China’s stealth invasion of the Philippines
China is the muscular underachiever out to prove a point, behavior we would normally associate with a teen-ager, but China has been around awhile. Indeed, China displays symptoms of emotional duress born of centuries of playing second fiddle to smaller, stronger nations. Her leaders portray racial difference as racial superiority in order to get even, to compensate, … Continue reading
Google Trends and the Last Minute Voter
w by Giancarlo What is Google Trends? From wikipedia: “Google Trends is a public web facility of Google Inc., based on Google Search, that shows how often a particular search-term is entered relative to the total search-volume across various regions of the world, and in various languages. The horizontal axis of the main graph represents … Continue reading
Your Fitness Bank
w By Wilfredo G. Villanueva The following article is a perfect follow-up to Joe America’s humdinger of an article Greed in America, Joy in the Philippines. Why? Because I would suggest to JoeAm that another metric of progress in the Philippines is the percentage of ailing seniors. Who would be the best defenders of the … Continue reading
Seguridad ni Duterte
w By Irineo B. R. Salazar Maraming humahanga kay Rodrigo Duterte. Sa totoo lang, marami talaga siyang nagawa sa Davao, hindi mapagkakaila ito. Pero maraming gustong siya ang maging Presidente, para lumaki raw ang seguridad sa Pilipinas. Maraming krimen ngayon sa Pilipinas, maraming takot, at maraming sawang-sawa na. Pero siya ba ang solusyon? Tignan natin … Continue reading
Greed in America, Joy in the Philippines
What is the energy that drives capitalism? I’ve called it greed in the past because I don’t know a better emotional word, one that is directed toward aggressively acquiring something, one packed with energy. It is a drive for material gain, an obsession, really, of executives and employees working hard and smart to compete and earn more … Continue reading




