The Middle Class Megaphone

Posted by JoeAm on February 28, 2014 · 91 Comments 

We read often about the promise a more robust economic middle class brings to the Philippines. As the economy expands and more professional and managerial jobs come on-stream, we are seeing the emergence of a different style of worker, more traditional in the western sense, relying upon skills and productivity to command a decent salary. … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Economy, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

A Corporate Model of Governance

Posted by JoeAm on February 25, 2014 · 73 Comments 

This blog is strictly an intellectual exercise. I would not want anyone to think JoeAm is preaching revolution, thus inviting reactionaries to ship him back to the States for violating the terms of his visa. Let’s just think about things, eh? We watch senators engaging one another as if each member had it in for … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Economy, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

“Calling Harry Roque . . . Is Harry Roque in the Building?”

Posted by JoeAm on February 21, 2014 · 60 Comments 

I didn’t quite know where I was going with this article until Society follower brianitus offered up the following profound quote: “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

The Filipino Dream: Waking from the Colonial Nightmare into A Genuine Reality

Posted by JoeAm on February 17, 2014 · 75 Comments 

by Dee Meyer “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.” ~ Yogi Berra, American Athlete Most Filipinos know the words to the song, “Impossible Dream.”  It is heard at graduation, wedding, birthday, baptism, and confirmation parties.  Often belted out by ladies and gentlemen at … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Laws and Ethics

Of Hong Kong and Dignity

Posted by JoeAm on February 3, 2014 · 34 Comments 

Hong Kong is starting a program of sanctions to punish the Philippines for declining to apologize, state-to-state, for the botched bus massacre in 2010. The Philippines has expressed its regrets and condolences to the family members, which is a step short of admitting state culpability in the massacre. Hong Kong wants the Philippines to accept … Continue reading →

Category China, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government