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Continue reading →: Jailhouse Privilege: Romualdez’s 7-Week Sleepover With a Personal AideThe Warden, the Aide, and the Medical Note That Never Was By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — November 8, 2026 A moment of silence, please, for the Philippine criminal justice system, which apparently suffered a brief, catastrophic bout of amnesia sometime between September 14 and November 5. For seven weeks,…
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Continue reading →: The ₱17.3 Billion Smear: How the Usual Suspects Weaponized COA Findings Against Herbosa—The Only Man Who Actually TriedHe Inherited the Graveyard, Issued the Orders, Terminated the Contractors—and Still Got Called Inutil By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — November 8, 2026 The Scalp Hunt There is a particular species of Manila pundit that can smell a scalp from three time zones away and has never once let a…
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Continue reading →: 20,000 Homes or 20,000 Brochures? Pag-IBIG’s Davao Housing Fair Shell GameWhy a Housing Fair Is Neither Housing Nor Fair—But It Sure Is a Great Photo Op By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo | November 8, 2026 LET me begin with a confession: I love a good housing fair. The free tote bags, the scale models of “affordable communities” that look like…
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Continue reading →: Open Bidding, Closed Books: DepEd’s Laptop ‘Savings’ Don’t Add UpA ₱10-Billion Purchase, a ₱1.4-Billion Claim, and Zero Published Arithmetic By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — November 7, 2026 LET me begin with a confession. I love the phrase “open competitive bidding.” It announces virtue so loudly that you are supposed to stop asking questions. And the Department of Education…
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Continue reading →: Cardboard Boxes and Empty Handcuffs: Inside PDEA’s ₱1.36-Billion Photo OpNo Consignee, No Arrests, No Answers: The Anatomy of a Seizure That Solved Nothing By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — November 6, 2026 ONCE again we are invited to marvel at a press conference featuring cardboard boxes, vacuum-sealed plastic bags, and officials wearing expressions of grim determination. On November 4,…
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Continue reading →: The Fix Was In: Why Marcos Picked the Man Who Freed His MotherMerit Was the Excuse. Loyalty Was the Currency. Imelda Was the Receipt. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo | November 6, 2026 Let me save you the suspense, mga ka-kweba: the fix was in before the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) even finished its interviews. On November 5, President Ferdinand Marcos…
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Continue reading →: Kissinger’s 1975 Memo vs. the Sierra Madre: Why the Mutual Defense Treaty Still AppliesPaglinawan went to the archives and missed the last five decades of treaty practice By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo -+ November 6, 2026 LET’S give Adolfo Quizon Paglinawan some credit. In a country where foreign policy debate usually consists of shouting “China bad” or “America use us” into a Facebook…
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Continue reading →: Barbers Says Sara’s Defense Is ‘Defenseless’—But Bank Records Aren’t Guilty VerdictsWhy ‘Defenseless’ Is a Press Release, Not a Legal Finding By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — November 5, 2026 SO LET me see if I’ve got the prosecution’s theory correct: Robert Ace Barbers, the House prosecution’s designated hype man, has declared Sara Duterte’s defense team “defenseless” because the bank records…
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Continue reading →: The ₱7.2-Trillion Magic Trick: House Leaders Swear the 2027 Budget Is Transparent—So Why Can’t 90% of Congress Find Their Own Insertions?Ninety Percent in the Dark: Puno and Tiangco Just Admitted Congress Doesn’t Know What It Voted For By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo | November 5, 2026 PARDON my provincial arithmetic, but let me get this straight. The House of Representatives—the institution the 1987 Constitution designates as the sole originator of…
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Continue reading →: Sara Is Bleeding, Leni Is Frozen, and the Press Is Still Writing Fan FictionWhy “Leni Is Closing In” Is the Most Expensive Lie in Philippine Politics — And Who’s Paying for It By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — November 4, 2026 MANILA’S political press corps has a weakness for the horserace. Give them a poll with two names and a narrowing gap, and…
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