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Aquino, Duterte Trade Barbs On “Broken Promises”

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image.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Ex-President NoyNoy Aquino threw his first jab at President Rod Duterte today by asking the latter to fulfill his promise that he would jet ski to a disputed island occupied by China and personally stake the Philippines’ claims over disputed territory in the West Philippine Sea.

Aquino made the challenge just weeks after the United Nations-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines in a territorial case brought before it.

“Was it just one of your empty campaign promises? ” asked Aquino, whose bet Mar Roxas lost the election to Duterte.

In response, Duterte asked Aquino: “What about your promise to let yourself be run over by a train?”

Duterte was referring to a promise made by Aquino in 2o13 that he was ready to be run over by a train if the LRT (Light Rail Transit) Line 1 project from Baclaran to Bacoor will not be completed in two years. To this day, the railway project remains unfinished.

Well, Duterte has six years to make good on his promise. But Aquino’s deadline has come and gone.

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Politics, Social Media

Another Epic Fail With Trump-Pence Revised Campaign Logo

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imageCLEVELAND, Ohio (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – When the Republican Party first unveiled the logo of the Trump-Pence campaign, it immediately drew intense ridicule on social media.

The logo, meant to promote presidential candidate Donald Trump and his chosen VP running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence, looked like a cork screw piercing through a wine bottle.  Many commented that it symbolized how Trump is screwing and plans to screw Pence and the American people.

Well, the ad agency hired by the GOP quickly pulled the controversial logo and designed a new one, something they thought would be less controversial while aiming to reach out to native Americans — or so they thought.

The new logo bears the text “Trump-Pence, Make America Great Again” superimposed on a striped teepee and the U.S. flag perched atop the conical tent.

The orginal teepees were the homes of the nomadic tribes of the Great Plains. They were built using a number of long poles as the frame. The poles were tied together at the top and spread out at the bottom to make an upside down cone shape. Then the outside was wrapped with a large covering made of buffalo hide.

Apparently, the copy writers and graphic designers of the GOP ad agency mistakenly thought that Pence descended from Native Americans because he was from Indiana. They also thought the use of the tent image was cute because “teepee” reads exactly like TP, or Trump-Pence.

Epic fail, indeed.

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Government, International, Law Enforcement, Social Media, Technology

Malacañang Palace Launches ‘Pushermon Go’

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imageMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles/iReporter Eboy Soledad contributed to this report) – As part of its ongoing war on drugs in the Philippines, the Duterte administration today announced that it will soon launch the “Pushermon Go” app for Apple and Android phones.

Patterned after the mobile game sensation, “Pokéman Go,” the Malacañang app will be rolled out for free to all Filipino mobile phone users who are 21 years old and above.  Duterte hopes that this will help his administration to weed out undesirable Filipino and other citizens who are involved in the illegal drug trade.

“Be a pushermon hunter and ‘killect’ them all,” the app promo says.

App users who kill pushermons will earn Digong coins which can be traded for checkered polo shirts in participating outlets. Consolation prices and points can also be earned to redeem for free tsinelas (flip flops), courtesy of Vice President Leni Robredo.

For more details on the new app and how to redeem coins and points, please go to: http://www.Pushermon.go.ph.

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