HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles) - On her Twitter account today, singer Cher said that if Donald Trump were elected president of the United States, she would move to Jupiter. Like Cher, many other Hollywood celebrities weighed in on the recent announcement by the business mogul that he was running for president in 2016. Some were showing…
SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) - It's supposed to be the big day on Thursday for Pizza Hut : the official launching of its new pizza with hotdog-stuffed crust, a concoction that Italian chefs and bakers would almost be embarrassed to even think about. The usually serious Washington Post took time out from its political…
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (The Adobo Chronicles) - Forgot your password yet again? No worries. There's a new technology now in the market that will revolutionize identity recognition for unlocking your smart phone, using the ATM, or gaining access to maximum security areas. Until recently, fingerprints and the eye's iris have been the highest standard in identity technology.…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) - If you're wondering why your favorite newspaper rack for The Washington Post is empty today, wonder no more. The country's leading print newspaper does not have a Wednesday edition. Yesterday, in the spirit of public service, newsroom staff of the Post participated in a taste test of the new Pizza Hut hot…
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) - Donald Trump today officially declared that he is running for president of the United States, vowing to "make this country great again." What a great campaign motto. But there is one problem. Trump is now being accused by former Philippines First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos of plagiarizing her late husband,…
HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles) - Sony Pictures has just announced that Cameron Crowe has been chosen to direct a new film about the white woman who has been posing as African American. The film is titled "Spokane," named after the city in which Rachel Dolezal headed the local NAACP chapter. Crowe, who has come under…
SPOKANE, Washington (The Adobo Chronicles) -The alleged white woman who has been posing as an African American today revealed that she was also part Native American and part Hawaiian. For nearly a decade, Rachel Dolezal, who heads the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington, has claimed to be African American. However, her parents, who appeared on…
BARCELONA, Spain (The Adobo Chronicles) - In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) formally defined "planet," and the new definition excluded Pluto and reclassified it as a member of the new "dwarf planet" category. It was a move that disappointed many Plutonians. Discovered in 1930, Pluto was originally considered the ninth planet from the sun. Many…
HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles) - Many will remember the 1967 James Bond film, 'You Only Live Twice,' with its theme song that says you live "one life for yourself and one for your dream.' If we were to believe what's currently trending on Facebook and Twitter, 'Golden Girl' Rue McClanahan may just have lived (and…
LOS ANGELES, California ( The Adobo Chronicles ) - Technology has definitely caught up with America's new generation of teenagers. Or is it the other way around? Today, the Field Poll released a new nationwide opinion survey involving 5,000 Americans throughout the country -- aged 13 to 19 -- asking them one open-ended question: "What do you…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Adobo Chronicles ) - In March of last year, The Adobo Chronicles broke the story about the decision of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to classify the taking of 'selfies' as a mental disorder. Called selfitis, or the inflammation of the ego, the disorder manifests itself in three stages: borderline, acute and chronic. Today, the…
BINONDO, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) - Apparently not content on its claim over the disputed territory in the South China Sea, the Chinese government today announced it was laying claim over the oldest Chinatown in the world -- in Manila! Manila's Chinatown, located in and around the Binondo district, was established in the late 1500s. It…
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (The Adobo Chronicles) - The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has just ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship does not apply to island territories including American Samoa. Agreeing with the Obama administration's lawyers, the DC Circuit relied on and even expanded the scope of…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles ) - It is common knowledge that the former Bruce Jenner was a Republican. It is therefore not a surprise that among the first to welcome Caitlyn into their fold was the Log Cabin Republicans. Log Cabin Republicans is the nation’s original and largest organization representing gay conservatives and allies who support…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) - The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) of the Department of Homeland Security has just released the revised test questionnaire for immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship. It is a far cry from the 100 potential questions that an immigration officer might ask a citizenship applicant. There would only…
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) - The Philippines crowned yet another beauty queen last night when it named Angelia Gabrena Ong, 24, of Manila, the 2015 Miss Philippines-Earth. She will represent the country in the Miss Earth pageant later this year. Rarely do beauty pageant judges get totally impressed by contestants' answers to the final question…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) - Just last month, the State Department warned U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to the Philippines, in particular to the Sulu Archipelago, certain regions and cities of the island of Mindanao, and the southern Sulu Sea area. U.S. citizens should continue to defer non-essential travel due to the high…
HONOLULU, Hawaii (The Adobo Chronicles) - Columbia Pictures is releasing a slightly different version of the new film 'Aloha' in Oahu and the rest of the neighbor islands. It is practically the same film with a different title. The local version of the Cameron Crowe film is titled "Haole." It stars Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Bill…
SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) - It was supposed to happen at 4 p.m. Pacific time on Thursday, May 28: an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in California, brought about by the alignment of the planets. The prediction came from Dutch Frank Hoogerbeets, the same man who predicted the recent devastating quake in Nepal. By 3:59 p.m,…
DORAL, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles) -The True Invisible Empire Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan describes itself as an Order of the Highest Class for White Christian Men of Intelligence and Character. It is one of many current unnconnected groups that use the KKK name. The Ku Klux Klan (KKK), or simply "the Klan",…