CBCP goes NIMBY to interfere with Biliran’s thermal energy project

Posted by JoeAm on April 24, 2014 · 62 Comments 

Please excuse me for going a bit Santiago on you. This article is mainly about a few political priests, not the Catholic Church, a good and important humanitarian institution in the Philippines. However, if Church officials decide to “dish out” political acts, they should expect to be taken to task in that same political arena. Their robes form no … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Ecology/Global Warming, Philippine Government

Proposed Bilateral Agreement between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea

Posted by JoeAm on April 23, 2014 · 53 Comments 

Thanks to Society of Honor contributor Micha for inspiring this blog. Micha characterized players in the Israeli/Palestinian dispute, shepherded along by the U.S., as “immature”. Well, he was more elaborate and powerful in his description: ” . . . an immature mankind, polarized and in perpetual war with itself over a minutiae piece of land … Continue reading →

Category China, Ecology/Global Warming, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government, USA/Americans

Philippine Industries. Where are the jobs?

Posted by JoeAm on April 9, 2014 · 67 Comments 

Filipinos want to work but the jobs aren’t there. What’s to be done? This article is a bit of a diary. I’m writing as I discover things, so pardon me if there is a shift in direction here or there. . . It seems to me that to develop a model for job growth in the Philippines, it would … Continue reading →

Category Ecology/Global Warming, Economy, Education, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government, Technology/Internet

Haiyan by Philippe Lopez

Posted by JoeAm on February 15, 2014 · 6 Comments 

This blog has well more than 1,000 words. Background information on the photo and photographer here: Rappler

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Ecology/Global Warming, Religion

The Idiot’s Guide to Surviving a Natural Disaster

Posted by JoeAm on January 24, 2014 · 34 Comments 

Some would say we are idiots for choosing to live in the most dangerous land in the world, where nature’s delights, from screaming winds to hot rocks, and mankind’s lunacy, from murder to motorized mayhem, make it more fatal in the Philippines. Nature’s delights are typhoons and tropical storms that ram wind and water at … Continue reading →

Category Ecology/Global Warming, Philippine Government