Marcos To FilAm Critics: Come Home To A Better Philippines!

May 4, 2023 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – When Philippine President Bongbong Marcos challenged members of the Filipino community in Washington, D.C., to “come home to a better Philippines,” he had quite a few specific people in mind.

Among those Marcos was thinking of when he said those words were: certified Kakampink, millionaire Loida Nicolos-Lewis; TNT (tago ng tago) ex-Comelec Chair Andy Bautista, loudmouth Bb. Maharlika, the one person who waved the Gabriela USA banner at a protest in front of The White House, and about a dozen FilAms who were dragged out of a New York hotel where the Philippine President was meeting with the Filipino community earlier this year.

Marcos critics all.

Marcos told The Adobo Chronicles that he was serious about being a friend to all, enemies to none.

United we stand, divided we fail.

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Adobo Chronicles USA’s Interview With A Non-Filipino Marcos Protester

May 4, 2023 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – A small band of non-Filipino protesters marched in Washington, D.C. to protest the U.S. state visit of Philippine President Bongbong Marcos.

Adobo Chronicles USA caught up with one of the protesters after they voluntarily dispersed.

Here’s the transcript of that interview:

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When Wikipedia Is A More Reliable News Source Than ABS-CBN News!

May 4, 2023 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – We must admit that Wikipedia is not necessarily the best source of news especially because many of its content are through crowdsourcing and viewer contributions.

But compared to the biased reporting of supposedly legitimate news sources, like ABS-CBN News, Wikipedia excels in providing context and extensive background to news stories.

Case in point: ABS-CBN News recently posted an abbreviated news story on the number of foreign trips undertaken by Philippine President Bongbong Marcos, pointing out that he has gone on 11 foreign trips in less than a year of his presidency. The insinuation? The Philippines has a junketing head of state.

But Wikipedia provides the background and context that ABS-CBN News maliciously omits.

Most, if not all, of Marcos’ foreign trips were working or state visits during which he met with his counterpart heads of state, or that he and his delegation attended ASEAN and Asia Pacific Summits. He also addressed the United Nations in his first U.S. visit.

Even in his most criticized travel to Singapore to be at the 2022 Singapore Grand Prix, Marcos informally met with the country’s Prime Minister.

Marcos has also made it a point to meet with the Filipino communities in the countries he visited.

Never mind that Marcos brought home investment and other packages that would benefit the country, ABS-CBN News chose to focus on arithmetic: 11 trips in just about 10 months of the Marcos presidency.

So, if you want the full story, visit Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_presidential_trips_made_by_Bongbong_Marcos