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FILIPINOS WILL HAVE NO INTERNET CONNECTION DURING APEC SUMMIT IN MANILA

November 13, 2015 Pol Pinoy 46 Comments

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The country’s top telecommunications and digital service provider Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) is boosting Internet connectivity at the venues of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings being held in Metro Manila.

In a statement yesterday, PLDT said it has put up facilities which can provide up to 8.5 Gbps (Gigabits per second) of Internet connectivity and voice solutions at major conference venues and host hotels for the 8,000 delegates expected to attend the APEC meetings.

In order to meet this high speed capacity for the meeting, PLDT has announced to all its Filipino household customers that they will lose their Internet connection for the duration of the summit. They will receive a small amount of rebate on their next utility bill.

The Philippines has the slowest and most expensive Internet service in all of Asia, so the Aquino administration wanted to make sure that PLDT provide the visiting APEC delegates with a pleasant and worry-free Internet connection.

Yet another band-aid and show-off solution by the Philippine government to cover up its incompetency.

SINGER CYNTHIA PATAG ACCUSES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MAR ROXAS OF PLAGIARISM

November 3, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Presidential candidate Mar Roxas on Tuesday raised the possibility that the “laglag bala scheme” at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) may be part of a “demolition job” against the government, coming just days leading to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Summit in Metro Manila.

The former Interior Secretary’s words, somehow, were very similar to what singer and Yellowtard Cynthia Patag said the day before on her Instagram account. Or shall we say exactly the same.

Patag was not happy that Roxas was mimicking her, and is planning to sue the Liberal Party standard bearer for plagiarism.

Roxas countered by saying that Patag didn’t know what she was talking about, labeling the scheme as “dagdag bala” instead of “laglag bala.”

Here’s Patag’s Instagram post. We’ll let our readers decide who copied whom:

‘SOUTH PARK’ SUES YELP FOR $20 MILLION

October 21, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – Yelp Inc. has filed a $10 million dollar lawsuit against the creators of South Park, seeking damages caused by the latest episode of the popular television show which lampooned the customer review and local business rating website.

In response, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the animated series, filed a $20 Million counter lawsuit claiming that by suing South Park, Yelp has caused them irreparable emotional distress and unnecessary creative distraction.

South Park is also asking the court to order Yelp to pay an additional $10 Million for the publicity received by the rating website as a result of the TV episode.

Paul Horner, who is a spokesman for Yelp, promised to contest the counter lawsuit and urged all Yelp users and critics to go online and give South Park a rating of 1/2 star (out of a possible 5).

Both the Internet and Television worlds are closely watching the lawsuit and counter lawsuit, describing them as a classic battle between “Goliath” and “Goliath.”