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Breaking News: Official Ballot Shows New Names Of Candidates For Philippine President And Vice President

April 10, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Photo of official ballot (Internet capture)

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – When Filipino voters go to their polling places on May 9, 2016 to elect, among others, a new president and vice president, they will find two unfamiliar names on the official ballot.

The new names are Daang Matuwid for president and Daang Matuwid for vice president, both running under the administration’s Liberal Party. It is unclear whether the candidates are brother and sister, or husband and wife, in which case, is in violation of the Philippine Constitution’s provision on nepotism and conflict of interest.

Many Filipinos are also questioning the qualifications of the two candidates. The Constitution provides that candidates for president and vice president must be natural-born Filipinos. Voters are demanding to see the birth certificates of the Daang Matuwids.

A call by The Adobo Chronicles to Commission on Elections Chairman Andres D. Bautista has not been returned as of press time.

Stay tuned for more on this highly controversial, developing story.

Business, Politics, Sports

After Dropping Manny Pacquiao, Nike Picks up Mar Roxas And Leni Robredo

April 7, 2016 Pol Pinoy 6 Comments

BEAVERTON, Oregon (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – Weeks after it severed its product endorsement relationship with Manny Pacquiao for his public comments about the LGBT community, Nike today announced that it has entered into a similar endorsement contract with Mar Roxas and Leni Robredo.

Roxas and Robredo are the Philippines’ Liberal Party candidates for president and vice president, respectively, in the coming May 9 elections. (Pacquiao is running for senator under a different political party).

As it unveiled its first Roxas-Robredo running shoes, Nike officials told The Adobo Chronicles that they liked the fact that the tandem is promoting Daang Matuwid (straight path) as part of party’s campaign platform against government corruption. “Nike, as a responsible corporate entity, hates corruption,” they said.

The new Nike product, which picks up the signature yellow color of the Liberal Party, is equipped with a special sensor designed to prevent the users from walking or running a crooked path, Nike said.

The right shoe has Roxas’ name on it, while the left has Robredo’s.

Arts, Entertainment, Media

Leni The Wonderwoman Debuts In New Pinoy Comics

April 7, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It’s official. DC Comics has created a new superheroine — Leni, The Pinay Wonderwoman. It is based on the biographical sketch of vice presidential candidate Leni Robredo.

The new comic book is the third to be released in the Philippines, inspired by the 2016 elections.

Earlier, Marvel released a comic book based on the heroic adventures of presidential candidate Mar Roxas. It followed an earlier comic book of yet another Pinoy superhero, Bongbong, depicting the true-to-life story of Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., who is running for vice president.

We have not received any word on whether the other presidential and vice presidential candidates will have their own comic books released before the May 9 elections which could very well become a comic convention that will surely draw millions of superhero fans here and overseas.