The Philippines: suffering from diseases way worse than dengue

Posted by JoeAm on July 19, 2017 · 221 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 JoeAm 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 · 65 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

The Philippines is not really a Catholic nation

Posted by JoeAm on July 7, 2017 · 248 Comments 

By Joe America Occasionally, I write an article that is intended mainly to provoke discussion. Why? Usually because I am confused and the discussion that follows the article helps me sort out my ideas. This is one of those articles. About 86% of the Philippine population belongs to the Catholic Church (Center for Global Education). … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Philippine Government, Religion

Winter is coming, be prepared!

Posted by chemrock on July 5, 2017 · 79 Comments 

  By Chemrock The disappearing president is dead as the people of Malawi suspected. His death was hushed up to prevent the swearing in of the deputy president and to enable the installation of someone else to the presidency. Calm down, I am not referring to Marawi but the African state of Malawi, 2013 and … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics