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KRIS AQUINO DENIES RUMORS THAT SHE WAS PROPOSED TO BY YOUTHFUL CABINET MEMBER

July 27, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Villanueva, left, and Aquino (Photo: Philippine Daily Inquirer)

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles®) – Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words. But then, at other times, it means nothing.

Philippine social media was abuzz with rumors that a youthful member of President NoyNoy Aquino’s cabinet took advantage of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday night to propose to presidential sister Kris Aquino.

The rumors all began with a photo posted on Facebook, showing Joel Villanueva, director general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), down on his knees and seemingly begging the actress and television host to marry him.

Aquino was quick to deny the rumors, but admitted she felt a little kilig (to tremble in a flirtatious way) by the photo. After all, Villanueva used to be a basketball player like her ex-husband James Yap.

TESDA is the government agency tasked to manage and supervise technical education and skills development in the Philippines. It was created by virtue of Republic Act 7796, otherwise known as the “Technical Education and Skills Development Act of 1994”.

Villanueva was appointed by the president in 2010. The director general position carries with it a cabinet rank.

Aquino is known to be a celebrity who can’t keep her personal life and romantic encounters under wraps. She has previously gone public with her relationship to a married politician who was also a former professional basketball player, Joey Marquez. Aquino accused Marquez of domestic violence and giving her a sexually-transmitted disease.

She has also been romantically linked to Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista, a former child actor. No, he was not a basketball player.

We are often told that pictures don’t lie. That’s absolutely not true. With or without Photoshop.

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PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT NOW HOLDS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR LONGEST SONA

July 27, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – It’s official. Philippines President NoyNoy Aquino now holds the Guinness World Record for the longest State of the Nation Address (SONA).

Aquino delivered his last SONA Monday night before a joint session of Congress. From his first word to the last, it took him two hours and ten minutes, beating all other lenghty SONAs anywhere in the world.

In the U.S., most presidents keep their State of the Union Address (SOTU) under one hour, although occasionally they would go over. President Bill Clinton holds the U.S. record for the longest SOTU for his January 27, 2000 address which ran for one hour, twenty eight minutes and forty nine seconds.

Aquino’s SONA was occasionally interrupted by brief applause, yawns, a sip of water and his smoker’s cough.

The Guinness World Record will go down in history as the greatest legacy of any Philippine president, dead or alive.

Click HERE for highlights of Aquino’s last SONA.

Government, Politics

PHILIPPINES: PRESIDENT AQUINO THANKS HAIRDRESSER, ENTOURAGE IN STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS

July 27, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Philippine President NoyNoy Aquino on Monday delivered the longest State of the Nation Address (SONA) in the country’s history and used the podium at the joint session of Congress to thank his hairdresser.

For two hours and ten minutes, Aquino, speaking in Tagalog, focused on two major themes: blaming his predecessor for all that is wrong with the country and thanking his entire personal entourage.

In addition to his hairdresser, he thanked his wardrobe consultant, his nanny, his security detail, his personal secretary, his spiritual counselor, his parents, his sisters and in-laws, his smoking buddies, and finally his bosses — the Filipino people.

If his last SONA sounded like an acceptance speech at a film awards presentation, it is because it was. The Adobo Chronicles® learned that Aquino’s sister, actress and television talk show host Kris, wrote majority of what he said in his SONA.

In addition to calling it an acting award acceptance speech, critics have called the speech a SOPA, or State of the Previous Administration.