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Government, Politics

MAYOR RODRIGO DUTERTE’S “DON’T VOTE FOR ME” VIDEO OFFICIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION

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AlDub, left, and Duterte
AlDub, left, and Duterte

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – A short video message posted by Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte asking Filipinos not to vote for him has gone viral.  It was an attempt by the Davao City mayor to reach out to millennials and netizens, many of whom get their news from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

International readers of The Adobo Chronicles have reached out to us to translate into English Duterte’s message  which was entirely delivered in Tagalog.

Here’s is the best attempt by our language experts:

“My name is Rodrigo Duterte. I am ready to be of service to the Philippines and the Filipino people.  This nation and our people can be great again.  However, if you don’t want me to personally execute criminals, don’t vote for me.  If you don’t want me to abolish Congress, don’t vote for me.  If you don’t want me forcing smokers to swallow their cigarette butts, don’t vote for me.  If you don’t want me forcing laglag bala (bullet planting) perpetrators at NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) to swallow the bullets, don’t vote for me. If you don’t want a president with a Visayan accent, don’t vote for me. If you want a beautiful and fashionable First Lady, vote for Mar Roxas.  If you want to continue watching AlDub, don’t vote for me.”

“If you decide to vote for me, I promise you that I will turn Manila from the “Gates of Hell” to “Stairway to Heaven.”

Our translation has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.

Entertainment, Film and TV, Politics

SUSAN ROCES VS. AMALIA FUENTES FOR PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT?

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Grace Poe, left and mom Susan Roces holding a photo of the latke Fernando Poe, Jr., actor and failed presidential candidate. Right, Amalia Fuentes.
Grace Poe, left, and mom Susan Roces holding a photo of the late Fernando Poe, Jr., actor and failed presidential candidate. Right photo: Amalia Fuentes.

MANILA, Philippine (The Adobo Chronicles) – The top two contenders for Philippine president — Senator Grace Poe and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte are both facing disqualification charges before the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) —   Poe on the grounds of allegedly not being a natural-born citizen, and Duterte, for being a substitute for a nuisance candidate who had earlier withdrawn his candidacy.

In ancipation of a decision by COMELEC, the camps of both candidates have laid out their respective “Plan B.”

Poe’s camp has asked the senator’s mom, Philippine movie queen Susan Roces, to be the substitute candidate should Poe be disqualified to run for president.

Duterte’s camp (PDP-Laban), on the other hand, is in negotiations with the other Philippine movie queen Amalia Fuentes to be its standard bearer if COMELEC bars Duterte from running.

Before there was the Nora Aunor-Vilma Santos rivalry, there was the Roces-Fuentes feud in Philippine cinema. 2016 could see a revival of that feud.

In the Philippines, it is not uncommon for film actors and actresses to run for political office.  As a matter of fact, film star Alma Moreno has been drafted by Vice President Jeojomar Binay (who is running for president) to be part of his senatorial ticket.

It’s more fun in the Philippines.  We mean, really.

Politics

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT RODRIGO DUTERTE MAKES IT TO GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

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imageMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – A Filipino aspirant for president made the Guinness World Record as the only candidate in the world to file his candidacy while asking the electorate not to vote for him.

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte addressed his countrymen in a video after he filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for president in the 2016 elections. He joins four other major declared candidates in what could be the largest field of presidential aspirants in Philippine history: Vice President Jejomar Binay, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, Senator Grace Poe, and Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. Dozens of others have filed candidacies for president.

In his video message, Duterte, famous for his iron-fist and extra-judicial style of management, asked the public not to vote for him, making him what the Philippines’ Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is calling a “nuisance candidate.”

World record or not, political analysts are predicting Duterte might actually win the election .

It’s more fun in the Philippines.