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WHITE HOUSE RELEASES NEW PRESS BRIEFING ROOM SEATING CHART

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The new White House Briefing Room seating chart

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) – While FOX News and its loyal viewers are extremely devastated, Filipino Americans are ecstatic over the new seating chart that The White House has released for the press briefing room on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

President Barack Obama has decided to de-commission FOX News and replace the conservative news network with The Adobo Chronicles.

The publisher of The Adobo Chronicles said : “We are very honored for this rare opportunity and we promise to ask the right intelligent questions during all White House Briefings.”

Film and TV, Human Interest, The Media

PRESIDENT AQUINO’S ‘DATE’ WITH MISS PHILIPPINES A THREESOME?

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Wurtzbach, left, and Aquino (Photo credits; Wurtzbach's Instagram Page, Inquirer.net)
Wurtzbach, left, and Aquino (Photo credits; Wurtzbach’s Instagram Page, Inquirer.net)

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The biggest news coming out of the Office of the President in a long time was that NoyNoy Aquino had a date with Pia Wurtzbach just before the 2015 Miss Philippines Beauty Pageant finals held a few weeks ago.

President Aquino, a bachelor, has been frequently dodged with media questions about his love life, which, in effect amounts to zero, nada, zilch.

Wurtzbach, who ended up winning the Miss Philippines Universe crown, said in a post-pageant TV interview with Aquino’s sister, Kris, that she and the president are in communication. “He’s fun to talk to.”

(In that same interview, Kris promised Wurtzbach that she will be a good sister-in-law)

But did the couple really go on a date that night?

Not so, according to a close friend of Aquino.

Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) director-general Joel Villanueva, said Aquino and Wurtzbach were in a group date before the Binibining Pilipinas pageant night.

“I would say it’s a group date because it was an event eh so, magkakasama kami, (we were all together), ” Villanueva told reporters on the sidelines of a TESDA event.

So, let’s put a stop to the rumor mill.  It was a threesome!

Economy, The Media

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE COVER OFFENDS LATINOS BUT NOT FILIPINOS

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imageDALY CITY, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Economist came under intense fire from Latino groups all over the country for the cover of its latest magazine issue which featured an indepth article on the status of Latinos in America.

Many labeled the cover as racist, insensitive and stereotypical. Latinos and non Latinos alike posted on social media : “What were they thinking?”

The cover’s graphic had the American flag with the red stripes represented by red peppers.

The Filipino edition of the magazine didn’t quite elicit the same kind of reaction among Filipino Americans. Instead of red peppers, the Filipino version had lumpia (Filipino eggroll) replacing the red stripes.

” We are very honored to be featured in a well-respected magazine for all our contributions to the U.S. economy” said Juan de la Cruz, a long-time resident of Daly City, known as the “Little Manila” of California. “Lumpia represents one of the many contributions of Filipinos not only to American cuisine but to the great diversity and melting pot economy of the U.S,” de la Cruz added.