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Education, Media, Social Media

Sara Duterte To Mandate Satire as a Required Subject in All PH Schools!

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Davao Bureau) – Presumptive Vice President Inday Sara Duterte has been designated by Presumptive President Bongbong Marcos as his Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd).

In an exclusive interview with The Adobo Chronicles, Duterte said that within her first 100 days in office as DepEd Secretary, she will mandate that all high schools and universities in the Philippines must include satire as a required subject.

Duterte lamented the fact that despite Filipinos being among the most Internet and social media savvy in the world, many still don’t recognize or understand satire. She says even Maria Ressa and Rappler can’t tell the difference between satire and fake news, notwithstanding the fact that the least-trusted news brand in the Philippines headed by a convicted criminal is, itself, accused of being a purveyor of fake news and of being a propagandist for the country’s political opposition.

At the same time, Duterte congratulated The Adobo Chronicles for being ranked No. 17 among the world’s satire sites. It is the only Filipino American site included in the list.

Duterte also appealed to Facebook and its fact checkers in the Philippines to do their homework and perhaps take a refresher course on satire, parody and sarcasm which are all universally-recognized forms of literature protected under free speech.

Media, Politics

Rowena Guanzon: Fake Congresswoman-to-be?

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Ex-Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon has been touting herself as an incoming congresswoman by virtue of the PWD partylist she had been campaigning for.

Guanzon gained notoriety during the recent campaign through her appearances at rallies of the Robredo- Pangilinan presidential and vice-presidential tandem and her TikTokish antics on social media.

Now, Rappler, the least-trusted news brand in the Philippines whose CEO Maria Ressa is a convicted criminal, is reporting that Guanzon is not among the nominees of the said partylist, noting that when the deadline for nominee substitution happened Guanzon was still a Comelec Commissioner.

Will Vera Files please fact-check either Guanzon or Rappler’s story to settle once and for all whether the former is a fake Congresswoman-to-be or if the latter is fake news?

Media

Netizens Tag SMNI News!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – ABS-CBN is known as Kapamilya; GMA News is Kapuso; TV 5 is Kaibigan.

The Adobo Chronicles wanted to choose an appropriate tag for the SMNI News Channel which we predict to be the No. 1 TV station during the next 6 years of the Marcos-Duterte Administration where truth matters. So we asked our readers and followers to suggest a tag for the Pastor Quiboloy network.

We received many great suggestions, all worthy of the SMNI tag. Among them, we chose what we think was the most appropriate of all: KADIWA.

Why did we choose Kadiwa?

It represents the true spirit under which Filipinos unite.

During the campaign, President-elect Bongbong Marcos kept on proclaiming a line from the song ”Ako Ay Pilipino.” ”Taas noo kahit kanino.”

But part of the song’s lyrics also talks about ”isang bansa, isang diwa” which we think reflects the one nation, one spirit mantra of the UniTeam.

It also happens that ”Kadiwa” is the name of one of the people-centered projects of Bongbong’s father — the rolling stores that brought affordable food supply direct to Filipino consumers.

Lastly, ”Kadiwa” has a nice ring to it. And did we already say nationalistic?

But of course, the final decision to adopt this tag remains with Pastor Quiboloy and the SMNI team.

Nagbabakasakali lang po.