It Isn’t Easy When Culture Supports Corruption

Posted by JoeAm on August 30, 2013 · 32 Comments 

I need to be careful in this blog. The last thing I want to do is be an arrogant outsider who claims loudly “ya’all get a life, your whole culture is corrupt!” Indeed, American culture is going rapidly downhill given that political debates are rich with deceits and intent to injure. The well-being of the … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption

Does Catholicism Make Us More Tolerant of Corruption?

Posted by JoeAm on August 26, 2013 · 77 Comments 

Theories On Why Corruption Is Pervasive in our Catholic Dominated Society Guest Article by Andrew Lim As I write this, the Napoles scam grows more tentacles by the day, ensnaring much of the past Arroyo administration’s officials, (some of whom jumped ship to Pnoy’s Liberal Party in 2010) , local government executives and even the … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Philippine Government, Religion

Top 5 Institutional Failures in the Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on August 21, 2013 · 8 Comments 

Here we go, sports fans, from the fifth place finisher to the winner, the gold-medal top-notcher at being the worst institutional failure in the Philippines. By failure, we mean that it should be the best that it can be, world class, but it is not. By failing so dramatically, the institution punishes EVERYONE. You, me, … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Economy, Education, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

The Philippines: Tiger or Stuffed Kitty?

Posted by JoeAm on August 16, 2013 · 54 Comments 

The Philippines is fascinating, a nation with well-developed democratic institutions but underdeveloped democratic principles, a nation of broad economic reach and almost no economic depth, a nation of foul-weather patriots who rip money from the civic coffers and fair-weather patriots who tie their soul to the fists of a boxer and lash out with indignant … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Economy, Philippine Government

The Pork of July

Posted by JoeAm on July 27, 2013 · 23 Comments 

Kindly allow me to slip this brief unscheduled blog into the blogpile. It’s a slow, contemplative weekend, and I have an idea. This is the land of pig and honey, a peculiar brand of patriotic fervor. The oink and I. Emphasis on the I. And the oink, come to think about it. Sty and the … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Philippine Government