A New Philippine Economic Plan: “Get out of the way!”

Posted by JoeAm on July 23, 2014 · 21 Comments 

Let me offer up a negative characterization of the Philippines because it helps make some sense of the proposed economic solution that follows. Outsiders observe that Filipinos are always fighting among themselves. The battles are merciless, from bickering over national artists to bitter personal arguments on the Senate floor to coups and impeachments galore. The fighting has a … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Economy, Education, Philippine Government, Uncategorized

Free flailing in the Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on July 21, 2014 · 52 Comments 

This is not an anti-blog. I am not against the Philippines or interested in making disparaging remarks about the nation that is my chosen homeland. But I would like to try to define the special quality of the Philippines that too often seems to have a lot of people operating out of touch with sense. (For new readers … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Culture and Arts

Waste segregation: Sorting the good critics from the bad

Posted by JoeAm on July 17, 2014 · 50 Comments 

A beginner’s guide to the personalities and groups opposing DAP by Andrew Lim The noise on the DAP issue has reached deafening levels, and it is time to classify the sectors that are doing the screeching. Just like household garbage, we need to sort them out, since many of them have very dark motives why … Continue reading →

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

A plunge into the darkened mind of Juan Ponce Enrile

Posted by JoeAm on July 10, 2014 · 29 Comments 

I’m not a psychiatrist, just an observer. From time to time, I write fiction. This article can be taken as but another figment of JoeAm’s wayward literary license. It can also be taken as a bit of a rebuttal to Senator Enrile’s autobiography, which is said to deploy some imaginative literary license itself. If the esteemed Senator need not be bound by … Continue reading →

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

The hardhearted priest in the hardhearted Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on July 9, 2014 · 43 Comments 

Once again two seemingly unrelated incidents clinked a loud, unified chime in my certified cerebral collection center for the putting together of things. One, a Philippine priest berated an unwed mother who had brought her baby in for baptism, accusing her of living in sin and claiming the baby was born in sin. As if Jesus was … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Philippine Politics