The Philippines is a dangerous land; why the election is important to your kids

Posted by JoeAm on April 10, 2016 · 55 Comments 

If you value your kids, you’ll read this article. About 2 1/2 years ago, I wrote one of this blog’s most popular articles, entitled “The Philippines: the most dangerous land on the planet“. A reader took me to task for giving foreigners a bad impression of the Philippines. Then, two weeks later, on November 7, 2013, … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Economy, Philippine Government

I Choose to Believe in Mar Roxas

Posted by Wilfredo G. Villanueva on April 5, 2016 · 166 Comments 

w By Wilfredo G. Villanueva (In Pilipino and English) Para sa mga maka-Mar, at hindi maka-Mar pero: hindi pa rin bilib maski kanino—pwede pang magbago ng isip, medyo nagugulumihanan na kay Duterte, nagtataka bakit ganun si Grace sa coco levy fund at kay Danding, ‘di na masikmura si Binay,  Alam ninyo? Pagbinabasa ko ang mga banat kay … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

In defense of law and order against those with blood on the soles of their feet

Posted by JoeAm on April 1, 2016 · 216 Comments 

Emotions are raging again in the Philippines, sides staked out, barbs and accusations shooting across the nation as if people in Manila somehow intended for farmers to be shot and policemen brained with rocks and clubs. Filipinos sometimes seem very cruel to good people who have hard jobs. So quick to judge. So harsh in that judgment. … Continue reading →

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

Will China militarize Panatag? Will missiles be aimed at Manila?

Posted by JoeAm on March 31, 2016 · 147 Comments 

Some military adventures cross the line. Russian missiles in Cuba crossed the line for the US in 1962. Russian troops in the Ukraine crossed the line last year. It seems to me that China putting military gear within the Philippine’s lawful Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is crossing the line. That’s almost like putting Chinese tanks in … Continue reading →

Category China, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government, USA/Americans

Rodrigo Duterte and the Appointed Son of God

Posted by Cha Coronel Datu on March 29, 2016 · 310 Comments 

by Cha Coronel Datu “He is just an ordinary man like us, but he was called, he was chosen, he was anointed and appointed to become the Son of God in these last days to lead us back to the perfect will of the Father. He now reigns as the King of the New Creation, … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics, Religion, Uncategorized