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Palace scatters photos of a working president

by xarki, on Sun, Mar 25 2012 | No Comments

courtesy of ph.news.yahoo.comMilitant groups and street protesters have found a new way to express their grave feeling of disappointment on the nation’s quality of leadership as seen with the current dismal state of the country.

 

Dubbed as “Noynoying” which is derived from the famous “planking” that has become one of the famous poses among photography enthusiasts for quite some time, the pose suggests (as seen on the photos) merely a state of lying around and doing nothing (idling per se). This is what the militant groups believe on how PNoy is currently addressing the issues of our country, clearly an insult to the Philippine president.

 

Malacanang denies these allegations made by these protest groups and started sending off various photos of the “working” and very industrious leader. All photos are trying to be communicative in the sense that the government want to clearly appear transparent to the public on the affairs of the palace. Still, a few are convinced with the photos and are expecting “realism” among these graphic portraits.

 

Here are some reasons behind the “Noynoying” accusation that has brought the feeling of unresponsiveness on the government’s side:

  1. Unwavering oil price hike.
  2. Steadfast rise of tuition fees on colleges and universities.
  3. Continuous plea for wage hike by labor groups .
  4. Issue over land reforms which some believe the CJ Corona Impeachment Case is being used to delay the distribution of lands in Hacienda Luisita.
  5. (More than) 500 day  prosecution of former president Arroyo.
  6. Inaction on disaster prevention after Visayas and Mindanao succumbed to the disasters that befall them.

 

We hope that the present government will do its best in addressing the problems of our country and consider prioritizing what’s best for the greater good and less of their personal gain; after all they are “public servants.” Otherwise, anyone would think that our leader is just another puppet on play to cause more suffering to the less fortunate, not to mention, the scandalous claims of those propagandas against the Aquinos may soon become a reality.

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Senator Santiago: highly intelligent or shrewd lunatic?

by xarki, on Fri, Mar 16 2012 | 1 Comment

courtesy of keywordspeak.comIt has been more than a month since the senate trial court started the case to find reason for Chief Justice Renato Corona to be impeached out of the Judicial Department. Throughout the course of the presentation of witnesses and evidences that may serve as grounds for the chief justice’s impeachment, many people have witnessed a number of surprising events inside the senate court. Moreover, Honorable Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s presence has made the impeachment trial more interesting to the viewing public.

 

The Madame Senator has long been known for her adeptness in the playful usage of terms in every statement she delivers. She is considered to be one of the highly intelligent individual in the world of politics and has garnered so much appreciation even outside the country as she was accepted to be part of the International Court as one of the presiding judges.

 

The presence of Senator Santiago in CJ Corona’s case has always been the most awaited part of the trial and never will you be bored with the statements she throws at the trial proceedings, although it seems to be more as a diatribe against the impulsive prosecutors of the case.

 

Her recent controversial encounter with (volunteer) private prosecutor Vitaliano Aguirre II has caught a lot of attention especially from the TV viewers. It seems that the Filipino’s sympathy is divided between the two personas; Aguirre for having the right to cover his tired ears from the Senator’s ear deafening harangue; Senator Santiago for telling the truth about the unpreparedness of the prosecution panel.

 

Recently, the Madame Senator is again on the hot seat after using an “unnecessary dub” in addressing the prosecution panel. Her madness has brought her to a point where most people are no longer entertained on her public display of intelligence. Even the church regarded to her as “worthy of the fires of hell.”

 

Nevertheless, I can still consider the honorable senator as being frank to what she’s obviously seeing in court. And it seems that there’s so much time wasted in fault-finding that should instead be appropriately consumed to address the immediate needs of the common Filipino.

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A man marries dead girlfriend to fulfill his promise of love

by xarki, on Tue, Mar 13 2012 | No Comments

courtesy of inquisitr.comHow far would you go to prove how much you love someone?

 

Here is one of those rare events in the world that happened in Thailand – a romantic move of a grieving boyfriend to show his undying passion to his now departed better half.

 

Most of us, who are not emotionally engaged as this guy was, would surely think twice if we are to go on with the wedding plans moreover that in this case his partner left him instantly just a few moments before their big day.

