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Continue reading →: Cebu City’s P13.7 Billion Garbage Fire: 36 Dead, Zero Bidders, One Hell of a Cover-UpFour failed biddings, a P470 million pyrolysis pipe dream, and a mayor who can’t pay his own garbage bills—welcome to governance, Cebu style. By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — October 13, 2026 LET’S review the timeline, since no one in authority seems to have. Thirty-six people died on January 8,…
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Continue reading →: 50% of Nothing: The Pulse Asia Survey That Proves the Philippines Has Stopped Paying AttentionThe Pulse Asia September 2026 survey didn’t measure support. It measured surrender. By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — October 12, 2026 50 PERCENT. Not a preference. A white flag. That is the share of Filipino adults who told Pulse Asia, in a face-to-face survey conducted from September 17 to 24,…
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Continue reading →: Pangilinan to Legarda: ‘We’ll See’ — The Three Words That Could Convict Sara DuterteA six-time medical leave, a plunder probe, and a 14-vote threshold: inside the Senate’s most convenient comeback. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo | October 12, 2026 THE Philippine Senate has never been a deliberative body. It is a casino with fluorescent lighting and a prayer before session. The currency is…
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Continue reading →: The P319 Million Question: Marcos Discovers National Security Only When It’s His Rival’s Bank AccountThe AMLC had the data for years. The NSC acted only when the Senate subpoenaed the records. National security, it turns out, runs on political timing. By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo | October 14, 2026 SO THIS is what a national security crisis looks like when it’s politically convenient. For…
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Continue reading →: “Pro-Constitution” My Ass: Robin Padilla’s Impeachment Boycott Is Constitutional Theater of the AbsurdRobin Padilla Says He’s Fighting for the Constitution. He’s Actually Just Fighting for Sara Duterte. By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — Oct 12, 2026 Let me get this straight. Senator Robin Padilla—yes, that Robin Padilla, the action star turned legislator who once famously said he wanted to punch a fellow…
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Continue reading →: A Learjet, 521 Kilos of Shabu, and a PNP Spokesperson Playing Hide-and-SeekA Filipino booked the jet, a Filipino was on the jet, and the destination was Manila—but sure, ‘no connection.’ By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 11, 2026 A Learjet, a Filipino, and 521 Kilos of “Vape Products” Let me walk you through this masterpiece of plausible deniability, mga ka-kweba.…
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Continue reading →: The Gospel According to Panga: A ₱500-Billion Leap of FaithInside PEZA’s Math: How ₱297 Billion Becomes a ₱500-Billion Prophecy By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo | October 12, 2026 IF YOU squint hard enough at the number—₱500 billion—it starts to look less like an investment target and more like a religious proposition. An article of faith, delivered not from a…
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Continue reading →: ₱9 Billion in ‘Savings’? DILG’s Fire Truck Deal Smells Like SmokeOr: How to Use a Corruption Scandal as a Marketing Campaign for the Next Corruption Scandal By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 11, 2026 LET’S get something straight right away: I want to believe Jonvic Remulla. I really do. The man is out here filing graft charges against 49…
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Continue reading →: The Audacity of Blame: Marcos Tells Global Investors Corruption Is Colonialism’s Fault — Not His Administration’sThree centuries of Spanish rule, eighty years of independence, and one President still searching for someone else to blame By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo | October 11, 2026 SINGAPORE — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. stood before the assembled captains of global capital at the Forbes Global CEO Conference last…
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Continue reading →: The SMART KIDS Act: Because Nothing Protects Children Like a Law That Violates the ConstitutionSenate Bill No. 2424, or How the Philippine Senate Decided That the Best Way to Protect Kids Online Was to Do the One Thing the Supreme Court Has Repeatedly Said You Cannot Do By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 10, 2026 THE Philippine Senate has done it again. In…
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