LGBT

Commentary: Excuse-Moi, Vice Ganda Is Not Our Role Model!

September 25, 2023 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Vice Ganda, the flamboyant Filipino comedian, is often hailed as a role model within the LGBTQ community. But let’s be real: if Vice Ganda is a role model, then I’m the next unicorn queen of Mars.

Sure, Vice Ganda is entertaining, but a role model? This is a person who thrives on shock value, making crude jokes that might make even a sailor blush. Is that really the kind of representation the LGBTQ community needs? And let’s not forget the extravagant lifestyle and materialism – not exactly a blueprint for meaningful success.

Let’s aim higher, folks. The LGBTQ community deserves role models who exemplify dignity, intelligence, and authenticity, not just laughs and luxury.

International, Sports

PH Government’s Plan To Remove Chinese-installed Floating Barriers In South China Sea

September 25, 2023 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – To show its firm resolve to deal firmly with the territorial dispute with China, the Philippine government announced it will remove the floating barriers that were installed in the South China Sea. The barriers set up by China has prevented Filipino fishermen from accessing their only source of livelihood.

Asked what the PH government will do with the floaters once dismantled, Malacañang Press Briefer Daphne Oseña-Paez said they will be divided and distributed to public swimming pools across the country.

“This will be a boost to the swimming training program of the country in our quest to harvest more Olympic medals in the sport,” she said.

National News

Philippine Statistics Authority Comes Clean On National ID Issue

September 25, 2023 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

by Brian Neyra

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It’s been three long years and majority of Filipinos still haven’t received their National IDs. It boggles the mind of netizens because IDs can be printed in minutes by vendors along Recto Street in Manila.

Finally, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has come clean on the problem.

Upon interrogation by Senator Bato dela Rosa, PSA head Lisa Grace Bersales admitted that her agency underestimated the huge volume and amount of work that would go into the program.

She said: “We must apologize to the Filipino people for the inexcusable delay in the printing of the National IDs. The volume was so huge that we had no choice but to allow our main contractor to subcontract with a subcontractor which subcontracted with a contractor which had subcontracting agreements with several other vendors. Somehow, the work got mired somewhere in between,” Bersales said.

It was at this point that the senator proposed stopping the printing and making the National IDs digital instead since he said all Filipinos have cellphones.

Now you know.