MADAM AURING PREDICTS: NO INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY CROWNS FOR THE PHILIPPINES THIS YEAR OR NEXT

December 6, 2014 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Miss India is this year's Miss Supranational. — Miss India is this year’s Miss Supranational.

Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The past year, the Philippines laid claim to three International Beauty Pageant crowns: Miss World Megan Young, Miss International Bea Santiago and Miss Supranational Johanna Datul. Not to mention Miss Universe 3rd Runner-up Ariella Arida.

So the pressure is on for this year’s Philippines’ representatives to keep the crowns.

Unfortunately, the country’s foremost fortune teller (and actress) Madam Auring (born Aurea Sabalboro in Sampaloc, Manila) has predicted that the Philippines will not win any international beauty crown this year.

And her predictions are starting to come to fruition.

So far this year, the Philippines failed to win Miss International, Miss Supranational and Miss Intercontinental. And things are not looking good for the Philippines’ representatives to Miss World and Miss Universe.

Perhaps, Manny Pacquiao’s mom, Dionisia, can do her little voodoo routine (like she does each time her son has a championship boxing fight) to turn the tide for Miss World in London this December and Miss Universe in Florida in January and keep the hope alive for Miss Philippines?

Politics

POLL: WHO WILL BE THE NEXT FIRST LADY OF THE PHILIPPINES?

December 5, 2014 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

From top left, clockwise: Binay, Cayetano, Sanchez, Pacquiao, Santiago, Marcos

Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Behind every man’s success is a woman, so the saying goes.

In the Philippines, despite a history and culture of patriarchy, women play an influential role in politics and society — especially if their husbands become presidents. Think Imelda Romualdez Marcos.

In 2016, the Filipino people will elect a new president after 6 full years of not having someone to call their First Lady. (President NoyNoy Aquino is a bachelor). Their fascination for First Ladies is as strong as their passion for their beauty queens. It almost doesn’t matter who is running for president; Filipino presidents always end up being deposed, impeached or jailed anyway. Filipinos are more interested on who becomes their First Lady.

Many have already indicated or hinted that they are running in 2016 to become Aquino’s successor. While polls show that Vice President Jejomar Binay is currently the front runner among the “presidentiables,” a few others have expressed confidence as strong contenders.

So let’s take a look not at the potential candidates for president but the potential First Ladies.

The Adobo Chronicles is conducting an online poll and we are asking our readers to participate in this preference survey.

1. Elena Binay, wife of the Vice President

2. Korina Sanchez, wife of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas

3. Lani Cayetano, wife of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano

4. Louise Araneta Marcos, wife of Senator Ferdinand (Bongbong) Marcos, Jr.

5. Miriam Defensor Santiago, senator. If she becomes president, she’ll also serve as First Lady, no doubt.

6. Dionisia Pacquiao, mother of Congressman and world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao. Manny has a wife (Jinkee), but mom has already said she would like to be the First Lady.

Please vote below. Who would you like to be the next Philippine First Lady?

Film and TV, International, The Media

CONTROVERSIAL NEWS ANCHOR WANTS TYPHOON TO VEER AWAY FROM PHILIPPINES AND HIT JAPAN INSTEAD

December 5, 2014 Pol Pinoy 2 Comments

Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – She’s at it again, this Filipino news anchor Korina Sanchez, wife of Philippines’ Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas.

Many will recall that during the height of typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) last year, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper reported from ground zero in Tacloban, noting the government’s less than stellar response to the needs of the typhoon victims and survivors. Sanchez then came to the defense of her husband — reporting from her air-conditioned broadcast studio in Manila — and said that Cooper did not know what he was talking about.

Another typhoon now threatens the Philippines. Typhoon Ruby is showing some considerable strength which could cause serious damage to the Philippines.

In reporting on preparations for Typhoon Ruby, Sanchez on the TV news show “TV Patrol” said that Filipinos can still pray to God to spare the Philippines by changing its course. She wants the typhoon to hit Japan instead.

Here’s how the conversation between Sanchez and co-anchor Noli de Castro went:
Korina: Kaya pa natin idasal yan para lumihis (We can still pray so that the typhoon will veer away)
Noli de Castro: Sana ay hati na lang tayo. Kalahati sa Pilipinas, kalahati sa Japan. (Hopefully, only half the typhoon will hit us and the other half will hit Japan)
Korina: Puwede bang sa kanilang lahat? (Is it possible for the entire typhoon to just hit Japan?)
Noli: Huwag naman.(Hope not.)
Korina: Sa kanila na lang lahat. Parang mas kaya nila. (Let Japan have it all. Looks like they’re more capable)

Sanchez seemed oblivious and unconcerned about the criticism over her comments. She told The Adobo Chronicles: “Well, I’m a born-again Christian and I have faith that God will spare the Philippines from this super typhoon. The Japanese are non-Christians so it is very possible that God will perform a miracle and divert the typhoon towards their country.”

Clueless in Manila, this Korina.