MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (The Adobo Chronicles) - When the next Republican presidential debate unforlds in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 15, Senator Lindsey Graham will not be among the top tier debaters, nor be included in the kids' table or second tier debate. But on December 19, when the remaining Democratic presidential candidates debate on stage…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) - A new CNN/ORC Republican presidential poll now finds Donald Trump with 36 percent of the vote, more than two times that of closest challenger Ted Cruz, who now stands at 16 percent. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Florida Senator Marco Rubio are the only other GOP candidates currently polling in…
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) - There was confusion at the Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas on Sunday, when the candidates for the Miss Universe Pageant were introduced to the media for the first time. When Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was called, reporters thought they would be meeting Miss Germany. Wurtzbach is Miss Philippines who…
HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles) - 'The Martian,' starring Matt Damon playing the role of an astronaut left behind and presumed dead on planet Mars, was so funny and the musical numbers so outstanding that it was nominated today in three categories for the Golden Globe Awards. The film picked up three nominations: Best Director (Ridley…
NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) - In a whirlwind of television appearances on national networks yesterday, Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was asked repeatedly if she was willing to share her crown with Miss Colombia. In the days following the Miss Universe pageant, there have been calls for Wurtzbach to share the title with…
NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (The Adobo Chronicles) - Carly Fiorina opened the Republican undercard presidential debate with a sexist joke. “You know, I’m not a political insider. I haven’t spent my lifetime running for office. The truth is I have had and been blessed by a lot of opportunity to do a lot of things in…
SEATTLE, Washington (The Adobo Chronicles) - There is a missing beauty crown and a sash, and television host Steve Harvey is being questioned by authorities for it. It has nothing to do with Miss Universe. Rather, it is about Miss Washington USA. Stormy Keffeler who had earlier won the crown resigned after a previous DUI arrest…
LOS ANGELES, California (The Adobo Chronicles) - Move over Justin Bieber. Glad you enjoyed your temporary number one spot on the Billboard chart. Adele's 'Hello' is back on top. And it's not even Adele singing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) - Now it can be told. Millions of Americans watched President Barack Obama's final State of the Union (SOTU) address on January 12, 2016. But something transpired at the end of his speech that the television networks did not show to their viewers. You had to have been inside the…
DES MOINES, Iowa (The Adobo Chronicles) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not be participating in Thursday's FOX News GOP Debate in Iowa. Trump's campaign said that the billionaire real estate mogul is skipping the debate because of an ongoing rift with FOX News, particularly Megyn Kelly with whom he has…
DES MOINES, Iowa (The Adobo Chronicles ) - A new Gallup poll conducted minutes after Donald Trump confirmed he would not be participating in the GOP presidential debate in Iowa already shows a winner : FOX News. Trump's refusal to join his Republican colleagues Thursday night was prompted by accusations that FOX News was biased against…
OAKLAND, California (The Adobo Chronicles) - Just moments after basketball star Kobe Bryant of the L.A. Lakers announced that he will be retiring at the end of the current NBA season, The Golden State Warriors' Steph Curry shocked the sports world by announcing he is retiring effective immediately. "It's a matter of knowing when to quit,"…
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) - Yesterday, The Adobo Chronicles called out the organizers of the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant for incorrectly spelling 'Philippines.' Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, owner of the Miss Universe Organization, had issued a call for the hiring of a Filipino copyeditor to avoid similar errors going forward. In the meantime, Trump ordered…
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) - Leave it to the Filipinos to correct a major error, like Steve Harvey's announcement of the wrong winner in last month's Miss Universe beauty pageant in Las Vegas. Miss Colombia wore the crown for several minutes before Harvey came back on stage to admit he mistakenly announced the South…
DES MOINES, Iowa (The Adobo Chronicles) - Now it can be told. There was no Donald Trump in last night's FOX News GOP presidential debate. He has dropped out. The runner-up in the GOP presidential polls has also hinted he's next to quit. For those who watched the televised debate, they know that Cruz threatened to…
CONCORD, New Hamphire (The Adobo Chronicles) - GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump was so confident he would win the Iowa caucuses Monday, but final results showed him trailing Ted Cruz and almost in a statistical tie with Marco Rubio. Trump hasn't been heard of since Monday. For the first time in many months, he has…
DES MOINES, Iowa (The Adobo Chronicles) - Former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the first woman ever to win the Iowa Caucus, her razor edge-thin margin over Senator Bernie Sanders nothwithstanding. Of course, the Clinton campaign and the liberal news media can spin Tuesday's Iowa Caucus results every which way, buy history…
CONCORD, New Hampshire (The Adobo Chronicles) - Despite his second-place finish in last week's Iowa Caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is confident he will win his party's nomination for the 2016 elections. To reinforce his confidence, he has named his vice presidential running mate. Martin Shkreli. Shkreli is an American entrepreneur and financial and pharmaceutical…
SANTA CLARA, California (The Adobo Chronicles) - Sunday's Super Bowl 50 Halftime show closed with Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Coldplay, and the entire stadium audience sending the message: "Believe in Love," and a lot of heterosexual people took to social media to complain that the show was an attempt to advance the gay agenda. But members of the…
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) - Throughout his campaign, Donald Trump has flouted official histories and facts, claiming, for example, that thousands of Muslims celebrated in New Jersey on Sept. 11, and that the Department of Labor cooks the unemployment books and that the real jobless rate is 23 percent. On Friday night, Trump…