NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Move over, Maria Ressa. TIME Magazine has a new ‘Most Influential Person’ — Asia’s songbird Regine Velasquez.
For standing up to Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin by questioning his intelligence, for displaying patriotism and defending her country’s territorial rights, and for coming to the defense of giant clams fished out by the Chinese from the West Philippine Sea, TIME has named Velasquez ‘Most Infuential Person in Scarborough Shoal.’
It all started when the pipit (Filipino version of the songbird) tweeted her disgust over Locsin’s comment that the Philippines will not go to war over giant clams:
(And I thought you were smart. I’m just a simple perspn with simple thoughts. These people are invading our territory they are not just taking food they are destroying our waters.)
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – They’ve both graced the covers of magazines— Maria Ressa as one of Esquire’s sexiest women alive, and Matteo Guidicelli as Inside Showbiz’ hearthrob Filipino-Italian actor.
Matteo recently made headlines when he joined the Philippine Army Reserves.
Not to be outdone, the Rappler CEO signed up for the U.S. Army reserves.
Ressa is a dual citizen of the Philippines and the United States.
PARIS, France (The Adobo Chronicles, Paris Bureau) – Former Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s fervent evangelical views got national attention when she launched her presidential campaign for the 2012 Republican nomination.
Her Christian counseling center offered gay conversion therapy; she fought for a constitutional ban on same sex marriage; and she often cites her faith as a touchstone informing her views.
Then in a recent radio interview, Bachmann called Donald Trump the godliest President of her lifetime.
Many dismissed her comments, but then images of the recent Notre Dame Cathedral fire in Paris posted on social media showed this:
Was Bachmann into something when she made that comment about Trump?
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