What in the world is a foreigner to do?

Posted by JoeAm on June 1, 2018 · 108 Comments 

By JoeAm As a foreigner living in the Philippines, I find myself straining to find a place to fit in. On one hand, I love the Philippines, Filipinos, the dynamic culture, the food, the sea and land adventures, and even driving in the chaos. On the other hand, the nation has become a bit of … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

News is getting dissembled on us

Posted by JoeAm on May 30, 2018 · 48 Comments 

By JoeAm How do you get your news? How do you vet that it is factual and not propaganda or political pap? It is getting more and more difficult to have confidence that one is not being fed someoneā€™s political line or vested interest. Moodys says the Philippines may be brewing a debt problem and … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Philippine Government, Technology/Internet

ā€œWhat does China have on President Duterte?ā€

Posted by JoeAm on May 25, 2018 · 63 Comments 

By JoeAm That question comes up repeatedly in my social media pages. Many Filipinos canā€™t comprehend a foreign policy that has the Philippines giving up itā€™s brilliantly fought and hard won arbitration hearing against China because ā€œFilipinos would be slaughtered in a warā€. 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

Peering at Senator Sotto in the manner of Jonathan Swift

Posted by JoeAm on May 21, 2018 · 59 Comments 

By JoeAm The way I figure it, writer Jonathan Swift, who died in 1745, was one of the world’s first bloggers. Well, in those days, they called him a “political pamphleteer”, but the profession is the same: frequent writings that inform or provoke or advocate. Swift was a master at it. He is best known … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Humor/Satire, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Color me Magdalo

Posted by JoeAm on May 18, 2018 · 50 Comments 

By Joe America I’d like to thank Will Villanueva for his many enlightening, humanistic interviews, and particularly his recent insights into Representative Gary Alejano of the Magdalo party. I was inspired by both the man and the party, as I have been with the Senate version, Senator Sonny Trillanes,for some time. They are the two … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Politics