Love to Survive

Posted by Wilfredo G. Villanueva on January 17, 2018 · 88 Comments 

by Wilfredo G. Villanueva (An Open Letter to our daughters, sons-in-law, future sons-in-law) We remember it well. One of you even peed in her pants. It was a horror house of scary dinosaurs. Jurassic Park was popular at that time, and you had reason to be afraid, besides you were 10, 9, 8 and 2 … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Education, Family/Parenting/Children, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Nationalism, treason, complacency, and us

Posted by JoeAm on January 15, 2018 · 110 Comments 

By Joe America Nationalism fascinates me because I live in a nether world between the land of my birth and the land of my choice for raising a family and dying. Some Filipinos tell me to go back to America, some are quiet with their resentments that I intrude, some are kind with their thanks … Continue reading →

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

Defining the term ‘shithole’ country

Posted by JoeAm on January 12, 2018 · 247 Comments 

By Joe America I would guess that what Donald Trump meant when he used the term ‘shithole country’ is something like: shithole country: a generally poor and struggling, politically conflicted country that seeks relief from the United States, thus imposing burdens upon the great white nation. As Winnie the Pooh might express it, these countries … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Politics, USA/Americans

“Wake up, Philippines”֫—Jozy

Posted by Wilfredo G. Villanueva on January 8, 2018 · 206 Comments 

by Wilfredo G. Villanueva Human Rights Commissioner Chito Gascon and she belong to the same generation in the University of the Philippines Student Catholic Action (UPSCA) when they were students. She’s the first female student to be accepted into a difficult quota course for her undergrad; finished academic units for a master’s degree at the … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Philippine Politics

Ten-point plan for a first-world Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on January 4, 2018 · 127 Comments 

By Joe America This is The Society of Honor’s ten-point plan that targets raising the Philippines to first-world status in 25 years. It is an imaginary set of steps that is imaginary only because today’s leaders appear to lack the will to implement it, or something like it: Stop the killings and excessive PNP force; restore due … Continue reading →

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