‘Gem of Thought’ Archives
Compliments to EIATP Media Awards
Another feat to boast! With so short a time to set the centerstage, from the moment the organizers of the annual Express It At The Park Media Awards have decided to push with the event to the culmination night last Saturday, the Awards night went well. This was so far based on the comments of people who have no direct hand on the preparation still got their noses on this eventful night. This success only conveys a strong message: Nothing stands in the way when it comes to EAITP Media Awards [...]
The crown under assault
If worn properly, the crown stands atop one’s head, which is the highest portion of the human body. It is a crest of royalty, an insignia of power. A tiny adornment it is but if worn by worthy man the crown could spell a universe of difference between him and his colleagues. Unlike the crown of thorns worn on the head of Christ Jesus - the King of Peace, a crown of crystals is a piece of envy and desire. A crown that is going through such experience is the crown of the Supreme Court of the [...]
Fitting fete
Last Sunday, the Roman Catholic Church celebrated an important moment in the Advent Season – the Gaudete Sunday or Sunday of Rejoicing. It brought to the people’s mind once more the glory of Jesus Christ’s birth and the delightful awaiting of His coming on Judgment Day. It likewise all the more heightened the people’s excitement towards the coming Christmas Day. In pagan customs, the onset of December commences the festivity of the Yuletide Season. With the commercialization of the [...]
Wanted: neutral mediator
An undercurrent roared up immensely creating huge waves that caught the people by surprise and placed them in shock. The apparent bitterness of Pres. Noynoy Aquino on some Supreme Court justices, especially Chief Justice Renato Corona, perturbed the bedrock of democracy and put the Filipinos in awe. The least of their expectation, the head of the executive branch of the Philippine government publicly expressed his rancor on them not in interviews but in formal functions on speaking [...]
Improving position
To prove to the world that the Philippine government under the Aquino administration is “not-cash-strapped” and is in “a stable fiscal condition”, it will be releasing a P10-K bonus to its employees after PNoy signed the administrative order on this additional benefit. This will likewise stave off the negative upshot of the national government’s “under spending” practice that caused the economy to suffer in the first half of this year. As reported, a “holiday bonus” of [...]
Bail: a right or privilege
“Bail is a matter of right… no a privilege… maybe both!” The hype on outrageous events that took place in the country with slant towards legalists erstwhile left to intellectual calisthenics among lawyers, is effectively stirring the public’s mind into some kind of debate. People who are innately unmindful of legal controversies and their repercussions are now starting to get a bit nosy about matters once an exclusive cause of barristers. Some call it a “charlatan’s wish” [...]
All recourses available
Once more a lesson to heed: no fault escapes unnoticed, especially if it is too serious to be ignored. Should the negligible fault go without at least a criticism here on earth, it shall have its reckoning in the after life. As the adage goes, what one sows, he reaps in due time. The fate that former President and now Rep. Gloria Arroyo is enduring now is a dose of her own medicine, according to critics. Her detractors are feasting on the update of her arrest and the case she is now facing [...]
Real good show
What a day it was yesterday for the Philippines and a real good show that was involving the most celebrated case the country ever has in recent years. The scenes were much like the impeachment case faced by former Pres. Joseph Estrada where the nosy public had a bird’s eye-view of the rudiments of law and its implications. Those with less knowledge of court procedures are getting considerable clues effortless. More than that is a warrant of arrest has been issued against former Pres. Gloria [...]
A race for water distribution
While some residents of Tacloban City have started contemplating on transferring their water connection from the Leyte Metropolitan Water District to Maynilad, the city government introduced yet another water company that is egging to service the Tacloban water concessionaires. This development makes the public wonder whether or not the coming of a new player in the water distribution system will push forward. It would seem that the locators are here at most for feasible studies and nothing [...]
Humps along the boulevard
City guys may find it queer but setting up humps along the boulevard may at all be the best option to mitigate further harm and damage. Although boulevards are generally designed for slow travel and parking lanes and for bicycle and pedestrian usage there are places in the country where boulevards turn into highways with vehicles zooming at supersonic speed. One that resembles this condition is Tacloban City’s Magsaysay Boulevard. Following a number of freak accidents along the pine [...]
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