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JoeAmA SECOND ROUND WITH PHILIPPINE MUSIC
The Songs, Singers, Friends and Family That Have Been Part of My Life By Karl M. Garcia I have written about Philippine music before. Of course, some readers pointed out that I had forgotten to mention their favorite band, singer, composer or musician. Fair enough. I plead guilty. There are simply too many. So let … Continue reading
FROM BPO BOOM TO LEGACY-SHORING
How the Philippines Can Turn the World’s Oldest Software into a New High-Value BPO Opportunity—and Prepare for the AI Economy By Karl M. Garcia For more than two decades, the Philippines built one of the world’s most successful business-process outsourcing industries. It began with a relatively simple proposition: English-speaking workforce + competitive costs + telecommunications … Continue reading
FLOOD CONTROL
From the Little Grate to the Big Spillway By Karl M. Garcia THE FLOOD DOES NOT BEGIN IN THE STREET Every time Metro Manila floods, we look for a culprit. A clogged drain. An overflowing creek. A failed pumping station. A blocked estero. An undersized pipe. A river that has breached its banks. A catch … Continue reading
BUILDING THE PHILIPPINE MARITIME STATE
From Maritime Nation to Maritime Capability—and from Buyer to Builder Building the institutions, people, industries and infrastructure of an archipelagic nation By Karl M. Garcia Introduction: A Maritime Nation Building a Maritime State The Philippines is already a maritime nation. Its islands are connected by seas. Its people have lived from fishing, seafaring, boatbuilding and … Continue reading
MENTAL HEALTH AS NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
From Forensic Justice to Maritime Human Capital—and from Fragmented Programs to a Continuity-of-Care State By Karl M. Garcia Introduction: The System Must Follow the Person The Philippines has begun an important transition in the way it thinks about mental health. For decades, mental illness was too often treated as a private medical problem, a family … Continue reading
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