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JoeAmBlogging Bangsamoro
Let us be clear here. Let us be objective. Let us be fair. President Aquino gets credits, big credits, for the Bangsamoro agreement. This is potentially as significant as the jailing of President Arroyo in carving out a new landscape for a progressive Philippines. If you read the accounts of the negotiations that have been … 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
The Philippines: A Gem in Tattered Clothes
Well, I suppose “Gem in Tattered Clothes” is a mixed metaphor. Maybe it should be a “gem caked in mud”, or “a hunka-hunka body in tattered clothes”. The point either way is that we should not let the problems and poverty of the Philippines mask the promise and progress that is here, too. For sure, … Continue reading
A First Class Philippines: Amando Tetangco, Jr.
What should we look for in selecting a responsible head of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank of the Philippines which stands as an institutional peer to the powerful Federal Reserve Bank in the United States? How about we look for a person like Amando Tetangco, Jr. , a first class governor? The … Continue reading
The "Bring ’em Back Act"
I wonder what is the truth of the matter. Do top Philippine leaders want to bring overseas workers back home, or is the revenue generated too valuable? Do leaders set aside the knowledge that citizens face broken homes, loneliness, and dangers of harassment and discrimination, or rape, so the Philippines can gain from the remittances … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 