SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – For many decades, San Francisco’s skyline was ruled by the TransAmerica Building. No tourist will leave the City by the Bay without a selfie in front of the obelisk-shaped tower.
Not anymore.
Here comes San Francisco’s newest and future tourist attraction: The Millennium Condominium Tower. It’s the city’s modern version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
At its current rate, the sinking Tower could tilt another 10 inches toward the Salesforce Tower in the next two years, lawyers for the homeowners warned in a legal filing.
We asked our artist-in-residence to give us an idea what the Tower might look like in the future (see photo).
While condominium residents will not be happy, world tourists will be, for sure!
The Fourth Estate is not dead. It is just evolving amid great advances in technology as well as the meeting of old and new political ideology.
One of the greatest careers in the news business is investigative journalism. It is the stuff that Pulitzer Prizes are made of.
So, in the interest of public service, The Adobo Chronicles is publishing this do-it-yourself (DIY) guide to becoming an award-winning investigative journalist, especially if you practice your profession in the Philippines.
Publish an opinionated book and pass it on as “historical.”
It’s all about book titles. The best titles usually start with “Never Again…”
Open a Twitter account.
Spend a minimum of 16 hours in front of your computer. Never leave home to investigate. Why bother with Metro Manila traffic? And without Uber? Forget it!
Crowdsource, crowdsource, crowdsource.
You can’t fit in facts with just 140 characters. So ask questions, and more questions.
Block all followers who respond negatively to your tweets.
Nourish your relationship with your spouse. He or she will be your greatest inspiration and defender.
The names of the best investigative journalists usually start with an “R.” Examples are Raissa, Risa, Ressa. (Our own publisher’s name starts with an “R.” Glad we got that in!)
If your name doesn’t begin with an “R,” no worries. You can always adopt hard-hitting pen names like “Rocky,” “Rogando,” or “R. Nieto.” Or respectable names like Reyes or Rivera.
If all else fails, go back to journalism school. May we suggest that tuition-free campus in Diliman, Quezon City?
BOSTON, Massachusetts (Exclusive to The Adobo Chronicles) – Previously, we reported that the Boston Police Department is investigating whether or not Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo violated U.S. law by admitting during her radio show that she went garbage-diving in search of usable items for her daughter’s apartment.
Boston Police had asked the help of concerned citizens by providing them with photos or CCTV videos that would possibly implicate Robredo in a criminal offense, including trespassing.
Today, the police department released a photo it received from an anonymous source showing a man in blue t-shirt garbage-diving into a trash bin in the same neighborhood where Robredo’s daughter’s apartment is located.
The man closely resembles the person who was helping the Vice President assemble some furniture in her daughter’s apartment. It was a photo that Robredo herself posted on her Facebook page.
If it is the same man, then Robredo has a lot to answer for as the police investigation continues.
SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – For many decades, San Francisco’s skyline was ruled by the TransAmerica Building. No tourist will leave the City by the Bay without a selfie in front of the obelisk-shaped tower.
The Fourth Estate is not dead. It is just evolving amid great advances in technology as well as the meeting of old and new political ideology.
BOSTON, Massachusetts (Exclusive to The Adobo Chronicles) – Previously,
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