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CORRUPTION CHARGES: PHILIPPINE VP CONFESSES SINS TO BISHOPS

November 4, 2014 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

File Photo: Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican

Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – He is under investigation by the Senate for alleged corruption while he was mayor of the city of Makati and for ill-gotten wealth in connection with a massive mansion and real estate property in Batangas, but Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay has yet to come face to face with Senate investigators.

Today however, Binay – a devout Catholic – met with officials of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines to confess his sins. To Roman Catholics, confession (now known as Reconciliation) is among the revered sacraments that are a pathway to salvation and eternal life.

So is Binay guilty of the charges?

No one will ever know because anything said in the confessional box is – just like what transpires between a therapist and a patient — confidential.

We just have to wait for the Senate investigation to be completed.

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IN THE PHILIPPINES, PIGS DON’T FLY BUT THEY LIVE IN AIR-CONDITIONED PIG PENS

October 9, 2014 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Elsewhere in the world, pigs have wings and they can fly. In the Philippines, they live in air-conditioned pig pens.

The luxurious pig residences are allegedly part of a 350-hectare real estate property owned by Vice President Jejomar Binay.

Binay, whose alleged involvement in the overpricing of the Makati City Hall Building 2 which began construction during his term as city mayor, is now being investigated for questionable property in his home province of Batangas.

property During a Senate investigation into the overpriced city hall building, former Makati Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado, presented a slide show of what he says is the Vice President’s properties in Batangas. One of the properties showed a huge hacienda in Rosario, where Binay keeps horses, pigs and fighting cocks.

Mercado also showed a 5,000 square meter property with a mansion in the town of Laurel, which he says is also owned by Binay.

The Vice President has denied owning the properties.

Mercado added that the piggery is air-conditioned because Binay’s wife, Elenita, did not like the smell of pigs.

According to the latest polls, Binay is the leading potential candidate for President in the 2016 Philippine presidential elections. The Vice President is said to focus his campaign platform on providing housing and improved living conditions for millions of poor Filipinos. And yes, pigs as well.

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MANNY PACQUIAO SNUBS PHILIPPINE VICE PRESIDENT’S INVITATION TO BE HIS RUNNING MATE

July 7, 2014 Pol Pinoy 1 Comment

Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – In 2016, the Filipino people will elect a new president to succeed NoyNoy Aquino whose 6-year term expires that year.

While many politicians have hinted about running for president, no one has been more straightforward and definite about his presidential ambition than the current vice president, Jejomar Binay. After all, it is in his family’s blood. Binay’s son Jejomar, Jr. is the mayor of Makati City and his two daughters Nancy and Abigail are members of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively.

This early, Binay has already formed a new political party called the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) and has been quoted as saying in media reports that boxing champion Manny Pacquiao will be included in his new party’s senatorial lineup. Pacquiao currently sits as a member of the House of Representatives.

In a Skype interview today with The Adobo Chronicles, Pacquiao vehemently denied that he was running for senator under Binay’s new party. “How is that possible, when my intention is to run for president,” Pacquiao said.

Binay’s strategy was to try to get Pacquiao to run for an elective post other than president, so that he (Binay) will run unopposed by a very formidable candidate such as the boxer congressman. With his enormous popularity and wealth (pre-tax), Pacquiao’s odds of winning the presidential post in a nationwide election are better than 10 to 1, in his favor.

Binay is reportedly considering Senator Jinggoy Estrada who is now in jail facing plunder charges to be his vice presidential running mate. Pacquiao, on the other hand, has hinted he might ask actress Nora Aunor to be his running mate. (In the Philippines, the vice president is elected independently of the president, unlike in the U.S. where a vote for the president is also a vote for the vice president.)