Category Archives: Politics

Step Up: Leni Robredo’s Radio Show Now On Primetime TV

November 13, 2019 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Leni Robredo’s weekly radio show, BISErbisyong Leni, is no more, not because of its dismal ratings, but because the Vice President is stepping up now that she’s been designated by President Rodrigo Duterte as Drug Czar.

Instead of the radio show, Robredo will co-host a prime-time talk show with television personality and almost First Lady Korina Sanchez (wife of former Presidential Candidate Mar Roxas.)

The new show airs at 7pm every Monday, Tuesday and Saturday on ABS-CBN. The focus will be on Robredo’s proposed policies and initiatives as Co-chair of the Inter-agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD).

The TV show will be titled “Korina and Czarina.”

Government, Law Enforcement, Politics

Drug Czar Scraps Operation Tokhang, Replaces It with Operationg Talklang

November 11, 2019 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – One of the first actions of Vice President Leni Robredo after she assumed the position of Drug Czar was to scrap ‘Opertion Tokhang,’ the anti-illegal drug strategy of knocking on doors of drug suspects to bring them back to the fold of the law. Critics say that Tokhang has resulted in the unnecessary killing of drug suspects.

Instead, Robredo wants to pursue “Operation TalkLang.” It would involve law enforcement authorities who will refrain from violent and possiblly fatal confrontation with drug suspects. Police officers, armed with just body cams and whistles, will simply calmly talk to the suspects to surrender.

Duterte supporters however find the new campaign indicative of Robredo’s incompetent and clueless strategy in addressing the illegal drug problem. “She’s all just talk,” they said.

Government, Law Enforcement, Politics, Religion

Robredo Wants Priests To Do Pray-overs During Drug Raids

November 10, 2019 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – In her first week as President Rodrigo Duterte’s designated Drug Czar, Vice President Leni Robredo has put forward a bunch of ideas which she thinks will improve the country’s war on (illegal) drugs.

She wants to stop Operation Tokhang. She wants her commitee to welcome a U.N. investigation of the war on drugs. She wants a bigger budget. She wants the Commission on Human Rights and the Faith community represented on the committee.

Asked by The Adobo Chronicles what the Church can contribute to the campaign against illegal drugs, Robredo said she wants to assign priests and other Church leaders to join law enforcement teams when undertaking raids on suspected drug dealers and users.

”Instead of dealing with the suspects using guns, I want priests or bishops to pray-over the suspects, hoping that they will surrender peacefully. This will avoid any violent or fatal confrontation with the police.”