“What does China have on President Duterte?”

Posted by JoeAm on May 25, 2018 · 63 Comments 

By JoeAm That question comes up repeatedly in my social media pages. Many Filipinos can’t comprehend a foreign policy that has the Philippines giving up it’s brilliantly fought and hard won arbitration hearing against China because “Filipinos would be slaughtered in a war”. They know, and figure the President himself knows, that such an argument … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, USA/Americans

The New Visayas, Playground of the Pacific

Posted by JoeAm on May 16, 2018 · 93 Comments 

By Joe America Sometimes I dream. It gets tiresome dealing with all the bad thinking, bad values, and absurdity of the Philippines. I mean, when you have Supreme Court justices so self-involved that they disregard the Constitution, the situation is pretty hopeless. Then you have the power families tapping the streams of wealth that taxpayers … Continue reading →

Category China, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, USA/Americans

Time and President Duterte

Posted by JoeAm on May 9, 2018 · 96 Comments 

By Joe America Time is an interesting creature. She stops for no man or woman. She is in our life every day and she decides when that life ends. She inserts herself in our activities to give us stress or forces us to get organized. She tells us how long a President can serve. As … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

“Hey, Joe, lighten up on the Chinese coming to the Philippines to work. They are innocents”

Posted by JoeAm on May 2, 2018 · 26 Comments 

By Joe America Here are excerpts from a recent Twitter engagement JoeAm: Question for news orgs @rapplerdotcom and others, do Immigration records reflect a sharp uptick of Chinese nationals arriving? Question arose on my FB page. Carlos Jugo: Just because we are Opposition we should take care not to be xenophobic. Duterte will not be … Continue reading →

Category China, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government

Giving up the WPS is not a good look for the Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on April 30, 2018 · 65 Comments 

By Joe America ”What can we do about it?” we hear as top government officials cede the West Philippine Sea to China. “They are so big and strong and we are small and poor. We can’t send Filipinos to war. They’d be slaughtered!” This ‘woe is me’ argument totally misses the point and substitutes emotionalism … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, USA/Americans