Business, Government, Health & Medicine

Leni Robredo Encourages Companies To Relocate Outside Of Metro Manila

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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – As the nation’s capital region was put under “community quarantine” and workers living in nearby provinces worry about work in Metro Manila, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) chief has offered an idea: Why not rent a place in the city for now?

DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez put forward this suggestion as a way for workers to cope with Metro Manila’s isolation due to COVID-19 .

Not to be outdone, Vice President Leni Robredo has a more viable and practical alternative to Lopez’s suggestion.

She said companies should instead relocate their offices to provinces outside of Metro Manila. “It’s shooting two birds with one bullet,” she told The Adobo Chronicles. “It will not only solve the problem of workers from outside of Metro Manila in getting to their places of work in the capital region, but it will also permanently decongest the over-populated metropolis.”

Brilliant ideas from both the DTI Secretary and the Vice President!

 

Health & Medicine, International, Social Media

Facebook On Lockdown For 30 Days

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MENLO PARK, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Jose Bureau) – The experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) have spoken, and the social media giant Facebook is listening!

Reacting the WHO’s advice of “social distancing” as a way to prevent being infected with the coronavirus, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that Facebook will go on a voluntary lockdown for 30 days, beginnig March 15.

Zuckerberg told The Adobo Chronicles that his company owes it to its millions of account holders to do its share to prevent the further spread of the deadly virus.

”Facebook is grounded on social interaction and connectivity, so we have decided to quarantine the entire network in response to the global pandemic,” he said.

So, for those whose accounts have been suspended for violation of Facebook’s community standards, don’t feel bad.  You’re no longer alone in being shut out.

Beauty, Health & Medicine

Binibining Pilipinas Announces Drastic Changes For 2020 Beauty Pageant

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It goes without saying that Filipinos take their beauty pageants very seriously, and so coronavirus or no coronavirus, the show must go on!

Today, Binibining Pilipinas Charities announced drastic changes for its 2020 pageant scheduled for April 26 to select the country’s representatives to Miss Universe, Miss International and other prestigious world beauty pageants.

The changes:

1. There will be no tickets sold to the finals night at the Araneta Coliseum.  There will be no live audience.

2. Instead, the producers will sell subscriptions to a Pay-Per-View channel for those wishing to watch the pageant “live” from the comfort of their homes. (Not ABS-CBN because it is anticipated that the network will be closed by then due to its franchise expiration.)

3. Contestants will be required to wear face masks throughout all phases of the competition, including the finals night.

4. “Beauty of Face” will be stricken off the judges’ criteria since they won’t see the contestants‘ faces.

5. In lieu of the national/regional costume competition, contestants will participate in a “Masquerade,” parading in elaborate masks and hand gloves.

”It’s better to be safe than sorry,” a pageant spokesperson told The Adobo Chronicles.” “We want to ensure the health and safety of our contestants, judges, crew and pageant fans.”

 

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