China’s intrusion into Philippine affairs: a brewing disaster

Posted by JoeAm on October 13, 2017 · 181 Comments 

By Joe America There is an area of writing between factual news and unfettered opinion that is called ‘analysis”. Sometimes analysis is fact-based and verifiable and sometimes it is mostly speculation. This analysis tilts toward speculative and the reader is free to judge if it has merit or not. I think that China is pushing … Continue reading →

Filed under China, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government

Poe’s fake news hearing is dogs barking up the wrong tree

Posted by JoeAm on October 11, 2017 · 215 Comments 

By Joe America The Senate hearing on fake news has two thrusts. One group wants to put a stop to government lies. The other wants to stop citizens from embarrassing senators. The first is important but the senators are going down the wrong path looking for a solution. They are going along with the second … Continue reading →

Filed under Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Kontra Bulate

Posted by Wilfredo G. Villanueva on October 9, 2017 · 102 Comments 

ni Wilfredo G. Villanueva Nakikita ko pa rin ang mabuting balita sa kabila ng masama. Ganun din ako kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Hindi naman talaga siya lang ang dapat sisihin sa mga kabulastugan, kahihiyan, kawalanghiyaan nitong mga nakalipas na labing-limang buwan. Maliwanag pa sa sikat ng araw, ‘di ba, na suportado siya ng tao? Siguro … Continue reading →

Filed under Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

The Moral Landscape: Part 1 – The Three Primary Virtues

Posted by edgar lores on October 6, 2017 · 223 Comments 

By Edgar Lores Introduction The moral landscape is a wasteland. Whether in the cities or in the country, there are no green trees of rectitude, no flowering plants of virtues, no unbroken fences of decency. Once there was a pale fence that demarcated the line between what is right and what is wrong. But that … Continue reading →

Filed under Culture and Arts, Education, Laws and Ethics

The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti, Part 2

Posted by JoeAm on October 4, 2017 · 114 Comments 

By Joe America The Philippine government is overpowering. Dogmatic. Controlling. Threatening. Using police as brutal agents of authority. Wielding a budget loosely, throwing billions at pet accounts like “intelligence funds”. Do you feel like you are faced off against the power of the law? The power of the gold? It is not the first time, … Continue reading →

Filed under Citizenship/Patriotism, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government