Awards, International, Law Enforcement

Maria Ressa’s Nobel Prize Withdrawn!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Just hours after the Philippine Court of Tax Appeals acquitted Rappler CEO Maria Ressa of tax evasion charges, the Nobel Prize Committee announced that it has withdrawn her Nobel Peace Prize.

Ressa bagged the Nobel Prize with the help of allegations that the law in the Philippines was being “weaponized” to curtail her free speech and Freedom of the Press.

With her acquittal, the Nobel Committee felt Ressa no longer deserved the status of Laureate.

We agree.

Awards, News Satire, Social Media

Rappler Leads Big In False Asia’s Year-end Satirical News Survey!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Maria Ressa’s blog site Rappler, added yet another star to its ever-growing list of accolades in False Asia’s 2022 year-end Survey on Philippine satirical news sites.

Rappler was the runaway leader in the popularity poll conducted during the last week of December, 2022. It garnered 80%, registering a 20% increase from its ranking in June last year.

The distant runners-up were the Philippine Daily New Society (PDNS) and The Adobo Chronicles, which elicited 8% vote each among the respondents.

ABS-CBN clinched the bottom spot at 4%.

The survey has a zero percent margin of error, so the numbers are final and infallible.

Beauty, International

Philippines’ Miss Universe Record Corrected!

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L to R: Gloria Diaz, Pia Wurtzbach, Catriona Gray, Margarita Moran, R’Bonney Gabriel

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippines prides itself for having bagged the Miss Universe crown four times, but the Miss Universe Organization has now issued a correction: the record stands at three Filipina title holders.

In a statement issued today in New Orleans, site of the 71st edition of the international beauty pageant, it was clarified that two of the title holders only count as one-half: Pia Wurtzbach, who is half German and Catriona Gray, who is half Australian.

The statement then proceeded to add another one-half to the Philippines’ winning record, citing that the new Miss Universe, R’Bonney Gabriel from Texas, U.S.A. is half-Filipina.

So as it stands, the Philippines has a total of 3.5 Miss Universe crowns. Still an impressive record.

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