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Social Media

Did X Take Down Bb. Maharlika’s Video Broadcast?

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The remaining followers of Bb. Maharlika, the Los Angeles-based, former Marcos supporter and now critic, woke up this morning to find out their ‘boldjakera’ idol is nowhere to be found on X (formerly Twitter). Well, at least one of her latest broadcasts.

The seemingly-deleted broadcast supposedly tackled possible impeachment for either Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte or the occupant in Malacañang Palace.

But alas, netizens trying to access the broadcast were met with a consistent and persistent message that it is “not available.”

Was there a community violation on the part of Maharlika, or are the “intelligence funds” working against her?

Social Media, Sports

Investigative Writer Raissa Robles Does Another Marites!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Self-proclaimed investigative writer and graduate of imaginative writing from U.P. Raissa Robles is know for her social media crowdsourcing for her “news” stories. She lets other netizens do the investigation for her.

Wait, there’s more.

Robles has of late been doing a “Marites,” or the art of gossip under the guise of news reporting.

Well, she did another one of those, by re-Xing (re-tweeting) a post by a netizen who claimed that President Bongbong Marcos was met with chants of “bente, bente, bente” when he attended the opening game of the FIBA World Cup at the Philippine Arena. (The chant was supposedly be reference to Marcos’ promise to bring the price of rice to P20 (bente) per kilo.)

In her re-X, Robles asked for a “resibo” (receipt or proof) of the incident.

But as an investigative writer, wasn’t she supposed to be the one looking for proof?

More imaginative than investigative!