Category Archives: Politics

Survey About Richard Heydarian’s Survey: Duterte or Robredo ?

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Analyst extraordinaire Richard Heydarian surveyed his gullible fans on who they think would do a better job in dealing with the COVID-19 crisis in the Philippines. Lo and behold, Leni Robredo came up on top with more than three-fourths of the vote. President Rodrigo Duterte was a distant 3rd, behind Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto.

But as we always say, there’s two sides to  every story, especially one that comes from Heydarian and his Yellow minions.

So in the interest of fairness and accuracy, The Adobo Chronicles is conducting its own HYPERthetical poll on who, really, Filipinos would prefer to be in charge during the pandemic.

Please participate in our survey, and share widely.

 

Donald Trump Outlaws K-pop, TikTok In The U.S.

TULSA, Oklahoma  (The Adobo Chronicles, Tulsa Bureau) – President Donald Trump was confident he could fill the 19,000-capacity venue of his Tulsa political rally today. That did not happen. Not only was the venue just about half full, but the planned overflow outside was all but scratched.

So what happened?

K-pop fans, along with TikTok users, apparently sabotaged the rally at the BOK Center.

Political commentators deduced that K-pop fans as well as TikTok users had mobilized to reserve tickets to the rally with no intention of going.

Upon being informed of what happened, Trump immediately issued an Executive Order banning from the Internet in the U.S. anything that’s related to both K-pop and TikTok.

”That should give them a lesson,” the President said, “for being bad, very bad people.”

It wasn’t clear how The White House would see through the implementation of the order.

Rappler’s Maria Ressa To Sue Donald Trump Over Executive Order

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – In less than 24 hours from Donald Trump’s signing of a new Executive Order that could spell the end for social media “fact-checkers,” Rappler CEO Maria Ressa annouced she will sue the U.S. President for violation of Free Speech.

Trump’s Executive Order seeks to strike down social media companies’ immunity from lawsuit for content posted by their users (Section 230.)  The President himself uses Twitter to criticize and rant against his critics.

Ressa, a U.S. citizen  who runs her online news outlet in the Philippines, is known for her own rant wanting to “take back the Internet” from Facebook and other social media users whom she labels as purveyors of fake news.

Her company Rappler is one of two Facebook-designated fact-checkers in the Philippines.

In speaking with The Adobo Chronicles, Ressa said she stands to lose a lot of money if Trump’s crusade against social media fact checkers will succeed.

“It also doesn’t bode well for my image as a poster girl for Press Freedom and a fierce critic of fake news,” she added.