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PORTSMOUTH, New Hamphire (The Adobo Chronicles, Washinton Bureau) - Upping his criticism of Hillary Clinton’s debate performances, Donald Trump suggested without any Saturday that his opponent had been on drugs during their second debate. “I think we should take a drug test prior to the debate,” Mr. Trump told a crowd of thousands gathered at an…

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) - Several weeks ago, Philippines President Rodrigo Roa Duterte announced that he would allot an hour-long morning show on the government's television station, PTV4, to communicate directly with the Filipino people. Well, that television program will soon become reality -- as in reality TV. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump refuses to drop out of the race, despite the growing clamor for him to do so from top GOP leaders.   Trump knows he's going to lose this election, but quitting is not something that can ever be expected of him.…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - On Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani accused Hillary Clinton of lying about her response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The former New York City mayor and Trump supporter said: "I heard her say that she was there that day. I was there that day, I don’t remember seeing Hillary Clinton…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - The 2016 U.S. presidential contest between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republic Donald Trump has boiled down to who has the more damaging audio or video of the other candidate. So far, the 2015 video of Donald Trump bragging to Billy Bush about kissing and groping women has…

LAS VEGAS,  Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles, Las Vegas Bureau) - The non-profit Commission on Presidential Debates just announced a new format for the third and final debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. The commission has finally acknowledged that time limits given to candidates to answer questions or rebutt answers of their opponents has…

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) - Who would have thought that there could be anything more damaging  to Donald Trump than the explosive audio tape in which he is heard bragging about kissing and groping women?  Well, there is. The Sweden-based Wikileaks today released a document which apparently confirms a rare medical condition with…

MINNEAPOLIS, Minesotta (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) - Former Minesotta Representative Michele Bachmann is not at all bothered by Donald Trump's comments about kissing and groping women.  It's just 'bad boy talk,' she told Chris Matthews on MSNBC. "In fact, I myself always carry a pack of tic tacs in my bag," she said, referring…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) - Just hours after an explosive audio tape surfaced in which Donald Trump is heard  bragging about kissing and groping women, the Republican presidential candidate went on national television to announce he was withdrawing. "What I said at that time was wrong and I apologize," a teary-eyed…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - Minutes after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump posted a taped "apology" for what he said about women in 2005, he immediately called Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for advice. Trump's apology stemmed from an explosive audio tape released yesterday in which he said he bragged to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - The Commission on Presidential Debates has announced a change of schedule for the second debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.  It was originally scheduled at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday night. The debate in St. Louis, Missouri, will last 90 minutes and be conducted in a “town…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - Donald Trump has been divorced twice.  Is a third one coming? Speculation about a third divorce spread on social media after today's explosive audio tape in which the Republican presidential candidate was heard talking about kissing and groping women. Today, Trump's wife Melania admitted to The Adobo…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - You knew someone was asking questions. You heard her voice and heard her name mentioned by both VP candidates.  But if you tuned in right after last night's  vice presidential debate started (introductions not included), you were probably thinking the questions were coming from a television…

Donald Trump's debate night tweet about the vice presidency.

PARIS, France (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) - Armed robbers forced their way into a private Paris residence where Kim Kardashian West was staying, tied her up and locked her in a bathroom before making off with more than $10 million worth of jewelry, police officials said. A spokeswoman for Kardashian West said the reality TV…

HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles, Los Angeles Bureau) - Asian American community leaders have joined First Amendment advocates in protesting ABC Network's announcement that it will revive the 197o's 'The Gong Show.' Created and produced by Chuck Barris, 'The Gong Show' was known for its free-wheeling style, absurdist humor, and the titular gong used by the…

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) - It wasn't only Barack Obama that Donald Trump accused of being a non natural-born U.S. citizen.  The Republican presidential candidate's birther movement extended beyond politics.  It included Hollywood. After eight years insisting that Obama wasn't eligible to become president of the United States, Trump finally accepted…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - The New York Times has just obtained Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's 1995 records which suggest he could have paid zero federal income tax for 18 years. Trump declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax returns, a tax deduction so substantial it could have allowed him…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, New York Bureau) - When NBC announced that it was coming out with a new television sitcom about an American widower who takes a Filipina mail-order bride to help raise his kids, there were protests not only from the Filipino community but many women's groups.  Many had accused NBC…

SILICON VALLEY, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) - As a public service, we are publishing the lyrics to the new hit song by Julie Andrews, a remake of 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,' orginally from "Mary Poppins." It's a sing-along version: