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Local News, Science and Environment

WEATHER: MOTORCYCLE SUFFERS HEAT STROKE IN MANILA’S 95-DEGREE TEMPERATURE

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imageMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – May is among the hottest months in the Philippines, with temperatures rising above 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

May 29, 2015 was one of those scorching hot days in Manila, registering 95 degrees on the mercury scale.

Airconditioners were in full blast (except at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport which was practically a dry sauna) and the malls were filled to capacity by residents trying to escape the extremely hot and humid weather.

Unfortuntely, even non-humans were severely affected by the hot weather, including this motorcycle parked in front of a Manila residence. The poor motorcycle suffered a heat stroke  and it was all caught on closed circuit TV (CCTV):

Entertainment, International, Same-sex Marriage, Science and Environment

NEWLY-CROWNED MISS PHILIPPINES WOWS JUDGES WITH ANSWER TO FINAL QUESTION ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

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Ong, center, is the new Miss Philippines-Earth

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Philippines crowned yet another beauty queen last night when it named Angelia Gabrena Ong, 24, of Manila, the 2015 Miss Philippines-Earth. She will represent the country in the Miss Earth pageant later this year.

Rarely do beauty pageant judges get totally impressed by contestants’ answers to the final question but this time they absolutely did. The moment Ong began to speak into the microphone to answer her final question, the panel of judges knew it had a winner.

Ong’s question from celebrity judge Zsa Zsa Padilla was the most difficult one that evening: “Do you believe in same-sex marriage?”

Her answer:

“I think it really depends on the person if he or she believes in sex marriage but as for me, if the person feels that he or she needs to be married to show his or her love the I don’t mind having sex marriage.”

The Adobo Chronicles could not reach Ong to ask her if, by her answer, she meant ‘same-sex marriage,’ ‘sex before marriage,’ or ‘marriage for the sole purpose of sex.’

Watch the video clip of that defining moment in the pageant:

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Business, Science and Environment

SHIP WITH CONTAINERS OF LAUNDRY DETERGENT SINKS – WATCH WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) –  Forget about the containers of filthy trash sitting in the Port of Manila (imported from Canada as recycled plastic). It’s nothing compared to what happened to a shipment of laundry detergent imported by a local company from a still unnamed country.

Enroute to the Philippines, the ship, containing tons of detergent, sank amid bad weather in the Pacific Ocean.

Watch the video to see what happened next.