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Adobo Chronicles Exclusive! List Of Filipinos Banned From Entering U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – There has been a lot of speculation after (mostly) Philippine media have spread the news that the U.S. Senate appropriations bills recently signed by President Donald Trump included a U.S. ban on Philippine officials and others who were responsible for the jailing of Senator Leila de Lima.

Through connections at the U.S. State Department, The Adobo Chronicles has obtained an official list of those included in the ban.

We’d like to share the list with our readers and followers:

 

Adobo Chronicles Fact Check: Rappler Headline, U.S. Banning Filipinos Is Fake

A headline by Rappler reads: “U.S. Senate panel OKs ban on PH officials in De Lima case, urges dropping charges vs. Ressa.”

 

 

 

THE FACTS:  A U.S. Senate committee — the Foreign Relations Committee  which passed the resolution — does not, and cannot ban Philippine officials from entering the U.S.  That is a function of the Executive Branch.  It is precisely why the resolution “calls on the President of the United States to impose sanctions…” under the Magnitsky Act.

Also, a “resolution” does not have the force of law.  It is, by its very nature, only recommendatory.

So even the “dropping of all criminal charges against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa” is just wishful thinking on the part of the American Senators.  This is a decision left to the Philippines’ judicial system which the U.S. Senate has no jurisdiction over.

 

Leni Robredo’s Drug Report Release Postponed Anew

131A56D8-F446-47A0-BA66-F1A2E89B5A5DQUEZON CITY, Philippines (Quezon City Bureau) – She wanted to be sensitive to the 6.9 earthquake that hit Mindanao last week, so Leni Robredo called a press conference to announce she was postponing the release of her much-anticipated report on the government’s drug war.  It apparently is a 40-page spiral-bound report detailing whatever she did in the two weeks or so that she was co-chair of the Inter-agency Committee on Anti-illegal Drugs (ICAD).

Just as she was preparing to call another press conference for the release of her report, the verdict in the infamous Maguindanao massacre was handed down today.  So Robredo decided to postpone the release of the report yet again.

When asked by The Adobo Chronicles when she would finally release the report, Robredo said it will not be until after the major upcoming holidays which she listed:

December 25, 2019, Wednesday – Christmas Day

January 1, 2020, Wednesday – New Year’s Day

January 25, 2020, Saturday – Chinese New Year

February 14, 2020 – Valentine’s Day

February 25, 2020, Tuesday – EDSA Revolution Anniversary

The month-long Panagbenga Festival in Baguio City

April 9, 2020, Thursday – Araw ng Kagitingan

April 9, 2020 – Maundy Thursday

April 10, 2020 – Good Friday

April 11, 2020 – Black Saturday

May 1, 2020, Friday – Labor Day

The month-long Santacruzan festivities nationwide

June 12, 2020, Friday – Independence Day

August 21, 2020, Friday – Ninoy Aquino Day

August 31, 2020, last Monday of August – National Heroes’ Day

November 1, 2020, Sunday – All Saints’ Day

November 30, 2020, Monday – Bonifacio Day

December 8, 2020, Tuesday – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary

December 25, 2020, Friday – Christmas Day

December 30, 2020, Wednesday – Rizal Day

December 31, 2020, Thursday – last day of the year

All the scheduled international beauty contests participated in by the Philippines.

Manny Pacquiao’s boxing fights in 2020, if any.