Authors
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Wilfredo G. Villanueva
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Cha Coronel Datu
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Juana Pilipinas
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Karl Garcia
- Before Colonization: The Maritime, Networked, and Layered Foundations of the Philippines
- MIGRATION, REINTEGRATION, AND LABOR MOBILITY IN THE PHILIPPINES
- Why the Philippines Keeps Entering Global Value Chains Without Fully Climbing Them
- We Are Not Starting From Scratch: A Note on Continuity, Constraint, and National Learning By Karl Garcia
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giancarloangulo
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Irineo B. R. Salazar
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JPilipinas
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karlgarcia
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JoeAm
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Spam Filters and Blogging
A number of readers have informed me that their comments disappear when posted. I follow up and find they have been dumped into the spam folder. The comments, not my readers. Why do the comments go to spam? I asked google Blogger, the platform for my blogs, and I’ll share what I learned. The popular … Continue reading
JoeAm: The Anti Anti
Good Filipinos seem always to be pushing a rock up a mountain. Maybe the nation ought to be renamed the Republic of Sisyphus. King Sisyphus was a figure in Greek Mythology who was an oligarch for his time, ripping people off for wealth and consigning them to miserable lives. But he got in trouble when … Continue reading
Defending Sotto
It is my great pleasure to come to Senator Sotto’s rescue. Enough of this hypocritical browbeating and whipping of an esteemed public servant who is only working diligently for the best interests of the Philippines. So he copied Bobby Kennedy’s words, along with those other documented thefts of original thinking we’ve heard so much about. … Continue reading
Private Venturing Politics in the Philippines
I’m going to make a connection here and invite you to extend your thinking a bit to grasp it. And maybe extend your acts, too, if you have that kind of influence. The issue facing us is the fundamental ineffectiveness of Philippine democratic institutions and processes. There are three branches of government, supposedly co-equal. Here … Continue reading
Global Competitiveness: Cheer or Boo?
The World Economic Forum ranked the Philippines 65th among 144 nations in the 2012-2013 Global Competitiveness Report just released. This is up 10 points from the 75th ranking a year ago and up 22 places from the nation’s lowest ranking in 2009. Do you cheer the progress or boo the standing? Here’s how the Forum … Continue reading
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The Society of Honor by Joe America 