Organizing to win in 2028
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The decent candidates took a bath during last two Philippine elections. By decent, I mean honest, intelligent, patriotic, competent, and compassionate. Yellows and pinks and lefties. There are four huge barriers to success for decent people. I’ll address 5 in this article and deal with the others separately. Rody … Continue reading
Problem Solving the Philippines: Education facts
by Giancarlo Angulo I will try to up my involvement in writing about the Philippines. Before we can start to problem solve we have to first gather the facts. As a follow up to joe’s post As Ireneo routinely tells me that the people that should be most concerned are the people here like me, … Continue reading
“O’ Rise Ye Land of Happy Fools”
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America This blog has always been for the Philippines. The basic distinction between here and elsewhere is a choice between building or whining. We choose to build. To build ideas. To build understandings. To build solutions to problems. As the principal writer here, I’m starting to focus on the 2028 … Continue reading
LEILA DE LIMA 2.0
Atty. Leila with her supporters before leaving RTC Muntinlupa Interview by Wilfredo Gatbonton Villanueva Did they just let out Leila de Lima as we know her, or am I interviewing an altogether new person brimming with poetic justice, an undying love of country, whipped up with a muted desire to make things right not only … Continue reading




