Category Archives: Politics

Immigration, International, Politics, Travel

Philippines To Deny Entry To Amal Clooney?

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It is universal knowledge that any country reserves the right to allow or not to allow the entry of foreign nationals for whatever reason — even if that reason is unreasonable.

Dubious sources tell The Adobo Chronicles that Amal (Mrs. George) Clooney will be denied entry into the Philippines if ever she decides to visit with her new client, Maria Ressa.

It has recently been reported that Clooney, a  British-Lebanese Human Rights attorney, has joined Ressa’s legal team that will defend the Rappler CEO in her legal troubles, including tax evasion, cyber libel and Constitutional violation on media ownership in the Philippines.

Sources say that the Bureau of Immigration is looking at barring Clooney because of her expressed intention to practice law in the country which is not allowed for foreigners. Foreign nationals on tourist visas are prohibited from seeking or accepting local employment.

Well, Clooney will just have to meet her client in the U.K., Lebanon or the U.S. Ressa is a dual citizen of the Philippines and the U.S.

Government, International, Law Enforcement, Politics

The Real Reason Iceland Initiated U.N. Resolution Against Duterte’s War On Drugs

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NEW YORK,  New York (The Adobo Chronicles, New York Bureau) – Now it can be told. The real reason Iceland authored a  U.N. resolution calling for an investigation of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs had nothing to do with extra-judicial killings, or with, well, drugs.

Rather, reliable sources told The Adobo Chronicles it was more because of Duterte’s war on corruption.

Iceland is very worried that Duterte’s crusade against government corruption could bring worldwide attention to the Nordic country’s own corruption record.

Many believe that Iceland is the most corrupt of all the Nordic countries.

 

International, Politics, Social Media

Maria Ressa Incriminates Herself At U.K. Media Freedom Conference

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LONDON, United Kingdom (The Adobo Chronicles, Paris Bureau) – Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is reportedly trying to seek asylum in the United Kingdom after she openly admitted violating the Philippine Constitution which prohibits foreign ownership of Philippine media.

In a Media Freedom Conference in the U.K., Ressa admitted that Omidyar Network (ON) owns “less than 5%” of Rappler investments. ON, of course, is a foreign company, and the Constitution mandates that Philippine media must be 100% Filipino-owned. She was responding to a question from Canadian media personality Ezra Levant — a question that wasn’t even addressed to her.

For the longest time, since the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decided to revoke Rappler’s media license, Ressa has denied that ON was part owner of her online news source outfit, using sugar-coated terms like Philippine Depository Receipts (PDR) to mask Omidyar’s investment.

After Rappler lost its court appeal challenging the license revocation, the decision is back in the hands of SEC — whether to let its earlier ruling against Rappler stand.

Now that Ressa herself has admitted to ON’s investment, the SEC needs no further basis to shut down Rappler’s media operations.

As for Ressa’s asylum application, that would be a decision left solely to the United Kingdom.

Moral of the story: don’t respond to any question not directed at you, no matter how eager you are to hijack the answer.