How are we doing?

Posted by JoeAm on May 4, 2018 · 156 Comments 

Editor’s note: The following guest article by tphillips is, in a word, “WORD!”. It is exhaustive, it is intelligent, it is factual, it is meaningful, it is pragmatic. If the Philippines, and her citizens, fail to thrive . . . it is a choice. The knowledge needed to succeed exists . . . in this … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Economy, Education, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

“Hey, Joe, lighten up on the Chinese coming to the Philippines to work. They are innocents”

Posted by JoeAm on May 2, 2018 · 26 Comments 

By Joe America Here are excerpts from a recent Twitter engagement JoeAm: Question for news orgs @rapplerdotcom and others, do Immigration records reflect a sharp uptick of Chinese nationals arriving? Question arose on my FB page. Carlos Jugo: Just because we are Opposition we should take care not to be xenophobic. Duterte will not be … Continue reading →

Category China, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government

Giving up the WPS is not a good look for the Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on April 30, 2018 · 65 Comments 

By Joe America ”What can we do about it?” we hear as top government officials cede the West Philippine Sea to China. “They are so big and strong and we are small and poor. We can’t send Filipinos to war. They’d be slaughtered!” This ‘woe is me’ argument totally misses the point and substitutes emotionalism … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, USA/Americans

Buses, bridges, and trains

Posted by JoeAm on April 27, 2018 · 62 Comments 

By Joe America If you live in the Philippines, you live on an island. You can’t get on a freeway and blast across the nation like you can on Interstate 10 in the US. Island living is delightful because there are so many beaches. It is problematic because everything from gasoline to mother-in-law coming to … Continue reading →

Category Economy, Philippine Government

The Philippines is a nation with no purpose

Posted by JoeAm on April 25, 2018 · 69 Comments 

By Joe America We are overwhelmed with disturbing news, social media angers, dirty politics that we can’t control, irrational thinking from everywhere, and information that is so frustrating we can only think in short, angry key strokes. We are going nowhere. Spinning our wheels. We have eloquent documents that people never read, like, for instance, … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Economy, Philippine Government