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Philippines: Baguio City’s Newest Product – Bottled Fresh Air

September 4, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Baguio Bureau) – Fresh strawberries and vegetables, bottled ube jam, garlic or sweet longganisa, wood-carved barrel man. These are just a few of the souvenirs and pasalubong one can take back home after a visit to the Philippines’ summer capital — Baguio City.

Now, a new local product has been introduced in the market and its popularity has sky-rocketed in just weeks after it launched in late June.

It’s Baguio fresh air, bottled at the source, and it comes complete with the ever popular pine scent, preserved from the trees cut down when SM Department Store built its mall atop Luneta Hill, former site of the famed Pines Hotel.

It costs about three hundred pesos (about US $6.50) per bottle, but the price is expected to increase to more than double because of the high demand.

Best sources of this amazing product are the world famous Baguio City Market and some vendor stalls along Burnham Lake.

It is expected to hit the world market in no time. Get them while you can!

NOTE: Cousin from Baguio contributed to this report.

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BREAKING: Donald Trump Prevented From Leaving Mexico

August 31, 2016 Pol Pinoy 1 Comment

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – Just minutes after meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was held by Mexican immigration authorities and prevented from returning to the United States.

While reports were sketchy, sources at the U.S. State Department said that Trump is being charged for violating Mexican immigration laws. The candidate and his entourage didn’t have the appropriate entry and exit permits.

While Americans do not need a visa to visit Mexico, Mr. Trump was on a highly-classified list of foreign nationals needing special visiting permits. By virtue of his campaign rhetoric against immigrants and Mexico, Trump has been declared ‘persona non grata’ and is therefore not eligible under the visa-free policy of Mexico.

The Trump campaign has sought the help of Hillary Clinton and the U.S. State Department to intercede with the Mexican government to allow the GOP candidate to return to the U.S.

“It was a clear clase of misunderstanding,” the Trump campaign said.

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Philippines Ranks 20th Among Happiest Places On Earth

August 28, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippines has ranked 20th happiest place in the world, according to the Happy Planet Index (HPI) report of think tank New Economic Foundation (NEF) which was released recently.

The Philippines got an HPI score of 35.0.

When asked what or who made them very happy, Filipino respondents listed the following (in this exact order):

Shabu (crystal meth)
San Mig Light
Karaoke
The Mall of Asia
SM malls
Watching Congressional hearings
The Philippines hosting the 2017 Miss Universe Pageant
AlDub
Reading Cynthia Patag’s Facebook posts
Guessing what color Senator Leila De Lima’s scarf would be the next time around

Kris Aquino, the celebrated ‘Queen of All Media’ didn’t quite make it to the top ten happy list of the respondents, and she is very hurt and disappointed.