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

 Maritime Domain Awareness and Strategic Solutions for the South China Sea

Posted by Karl Garcia on August 1, 2024 · 95 Comments 

The West Philippine Sea: (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)  Introduction President Ferdinand “PBBM” Marcos Jr. recently emphasized Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) in his latest State of the Nation Address (SONA). In a previous article for the Society of Honor, titled “We are a Maritime Nation,” I aimed to underline our maritime heritage by exploring our rich maritime … Continue reading →

Category China, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, USA/Americans

Organizing to win in 2028

Posted by JoeAm on July 22, 2024 · 109 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The decent candidates took a bath during last two Philippine elections. By decent, I mean honest, intelligent, patriotic, competent, and compassionate. Yellows and pinks and lefties. There are four huge barriers to success for decent people. I’ll address 5 in this article and deal with the others separately. Rody … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Politics

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

Cults, gangs, LGUs, dynasties, political parties, tribes, echo chambers, nations, and faiths

Posted by JoeAm on May 30, 2024 · 275 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By JoeAm Humans form collectives around common passions, common dedications. Cults, gangs, LGUs, dynasties, political parties, tribes, echo chambers, nations, faiths. These are examples. Wolves form packs, whales pods, and buffalo herds. We humans have more diversity than animals in how we gang together because we are able to develop concepts that … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Education, Family/Parenting/Children, Laws and Ethics, Religion