MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is one of this year’s recipients of the Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award.
Ressa is being honored with the Freedom of Speech Award, proof that she, indeed, has exercised her freedom of speech all along, contrary to all her claims about suppression of her online news site’s press freedom.
Congratulations to Ressa are in order!
NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, New York Bureau) – Three-time Grammy Album of the Year winner Taylor Swift is reportedly preparing a lawsuit against Philippine “Queen of all Media” Kris Aquino for copyright infringement.
Aquino, sister of ex-President Noynoy Aquino, posted a 25-minute rant on social media, vowing to fight all who have been criticizing her and her family.
She started her statement, written on ruled yellow paper sheets, by saying she was going to “name names.” She fell short of that promise, mentioning only non-controversial names.
But she ended her spiel by taking lines from one of the songs from Swift’s “Folklore” album (the latest to win the Grammy) and delivering it with such conviction that viewers believed they were her own words. This led to the American singer deciding to sue.
This is a developing story.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – A PR photo showing Leni Robredo inspecting one of her rural toilet projects is now the source of bad blood between the Philippine Vice President and Facebook.
It all started when writer/blogger Krizette Laureta Chu posted an opinion piece on her Facebook page in which she talked about Robredo’s project. Her post came with a photo of Robredo during her inspection.
Alas, Facebook blurred the photo, saying that it may be sensitive to some people. Facebook did not specify whether the sensitive issue was the toilet bowl in the photo, or of Robredo herself.
Immediately, the Office of the Vice President sent a “note verbale” (Robredo has been making the rounds of foreign diplomatic offices lately) to Facebook protesting the giant social media platform’s action.
“How could Facebook decide on its own that the Vice President’s photo is sensitive to some people,” the OVP asked. “She was dressed appropriately in her favorite lavander color, and she was wearing a face mask as required in public,” it added.
The Adobo Chronicles tried to get the side of Mark Zuckerberg, but his staff told us he was working from home when we called, and they could not give us his home phone number because it was confidential.
This is a developing story.
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