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JoeAmCommunity-based progress: the barangay rules
w By Karl Garcia “The Philippines is a collection of tribes, of barangays and municipalities ruled by families. This is where the government meets the people. There may be presidents and there may be oligarchs and there may be stuffed-shirt senators, but at the most basic level, the barangays rule the Philippines, and the families … Continue reading
Benchmarking the Duterte presidency
The incoming Duterte Administration is being formed now. Early indications are that the Cabinet will not have a lot of technocrats. They are political appointments. We can debate the qualifications of the specific people, and maybe will as the line-up becomes more definite. But right now, let’s just circle some important wagons. Let’s set some tangible … Continue reading
Quo Vadis Presdu30’s Philippines
w By Andy Ibay Caveat: More for info and less as warning, this piece and subsequent ones like all the others written either published or unpublished or posted here or elsewhere, are never current and original thoughts in any given moment. They are more like water in flowing rivers as water goes in circles in … Continue reading
Time and circumstance, and how the office makes the man
We see the lingering dust of battle as a few straggling Duterte fans ride the social nets to mock the losers. Meanwhile, the dedicated straight-pathers, who poured their hearts into a loss, wield the heavy club of righteous values and watchful eye. Those who parried the arrows of the past six years aimed at President Aquino are now … Continue reading
There is Love Everywhere
w by Andy Ibay There was this writer maybe he was a poet too who wrote long paragraphs that he wrote pages of just to narrate a chapter of a novel. Someone here could have met his works sometime, somewhere. Below is a wannabe poem written to impress a classmate which re-titled took me some … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 