Mariculture in the West Phillippines Sea

Posted by JPilipinas on August 22, 2024 · 157 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Juana Pilipinas Despite being an archipelagic country with one of the world’s longest coastlines (36,289 km) and total territorial water area of 2.2M km, the Philippines (PH) has been suffering from fish shortage. About 60 percent of PH provinces and towns are near the coast and home to approximately 2 million … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Economy, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Being unfair is the secret to success

Posted by JoeAm on August 19, 2024 · 115 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Unfortunately, fairness in some cases doesn’t work well. It gives the disadvantaged reason to wail and weep rather than build, and it is a sure path to mediocrity. Fairness assures failure when applied to negate the 80/20 principle. The 80/20 principle says 20% of your people will produce 80% … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Economy, Education, Philippine Government, Technology/Internet

VAT on Philippine digital services? Lotsa luck!

Posted by JoeAm on August 8, 2024 · 102 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I was curious about the forthcoming VAT on digital services. I used the Senate’s third reading of their bill for reference, which is available in PDF format: S. No. 2528 There are exclusions for education and banking services. The tax applies to domestic and foreign distributors of digital products … Continue reading →

Category Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government, USA/Americans

Filipino populists are weak leaders

Posted by JoeAm on June 27, 2024 · 52 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The Philippines is run by populists. The Senate is full of them. The President is one, a haunt of history elected by hook or crook. The former President is also one, “just one of us, rough and ready”. Even the House reps are populists, locally. Dynastic barons who easily … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics, USA/Americans

Reflections After Shogun

Posted by Irineo B. R. Salazar on April 29, 2024 · 137 Comments 

by Irineo B. R. Salazar Rudyard Kipling once said that East and West would never meet. They do meet in Shogun(2024) and the real-life equivalent of John Blackthorne was William Adams (not AFAM) and though he probably wasn’t as important to Ieyasu Tokugawa aka Toranaga as in the series, he had a significant role with … Continue reading →

Category China, Culture and Arts, Economy, Education, Entertainment, Foreign Affairs and Defense