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MOVE OVER CUTE SEMINARIAN AND HOT COP, FILIPINO NETIZENS HAVE A NEW IDOL

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The seminarian, cop, and doctor
The seminarian, the cop, and the doctor

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Filipinos have short-term memories.

It was just months ago when they swooned over the handsome seminarian who sang the responsorial psalm at a mass celebrated by Pope Francis during his Manila visit. Kenneth Rey Parsad became a local Internet sensation for his looks and good voice.

Then there was Neil Perez, the hot cop of Manila whose looks and body build made him the overwhelming favorite to win a local male beauty pageant.  Perez went on to win the Mister International competition, making his countrymen very proud.

But that was all in the past.

The newest Internet sensation is Mark Agas, a 32-year-old doctor who is an ophthalmology resident at St. Luke’s Medical Center.  A video of him working in front of a computer and talking to his patient who was taking a video of him was posted on social media.  It immediately went viral.

So, it is confirmed.  Filipinos are not just crazy over their beauty queens.  They also look up to their male hunks.

If you have the looks and the body build, why not post your photo or video on the Internet.  Who knows, you might be the next Internet sensation!

Government, International

FILIPINOS WILL VOTE ON STATEHOOD IN 2016

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imageMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) –  For the first time since the Philippines gained full sovereignty from the United States in 1946, Filipinos will be given the chance to determine their country’s future.

A joint session of the Philippine Congress has approved a resolution calling for a national referendum on whether or not the former American colony should become the 51st state of the U.S. of A.

The referendum will coincide with the country’s 2016 presidential elections.

While the results of the referendum will  not be legally binding, it will send a clear message to the United States about how the Filipinos think of their own government, and of Uncle Sam.

The power to accept any territory or country into the Union rests with the United States Congress.

If approved by the Filipino people through the referendum and favorably acted upon by the U.S. Congress, the Philippines will become the 51st or 52nd state.

Previously, Puerto Rico, in a similar nonbinding referendum, voted 61% to 33% for statehood, while the remaining 6% favored outright independence. Puerto Rico is one of the U.S. territories, along with Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands,  American Samoa and the Northern Marianas.

If the Philippines becomes a state of the U.S., whomever is elected president in 2016 will automatically become governor of the new state.

Already the campaign for statehood has been launched through an online petition with 7,000 signatures so far.

Sports

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES SIGN TIM TEBOW; GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS RECRUIT MANNY PACQUIAO

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Tebow, left, and Pacquiao
Tebow, left, and Pacquiao

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – America’s major league welcomes two Filipinos this week as the Philadelphia Eagles sign football quarterback Tim Tebow and the Golden State Warriors recruit boxer and basketball playing coach Manny Pacquiao.

Tebow is Filipino by birth, having been born in the Philippines to American missionary parents. He hasn’t played in the NFL since he was with the New York Jets in 2012. He was released by the New England Patriots before the 2013 season and spent last year working in television as an analyst for the SEC Network and ESPN. Despite being out of the league, the 27-year-old Tebow remained one of the most popular players around. He has a legion of fans who follow him because of his strong Christian beliefs.

The Golden State Warriors’ announcement today ends months of speculation on whether the NBA team was eyeing Pacquiao after he was seen in a practice session with the Warriors in San Francisco last August.  The boxer is a playing coach in the Philippine Basketball Association, the counterpart of NBA.

Pacquiao is scheduled to fight Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas on May 2. Win or lose, Pacquiao is secured a spot with the Warriors.

Pacquiao, a member of Philippine Congress, previously announced his intention to run for president of his country, but the minimum age qualification for president is 40. He is 36 and not eligible to run in 2016. This gives him at least 6 years to play in the NBA before the next Philippine presidential elections in 2022.

Like Tebow, Pacquiao is a devout Christian.

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