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International, Law Enforcement, Politics, Travel

Senator Leila De Lima Adds Ex-Driver/Bodyguard Dayan To Her ‘List’

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MANILA, Philippines(The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Senator Leila de Lima is reportedly drawing up a “more comprehensive” and “more detailed” list of Philippine officials and personalities she believes are responsible for her arrest and detention, her chief of staff and lawyer said Thursday.

The Senator is hoping her list would be the basis for the U.S. State Department in determining which Philippine officials and personalities would be banned from entering the U.S. because of their role in her incarceration.

Today, De Lima told The Adobo Chronicles (AC) she has included her former driver-bodyguard Ronnie Dayan on her list.

The Senator had previously admitted  that she had a relationship with Dayan, citing “frailties of a woman.”

De Lima told AC that Dayan’s testimony during Congressional hearings contributed to the building of the case against her.

We’re sorry for Dayan. He may never see and experience the Land of the free, and the home of the brave.

Unless, of course, he’ll manage to resolve what appears to be an “LQ” with the Senator.

 

Government, Immigration, International, Law Enforcement, Politics, Race Relations

Senator Dick Durbin Wants Visa-Free Travel To The U.S. By All Filipinos

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is putting his money where his mouth is. Today, the Democrat lawmaker proposed to scrap the visa requirement for all Filipinos who want to travel to the United States and says he will file the appropriate Senate bill shortly.

Earlier, in a tweet expressing his support for the jailed Senator Leila De Lima, Durbin urged Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte “to stop threatening the travel” of Filipino Americans and so many others who travel between the U.S. and other nations.

”To prove that I’m not just all talk, I will sponsor a new Senate bill that would ensure the travel of all Filipinos to the U.S., visa-free. In doing so, I challenge Duterte not to make good his threat to require U.S. citizens to obtain a visa when traveling to the Philippines.  This is all in the spirit of true reciprocity,” Durbin told The Adobo Chronicles.

Economy, Government, Immigration, International, Law Enforcement, Media, Politics

Adobo Chronicles’ Fearless Forecast For 2020 (Philippines)

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We’ve already named our Person of the Year. Now it’s time to reveal our fearless forecast for the coming New Year 2020. In general, our predictions bode well for the Philippines although there are a few sticklers, sticking out like a sore thumb. You’ll easily recognize these sores.

Here goes:

  1. The Philippines will become a net exporter of crabs and bitter gourd (ampalaya) because of an oversupply of the negas, mostly belonging to the 5% who do not approve of President Rodrigo Duterte.
  2. Because of the Rice Tariffication Law now in effect, many farm owners will be forced to sell their agricultural land.  The loss in rice farming is a big gain for Senator Cynthia Villar’s Vista Land.
  3. You can never kill Cardo, so despite the fact that the ABS-CBN broadcasting franchise comes to an end in the first quarter of 2020, FPJs “Ang Probinsiyano” lives on.  It will just move to GMA Channel 7.
  4. Love is lovelier the third time around.  We predict that Vice President Leni Robredo will again be appointed by Duterte to a Cabinet position, this time as the new Executive Secretary, in place of Salvador Medialdea.
  5. Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is running out of awards and citiations from foreign media outfits and Human Lies Organizations.  But no worries. The defunct Newsweek Magazine will come back to life in 2020 and its first “Person of the Year” is none other that the resurrected Ressa.
  6. Thanks to grandstanding U.S. Senators — Partrick Leahy and Dick Durbin, U.S. citizens will now be required to obtain a visa when entering the Philippines.
  7. Meanwhile, Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” program will be expanded further in 2020, and will be renamed, “Build, Build, Build, Build.”
  8. Christmas 2020 is just less than a year away, so Jose Marie Chan will come up with a new Christmas album to be released on September 1, 2020.

TO ALL OUR READERS, FOLLOWERS AND SUPPORTERS, A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MAY YOU ALL RECEIVE THE BEST UNBELIEVABLE NEWS IN 2020!