Category Archives: The Media

Social Media, The Media

Vera Files: Naming the Investment Fund After Bb. Maharlika is Dishonorable!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Let’s give it to Vera Files for saying things in the way they should be said — no if’s, no but’s.

In an opinion piece critical of the Congress-approve Investment Fund, Vera Files said it was dishonorable to name it after a good-for-nothing, power-hungry, slapstick Vlogger from Los Angeles.

Yes, that same Maharlika who supported Bongbong Marcos only to turn back and be critical of his administration and of the First Lady just because she didn’t get the juicy government position she had aspired for.

Business, Food, Government, The Media

Tinapa Vendors Thank Presidential Communications Office For New Tabloid!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – In the age of instant, electronic communications, the Philippines’ Presidential Communications Office (PCO) wants to stick to old tradition — printing and distributing tabloids to herald the accomplishments of the administration.

Critics have said that no one reads printed newspapers anymore these days as they look to the Internet for their daily dose of up-to-date news and developments.

But the new tabloid, “The Philippine Gazette” has brought joy and relief to thousands of Filipino tinapa (smoked fish) vendors who praised the PCO for giving them access to free newsprint to use in their small businesses.

It is customary for tinapa and other dried fish vendors to use old newspapers to display and wrap their goods. They have had difficulty obtaining used newspapers because very few people still buy or read them.

Environment, International, Technology, The Media

Nobel Laureates Stand Up For Nuclear Plants, Maria Ressa Is Missing!

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BERLIN, Germany (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) – Nobel laureates and leading scientists are urging German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to stop his country’s nuclear exit, saying that eliminating this major source of low-carbon power while reopening coal power plants endangers the global climate.

Visibly absent from this group of Nobel laureates is Maria Ressa.

The Adobo Chronicles reached out to Ressa at her posh Rappler office and asked her why she hasn’t added her name to this urging.

She said science, environment and technology are way beyond her limited expertise, and added, “But you can ask me anything about the law being weaponized to curtail press freedom, holding the line, death by a thousand cuts, how to stand up to a dictator or a lie told a thousand times becoming the truth, then we can talk!”

Well, no one can be all-knowing.