Changing the Asocial Behavior of the Ruling Class

Posted by josephivo on January 22, 2014 · 85 Comments 

by Joseph-Ivo More of the same will result in more of the same If you expect a different outcome, somebody will have to do something differently. To achieve something different in the Philippines, there are basically two options, an autocratic approach or a democratic approach. We have seen what an autocratic approach can achieve with … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Education, Laws and Ethics

Philippine Physics: Inertia Rules

Posted by JoeAm on January 9, 2014 · 42 Comments 

The Philippines is a land deep and rich with history, custom, style and life. It renders the typical American suburb rather barren by comparison, shaded mundane by good order, wealth and mindless consumption. The Philippines is also conflicted, a stew of peoples who often do not see eye to eye. The rich and the disenfranchised, … Continue reading →

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

The Napoles Babble

Posted by JoeAm on October 26, 2013 · 21 Comments 

Let me drop off this quick blog because my typewriter this morning just will not shut down. Word from Lorna Kapunan, the attorney for Janet Napoles, is that the alleged centerpoint for grand larceny of taxpayer money intended to help those in need, is that the jailbird Napoles is singing to herself. That is, talking … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics

Rising above Pork: What We Want for the Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on October 11, 2013 · 39 Comments 

Sometimes we get consumed by incidents and lose perspective about the context. Like, we work on the trees and forget there is a forest. Let’s get grounded by rising above some of the incidents going on with regard to the pork scandal. To gain the rise we need, we shall climb into our helium balloon … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Of Mines and Hyenas

Posted by JoeAm on October 7, 2013 · 12 Comments 

I’ve killed a blog. It is pragmatism, though, not murder. This is its replacement, a two-fer dealing with two very different subjects. The King-king Mine I had started enthusiastically researching the King-king mining project outside of Davao, a huge, $2 billion dollar project to move mountains for copper, gold and silver. Rappler ran an article … Continue reading →

Category Economy, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government