‘Foulshot’ Archives
Purge
People are watching what appears to be a second show dubbed as impeachment. The vivid recollection as to the impeachment process would always be the one where ousted president Joseph Ejercito Estrada was tried by the senate sitting as an impeachment court. The saga held a captive audience of an entire nation across all socio-economic classes, a huge chunk of the population being glued on national television waiting for the unfolding of surprises from the hallowed hall of the senate. The [...]
Draining
Heavy rains are back once more and people can expect floods in many areas. In a few minutes of downpour, many areas 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 situation had caused so much [...]
Gold
Where one lives there he will find death. Those who lived by the valley in that gold-rich area in Compostela Valley met the tragic end of their lives in the same area where they sourced-out their living. In search for precious gold, people gravitated to the area to find luck and find a living. The lure of gold that glitters in dust and sand form held people from leaving the place despite warnings of the hazards they face. Efforts to drive those people out of the hazardous area seem ineffective [...]
Drag
People ought to be given a clear view of the impeachment trial akin to the courtroom drama starring impeached and subsequently deposed president Joseph Estrada. The impeachment trial grabbed national attention as media carried live coverage of the proceedings in vivid detail. It held all parties accountable to the people, chiefly, the senate acting as impeachment court. Everyone was conscious of their being under the watchful eye of a vigilant people and they could not afford to take negative [...]
Familial chains
Breaking from parental support is a matter of many factors more than age and civil status. Our laws recognize the age of majority as the beginning of emancipation. But such age is quite off from reality as it still is within the schooling age level. The empirical legislative determination of such age is very evident from such law. It does not coincide with related laws regarding school-going age and the minimum age for professionals. Children are required to be seven years of age to start [...]
Circles
We do not know who and where the idea of collecting round fruits for luck in every new year emanated. The practice of collecting such round fruits, in some places thirteen kinds while in other places of a different number, is widespread across the socio-economic strata. Rich and poor are afflicted with the belief that good fortune is bound to come to those who are able to collect for display those round fruits. Practically, it is really tough finding round fruits in all its strictest sense [...]
Rainy days
These are rainy days and we do not know how many people are well prepared for it. We have seen the devastation of many farms that were hit by the floods. The destruction of crops will surely affect food supply in the next few months. We cannot expect too much come harvest time as many of our plants, especially rice which is our staple food, had been washed by the heavy rains and floods. There still will be harvest time no matter what, but the produce of our farms will surely be lean as plants [...]
Floods
Continuous torrential rains that hit the region these past days had flooded many places. Damage to crops and livestock are great as reports are being gathered by concerned agencies. Water levels rose to high levers as rains fall heavily for hours. People had to travel through flooded streets to reach destinations risking limbs and life from being caught in deep waters or carried by the strong currents or risking infection of water borne diseases. The situation had caused so much inconvenience [...]
Devastation
Overnight inundation caused by typhoon heaving downpour brought by Sendong wrecked havoc on war-torn Mindanao. The casualties jumpstarted at 600 persons and counting as of press time and the tally of corpses keep increasing as rescue operations continue. Government agencies had been tapped by the chief of executive to render assistance, provide basic services and extend assistance. Already, a number of those in the private sector had mobilized their workforce and set aside a chunk of their [...]
Unequal
Pity are those who are learned in the law but are unable to construe, purposely or otherwise, simple matters that require uncomplicated understanding of things. Recent developments that led to the impeachment of the chief justice are being depicted as an assault on the judiciary. Facts are being twisted by partisans siding with the chief justice portraying the chief executive as villain with his allies in the lower house as cohorts of a sinister plan to ruin the judiciary. No less than the [...]
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