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JoeAmMas Mahirap Maging Korap Kung Walang Mahirap
By Karl Garcia “Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap” is one of the most repeated lines in Philippine public life. It sounds right. It feels moral. It gives us a villain and a solution in a single sentence. But it gets the sequence wrong. The harder truth is this: mas mahirap maging korap kung walang mahirap.Corruption … Continue reading
The World Bank’s “Dream Debt” Line Is a Comforting Fudging Of the Truth
By Karl Garcia The World Bank recently said that “most countries would dream of having the kind of debt-to-GDP ratios” the Philippines has. On the surface, that sounds like praise — a global institution patting the country on the back for not being reckless.But for many Filipinos, the statement was not reassuring. It was insulting.Not … Continue reading
We Can’t Blame Culture—We Must Demand Accountability
By Karl Garcia First, I would like to thank Admiral Allan Cusi for his eye opener which is the basis of this write up. I also want to acknowledge a moment of misjudgment in my own writing—one where I allowed a sense of defeatism to creep in. While most of my articles have been hopeful … Continue reading
When Doctors Leave, Quacks Arrive:
Free Healthcare Promises, System Failure, and the Rise of Informal Medicine in the Philippines By Karl Garcia Quack doctors, fake healers, religious cults, and indigenous ritual practitioners persist in the Philippines not because Filipinos are irrational or anti-science, but because the formal healthcare system is absent, episodic, unsafe, and unreliable. Where doctors are consistently present, … Continue reading
Let Us Do This Again: Securing the Future of Philippine Land
Karl Garcia Having written extensively on space governance and the careful balance between exploration, resource use, and long-term sustainability, I approach the issue of Philippine land management with the same lens: the stakes are high, the resources finite, and the governance choices we make today will shape the possibilities of tomorrow. This reflection is not … Continue reading
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The Society of Honor by Joe America 