Category Archives: Politics

Politics

BREAKING: VP Sara Duterte Resigns From Lakas-CMD; Atty. Leni Robredo Resigns From Being Independent!

Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – ‘Tis the season for resignations from Philippine political parties!

Vice President Sara Duterte has resigned as a member of Lakas-CMD, the political party under which she ran in 2022. She has issued a statement on her resignation, saying that the Filipino people’s trust in her to lead the country cannot be poisoned by “political toxicity” or undermined by “execrable political powerplay.”

Just minutes after Dueterte’s announcement, Atty. Leni Robredo who lost big to Bongbong Marcos for the presidential race that same year, said she was resigning from being Independent. (Robredo ran as an independent in the 2022 elections).

Sources close to Robredo told The Adobo Chronicles that she is now in negotiations with Lakas-CMD to be the party’s candidate for the 2028 presidential elections, in what is expected to be a two-way race between two women (the other, of course, being Duterte).

Politics is more fun in the Philippines!

Government, International, Politics, Race Relations

Philippine Senator Risa Hontiveros’ Meeting With Taiwanese President Irritates Beijing!

Leave a comment

BEIJING, China (The Adobo Chronicles, HongKong Bureau)- Last year, Nancy Pelosi who was then Speaker of the US House of Representatives visited Taiwan and met with President Tsai Ing-wen. Last April, current Speaker Keven McCarthy did the same.  This, of course, angered Beijing.

The visits of the Democrat and Republican legislators prompted China to engage in military exercises across the Taiwan Strait.

Now China is also upset that Philippine Senato Risa Hontiveros visited Taiwan and met with Ing-wen.  In protest, China is contemplating in sending more Chinese fishing vessels in the South China Sea, near the Philippines’ territorial waters.

Moral of the story: For every action, there is a corresponding reaction.