For Real Change, Buck the Status Quo

Posted by Juana Pilipinas on September 19, 2018 · 82 Comments 

By Juana Pilipinas   I am about to extend a theory that may ruffle feathers.  I am also about to use Taglish which in itself may get me tagged as an elitist as I was made aware sometime ago that it is the language of the oligarchy.  Be rest assured that I am just a … Continue reading →

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

“President Duterte is the symptom, he is not the cause.”

Posted by JoeAm on September 14, 2018 · 219 Comments 

By JoeAm This idea was expressed by the always eloquent Barak Obama in the US as he talked about the Trump presidency and the way thinking and politics in the US has deteriorated into bitter, hostile, and divisive argument. Politics has degraded into win/lose battles and mistrust of people who look different and think differently … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Why yellows are losers

Posted by JoeAm on September 12, 2018 · 173 Comments 

By JoeAm Let me first say that I will be talking about Filipino culture. It’s nothing personal. The concepts apply to other cultures as well. However, they risk being particularly damaging to the Philippines given that there is an election coming up. It may be wise for the advocates of democracy, civility, and human rights … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Did President Duterte inadvertently give people the idea of “President Trillanes”?

Posted by JoeAm on September 10, 2018 · 296 Comments 

By JoeAm By any measure, Senator Trillanes’ amnesty case has further eroded President Duterte’s reputation of total, complete authority. The beating the President and his men have been taking is worse than that by the Arroyo coup of the House leadership which sat the President aside in the waiting room for an hour, like a … Continue reading →

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

Senator Trillanes, Day 4. DID AFP officers over-reach?

Posted by JoeAm on September 7, 2018 · 205 Comments 

By JoeAm Dateline Philippines, September 7, 2018 I don’t know about you, but I was on edge all morning, running now and then to the television to see if the AFP had descended on the Senate to arrest Senator Trillanes. But nothing. At around 10:00, the Senator appeared for his daily press conference, exhausted from … Continue reading →

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