‘Foulshot’ Archives
Forgiving
Faithful of the universal Catholic church start today forty days of reflection, retreat and renewal in what is known as the Lenten season. The season affords every Catholic to take a retreat from the hectic grind of daily living and reflect for a moment on the passion, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We often are unaware that in our hurry to keep with the fast pace of life, we often forget that there is God in our lives. In the haste to do what we thought are significant for [...]
Break
People in this fast-growing city and the various towns of the region had shown manifest their love for music, fun and entertainment. This love for music is best manifested in the proliferation of music machines commonly known as videoke. The gadget has earned popularity among folks living in both urban and rural areas. Where before, people would patronize songbooks to learn lyrics and chords of hit songs, people today are dependent on music machines that provide both accompaniment and lyrics. [...]
Runoff
Heavy rains are back once more and people can expect floods in many areas. In a few minutes of downpour, streets in this highly urbanized city got flooded too quickly. People were soaked under the rain and under their feet as they walk through flooded streets. Many were caught by the sudden downpour and had to travel through flooded streets to reach destinations risking limbs and life from being caught in deep excavations or carried by the strong currents or catching water-borne bacteria. The [...]
Plasticity
We are again brought into a weird unrealistic idea that is clearly no more than mere sloganeering. In order to protect the environment, government has brought the idea of discouraging people from utilizing plastics that are not organic and contaminate the environment. We are all aware of the hazards that plastics bring not only to the environment but to human health as well. The dangers of the toxic materials that plastics transfer to our food when used as containers are very real. It may [...]
Shaken
Jolted by a strong seismic force that registered at intensity 6.9, people went in panic as they were shocked in fear of present danger. Seconds after being hit by the strong earthquake, everyone sought for safety as structures swayed due to the movement of the earth. Real danger engulfed the affected areas as cracks on infrastructures resulted from the strong tremor. It took sometime for the affected people to regain their senses and find direction on where to go to find safety. The [...]
Trial
A quarter of a century after the ratification and effectivity of our constitution and it is placed under trial as fundamental law of the land. While impeachment had been provided in previious constitutions, the present one expanded the grounds upon which an impeachable official may be impeached. The mechanism for removing high officials in the executive and judicial branches of government is vested upon the legislature. The process has been resorted to in the impeachment of president Joseph [...]
Fallacious
Catching the proverbial big fish that had all the years been passing through the mesh had been the primordial challenge of P-Noy since he took office as president of the republic. It was a campaign promise that every citizen was carried into believing, extending without asking what really is the root cause of the country’s malady. Of the multifarious problems afflicting the country, P-Noy had glued his focus on his campaign promise to rid government of grafters. It is a priority that caused [...]
Home place
Friday, the 27th of January 2012 was a momentous day for a people of a village named Barangay San Antonio (home of this writer) in the beautiful, old, historical and progressive town of Basey (“basey” from the waray term “baysay” which means “beauty”) home of the world famous “banig”, under the leadership of its mayor, Atty. Junji Ponferrada, in the province of Samar. The village was chosen venue of the top-rated noontime television show Eat Bulaga of GMA Network. Apart from [...]
Taxing
Presenting our country’s chief tax collector as witness for the prosecution in the impeachment of the chief justice turned chief respondent is simply taxing. With documents revealing transfer taxes of properties the chief respondent and his family owns, people watching the trial went yawning. Questions as to the way of presenting witnesses and documents had been raised by ordinary citizens who barely understand procedural matters in court. The eagerness to uncover the truth behind the [...]
Selective firing
Public admiration continuously flows to P-Noy’s way over his firm resolve to walk the narrow straight path. He has demonstrated in no unmistakable terms his aim of ridding his government of people whose primary preoccupation is graft and corruption. Exacting the highest standards of public office, P-Noy is tough on matters of honesty among public servants. Where public officials hold positions that are classified as confidential, it bears upon the official to maintain that trust, otherwise, [...]
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