Category Archives: The Media

Politics, Social Media, The Media

Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa’s Rappler Rejoices Over Internet Censorship!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Rappler founder and CEO Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize was predicated on her supposed advocacy for press freedom, yet her actions and that of her least-trusted news brand in the Philippines seem to contradict the very premise of her award.

Rappler, known for its anti-Duterte and anti-Marcos stance, appeared to rejoice and celebrate over Facebook’s decision to warn viewers of the SMNI news network and film director Darryl Yap’s Facebook pages for alleged fake news and propaganda.

Instead of defending SMNI and Yap’s right to free speech, Rappler happily announced the FB sanction on its social media account:

For its part, Rappler is known to be weaponizing its social media platform to attack the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte and presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos and his family.

Rappler is one of Facebook’s fact-checking partners in the Philippines.

There have been calls to revoke Ressa’s Nobel Prize because of the consensus that she didn’t deserve the honor, vis a vis, for example, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Awards, Politics, The Media

Who Will Be Adobo Chronicles’ ”Sexiest Man Alive?” Vote Now!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Adobo Chronicles is launching this year its ”Sexiest Man Alive” annual awards, as a direct response to Esquire Philippines’ ”Sexiest Woman Alive” which has named women like Maria Ressa and Karen Davila as its favored personalities.

We have identified a shortlist of who we think should be the recipient of this singular honor in this awards debut.

We are asking our readers and followers to help us decide on the winner by registering their vote here:

https://www.ferendum.com/en/PID1010273PSD1931708362

or by scanning this QR CODE:

Our finalists are: Senator and champion boxer Manny Pacquio, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, Bulacan Governor Daniel Fernando, Camarines Sur Governor Migs Villlafuerte, Congressional candidate Sandro Marcos and Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla.

Awards, International, Politics, Social Media, The Media

Maria Ressa Retracts Attacks On The Philippines

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Many vicious attacks on the Philippine government, especially on President Rodrigo Duterte, have been attributed to Rappler CEO Maria Ressa.

“Democracy is dead.”

”Press Freedom is threatened.”

”The Philippines is the worst war zone.”

”The law is being weaponized to silence Rappler.”

All these rhetoric have earned for Ressa many international awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize.

But now, Ressa is retracting all these pronouncements and propaganda.

This, after she was allowed by the Philippines’ Court of Appeals to leave the country despite departure hold orders against her. — not once, but twice.

She was recently allowed to travel to the United States to conduct lectures at Harvard University. Now she has been given the pass to travel to Oslo, Norway to personally receive her controversial Nobel Prize.

”I apologize for second-guessing the government, especially the courts and the justice system,” Ressa told The Adobo Chronicles.

”I am just thrilled that I am free to travel abroad and talk to the international community about my Philippine experiences as a businesswoman, a dealer in securities and a poster girl of free speech,” she added.