A First Class Philippines: President Benigno S. Aquino III

This call is being made at least 10 years before history will reveal its truth. President Noynoy Aquino is a first class President. He is representing the Philippines in ways it has never before been represented, the way it needs to be represented. Honestly, with power, capability, courage, intelligence and good intent. Perfectly? Ahahahahahaha. I … Continue reading

HDPR: The Enormous Challenge, Poverty

Poverty is the big challenge. How does the Aquino administration orchestrate the poverty fight? This blog continues JoeAm’s discovery of how the Philippines works. Where it is first class, and where it is not. It is striking how small the Philippines is in terms of who is managing things. When MLQIII takes time to drop … Continue reading

The Bottom Line on Poverty: Parenting

The discussion attached to the recent article “Happy Go Dead” Filipinosgenerated some interesting perspectives. The importance of parental guidance to children was raised, and the ignorance that blocks a lot of parents from understanding how to give responsible guidance to their kids. So the unfortunate behavior pattern of neglect for laws, lack of common sense … Continue reading

The US of A

The U.S. is on the minds of many Filipinos these days. Not like in the hostile days of Nicole when it was figured that all Americans are sex mad rapists. Not like when the American military unnecessarily blasted Manila to rubble in WW II to drive out the rats and Japanese, at significant loss of … Continue reading

Separation of Church and State

Although it is true that much of Philippine law is based on U.S. law and Philippine court cases refer often to U.S. legal cases, the two sets of laws originated in very different historical and social settings. By sets of laws I mean the respective Constitutions and the respective case law originating in relevant court … Continue reading