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Oxford, Alabama (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - A small Alabama city has passed an ordinance making it illegal for transgender people to use public restrooms that don't correspond to the biological sex listed on their birth certificate. Oxford Council President Steven Waits said the ordinance, passed Tuesday, is in response to Target's new restroom policy. The retail…
SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) - Long before the Republican presidential field narrowed down to the last three candidates standing, The Adobo Chonicles reported on a short-lived affair between Senator Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina.  Back then, we predicted that if Cruz becomes the GOP presidential nominee, he would appoint Carly…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - All the world knows that Barack Obama will not be endorsing or voting for a Republican candidate for president, but until now, he has not revealed nor given a clue on which of the two Democratic presidential candidates he would be endorsing: Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. Analysts…
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) - Filipinos are known to be devout Catholics and they look to the sky for divine intervention. On a clear, warm Sunday, as people were coming out of church services, a sign from the heavens appeared in the sky over most of Metro Manila. It was a cloud formation…
LONDON, United Kingdom (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) - As she celebrated her 90th birthday, Queen Elizabeth had a message to Great Britain's LGBT community: don't travel to the U.S.A. The gay-friendly queen mother was reportedly pissed at the growing anti-LGBT sentiment in America, particularly in two states which recently passed discriminatory legislation against those who…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Wahington Bureau) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew on Wednesday announced the most sweeping and historically symbolic makeover of American currency in a century, proposing to replace the slaveholding Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, the former slave and abolitionist, and to add women and civil rights…
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles , Manila Bureau) - Philippine Catholic bishops Monday raised questions about the fitness of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to  become president after the frontrunner candidate joked about an Australian lay missionary who was raped  before being killed during a hostage crisis in 1989. Archbishop Socrates Villegas and the Catholic Bishops'…
NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - Previously, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump proposed banning all Muslim travel to the United States in order to prevent ISIS from planning and executing terrorist activity.  Now he also wants to ban all Filipinos. Trump's new call under the war on terror came just hours after the…
NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - After today's contentious Democratic presidential debate in New York, Bernie Sanders is headed for The Vatican to seek the blessing of Pope Francis. Sanders, who does not participate in any organized religion, is hoping that by seeking the Pope's blessing, he will gain the support of American…
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau)  - The rumor mill has been running nonstop in the last week or so in the Philippines, fueled by the eerie silence of President NoyNoy Aquino over two significant national developments in his country -- the massacre of farmers in Kidapawan seeking food from the government and the tragedy in…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - If you consume wine and coffee or eat chocolates on a regular basis, you no longer need to feel guilty about it. In a stunning announcement today, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reclassified wine as fruit and coffee and chocolate as vegetables. This means…
NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - Ah, the beauty of Democracy. In America, you can vote -- or not vote -- for whomever you want.  Such is the case with two of Donald Trump's children, Eric and Ivanka Trump. They are not voting for their father in the upcoming New York primary.…
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles,  San Francisco Bureau) - Filipino champion boxer Manny Pacquiao promised that he will allow Timothy Bradley to knock him out on April 9 if the American two-time former WBO welterwieght title holder campaigns for him on television. Pacquiao is running for a seat in the Philippine Senate in the May…
JACKSON, Mississippi (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1523 into law on Tuesday, and while supporters believe the new law will protect people's right to "religious freedom" from "government discrimination," critics argue that it's the "most sweeping anti-LGBT" legislation in the U.S." But there is one fine print provision…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - Until yesterday, applicants for U.S. citizenship had to study 100 civics test questions from which the immigration officer will ask 10, and the applicants must answer at least 6 correctly. Today, the Department of Homeland Security, through the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), released the new…
NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - Talk Show host Ellen DeGeneres' clothing line, GapKids X ED, is all about encouraging children to embrace what makes them unique. But it's that "empowerment" aspect of the brand's campaigns that left many confused by the most recent photos posted to GapKids' Twitter account on Saturday. One…
ST. TROPEZ, France (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) - As presidential candidate and frontrunner Donald Trump inches closer and closer to the Republican nomination, his ex-wife Ivana is preparing to file in a lawsuit in the event that Trump is elected president. In her draft lawsuit, Ivana claims she should become First Lady if Trump becomes…
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - A stunning photograph of the Hawaiian island of Oahu taken from aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is going viral.  It was taken by British astronaut Timothy Peake, an ISS crew member. But the reason it has gone viral has nothing to do with the beauty of the…
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) - In what could be the greatest legacy of his 6-year term as president, NoyNoy Aquino has issued a sweeping Executive Order totally banning skin-whitening in the Philippines. It is common knowledge that the beauty practice is popular in the Philippines and in some Asian countries -- one that has…