President Duterte: It’s all about Mindanao

Posted by JoeAm on July 13, 2016 · 323 Comments 

This report is speculation and nothing but speculation. If you want the truth and nothing but the truth, you have to crank it out of someone other than me. Lots of luck with that. JA ______________ I’ve been trying to piece things together, doing the deductions, adding the numbers, calculating the odds. I even spied … Continue reading →

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

Two Filipino diplomats and patriots, men of law, and peace, and determination. Let history so record.

Image · Posted by JoeAm on July 12, 2016 · 97 Comments 

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

The emergence of principled political parties in the Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on July 10, 2016 · 176 Comments 

The Philippines during 2016 is seeing the emergence of two “principle based” political parties. Whether or not the leaders of existing “personality based” parties recognize this is questionable. And whether or not they can collectively unite behind one party or another to make the Philippines a sophisticated, modern nation anchored by legitimate democratic principles is hugely questionable. For this article, … Continue reading →

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

The Filipino files: trolls and diplomats

Posted by JoeAm on July 7, 2016 · 187 Comments 

It seems to me the Philippines is a nation of trolls. I don’t mean this in a disparaging way, but in a way that characterizes how people conduct their arguments. I’m thinking much more broadly than the internet and apply the term to any debate or argument undertaken by anybody at any time, any where, for … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

“We, the disenfranchised . . .”

Posted by JoeAm on July 4, 2016 · 329 Comments 

Preface Many will likely read this blog wrong. They will read that I am against the Durerte Administration. Wrong, wrong, wrong. I dearly want the Administration to succeed. But I don’t want it to be on the backs of the poor and the weak and the sick and the innocent. I want it to be in … Continue reading →

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