Category Archives: Social Media

When A President Misspells A Word

IMG_1838WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – No other president in history has ever been so careless in his tweets, often misspelling words that kids easily ace in the National Spelling Bee. Like Donald Trump. Like ‘covfefe.’

Trump’s tweet has gone viral but no one has dared to correct his spelling.

Well, we will.

The correct spelling is ‘cofveve.’ It means to have coffee ☕️  first and converse later.

Let’s hope Trump can correctly pronounce ‘nuclear,’ unlike that other President who says it the ‘nucular’ way.

Calling the attention of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos!

NUJP Declines Membership Applications of Rappler’s Maria Ressa And Blogger Raissa Robles

IMG_1793.PNGMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The National Union of Journalists of the Phlippines (NUJP), has rejected the membership applications of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and blogger (and self-proclaimed investigative journalist) Raissa Robles.

In a unanimous decision by NUJP’s board of directors — composed mostly of staff from the Inquirer, GMA-7 and ABS-CBN — the membership application rejections were based on:

  • Rappler’s status as a foreign-funded news organization which is a violation of the Philippine Constitution
  • Robles’ status as a biased blogger as evidenced by her anti-Duterte social media posts and anti-Marcos sentiments expressed in her book, “Martial Law: Never Again.”

NUJP said that the board, in rejecting the two membership applications, was clear on maintaining the professionalism and integrity of the Fourth Estate and that it cannot “tarnish the good image of the Philippine news media by admitting Ressa and Robles as members.”

Both Ressa and Robles declined to comment on the NUJP decision when contacted by The Adobo Chronicles.

BREAKING: VP Leni Robredo Back In Duterte Cabinet As Mendicant-in-Chief

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Robredo and her various donation causes

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – After Vice President Leni Robredo publicly supported the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao, she seems to have earned back the trust and confidence of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Robredo is back in the Cabinet as the new Mendicant-in-Chief.  As the “donation czar,” the VP’s main responsibility is to solicit donations for and on behalf of the government and the Filipino people.

In a statement released by Malacañang, Duterte said he was very impressed with Robredo’s recent calls for donations for all sorts of causes — from relief for natural calamity victims to help for those caught in the crossfire between government troops and the terrorist group Maute in Marawi City. “She even has a call for donations for a defense fund to help with the electoral protest filed against her by former Senator Bongbong Marcos.  She is clearly the most qualified person for the job,” Duterte said.