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FDA APPROVES FIRST ‘SELFIE’ DRUG

imageLENERKUSEN, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, Germany (The Adobo Chronicles) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light to Bayer Pharmaceuticals for the marketing of the first drug to cure selfitis, an inflammation of the ego which last year was officially declared a mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association.

Bayer is a German chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in Barmen, Germany in 1863. It is headquartered in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and well is known for its original brand of aspirin.

The FDA approval came after successful Phase III clinical trials which showed the new pill’s overwhelming safety and efficacy in combatting selfies – the taking of photos of one’s self and posting them on social media.

Because selfitis has become a highly contagious worldwide epidemic, the FDA granted Bayer a fast track approval process. FDA drug approval takes takes anywhere from 10 to 15 years, but it took just 14 months for Bayer to gain the marketing green light.

The new drug comes in pill form and requires a doctor’s prescription. Dosage is different for men and women.  Men need to take one pill a day while women need 5  pills.  Neither Bayer nor the FDA had any explanation on the dosage discrepancy.

Bayer is now pursuing drug approval in Europe and Asia.

 

MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT: PHILIPPINES, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND GERMANY VIE FOR BEST NATIONAL COSTUME

DORAL, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles) – Come Sunday, January 25, the new Miss Universe will be crowned in the pageant’s finals to be telecast live from Doral, Florida.

One of the most coveted special awards to be announced that evening will be the Best National Costume.

The 88 contestants paraded in their national costumes earlier this week during the preliminary competition.  The judges have made their choice but it won’t be revealed until Sunday.

The Adobo Chronicles was able to obtain a leaked document bearing the names of the top three contenders for the national costume award.  Here they are:

Miss Philippines
Miss Philippines

Miss Philippines, with her buttterfly sleeve gown tattered with red yellow and purple fake flowers (with matching headdress) that looked like a pineapple, strawberry and ube (purple yam) meringue pie filling.

Miss Germany
Miss Germany

Miss Germany, who wore graffiti-filled replica of the Berlin Wall, with matching balloons.

Miss Dominican Republic
Miss Dominican Republic

Miss Dominican Republic, who seemed to have been inspired by the recent visit of Pope Francis to Sri Lanka and the Philippines.  She donned a Virgin Mary-like outfit that prompted the judges to kneel as soon as she appeared on stage.

Who will the lucky winner be? Find out on January 25!

 

 

PHILIPPINES WILL BID TO HOST 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS

imageManila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – It could not bid to host a Winter Olympics because it has no winter season, so the Philippines is going for the Summer Olympics in 2024. It joins an elite group of developed countries and cities that have set their eyes on the next available open spot for Olympic host.

The Philippines’ announcement came on the heels of Tuesday’s meeting of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) during which four U.S. cities presented their bids to be the official U.S. city that would bid for the 2024 Olympics: San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Boston, and Los Angeles. The USOC is expected to make its selection in January.

Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino, in making the announcement about his country’s intention to bid, said that it would be his greatest legacy and accomplishment if the Philippines were chosen as host of the 2024 Olympics.

“It will be a multi-city effort,” Aquino said, “with world-class sports venues already built and located in various parts of Metro Manila, including Rizal Park (Luneta) in Manila, the Mall of Asia in Pasay City,  the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, and the new Philippine Arena in Bulacan.” Aquino added that Makati City will provide facilities for an upscale Olympic Village to host the athletes of the world.

“We just need to work on the mass transit network to make it easy for both athletes and spectators to travel from one venue to another,” Aquino added.

The Philippine Olympic  Committee is currently preparing its presentation to the International Olympic Committee when it formally opens the bidding process.  In addition to the U.S., other countries that have expressed intention to bid to host the Olympics include Germany, Japan, Argentina, Paris and Rome.

Aquino even revealed the elaborate plan for an Olympic Opening Ceremony featuring the prison inmates from Cebu City whose Michael Jackson dance videos have become one of the most viewed dance videos on YouTube.