Lesser firecrackers

AMAZED. An overseas Filipino worker who came home before Christmas to celebrate the holidays with his family expressed his amazement upon hearing lesser "booms" in the neighborhood during noche buena gathering. "It's good to hear that there are lesser pyrotechnic-related incidents this Christmas as compared to the past celebrations. Sa batan-on pa ko, daghang silingan maputlan kuyamoy sa rebentador, karon wa na, bisan pisik sa watusi."

CUSTOMS. But the same OFW told The Ear that absence or lesser firecrackers is a deviation to Filipino customs. "Sa kalisod ba kaha mao nga unahon nalang ang pagkaon or strict enforcement of the anti-firecracker law unya layo naman ang palitanan, and not everyone owns a car to drive through the firecracker station."