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Rappler’s Maria Ressa Petitions U.S. Government To Revoke Adobo Chronicles’ Patent

February 28, 2019 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth.

After learning that a petition has been launched by The Adobo Chronicles’ publisher urging the Philippine Department of Justice to revoke the dual citizenship of Maria Ressa for alleged violation of the Constitution and Philippine laws, the CEO of Rappler has come up with her own petition.

She is petitioning the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to revoke the patent issued to The Adobo Chronicles.

The Adobo Chronicles is a registered trademark with the USPTO under Registration # 4711386

In a statement published on the Rappler website, Ressa said the name “adobo” cannot be used by California-based satire news site because it is not original. “Adobo has been used for hundreds of years by Filipinos as the name for what is considered their national dish — pork or chicken adobo,” she said. “Why can’t the satire site use a more original and creative name like “Rappler?”

Ressa’s petition has garnered two likes so far — that would be herself and Raplerette Pia Rañada.

In contrast the petition to revoke Ressa’s dual citizenship has collected close to 15,000 signatures, and counting. Signatures are still being accepted here:

http://chng.it/n7P6ymCmfp

Pope Francis On Feminism, ‘Babae Ako’ Movement

February 26, 2019 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

THE VATICAN (The Adobo Chronicls, Rome Bureau) – Pope Francis was quoted today as saying that feminism is “machismo with a skirt.”

The Pontiff’s comment didn’t sit well with Mae Paner, a.k.a. Juana Change who was among the poster girls in the “Babae Ako” movement launched last year.

According to Wikipedia:

The Babae Ako movement (lit. I’m a Woman movement; stylized as #BabaeAko) is a women’s rights movement in the Philippines. It was launched on May 20, 2018 as a social media campaign when twelve women of various political persuasions got together to launch a public campaign calling out what they perceived as anti-women remarks made by President Duterte. The social media campaign eventually took the form of live protests later held under the movement. The founders of the movement were included among the “25 Most Influential People on the Internet in 2018” list by Time Magazine.

When informed about Paner’s displeasure and shown photos of the Philippine movement, Pope Francis, through an interpreter, said that based on the photos he’s seen, the “Babae Ako” movement should be renamed “Mukhang Lalake Kami” movement.