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JoeAmDefinitive Answer: Why Doesn’t the Philippines Change?
This enlightenment struck me right between the eyeballs the other day as I was busy on my school bus run driving my kid to his nursery school where he is learning to speak English and sing Bible songs and ignore his teachers. Like he ignores everyone hereabouts, except his American father who attaches discipline to … Continue reading
Fire in the Belly: "Filipinos for Filipinos"
Let us assume that most Filipinos accept that people in power have advantages. The powerful can appoint sons, daughters, wives and nephews to important government jobs, whether qualified or not. They can squeeze out a little cash from awards to favored contractors for the building of roads and bridges. Their position gets them cars, staff, … Continue reading
The Matter of Ms. Arroyo’s Health
Former President Arroyo is reported to be in bad health and considerable pain. President Aquino is not inclined to provide her any special rights to get medical care, pointing to her prior use of medical cause to try to flee the Philippines. Holding Ms. Arroyo to account is one of the central planks of his … Continue reading
Social Drains on Economic Gains
Why does the Philippine economy persist in failing to generate enough wealth to cut into the nation’s deep poverty? It is not a monetary issue, this persistently laggard struggle. It has little to do with numbers. It is social. It is the people infrastructure that relentlessly sucks the life from wealth-building. “Hey, Joe! Whatchu drivin’ … Continue reading
A Philippine Colony on the Moon?
This is today’s science report. While the Philippines is trying to figure out how to get electricity to Mindanao, the rest of the world is moving on . . . The Kepler spacecraftlaunched by the U.S. several years ago, is out there finding planets that might be habitable. It watches 150,000 suns, scanning for shadows … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 