Category Archives: Sports

Investigative Writer Raissa Robles Does Another Marites!

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Self-proclaimed investigative writer and graduate of imaginative writing from U.P. Raissa Robles is know for her social media crowdsourcing for her “news” stories. She lets other netizens do the investigation for her.

Wait, there’s more.

Robles has of late been doing a “Marites,” or the art of gossip under the guise of news reporting.

Well, she did another one of those, by re-Xing (re-tweeting) a post by a netizen who claimed that President Bongbong Marcos was met with chants of “bente, bente, bente” when he attended the opening game of the FIBA World Cup at the Philippine Arena. (The chant was supposedly be reference to Marcos’ promise to bring the price of rice to P20 (bente) per kilo.)

In her re-X, Robles asked for a “resibo” (receipt or proof) of the incident.

But as an investigative writer, wasn’t she supposed to be the one looking for proof?

More imaginative than investigative!

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Nike, Puma Clash Over Gilas Pilipinas Endorsements!

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Two of the world’s leading athletic shoe manufacturers are clashing over endorsements by Gilas Philippines, the basketball team in the 2023 FIBA World Cup.

On one hand, Gilas Philippines Coach Chot Reyes has proudly displayed the Nike logo on the shirts he wears in the FIBA games.

But a recent announcement by PUMA that Gilas star player Kai Sotto is its new celebrity endorser has upset Nike.

Nike has threatened to pull all of its endorsements and financial support for Gilas unless the PUMA contract with Sotto is withdrawn and cancelled.

Moral of the story: You can only row your boat in one river or ocean. (“Namamangka sa dalawang dagat”).