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Leni Robredo Calls “Most Admired” Survey Fake

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) –President Rodrigo Duterte and actress Angel Locsin have topped the list of “most admired” men and women in the Philippines in 2020.

This is the second year that both ranked first together in YouGov’s “World’s Most Admired” list among the women.

The survey didn’t sit well with Vice President Leni Robredo who ranked a distant No. 15.

OVP Spokesperson Barry Gutierrez told The Adobo Chronicles that the Vice President cannot accept that she ranked that low in the survey despite all her efforts to be in the limelight, issuing statements left and right about the Duterte government’s programs.

“The survey is fake,” Robredo said, “and is an attempt to discredit all the good things I have been doing and saying especially in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic that the country is facing.”

Gutierrez added that Robredo is worried that the Opposition which she heads might end up fielding Locsin as its Presidential candidate come 2022.

”I can’t allow a fading ABS-CBN star to outrun me, no matter if she’s Darna,” the VP said.

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Inquirer Fact-checks Fact Checker Rappler!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – How the world  turns. Fact checker Rappler has been fact-checked by Inquirer.

It all started when the online news source owned by convicted libeler Maria Ressa published a report practically claiming that the decades-old broadsheet is throwing in the towel. Ressa and her Rapplerettes may have thought they’ve got company in their repeated narrative about the Philippine Press’ death by a thousand cuts.

One of the most widely-circulated newspapers in the country, Inquirer’s predominantly print media assets have not been spared by the globally receding market for traditional print media. The Prieto family owned the company for 25 years before business tycoon Ramon Ang bought it several years ago.

But Inquirer published its fact-checking rebuttal, headlining its story, “No one’s throwing in the towel.” (Translation: Rappler is a liar!)

We’ll let our readers enjoy the juiciness of the rebuttal via this LINK.

Rappler and Ressa once accused The Adobo Chronicles of “not getting” satire. Well now, we can say Rappler doesn’t get factual news.

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Karen Davila’s New Gig: BINGO Caller?

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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – One by one, ABS-CBN’s news staff are leaving the defunct network and moving to new gigs at former rival TV and radio stations, the latest of whom is TV Patrol anchor Ted Failon who is moving to TV 5.

This makes Karen Davila, who has been holding out hope that the Kapamilya network will eventually reopen, assuring her a complete return to her anchoring duties, really sad.

Rumors have been going around in circles that Davila has signed a contract with the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to be its lead BINGO caller when the gaming parlors reopen in the very near future.  Specifically, she is said to be assigned to BINGO Bonanza, located at the Mega Mall in Mandaluyong.

Davila has denied the rumors. She told The Adobo Chronicles that her preference would be to remain full time on TV, and her professional goal is to be the No. 1 news anchor not only in the Philippines but in the whole of Southeast Asia.  “No offense meant to our senior citizens who frequent the BINGO parlors nationwide,” she said.

Under B… 1… uno.  No. 1 news anchor…