Filipino nationalists vs foreign critics

Posted by The Society of Honor on July 27, 2017 · 51 Comments 

  By Joe America President Duterte is an avid nationalist when it comes to foreigners who intrude into Filipino affairs by instructing him on human rights. He gets angry. He swears at them and, if it were entirely up to him, he would toss them from the land, even if they are helpful to him … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, USA/Americans

Looking at the SONA through its different audiences

Posted by The Society of Honor on July 25, 2017 · 71 Comments 

By Joe America President Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) meant different things to different audiences. Let’s reflect on them. These are my guesses, and you can add your own interpretations in the discussion that follows the article. The Congressional majority and even some minority members who do not want to be seen as … Continue reading →

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

The Philippines: suffering from diseases way worse than dengue

Posted by The Society of Honor on July 19, 2017 · 216 Comments 

By Joe America I’m not a doctor or a health professional. I hate pills and feeling sick. I try to stay away from others who are sick. That is getting increasingly hard to do, of late, because there are several diseases spreading rapidly across the Philippine landscape. They have also reached America. Let’s look at … Continue reading →

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

A history lesson missed by Poe, Gordon, Angara, Lacson, and a whole lot of other smart people

Posted by The Society of Honor on July 17, 2017 · 56 Comments 

By Joe America Apolinario Mabini, the architect of the hatchling Philippine Republic’s ways and means, wrote over a century ago: The Revolution failed because it was badly led; because its leader won his post by reprehensible rather than meritorious acts; because instead of supporting the men most useful to the people, he made them useless … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Education, Philippine Government

Things are pointing to love as the Filipino philosophy, the only way out

Posted by Wilfredo G. Villanueva on July 10, 2017 · 64 Comments 

  by Wilfredo G. Villanueva Such a saccharine term, love. But back against the wall, the Philippines seems at a standstill, or on the verge of civil war, generally nowhere to go, and we have to be our loving selves. See, if ever President Rodrigo Duterte finally gets called to hell as he fervently wishes, … Continue reading →

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