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MAJOR PHILIPPINE CITY DECLARES WAR ON KARAOKE

June 11, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

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ANGELES CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – There’s a Karaoke bar in every corner of every major Philippine city, and there’s a Karaoke equipment in every mall and every home. It’s no wonder Filipinos continue to excel in the music world, both locally and abroad.

But a major Philippine city, Angeles, has waged war against Karaoke, in public and in private.

The Angeles City Council has just passed Ordinance No. 366 regulating the sound levels of Karaoke equipment in an effort to contain the discomfort and disturbances caused by unregulated use of Karaoke and amplified sounds, especially in the unholy hours.

The new ordinance also lists songs than will be permanently banned from Karaoke bars and home equipment — songs that are directly linked to violence and murders in the Philippines.

The banned songs include: Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way,’ Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You,’ Idina Menzel’s ‘Let It Go,’ John Denver’s ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads,’ and Neil Diamond’s ‘Sweet Caroline.’

So the next time you go visit Angeles City, especially Karaoke bars, stay away from those songs. It’s for your own safety.

International, Sports

WARDROBE MALFUNCTION: PHILIPPINES AT WAR WITH CHINA?

June 11, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

SINGAPORE (The Adobo Chronicles ) – Peace-loving Filipinos always know how to display or wear the Philippine flag. Or do they?

At the Southeast Asian Games in Singapore, Filipino track and field athletes, including gold medalists Eric Shaun Cray and Kayla Richardson, were photographed wearing uniforms with an inverted Philippine flag.

The blue stripe is always on top and the red stripe on the bottom — unless the Philippines has declared, or is at war, with another country. The athletes’ uniforms had the red stripe on top.

Athletics chief Philip Juico explained later that it was just a mistake by the supplier.

Unconfirmed reports say that the uniforms were made in China.

China and the Philippines are currently involved in an escalating territorial dispute over oil-rich islands in the South China Sea, known as the Spratly islands.

Hmmmm.

Government, Law Enforcement, Politics, Social Media

MOTORCYCLE-RIDING, GUN-TOTING PHILIPPINE MAYOR PROMISES TO BAN FACEBOOK IF ELECTED PRESIDENT

June 10, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Many Filipinos are urging him to run for president in 2016, despite his reputation as a gun-toting mayor who has no problem with extra-judicial killings of criminals and drug traffickers. He is Rodrigo Duterte, mayor of Davao, one of the major cities in the Philippines’ Mindanao island.

Although he has repeatedly said in public that he has no intention of running for higher public office, Duterte went on record that if he becomes president, he will abolish Congress and form a revolutionary government to totally rid the government of corruption.

He has also promised to bring back high educational standards by banning Facebook and mandating instead that young people use Google.

“I am sick and tired of our youth using Facebook as their primary news source while wasting hours and hours posting and commenting on insignificant events in their already empty lives,” Duterte said. “They should instead use Google to enrich their knowledge about history, geography and science while keeping abreast on world developments that have a direct impact on our country,” he added.

Duterte criticized Mark Zuckerberg for the latter’s effort to provide free Facebook access in the Philippines. At the same time, he said he would encourage Google to set up operations in the Philippines, including the inclusion of Google Search in all school curricula, as a way to bring about a truly informed and intelligent citizenry.