Mar Roxas Can Start ASVEN: Asia’s Venice

Posted by JoeAm on September 17, 2015 · 261 Comments 

w By Popoy Del R. Cartanio ASVEN: Asia’s Venice in Metro-Manila? Dumb and dumber? Impossible? Not Really. Go, Google the history of Venice, the construction of the Suez and the Panama Canals? ASVEN Could be even easier, cheaper, braver to build than Italy ‘s Venice. No need to remember the Ifugao’s Banawe Rice Terraces an … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Ecology/Global Warming, Economy, Philippine Government

Philippine global leadership: re-defining sovereignty

Posted by JoeAm on June 18, 2015 · 124 Comments 

Without question, one of the most provocative thinkers among the Society’s well-stocked shelves of bright people is josephivo. And he does it in peace. He challenges us to be better . . . to think better . . . without calling us idiots for thinking in . . . well, our normal provincial terms. His last … Continue reading →

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

Ruby, Ruby, calm thy raging winds

Posted by JoeAm on December 3, 2014 · 50 Comments 

Ruby, Ruby, calm thy raging winds, thy torrents of water flying flat. Do not Yolanda be, God’s rage upon the poor. In tents they live still, and food they have not any. Be firm if you must, but be kind, for we are learning our lessons well. Natural reaction: “Well, here we go again!” The good news: the beast is … Continue reading →

Category Ecology/Global Warming, Foreign Affairs and Defense

The politics of tragedy. Yolanda.

Posted by JoeAm on November 13, 2014 · 36 Comments 

“We’ll survive, with or without President Aquino – Yolanda survivors” That headline ran in the Daily Inquirer on November 9, 2014, one of hundreds of articles dealing with the Yolanda impact and recovery a year and a day later. It reflects an enduring opinion held by some who dealt with the crushing tragedy of Yolanda … Continue reading →

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

The Philippines: a nation unplugged

Posted by JoeAm on October 22, 2014 · 28 Comments 

When people talk of infrastructure, we generally think of roads, trains, planes and ports. But there are four other components of infrastructure we should put on the table, right in front of the President and Congress: Electricity Broadband access and speed Computers in education Problem solving Now the first two you are probably familiar with. You … Continue reading →

Category Ecology/Global Warming, Economy, Philippine Government