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JoeAmCreating Opportunities in the Philippines
Joe wrote an article almost a decade ago describing opportunity as an energy untapped in the Philippines. Ambition is indeed a bad word for many Filipinos, somehow equating opportunity with opportunism. Some see OFWs who go abroad as modern “bayani,” somehow similar to warriors of precolonial Philippines who raided and traded, bringing home the bacon. … Continue reading
The Mettle of the Metal: First Class Mining in the Philippines
“FIRST CLASS” DESIGNATION SUSPENDED: See comment thread for pertinent information. 01/20/2013 The First Class Philippines is not a place of rabid glow-eyed priests and ever-spinning drooling politicians or skinny, unhealthy kids crawling in the dirt. It is place of compassionate and reflective priests and leaders who put their jobs and the Philippines first and freshly … Continue reading
A Thousand Words . . . Or More
Some photographs are more than a thousand words. They express the entire depth of our emotions about a scene, a circumstance, a situation. Sometimes they shock. Sometimes they create great mirth or sadness or disgust. That’s because they reach beyond the object in the picture and get to us, inside. Indeed, when we view them, … Continue reading
JoAm: "Nationalize Mining!", exclamation point!
One of my thinking styles is to figure, well, if Person X, for whom I don’t hold a lot of respect, says to do something THIS WAY, I say DO IT THE OPPOSITE WAY! Exclamation points are required. So if Get Real Post says Senator Santiago is a hero, I can be quite confident that … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 