The Philippines is healthy, not hopeless and not helpless

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The Philippines is a power-based democracy, by which I mean it is fundamentally democratic but with a strong layer of entitlement and impunity the higher one gets in its various dynastic bubbles. The top dynasts these days are the Marcos and Duterte dynasties. Interestingly, Duterte used his presidency to … Continue reading →

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Who’s YOUR Daddy? Haha!

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America We all see that dynasts run the Philippines, or friends of dynasts like that Bong Go fellow. A dynasty is more than the immediate family. It’s all the followers, like DDS, who took pride in promoting a murderer as good for the nation. And it is a sequencing of … Continue reading →

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Proposed: The Maria Ressa Social Media Ethics Board of the Philippines

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Bloggers and individuals on social media have no ethical standards by which to operate, and no monitoring agency other than the Legislature and a Cybercrime Law that was concocted by thin-skinned politicians to suppress criticism that demeaned them. The House has recently done fine work to reveal and rein … Continue reading →

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President Marcos is a peaceful man

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America It is easy to criticize presidents. They never do things 100% the way we would. That is a given. So in assessing a president’s performance, one must accept imperfections and calculate, using the well-being of all Filipinos, does the president build or destroy? And if he builds, does he … Continue reading →

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The Philippines should make China squirm

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Many Filipinos worry about AFP’s weakness when thinking about China’s abusive and intrusive behaviors in the West Philippine Sea (the Philippines’ lawful EEZ west of the mainland). Former President Duterte said the Philippines could not win a war with China and he did not want to see Filipinos die … Continue reading →

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