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VICE PRESIDENT JEJOMAR BINAY’S GRAND PLAN IF ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

July 11, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – If you live in, or are visiting the Philippines, you can’t really go on a road trip to visit all of the country’s more than 7,000 islands. Along the way, you’ll enncounter water and have to hop onto a ship, barge or boat to get to the next closest island.

But all that is going to change if Vice President Jejomar Binay is elected president in 2016. Forget Metro Manila’s Light Railway System (LRT, MRT). They’re peanuts compared to what Binay has in his presidential blueprint.

Before his 6-year term is over in 2022, the entire Philippines — land and water, from the northernmost tip of Aparri to the southernmost tip of Tawi-Tawi– will be connected by a high-speed railway system that would put Japan to shame.

When completed, the Pan-Philippine High-Speed Railway System will become the world’s longest, fastest and scenic mode of mass transportation.

President Aquino’s mantra is “Tuwid na Daan,” (straight path), in reference to his anti-corruption campaign. For Binay, it will be “Liku-Likong Daan” (crooked path), but via bullet trains.

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IT’S OFFICIAL: ATE VI VS. ATE GUY FOR PHILIPPINE VICE PRESIDENT!

July 10, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – It’s been a rivalry like no other, as far as Philippine cinema was concerned. Movie fans were either for actresses Nora Aunor or Vilma Santos.

Well, it looks like that show business rivalry continues into 2016 — in politics — when the presidential elections are held to determine the successors of President NoyNoy Aquino and Vice President Jejomar Binay.

From all indications, Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas is the administration’s choice to succeed Aquino, and Roxas has chosen his vice presidential runningmate, Batangas Governor Vilam Santos. Roxas made his VP choice public today in an event in Batangas.

Not to be outdone, Vice President Binay, long considered to be the frontrunner in the 2016 presidential race (before Senator Grace Poe took over the lead in the most recent polls), announced his choice for vice president — none other than Nora Aunor.

A victory for Aunor would be a vindication for her after Aquino snubbed her in last year’s naming of the National Artists.

In the Philippines, politics and showbusiness are always a perfect match, and this tandem on both the Roxas and Binay camps is no exception.

But don’t discount Senator Grace Poe as yet. It is rumored that she is about to name actor Dingdong Dantes as her vice presidential runningmate.

Oh, what fun. In the Philippines.

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CHANGE OF HEART: MEXICO, PHILIPPINES WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT

July 6, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Three countries so far have pulled out of the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant because of Donald Trump’s disparaging remarks about Mexicans during the launch of his U.S. presidential campaign. First, it was Mexico, followed by Panama, then the Philippines.

But Mexico and the Philippines have had a change of heart. They are, after all, sending a representative to this year’s pageant.

Mexico is sending Elba Esther Gordillo while the Philippines is sending Manny Pacquiao’s mom, Dionisia.

Like in previous years, people from around the world will have the chance to vote online for their favorite candidate. The top vote-getter in the online voting is automatically included in the 10 finalists.

Will it be Gordillo or Pacquiao? Who would you vote for? Participate in the poll below: