THE DNA OF HONOR FOR THE COMELEC: Another Mar Roxas’ Legacy

Posted by JoeAm on October 20, 2015 · 145 Comments 

w By Popoy Del R. Cartanio Like before crossing on foot a train tracks, you look, listen and sing along . . . w w and you dear blogger will realize how a daydreamer deserves recognition more than does a dreamer, and much much later after you finished reading this piece, how DNA is really … Continue reading →

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

“Philippine Competition Act”: Will it help consumers, or just make more fat cats?

Posted by JoeAm on October 18, 2015 · 167 Comments 

You will have to excuse the cynicism in the headline. I’ve concluded that lawmakers of the Philippines are a part of the good old boy network of back-patters, influence peddlers and bank account padders, and have rather weak ethical bearing. They play a huge role in shaping the Philippines, a nation where ethical principles permit an accused … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Economy, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

That nasty (former) UP professor, Harry Roque . . .

Posted by JoeAm on October 12, 2015 · 140 Comments 

Harry Roque, until today, taught law at the University of the Philippines, Diliman campus. He referred to himself as a “professor” rather than an “attorney”. Today he is resigning, very likely to pursue a seat in the House of Representatives. I’m inclined to think that Mr. Roque views the field of law as a utility, a device, a … Continue reading →

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

Return the ill-gotten wealth first, Bongbong (#SaanGalingAngPeraMo)

Posted by JoeAm on October 10, 2015 · 381 Comments 

w by Andrew Lim With Bongbong Marcos running for Vice-President in 2016 sans standard bearer and party nomination, one easily sees it as a tactical move, one that sets a higher future objective: becoming President of the Republic. It is a test, now or never, and would be the Marcos family’s last chance since Bongbong’s siblings are not … Continue reading →

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

President Quezon’s 1939 “Code of Citizenship and Ethics”, and the Philippines today

Posted by JoeAm on October 6, 2015 · 226 Comments 

I suppose one approaches a pinnacle of presumptuousness when one decides to edit a Philippine president’s earnest works. Such are the demands on bloggers today, forever impelled to re-interpret the world to try to find a path less burdened, or more attuned to modern times. Yet, I somehow think that Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon would have … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Ecology/Global Warming, Economy, Family/Parenting/Children, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government