JoeAm issues his Year Two report card on President Duterte’s Administraton

Posted by JoeAm on July 6, 2018 · 171 Comments 

By JoeAm Rappler put out a poll on Twitter asking readers to issue a Year Two Report Card for President Duterte on the following subjects: Eradicating poverty and hunger Fixing Metro Manila transport and traffic Getting rid of corruption Improving health care services and facilities Strengthening foreign relations Promoting gender rights and equality Protecting Philippine … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government

Here is an idea. Build a Philippine military/industrial simplex.

Posted by JoeAm on July 4, 2018 · 112 Comments 

By JoeAm I know simplex has a geometric connotation, but I use it to imply a simple complex. Joke lang. The US military industrial complex won World War II and threatened to become such a driving force behind US foreign policy that protests arose to smash it down a bit. But it is for sure … Continue reading →

Category Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government

The Day We Made Dr. Valenciano Cry

Posted by Wilfredo G. Villanueva on July 3, 2018 · 92 Comments 

by Wilfredo G. Villanueva I don’t know Dr. Valenciano personally. My companions said that that was his name when they queried him. He was a passerby as we prayed the Holy Rosary at the foot of the statue of Joaquin “Chino” P. Roces on Tulay ng Kalayaan, Kalye Mendiola. It was June 26th. The tears … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Philippine Government, Religion

The low-down on The West Philippines Sea

Posted by chemrock on June 25, 2018 · 168 Comments 

By Chemrock In his column in Manila Times 18 Jun 2018, Rigoberto Tiglao wrote “Yes, Senate must investigate how Aquino, Trillanes and Del Rosario lost Panatag (Scarborough Shoal)”. For a long time now I have since given up on Tiglao’s writings which are biased and border on fraudulence and fakery. His toxic penmanship spoils the … Continue reading →

Category China, Crime/Corruption, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics, Uncategorized

“Brains, ability, character, and drive”

Posted by JoeAm on June 22, 2018 · 111 Comments 

By JoeAm In my last article, I wrote that the Philippine’s average IQ is lower than its Asian neighbors. I wondered if the nation is smart enough to figure out how to get smarter. Here is a check-list of possible reasons why the Philippines lags behind other Asian states in average IQ: Nutrition (brains and … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Education, Family/Parenting/Children, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Technology/Internet