Ten-point plan for a first-world Philippines

By Joe America This is The Society of Honor’s ten-point plan that targets raising the Philippines to first-world status in 25 years. It is an imaginary set of steps that is imaginary only because today’s leaders appear to lack the will to implement it, or something like it: Stop the killings and excessive PNP force; restore due … Continue reading →

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Wise up, yellows. Rody is the people’s president!

Joe America President Duterte is the people’s president. The proof is in the pudding, where the pudding is his high survey ratings and all the notables and legislators lined up to support him. The President gives voice to millions and money to the rest. He gives voice to the powerless by rejecting the conventions that … Continue reading →

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2018 This New Year Is Really Old

by  Popoy del R. Cartanio 2018 This New Year Is Really Old, Never was New after the Birth of Christ. In Christendom the New Year began and ended the year of the birth of Jesus Christ. The New Year is really old; it’s much older than the previous one in all aspects of nature where change … Continue reading →

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Every hike has hills or rivers

By Joe America After I retired from banking, I took up hiking. It was a good way to get the poisons of stress and the burdens of responsibility out of my system. There is a trail in the Western United States that runs from Mexico to Canada. It’s 2,659 miles long, beginning in the deserts … Continue reading →

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Gloves Off

by Wilfredo G. Villanueva His lola on the mother side never saw his lolo again after a Makapili (collaborator) pointed him out to Japanese military and thereafter hauled off to an unknown destination. She insisted he would return to their home in Floridablanca, Pampanga anytime. It was only ten years later, in 1955, a year … Continue reading →

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