How Filipinos botch competency

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America As the father of a teenage son, I have to find ways to explain the fundamentals of life to him in ways that are short and memorable. Lately I’ve been explaining the basics of competency to him because he often displays the opposite, lol. A whole lot of Filipinos … Continue reading →

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Messaging: “Rise Philippines!”

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The challenge for good governance is this: the bad guys are organized behind DDS while the good guys are divided by people arguing for their favorite personalities. The only way around this is to develop a messaging platform that does not get bogged down in people politics. The call … Continue reading →

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“DDS are paid liars and abusers of the Philippines”

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America It seems to me that Filipinos need to grasp why the Philippines struggles to provide jobs and wealth or else the 2028 presidential election will be one more step in the enduring failure. Filipinos vote their feelings, not knowledge, and their feelings are hugely shaped by DDS propagandists. Lets … Continue reading →

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What’s your social media IQ?

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Social media is the arena into which you walk and you are suddenly accosted by peddlers, hawkers, snake-oil salesmen, politicians, influencers, advertisers, spies, magicians, and thieves. The scientists, professors, and fact dispensers are somewhere out in the hallway down by the popcorn stand chewing their nicely salted and buttered … Continue reading →

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Rising Waters in the Philippines

Literally and figuratively, the Philippines seems to be up to its neck in water nowadays. Somehow things have come to a point where even the most apolitical seem to have noticed that it can no longer continue the same way as before, even the way of many millenia.  Some modified form of the old social … Continue reading →

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