 

29-year old Sarinya Kamsook and her 28-year-old boyfriend, Chadil Deffy, were to be married this year. Sarinya Kamsook unfortunately died in a car crash, just a day before the big event but Deffy decided to go on with their wedding as planned and married her.

 

Sarinya was involved in a car crash, leaving her severely injured. She could have been saved with timely medical attention. However, the doctors made her wait for 6 hours due to an overcrowded ICU instead of transferring her to another hospital. During this time, she succumbed to her injuries and passed away.

 

During her funeral in Surin, Thailand, Chadil Duffy placed a ring on his deceased bride’s finger. It thus turned out to be a wedding/funeral ceremony, one of the rare events in the world.

 

As the wedding vow goes: till death do us part, this is a proof that love can transcend even death.

 

 

 

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Covering the skies with concrete pavements

by xarki, on Sat, Mar 3 2012 | No Comments

skyway constructionA possible “skyway” similar infrastructure will soon connect the cities of Manila, Makati and Quezon City when the Aquino administration approves the proposed project of Citra-PNCC (Philippine National Construction Corporation.)

 

The 14-kilometer stretch of a 6-lane elevated expressway from Buendia to Balintawak will make way to ease off traffic in the metro primarily aiming to decongest vehicular traffic along EDSA (Epifanio de los Santos Avenue). It will have 8 entrances and exits; Buendia, Quirino Avenue, Plaza Dilao, Aurora Boulevard, E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue, Quezon Avenue, Sgt. Rivera Street and Balintawak.

 

CPA (Citra-PNCC Alignment), as termed, is expected to cost P24 billion which has been targeted to be completed within 30 months. Pondering on that information, we will surely be experiencing one hell of a travel when the said project pushes through.

 

A P99 toll is reported to be charged to motorists who will utilize the said express road way.

 

Despite the said announcement of the Aquino government’s possible first flagship infrastructure project, some are reluctant about the idea of putting up another road eyesore.

 

Indeed, the CPA can be a probable solution to lessen heavy traffic on our major streets yet most of the city dwellers cannot get rid of the idea of another “unnecessary” public expenditure and possibly just another way for our public servants to liquidate the people’s money.

 

Also, charging the people of P99 toll fee just to pass through a 14-kilometer road is again a big question. Our government is collecting enough amount of taxes from our hard-earned money and we believe that this road should be at least free of charge for us to enjoy what we have paid for otherwise, the government should think of other (practical) ways of utilizing our taxes.

 

Let us not set aside the information that there are several factors that contribute to our daily painful commuting; observing discipline, road safety and valid implementation of traffic laws to mention a few. If the concerned agencies can somehow take into consideration resolving the issue through these facts, investing in another nuisance structure can be discarded.

 

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Confiscated fake Tuseran Forte raises awareness of counterfeit drugs

by Melody Claire, on Tue, Feb 21 2012 | No Comments

courtesy of topwebinfo.netAfter the Bureau of Customs headed by Commissioner Rufino Biazon successfully seized P400 million worth of fake Tuseran Forte capsules and batteries for Motorola, Nokia, Ericsson, and Samsung mobile phones, he mentioned that these will be destroyed since they can never be auctioned.

 

With the sequestered fake drugs that sometimes can have no effect at all and at worst, could aggravate a patient’s health problems, not to mention the financial problems this would bring; one might ask what are the signs that a certain medicine is a fake.

 

First, check labels and packaging. Most counterfeit drugs have labels that are poor replicas of the original. Check the packaging for information about the manufacturer, date of manufacture and the lot number. Health Secretary Enrique Ona said many drugs were sold in packages containing only the name of the distributor.

 

The pills themselves could be irregularly colored or may have dark spots or they crumble easily. Sometimes they do not have a bisection or a line that divides the tablet in two.

 

Consumers should also buy from drugstores licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and ask for a receipt so they could go back if they were sold suspect drugs.

 

Also as they say, if it’s too good to be true then maybe it is. So if the price of a drug is too low, then don’t buy it. Better safe than sorry.

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