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Politics, Sports

Manny Pacquiao Plans To Apply for U.S. Political Asylum

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LOS ANGELES, California (The Adobo Chronicles, Los Angeles Bureau) – Minutes after he was “ousted” as president of the ruling Philippine political party PDP-Laban, champion boxer and Senator Manny Pacquiao told The Adobo Chronicles that he has instructed his legal team to file a political asylum application on his behalf in the United States.

Pacquiao is currently in the U.S. for his title fight against Errol Spence, Jr. next month in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao said he is not only humiliated by his party’s action against him, but condemns the fact that things happened while he was out of the country. “It’s practically a coup ,” he said.

The boxer-Senator has previously made known his plan to run for President in 2022, but said that the embarrassment caused by his ouster all but diminishes his chances of winning next year’s Presidential contest.

This is a developing story.

Culture, International, Sports

TINIKLING NOW AN OLYMPIC SPORT

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Olympic sports has always been about skill and that’s why the Olympic Committee decided to add two new sports to its official line-up starting with the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Breakdancing gas been added to the official list of Olympic competitons, along with Tinikling, considered the Philippines’ national dance.

Tinikling has long been recognized as a dance requiring the highest level of skill, with dancers navigating through bamboo poles clapped together in an ever-increasing tempo.

Will this mark the beginning of an increased gold medal haulfor the Philippines?

Government, Politics, Sports

WHITE HOUSE TENNIS PAVILION, a project of melania, USELESS FOR JOE BIDEN

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TOPSHOT – US First Lady Melania Trump boards a plane at Andrews Air Force Base for a three state overnight trip March 4, 2019 in Maryland. – The First Lady travels to Oklahoma, Washington, and Nevada as part of her “Be Best” tour. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – First Lady Melania Trump’s office has announced the completion of The White House Tennis Pavilion, a project she started since 2019.

It wasn’t meant to be open to the public. Rather, it is for the enjoyment of the First Family. But come January 20, Tump will no longer be a member of the First Family.

So will the incoming President Joe Biden have use for the pavilion?

“Useless,” says a source close to the former Vice President. “Biden is an athlete, but is not into tennis. He’s more of a football guy, having been a member of a football team in his high school days.”

So will the incoming First Lady Jill Biden convert the tennis pavilion into an open-air theatre where the First Family and close associates can watch the Super Bowl?