Digitized, shopped, chopped, and hacked

Posted by JoeAm on March 7, 2018 · 137 Comments 

By Joe America Technology has changed the world, and will do so even more in the future. Our simple lives are gone. Our old values are history. Now we must deal with global cyber forces like Wikileaks, Facebook, Amazon, and Google, and State cyber hackers from Russia, China, and the United States, and private hackers … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Technology/Internet

Hello, Hell. Thy name is Philippines.

Posted by JoeAm on February 28, 2018 · 117 Comments 

By Joe America We passed two historical milestones this past weekend: (1) another year afer the 1986 People Power rebellion with related pushback against a budding Duterte dictatorship, and (2) the first anniversary of the jailing of Senator De Lima. These celebrations, if one can celebrate achievement and cruelty as passages, good and bad, were … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Did Harry Roque just cancel the Mutual Defense Treaty between the Philippines and US?

Posted by JoeAm on February 20, 2018 · 111 Comments 

By Joe America Did Harry Roque misspeak at today’s press conference when he said the Philippines would not help defend US forces if the US and China entered into armed conflict in the West Philippine Sea? Or did he misspeak when he said the Philippines abides by all its agreements with the US, including the … Continue reading →

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

Citizen’s Board for Truth, Transparency, Accountability, and Honor

Posted by JoeAm on February 19, 2018 · 53 Comments 

    By Joe America A recent study confirmed that Filipinos are ignorant about political issues, yet confident in their knowledge (PHL among countries ‘most ignorant of key issues’, but also among most confident — survey). This rather astounding configuration seems to mean that Filipinos are susceptible to the lure of a dictator and unshakeable … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Education

“How do we get out of this mess?”

Posted by JoeAm on February 16, 2018 · 249 Comments 

By Joe America “Joe, as a keen observer of Philippine politics in particular and society in general, in your considered judgment, how do we get out of this mess???” That’s a tweet I received from ‘Martin’ a few days ago. Let me do my best to answer it, as it is perhaps a common question … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government