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Adobo Chronicles To Close Its Philippine Bureau in 2020

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View of Manila, Philippines from the International Space Station

SAN JOSE, California (The Adobo Chonicles, San Jose Bureau) – Since 2013, The Adobo Chronicles (AC) has been reporting unbelievable news from its bureaus worldwide, including the Philippines.

But starting in 2020, the San Jose, Calfornia-based news outfit will say goodbye to its Philippine Bureau.

Its Philippine Bureau will be relocated to the Intenational Space Station.  AC will hold the distinction of the first news outlet to establish news operations in space.

The decision follows the signing by President Donald Trump of a new measure creating the 6th branch of the U.S. Military — the U.S. Space Force.

”Now that we are assured of a safe space for our news operations as a result of the creation of the U.S. Space Force, we are ready to explore the rest of the universe,” AC’s publisher said.

AC wil continue to report on Philippine developments but it will do so on a better perspective from above.  It will be able to monitor events not only in the Philippines but elsewhere on earth with the help of space technology.

Upon hearing of the AC announcement, Rappler CEO Maria Ressa reportedly  reprimanded her market development staff for not having the foresight to do what AC is now doing.  “We just lost the opportunity to be ahead of the curve.  Shall we remain on earth just holding the line?”  she told her board of directors and staff.

Immigration, International, Military, Science and Environment, Social Media

White House Unveils Uniform Of The New U.S. Space Force

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) –President Donald Trump has signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2020 that establishes a U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces—despite the Outer Space Treaty designating space as a global commons to be used for peaceful purposes.

Trump signed the NDAA flanked by top defense and military officials at a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

Immediately following the signing ceremony, The White House unveiled the official uniform of the members of the U.S. Space Force, saying that “This is no longer Hollywood.  This is for real.  This is the New United States of America.

White House sources also told The Adobo Chronicles that the Trump administration’s next step is to establish a satellite office of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that will process the visas of foreign nationals venturing into  space.  It will be temporarily housed at the existing InternationalSpace Station.

International, Law Enforcement, Media, Politics, Social Media

Vera Files’ Ellen Tordesillas Can’t Find The Facts, Tweets U.S. Senators

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – We’ve all been waiting for Vera Files to fact-check news reports that the 2020 Appropriations Acts recently signed by President Donald Trump included a provision that would ban the entry into the U.S. of Philippine officials and others responsible for the alleged wrongful detention of Senator Leila De Lima. We’re all still waiting.

Now we know why: the Facebook fact-checker cannot find the facts, as she admitted in a tweet sent to Senators Dick Durbin and Patrick Leahy, proponents of the supposed ban. Will Vera Files soon tag the news reports as fake?

We can’t really expect the other fact-checker, Rappler, to be checking these reports because of a conflict of interet.  The online news source earlier reported that the U.S. Senators had also urged the Philippine government to drop all criminal charges against its CEO, Maria Ressa.  We’ll let Vera Files fact-check that too.