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WHY HAWAII’S NEXT NEW CONGRESSMAN COULD BE REPUBLICAN

April 7, 2014 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Honolulu, Hawaii – We all know about Blue Hawaii, the bluest of states. But the Republicans have a good chance of sending one of their own to the U.S. Congress come the 2014 elections, in the person of Charles Djou of the 1st Congressional district of Oahu.

The Huffington Post lists 8 reasons why Hawaii could elect a Republican candidate in this year’s congressional elections.

The Adobo Chronicles agrees with the No. 8 reason listed by HuffPost: that Charles has a memorable last name, one that voters would easily remember when they enter the polling booth.

Imagine a candidate whose last name is humuhumunukunukuapua’a. Okay, that’s Hawaii’s state fish, but you know what we mean.

Charles’ last name is easy enough to remember. Is it a cross between French and Chinese. But voters just need to think about the mustard they put on their BBQ burgers or their loco mocos: dijon.

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BILL CLINTON ENDORSES MANNY PACQUIAO FOR PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT

April 3, 2014 Pol Pinoy 3 Comments

Las Vegas, Nevada – Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao had an unexpected visitor this week during his training session for his upcoming rematch with Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas. The visitor? Former President Bill Clinton.

Clinton has never made secret his admiration for the Filipino boxer who also happens to be a member of the Philippine House of Representatives. Pacquiao is the incumbent elected representative of his hometown of Sarangani.

During the 30-minute visit, Clinton and Pacquiao discussed a wide range of issues, from the future of the boxing sport to the Clinton Global Initiative to Philippine politics.

At the end of the private meeting, Clinton announced that he was betting his dollar on Pacquiao and predicted that the Filipino boxer will regain the title he lost by a controversial judges’ decision to Bradley. The Pacquiao-Bradley2 match will take place April 12 at the MGM Arena in Las Vegas.

Clinton also made another surprising announcement: that he was endorsing Pacquiao’s candidacy for the 2016 Philippine presidential elections.

Several months ago, The Adobo Chronicles broke the story about Pacquiao’s quest to succeed President NoyNoy Aquino whose term expires in 2016.

Political analysts are in agreement that because of Pacquiao’s enormous popularity among the Filipino people, he could win the elections hands down on his own, but they also agree that the endorsement by the equally popular Clinton would put Pacquiao way over the top in the 2016 political contest.

Presumptive 2016 presidential candidate, incumbent Vice President Jejomar Binay, has yet to comment on the Clinton endorsement of Pacquiao.

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ILOCANOS PROTEST SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR’S DECISION TO MAKE TAGALOG AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE FOR THE CITY BY THE BAY

April 2, 2014 Pol Pinoy 10 Comments

San Francisco, California – Not all Filipinos are happy with the announcement by Mayor Ed Lee that Tagalog has been added to the shortlist of languages that will be included in official documents in the city and country of San Francisco. The other “official languages” are English, Spanish and Chinese. San Francisco informational brochures and application forms for various services are available in these official languages.

A coalition of Ilocano-speaking Filipinos protested yesterday’s announcement, claiming that there are more Ilocano-speaking Filipinos than there are Tagalog speakers in San Francisco. Ilocano is the predominant dialect in many provinces of the Northern Luzon region of the Philippines. The late President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. was Ilocano.

Filipinos living in Hawaii expressed their full support for the protest. Ilocanos are the predominant Filipino residents of Hawaii. Many public signage in Hawaii are written in Ilocano.

The San Francisco issue has become more controversial as a group of Kapampangan-speaking Filipinos joined in the protest demanding that their dialect be included as well as an official language. Kapampangan is the dialect spoken in a huge province of Northern Luzon, Pampanga, where former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her late father, Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal, hail from.

Mayor Ed Lee has not returned calls for comment from The Adobo Chronicles.