MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Just minutes after Malacañang Palace announced that Bongbong Marcos has accepted the invitation to attend the coronation of King Charles in London, critics, wokes and sour-grapers immediately flooded social media with complaints about yet another Presidential foreign trip at taxpayers’ expense.
PBBM has been criticized for making too many foreign trips within in less than one year in office.
In the spirit of unity and to appease his detractors, the President said that he and the First Lady Lisa Araneta Marcos will instead join the coronation ceremonies via zoom.
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, Quezon City (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – The January 6, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol by a mob of supporters of Republican Pres. Donald J. Trump, had a reprise — in the Philippines!
This time, it was an attack on the University of the Philippines Diliman campus by, well, U.P. students — the Iskolar ng Bayan (state scholars).
The tax-funded students stormed the campus’ Quezon Hall to demand that the Board of Regents explain their vote and choose law dean Edgardo Vistan as the next Chancellor.
But the netizen reactions are in: the U.P. students are being called “second-rate, trying hard copycats.” A la Cherie Gil’s iconic film scene.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Two of the Philippines’ famous women made it to the covers of top fashion magazines this week: Whang-od and Leni Robredo.
The 109-year-old Whang-od is from the small mountain village of Buscalan in Kalinga, and is considered the country’s oldest mambabatok (traditional tattooist). She is famous for mastering a 1,000-year-old tattooing technique, which uses a traditional tapping method utilizing charcoal soot and a sharp stick.
Robredo is the former Vice President who lost big in the last Presidential elections to now President Bongbong Marcos. She is notorious for her passion for cosplay, portraying both fictional and historical characters to the consternation of Filipino netizens.
Whang-od graced the cover of Vogue Magazine while Robredo is this week’s cover girl of Savogue.
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