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Profanity Ordinance: President Duterte Is Now Banned From Visiting Baguio City

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F12C0A2C-0C16-4070-B24D-A2B48087D6D5BAGUIO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Baguio Bureau) – Last week, we reported that President Rodrigo Duterte is closing down Baguio City for six months for rehabilitation, following the success  a similar order he issued for Boracay.

Well, now the Summer Capital of the Philippines is fighting back!

Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan has just signed an ordinance penalizing profanity in the city.

Authored by Councilor Lilia Fariñas, the “Anti-Profanity Ban” prohibits swearing, cussing, and other forms of profanity in selected institutions in the city.

The ordinance seeks to ban “all manner of cursing, cussing, expressing insults, whether directly or indirectly to anyone or anybody, or using profane and foul language, as a means of expression, or as a manifestation of anger, surprise, disgust or any other form of extreme emotion that yields to such expressions of profanity.”

The measure covers schools, computer shops, arcades, and other business establishments frequented by children, high school, and college students in the city.

We all know what this means.

It means that the cussing Duterte is banned from visiting Baguio.  So it looks like before he could close down the city, the city closed its doors on Duterte.

Environment, Government, Politics, Tourism

Saying Boracay’s Rehabilitation Was A Big Success, Duterte Orders Closure Of Baguio City For Six Months

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794FCB86-977E-4502-9828-1874C0FFB1AD.jpegBAGUIO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Baguio Bureau) – The verdict is in! The six-month closure of Boracay is a huge success.  Even President Rodrigo’s fiercest critics are impressed.

Duterte had ordered the closure of Boracay in order to rehabilitate this island resort and clean up the environment.  The powdery white sand on the beach is back and businesses have cleaned up their act to restore the paradise image of Boracay.

Next up: Baguio City, the summer capital of the Philippines.

Many visitors may no longer find what they’re looking for in this mountain resort. Gone is the scent of pine trees. Gone are the sunflowers that adorn the facade of the city’s mountains and hills. Traffic has become a nightmare, and pollution has become an everyday occurence.  Visitors can expect a short supply of water and electricity.  It’s an environmental disaster.

In a surprise visit to Baguio this weekend, Duterte announced that he has ordered the closure of the city for six months, beginning November 1, 2018.  He says that during this period, the city will be off-limits to tourists.  Only registered Baguio residents will be allowed in and out of the city.  The only exception are foreign students — mostly Koreans — who are enrolled in local universities.

The “new” Baguio is expected to reopen in mid-April, in time for the annual trek to the city during Holy Week.

It takes political will to clean up the environment, and Duterte has proven he has what it takes to do the job.

 

 

International, Politics, Social Media, Tourism, Travel

Adobo Chronicles Launches Project: Hashtag MIA

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D2BC535C-9D19-4BAB-B800-5C4B26134412MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – There continues to be an increasing demand for the Philippine government to change back the name of Manila’s premiere airport from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to the original Manila International Airport (MIA),

Netizens have pointed out that it was a mistake in the first place to name the airport after  a “no-hero.”

Many others have said that NAIA has always been associated with negative references including ‘one of the world’s airports’ to ‘the best and hottest sauna,’ for its frequent airconditioning woes.  This is not to mention notorious schemes including the ‘laglag bala,’ and disappearing contents of passenger luggage and balkibayan boxes.

Even passengers, flight attendants, pilots and Tower Control staff have repeatedly complained that ‘NAIA’ is hard to say, and ‘Ninoy Aquino International Airport’ is quite a mouthful.  They say that ‘MIA’ and ‘Manila International Airport’ have a nice sound to it.

So, to help in finally realizing netizen aspirations to see their MIA back, the Adobo Chronicles has just launched a public service project called ‘Hashtag MIA.’

The project costs nothing, easy to participate in, and could just be the movement that will convince the government to bring back the glory days of the Manila International Airport.

It’s simple enough:  each time netizens post something that has some reference to NAIA, all they need to do is to replace ‘NAIA’ with #MIA (hashtag MIA) to bring home the point.

If the hasthtag goes viral, it may catch the attention of our decision makers who will hopefully ditch NAIA in favor of MIA!

You can start participating now by typing #MIA in the comments section.