President Duterte took office on June 30 last year.
Robredo all but mimics the number often quoted by the biased local and international media as well as elements out to destabilize the Duterte government.
Today, speaking from her office at the Boracay Mansion in Quezon City, the VP finally admitted she committed a grave error in that video message.
“I originally wanted to say that the Philippines has more than 7,000 islands,” she said, “but somwhere along the way during the recording, I got too overwhelmed by the camera and lights that I blurted out 7,000 drug-related deaths instead of 7,000 islands.”
Yun naman pala eh. (So that explains it.)
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