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WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - U.S. President Donald Trump reacted with a lot of insecurity to the announcement from the Royal Palace in London that Prince Harry is now engaged to be married to American Actress Meghan Markle. That makes Markle a potential heir to the throne of the Queen. Trump said that…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) - Unknown to many, former U.S. President Barack Obama has filed an oral defamation lawsuit in a Virginia District Court against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Obama is suing Duterte for the latter’s very public cussing several years ago against the then incumbent American President. He called Obama ‘Son-of-a-b*tch.’ (In…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, New York Bureau) - It’s that time of year when TIME magazine names its ‘Person of the Year.’  This year, however, it’s going to be ‘Persons of the Year.’ U.S. President Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte tied for the annual recognition for being the persons who most…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - Unconfirmed reports say that U.S. President Donald Trump called Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes a ‘Narco.’ The Pinoy Senator was recently in the U.S., meeting with American politicians including Florida Senator Marco Rubio. He supposedly asked their help to convince Trump to cancel his trip to the Philippines next…

KALINGA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Baguio Bureau) – Tattoo enthusiasts will easily recognize the name Whang-Od.  She’s the 100-year-old (and last remaining) Filipina tattoo artist (mambabatok) from Buscalan, Tinglayan, Kalinga, Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – When the leaders of the member-nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet for the annual summit in Manila next month, they will be donning the Philippine national attire for males.  It’s called as the Barong Tagalog.

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) - An online survey asking people to name who they would choose to narrate their life story — other than Morgan Freeman — received a most shocking response among millennials. Overwhelmingly their choice was Siri. It was a survey gone awry.  

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) - The database of one of the major credit reporting agencies has been hacked, exposing personal information of about 143 million people in the U.S., UK and Canada. The agency, Equifax, announced that hackers were able to acquire names, social security numbers, birth dates, home addresses and…

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) - For many decades, San Francisco's skyline was ruled by the TransAmerica Building.  No tourist will leave the City by the Bay without a selfie in front of the obelisk-shaped tower. Not anymore. Here comes San Francisco's newest and future tourist attraction: The Millennium Condominium Tower.  It's…

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) - The Internet was abuzz with reports that ABS-CBN News TV journalist Karen Davila has said that the "Dutch and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting a third child. She was referring to an announcement from the Royal Palace in London that Princess Kate is pregnant. Davila categorically denied that…

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) - One would think it would never happen again -- the wrong pageant winner being crowned. But it did, just like it happened in the Miss Universe Pageant when host Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner (Miss Colombia instead of Miss Philippines.) Well, that's now behind us,…

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) - As recently announced by President Rodrigo Duterte, the Marcos family has agreed to return both cash and some gold to the government. Today, Malacañang received the first shipment of the returned gold from the Marcoses. (See photo)

TORONTO, Canada (The Adobo Chronicles, New York Bureau) - Some 50 container vans of balut, the Filipino delicacy of boiled duck embryo, has been found rotting in an undisclosed port in Canada. The shipment was imported by a local company for distribution in Filipino and Asian groceries and supermarkets throughout Canada. Balut is extremely popular among Filipinos and…

HONOLULU, Hawaii (The Adobo Chronicles, Honolulu Bureau) - The hit TV series 'Hawaii Five-O' has just lost two of its lead Asian Actors -- Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park. Their characters, Chin Ho Kelly and Kono Kalakaua, will not appear in the upcoming eighth season. The characters' absence will be referenced in the season premiere.…

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) - Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. Queer. Questioning. Homo. Gender-bending. Gender-variant. Cross-dresser. Closeted. Out. Two-spirit. Mahu. Bakla. On-the-bus. In a politically-correct societal atmosphere, not one word is sufficient to describe the diversity of the gay and lesbian community.  Oftentimes, in the struggle for inclusion, the community sometimes ends…

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) - Starting in 2017, there will be no more New Year's Day kisses between CNN's Anderson Cooper and comedian Kathy Griffin. The two have been the most watched couple on television leading up to the New Year's Eve dropping of the ball in New York's Times Square. Cooper, who…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) - No other president in history has ever been so careless in his tweets, often misspelling words that kids easily ace in the National Spelling Bee. Like Donald Trump. Like 'covfefe.' Trump's tweet has gone viral but no one has dared to correct his spelling. Well, we will. The…

TOKYO, Japan (The Adobo Chronicles, Tokyo Bureau) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has cancelled a planned visit to Japan next month to focus on the situation in Marawi City where the terrorist group Maute has launched a siege, prompting the proclamation of Martial Law in Mindanao. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe perfectly understands Duterte's change of…

BRUSSELS, Belgium (The Adobo Chronicles, Paris Bureau) - Remember that arrival ceremony in Israel when Donald Trump's hand was slapped by First Lady Melania?  (Apparently it happened again as the couple arrived in Italy!) It was a big embarrassment for the President but he could not get back at his wife.  So he took it out…

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The European Parliament has voted to end visa-free travel for Americans within the EU.