In my article yesterday, I talked about progress in business that I see almost every day here in the Philippines. The country is moving from being 50 years behind much of the rest of the world to being a player in many games of business. As I said yesterday, it is something that I enjoy […]
Electric Philippine Heroes
Here’s a resume/CV I wouldn’t mind having myself: Professor Daniel M. Kammen, University of California – Berkeley Daniel M. Kammen is the Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds appointments in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the department of […]
Behind the times…
When you get into a discussion with any expat here that comes from a Western Country, it is inevitable that you hear about how far “behind the times” the Phiippines is. Unfortunately, in most cases in my experience, that is probably true, but things are improving a lot too. I can remember, when I came […]
Driving in the Philippines
Today’s guest column is from our regular contributor, Jim Cunningham. Jim recently relocated to the Philippines, and is living in Talakag, Bukidnon. Having at last taken the plunge and purchased a set of wheels I now know what other people mean when they talk about driving in the Philippines. In all the 25 plus years […]
Unbelievable, but normal
As I type this, it is mid-morning on Thursday here in the Philippines. We have been experiencing unusual weather here in Davao for a while now, maybe 2 or 3 weeks. As Rusty wrote yesterday, it has been quite cool here in the Philippines, and that includes Davao City. I’m not really writing an article […]
More About Heroes
A couple weeks ago in my last column I took the government of the Philippines to task for continually squandering the greatest national resource of the Philippines … it’s people. Training an engineer, for example, up through college and then sending him off to costs the country a fortune. A couple people misinterpreted this to […]