Officially, the world has 900,000 islands.

Norway has 239,057 islands, including coastal islands.

The Finnish have 178,947 islands.

The Japanese have 120,729 islands. Over 14,125  ofthese have a circumference of 0.1 km. Meaning as big as this: 🔴 – or the red dot in its flag which lookslike this: 🇯🇵

Our neighbour, Indonesia, got 18,110 islands.

In comparison, The Philippines 🇵🇭, my Philippines, has 7,641 islands.  By the way, there are not 100 islands in Pangasinan’s Hundred Islands. There are 124.

My domicile, Switzerland 🇨🇭, is a landlocked  country not usually associated with islands. Believe me, we got 300 of them.

Which reminds me: No man is an Island.

by Melchor Vergara

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Senator Franklin Drilon has filed a cyber libel case against blogger Krizette Laureta Chu, claiming her recent post suggesting his reincarnation as House Speaker Martin Romualdez is a grave offense.

Drilon, who has yet to master the art of transcendental existence, insists that one must die before reincarnating—a minor detail overlooked by the relentless blogger.

In response, Chu has vowed to organize a séance to confirm Drilon’s vitality, arguing that his frequent naps could be confused with an otherworldly slumber. As the legal battle unfolds, the nation anxiously awaits the verdict on the senator’s metaphysical status.