President Quezon’s 1939 “Code of Citizenship and Ethics”, and the Philippines today

Posted by JoeAm on October 6, 2015 · 226 Comments 

I suppose one approaches a pinnacle of presumptuousness when one decides to edit a Philippine president’s earnest works. Such are the demands on bloggers today, forever impelled to re-interpret the world to try to find a path less burdened, or more attuned to modern times. Yet, I somehow think that Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon would have … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Ecology/Global Warming, Economy, Family/Parenting/Children, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

The National Budget as cake: the suggested algorithm of Mar Roxas

Posted by JoeAm on September 29, 2015 · 174 Comments 

w By Popoy Del R. Cartanio Introduction Experiential rather than factual, issue-based rather than persons-oriented, dimmed-recall-based rather than a research output, these statements are my introductory take on the Philippines National Annual Budget. A blast from the past, it’s like magic. A University needed a building; has no money; nearly impossible to include a multi-million … Continue reading →

Category Economy, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

“Nationalize the Telcos!”

Posted by JoeAm on September 27, 2015 · 257 Comments 

The National need We read about the billions the economy loses due to Manila traffic congestion. I imagine the amount is a pittance next to what is lost due to the Philippine’s woeful internet speed and capacity. Consider the government agencies and businesses still pushing paper. Consider criminal investigaton agencies that cannot connect with one another, or the … Continue reading →

Category Economy, Philippine Government, Technology/Internet

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

The secret to government incompetence

Posted by JoeAm on September 16, 2015 · 124 Comments 

This is not an anti-blog having the goal of criticism for the sake of being critical. I personally remain positive about the Philippines, about the Aquino Administration and about the great future ahead for this vibrant, rising nation. But someone has to speak up for the middle class, and workers aspiring to that status. Someone has to lay it all … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Economy, Philippine Government