Tag Archives: Philippines

International, Media, Politics, Travel

AS FIRST LADY, KORINA SANCHEZ WILL ASK TO BAR ANDERSON COOPER FROM ENTERING THE PHILIPPINES

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Sanchez, left, and Cooper
Sanchez, left, and Cooper

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Korina Sanchez, broadcast  journalist and wife of Interior and Local Governments Secretary Mar Roxas, is one step closer to becoming the First Lady of the Philippines. This, after President NoyNoy Aquino officially endorsed her husband as his choice for the next president.

Many will recall that during the height of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in 2013, Sanchez criticized CNN’s Anderson Cooper for his reporting on the government’s slow response to relief operations.  Sanchez said Cooper didn’t know what he was talking about. Cooper then challenged Sanchez to leave her airconditioned radio studio in Manila and travel to Tacloban to personally see what was happening at ground zero.

Apparently, Sanchez has not recovered from the embarrassment Cooper had caused her.

Speaking to reporters after her husband was proclaimed the presidential standard bearer for Aquino’s Liberal Party, Sanchez said that her first official act as Philippine First Lady would be to ask her husband to issue an executive order banning Cooper from entering the Philippines — as a CNN anchor or as a private tourist.

Sanchez said the executive order would designate Cooper as a “persona non grata” which is one of the grounds for denying a Philippine entry visa to any foreigner.

CNN  nor Cooper could not be reached for comment.

Human Interest, International, Travel

WHILE AMERICANS HUNT AND KILL LIONS, FILIPINOS KEEP TIGERS AS PETS

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Left: Palmer with unidentified fellow hunter pose with a lion (not Cecil) they killed; Right: Unidentified Filipino with his pet tiger named Cisco
Left: Palmer and unidentified fellow hunter pose with a lion (not Cecil) they killed; Right: Unidentified Filipino with his pet tiger named Cisco

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles®) – The killing of Cecil the Zimbabwe Lion by American dentist Walter Palmer has generated worldwide outrage and has focused attention on the ethics of hunting as a sport.

Thousands of miles away from Bloomington, Minnesota, where Palmer lives and holds his dental practice, there’s the opposite end of the spectrum as far as treatment of animals are concerned.

In the Philippines, animals and people coexist in perfect harmony. In contrast to the barbaric practice of lion hunting by Americans and others, Filipinos are being praised for allowing tigers into their homes, as pets.

It’s more fun in the Philippines, where killing is unnecessary.

Entertainment, Film and TV, Language

KRIS AQUINO ADMITS FAILING GRADE IN FILIPINO, ASSAILS CRITICS

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'Kris TV' (screengrab)
‘Kris TV’ (screengrab)

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – In her morning show “Kris TV”, presidential sister Kris Aquino revealed to young singer Darren Espanto that she once got a failing grade of 74 in Filipino.

As one would expect, her revelation drew a lot of jeers and negative comments on Philippine social media.

Today, Aquino issued a statement assailing her critics, asking them to “move on.”

Following is her full statement:

“Don’t make too much pansin to what I said on TV. Trinay ko lang na i-emphasize the halaga of learning our national language, di ba? Feel ko na I have a responsibility as a celebrity to make tawag to all our bagets to seriosohin our language. There is nothing mali about admitting that naka gets ako ng failing grade in Filipino. After all, I grew up in the States and didn’t have too many friends that I could make tsismis with. I hope my critics can move on na!”

How would you grade her statement?  Pass or fail?