A project of Aming Narra Non-Profit launched last April 2016, operated by J. Letre. The Progressive Philippines aims to provide the mindset that poverty would be something optional in the future through the contributions of its authors from all over the world sharing their views based on facts, academic theories, and empirical evidence. This website is not your mainstream media, nor a stand-alone one.
While the topics in this website are mostly focused in the Philippines or may relate to the Philippines, this should not be viewed as an absolute pro-Philippines discriminating other citizens, or the Philippines over the rest of the countries. As evidenced by our rich historical blueprint of respectfulness, helpfulness, and resilience. We believe that a better Philippines would be beneficial to the rest of the world.
We’re often thankful, and we always consider to care.
Mission
Provide fact-based viewpoints
Empower the public
Open a dialogue
Promote self-directed learning
Learn hindsight from other countries
Express humanity
Our Values
Honesty
Authors are expected to acknowledge the things they don’t know, and readers are encouraged to find out ideas they don’t know. Depending on the topics covered, biased viewpoints are not always prohibited. However, proper disclosure should apply.
Proactive
Nature is biased towards moving forward. We can only learn from yesterday. Optimistic or pessimistic, focusing on what we can do today is something that we’ll earn for tomorrow. A well-functioning clock doesn’t turn counter clockwise. Time doesn’t head towards yesterday.
The Right to Anonymity
Authors are encouraged to use a pen name, and a brief background is optional. We believe that readers should focus more on the content rather than the author. This approach would help prevent premature conclusions from the readers without finishing the material, therefore wasting the idea.
Intolerance to racism
Authors are not allowed to express any form of racism. As we may cover situations from other countries, the posts would cover mainly on the cases. A reasonable explanation is expected for sensitive matters, or may not be even written or shown if it’s too delicate.
Nurturing good values
Modern society nowadays can get harsh. Unfortunately, most of us are not surprised about it anymore. Contending those actions that hinder us from being kind to one another is the way to preserve our ethical values.
Poverty addressed only as a subject
As we cover topics relating to poverty, we treat it as a subject and not as an individual or a group of individuals. Examples of behaviors connected to poverty are included only to support the author’s viewpoints; it’s not meant to be derogatory. Posts here can be about anti-poverty, not anti-poor, and will never discriminate individuals.
Handling Profanity
Our authors are humans, and they are not that immune to their emotions. Special characters would be used to censor the whole or partial of the spelling and would be limited as well.