Why yellows are losers

Posted by JoeAm on September 12, 2018 · 173 Comments 

By JoeAm Let me first say that I will be talking about Filipino culture. It’s nothing personal. The concepts apply to other cultures as well. However, they risk being particularly damaging to the Philippines given that there is an election coming up. It may be wise for the advocates of democracy, civility, and human rights … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Did President Duterte inadvertently give people the idea of “President Trillanes”?

Posted by JoeAm on September 10, 2018 · 296 Comments 

By JoeAm By any measure, Senator Trillanes’ amnesty case has further eroded President Duterte’s reputation of total, complete authority. The beating the President and his men have been taking is worse than that by the Arroyo coup of the House leadership which sat the President aside in the waiting room for an hour, like a … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

Senator Trillanes, Day 4. DID AFP officers over-reach?

Posted by JoeAm on September 7, 2018 · 205 Comments 

By JoeAm Dateline Philippines, September 7, 2018 I don’t know about you, but I was on edge all morning, running now and then to the television to see if the AFP had descended on the Senate to arrest Senator Trillanes. But nothing. At around 10:00, the Senator appeared for his daily press conference, exhausted from … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Yellow is not politics, it is a force

Posted by JoeAm on September 4, 2018 · 84 Comments 

By JoeAm There is a lot of confusion about “yellow” in the Philippines. Some people deny being yellow as if it were dengue. Many associate it with the Liberal Party, or liberal politics. Others associate it with the movement to protect Philippine democracy, civility, and human rights. It strikes me as amusing that the State/Marcos … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

How Duterte’s ‘change’ brought gross incompetence to the Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on September 3, 2018 · 86 Comments 

By JoeAm You can’t build competence on the back of deceit, bluster, and favors. What are the elements of competence? Competence requires objectivity and its brother transparency to correctly recognize, state, and size the issue at hand, whether it be the availability of rice or the best Supreme Court Chief Justice. Along with objectivity, competence requires … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Economy, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government