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Human Interest, Tourism, Travel

MISS MRT FINALISTS NAMED

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Who will be the first Miss MRT?
Who will be the first Miss MRT?

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Earlier this week, The Adobo Chronicles broke the news story about a new Philippines beauty pageant that seeks to crown a new railway queen — Miss MRT.

Today, the panel of preliminary judges selected the new pageant’s 13 finalists. Here they are in random order:

  1. Miss North Avenue Station
  2. Miss Quezon Avenue Station
  3. Miss GMA Kamuning Station
  4. Miss Cubao Station
  5. Miss Santolan – Anapolis Station
  6. Miss Ortigas Station
  7. Miss Shaw Boulevard Station
  8. Miss Boni Avenue Station
  9. Miss Guadalupe Station
  10. Miss Buendia Station
  11. Miss Ayala Station
  12. Miss Magallanes Station
  13. Miss Taft Station

The finals will be held on December 15, on the anniversary of the opening of the MRT.

Organizers also announced the venue of the pageant finals — the North Avenue Station Platform.

The public can vote online for their  favorite candidate. The top online vote-getter will automatically be included in the 5 finalists. To vote, go to http://www.MissMRT.Ph.net.

Manny Pacquiao will be among the judges in the finals. He enjoyed his being a judge at the last Miss Universe Pageant held in Florida that he paid the MRT Authority One Million Pesos to name him a judge in this new pageant.

(iReporter BrainRays contributed to this report)

 

Business, Human Interest, International

WORLDWIDE SURVEY: IN THE PHILIPPINES, WOMEN ARE THE BOSS

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imageMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Nearly a third of all businesses around the world are now owned or managed by women, according to a new study by the International Labor Organization (ILO). The Philippines is among the top countries where women are the boss.

Even in the world of politics, the Philippines is among the handful of countries that have or have had women heads of state (the late President Cory Aquino and the incarcerated President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo).

The ILO survey showed the Philippines in the No. 4 spot, next only to Jamaica, Colombia and Saint Lucia. Forty-seven percent of workplace managers in the Philippines are women.image

In a local household survey conducted by The Adobo Chronicles, the results are even more impressive.

In the poll, conducted among 100,000 married Filipino women,  85 percent of respondents said they were the boss in the home, not their husbands.

The poll results give credence to the revered Filipino saying, Under the Saya (underneath the skirt) which refers to husbands who are submissive to their wives.

Oh dear. Yes, dear.

Film and TV, Sports

MANNY PACQUIAO NOW AN OSCAR-VOTING MEMBER OF AMPAS

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imageHOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – Oscar winners are decided by more than 6,000 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, but not every actor, director, producer, writer, cinematographer, etc. is an automatic Oscar voter. One has to be invited by the Academy.

Champion boxer Manny Pacquiao has just been invited to be an Oscar voter, the first known full-blooded Filipino to be afforded such privilege.

The Academy invited Pacquiao by virtue of his newly-released documentary, “Manny” starring himself and narrated by Academy Award winner Liam Neeson.

The honor is yet another feather in the cap for Pacquiao who, aside from being an eight-time world boxing champion, is also a Philippines congressman, recording artist, basketball playing coach, and  beauty pageant judge (he was on the judging panel of the most recent Miss Universe Pageant).

While his documentary is not eligible for this year’s Oscars, it will be for next year.

Asked by The Adobo Chronicles if he would vote for himself and his film, Pacquiao said, “Op kors!” (Of course). Not surprising since Pacquiao is used to many a hometown decision in his long career.

The Internet site NeverTooEarlyMoviePredictions has a list of more than 4,000 confirmed Academy voters — about 70 percent of the total — in case you want to find out if your favorite actor or director is an Oscar voter.

Here’s to Pacman, Fried of the Pilipeens! (Pride of the Philippines)