Business, Economy, Human Interest, Politics, Religion

CHURCH OFFICIAL IS ALL PRAISE FOR POPULATION EXPLOSION IN THE PHILIPPINES

July 24, 2014 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – In America, corporations are people. In the Philippines, people are money. That is, according to a ranking member of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

Reacting to a new report that the population of the Philippines is about to officially reach 100 Million, Father Melvin Castro, executive secretary of the CBCP, said that this is good news. “It is a blessing and a demographic dividend,” he added.

It is estimated that 75 percent of the Philippines’ total population are Catholic.

In an interview on the Catholic Radio Station, Radio Veritas, Castro explained what he meant by “dividend” and discussed the great impact of the population explosion, especially on the country’s Roman Catholic Church.

“Just imagine, even if only 50 Million Catholics will put one peso into the Sunday collection basket, that’s 50 Million pesos a week that will go to the coffers of the Catholic Church. Multiply that by 52 weeks, that’s 2.6 Billion pesos a year. Think of what all that money, plus the interest it will earn from the church’s stock investments, can do,” Castro argued.

It is precisely the church’s wealth and influence that President NoyNoy Aquino had proposed a constitutional amendment to create four branches of government: executive, legislative, judicial and the Catholic Church.

Politics

SURVEY: NINETY FIVE PERCENT OF AMERICANS CAN’T NAME THEIR VICE PRESIDENT, LT. GOVERNOR

July 24, 2014 Pol Pinoy 2 Comments

San Jose, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – Quick, without googling it: who is your state’s lieutenant governor? Apparently 95% of Americans don’t know who their lieutenant governors are. Worse, the same Americans can’t name the Vice President of the United States.

In a new survey conducted by The Adobo Chronicles, only 5% of the 1,000 individuals questioned knew who their lieutenant governor is. The same 5% also correctly named Joe Biden as the sitting Vice President. Not surprisingly, all of those who answered correctly were newly-naturalized citizens who recently took and passed the U.S. citizenship exam.

As a bonus question, the survey asked respondents if they knew who LeBron James and Kim Kardashian were. One hundred percent answered in the affirmative.

The survey has margin of error of plus or minus three percent.

Business, Health & Medicine, Politics

U.S. COSMETIC COMPANIES SCRAMBLE TO GET HILLARY CLINTON’S ENDORSEMENT

July 23, 2014 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Silicon Valley, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – As part of a tour for her new book Hard Choices, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton treated the Internet to a Q&A while visiting some of the biggest companies in Silicon Valley.

One of the most talked-about questions was: “What advice would you give to young women who are considering a career in politics/public service?”

Clinton responded by saying that women in the public arena should “grow skin as thick as the hide of a rhinoceros,” adding, “I have certainly, as you can tell, have had to learn how to do that. There’s a lot of good moisturizers I can tell you about if you’re interested.”

Soon after, the former First Lady and presumptive 2016 presidential candidate received dozens of text messages from cosmetic companies asking if she would endorse their moisturizing products. In return, the companies promised full financial backing for her presidential campaign.

Among those that contacted Clinton were manufacturers of the brands Olay, Avon, L’Oreal, Neutrogena, Nivea, Estee Lauder and Shiseido.

Clinton and her consultants are still reportedly studying the endorsement offers. “We have some time between now and the start of the 2016 campaign season,” they said.