Thinking positive: Philippine development priorities

Posted by The Society of Honor on December 14, 2018 · 5 Comments 

By JoeAm An intelligent government need not be destined to failure, which seems to me to be the current path. Government’s priority today is to take care of the empowered elite rather than everyday Filipinos. That is failure. Clearly, when Jollibee, the Pope, and whole student bodies are cited as enemies of the State, we … Continue reading →

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

Corruption is a bottoms-up incentive plan

Posted by The Society of Honor on December 12, 2018 · 47 Comments 

By JoeAm It struck me that the line between legal incentive payments and illegal corruption is rather narrow, ill-defined, and even hazy. Not too many people get real incentive payments in the Philippines, that is exceptional salary add-ons for exceptionally productive work. The incentives that exist, a 13th month for everybody, don’t incent anything but … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Using a threat of ‘lawless violence’ is persecution of Filipinos

Posted by The Society of Honor on December 10, 2018 · 54 Comments 

By JoeAm President Duterte and his officials make frequent use of the term “lawless violence” as a reason to move Armed Forces troops here and there, and to justify an extension of martial law in Mindanao. We get the sense that the lawless violence is so bad the entire nation could be put under martial … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Philippine Government

China’s goals

Posted by The Society of Honor on December 6, 2018 · 108 Comments 

By JoeAm My sources of information are spread around the globe, a giant spider web, each node a listening post. One source is a particularly intelligent student of the Philippine condition and he warns me that the Philippines is in bed with the wrong dragon. Given that he spells realise with an ‘s’ I think … Continue reading →

Category China, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government

Electrification and Decarbonization – what’s going on

Posted by chemrock on December 5, 2018 · 63 Comments 

By Chemrock This is the second part of a trilogy on electricity in Philippines split into: – The first part (Philippines Electricity Tariff Decoded) dealt with the high electricity tariff which showed that politics, corruption and competency issues are always inherent in the delivery of essential services. – This second part deals with the low … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Ecology/Global Warming, Economy, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics