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Continue reading →: The Mistrial Nobody Wants to Name: Why Sheila Sison Is Right and the Senate Is WrongThree Articles, Kept the Prejudice, and Called the Defense’s Rebuttal “a Waste of Time” By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo | October 17, 2026 THE House prosecution panel, in a move of breathtaking legal strategy that would make a first-year law student blush, has withdrawn three of the four Articles of…
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Continue reading →: The Permission Slip and the Water Cannon: How China Turned a Sick Sailor Into a Bargaining ChipManila Has the 2016 Arbitral Award. Beijing Has the Hose. Guess Which One Stops a Medical Evacuation. By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo | October 16, 2026 THE story Manila wants you to hear is simple: on October 8, a Filipino sailor needed a doctor. China’s Coast Guard sprayed a water…
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Continue reading →: Marcos ‘Recovers’ by 2 Points, Duterte ‘Slips’ by 1—And Other Statistical Fairy Tales From the SWS-Stratbase SurveyWithin the Margin of Error, Beyond the Bounds of Credulity: How a Commissioned Poll Manufactured a Political Comeback By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo | October 17, 2026 MGA kababayan, welcome back to the Kweba. The headline arrived like a gift from the political heavens, wrapped in the respectable blue-and-white branding…
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Continue reading →: The DILG Secretary, a Former Bangsamoro MP, and the Art of Naming Names Before Proving CrimesPDEA Had the Evidence and Kept Quiet. Jonvic Remulla Had a Press Conference and Named Names.“ By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — October 16, 2026 LET’S begin with a confession: I was wrong. In my previous blog, I mocked the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) for knowing “everything” about the…
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Continue reading →: Bantay Gloria: Why Sandro Marcos Just Went Undercover in Lakas-CMDThe Godfather’s Daughter vs. the Heir Apparent: A Cold War Brewing Inside Lakas-CMD By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo | October 16, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, countrymen, and those still naive enough to believe that political parties in this country stand for anything other than the acquisition and retention of power —…
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Continue reading →: Coconut Colonialism 2.0: The MOU That Promises Everything and Guarantees NothingNestlé, Unilever, and the Art of the Non-Binding Promise: A Masterclass in Corporate Greenwashing By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 16, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, countrymen, and fellow survivors of the Philippine agricultural policy circus—welcome back to the Cave. Today we dissect the latest chapter in our national telenovela: the…
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Continue reading →: Accountability for Thee, But Not for Me: The Sandiganbayan’s ₱25.5M Paper Trail DisasterSeven Trips, ₱11.87M in Cash Advances, and a Filing Cabinet Full of Excuses By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo | October 16, 2026 The Irony So Thick You Could Cut It With a Sandiganbayan Ruling Here’s a thought experiment for you: Imagine you’re a public official accused of plunder. You walk…
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Continue reading →: PDEA Knows Everything About the Laos Shabu Case. Except Names, Accounts, and SuspectsSeven Percent of High-Value Drug Targets Are Government Employees. Sleep Well. By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — October 16, 2026 LET’S start with the obvious: 521 kilograms of methamphetamine is not a rounding error. It represents ₱3.54 billion in street value and a Learjet chartered for $49,500. It also involves…
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Continue reading →: Kiko Pangilinan’s Motion to Nowhere: The Gag Order That Won’t DieDue Process, Sub Judice, and the Fine Art of Fighting Over Charges Nobody Is Adjudicating Anymore By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — October 16, 2026 HERE we go again. Just when you thought the impeachment trial of Vice President (VP) Sara Duterte couldn’t get more procedurally bizarre, the Senate has…
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Continue reading →: The ₱167 Billion Patriotism Trap: How the Government Is Selling You Your Own DebtA Legal Vacuum, a Vanishing Target, and the Quiet Conversion of Citizens into Creditors By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo | October 16, 2026 THE numbers are impressive. The press releases are triumphant. The interest rate is attractive. And that, dear reader, is precisely what should terrify you. On October 9,…
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