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Continue reading →: 24 Million Pesos Later: COA Finds DOLE’s TUPAD Database Was Basically a Suggestion BoxThe Philippine Government Can’t Prove Its TUPAD Beneficiaries Are Real—That’s the Scandal By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — September 14, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, gather ’round. We need to talk about the Philippine government’s favorite magic trick: making millions of pesos disappear and calling it a “database lapse.” The Commission on…
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Continue reading →: SC Erases Bar Passer’s 2016 Record Over One Facebook Post — Is This Contempt or Institutional Overkill?Edgar Dizon Was Never a Lawyer. So the Court Did Something Worse Than Disbarment — It Erased the One Thing He Had Left. B.M. No. 4734 (In re: Social Media Posts of Edgar S. Dizon) — A Kweba ni Barok Investigation Let me tell you something about the Philippine Supreme…
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Continue reading →: Sacred Cows in Robes: How the Supreme Court Shields Its Own From the OmbudsmanSupreme Court dismissed. The justices walked. Here’s what “judicial in nature” really means. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — September 13, 2026 IN THE Philippine judiciary, “judicial in nature” is not a legal classification. It is a magic spell. Utter it, and seven Court of Appeals justices who defied binding…
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Continue reading →: BIR D.A.R.E.S. to Steal: How ‘Reforms’ Became the Perfect Cover for Corruption”₱2.5M Under the Table, ₱500K on Paper: The Only ‘Audit’ the BIR Never Fails By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — September 13, 2026 I’VE watched this movie before. Scandal erupts. Senate investigates. Agency announces ‘reforms.’ Cameras roll. Everyone claps. And six months later, the same crooks are back—except now they…
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Continue reading →: 10 Votes to Kill the Constitution: The Senate’s Impeachment Math Doesn’t Add UpA Simple Majority Can’t Amend the Constitution. Try Telling That to the Senate. By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — September 12, 2026 LET’S play a game. You’re a senator-judge in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines (1987 Constitution) says…
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Continue reading →: Disbarment or Political Hit Job? The Rondain & Mendiola Four Deserve Their Day Before the Supreme Court, Not the Court of Public OpinionMeet Rondain, Mendiola, Criaga, and Apostol: Four Lawyers Whose Only Crime So Far Is Being on the Wrong Side of a Political War By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo | September 12, 2026 LET’S get one thing straight before the pearl-clutching begins: I don’t know if Jing Paras did it. Neither…
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Continue reading →: Siargao’s Missing Road: How the Matugases Built a Dynasty on Paper-Completion65% Complete, 100% Paid, 0% Surprised: The Matugas-Boometrix Blueprint for Getting Rich on Roads Nobody Can Drive On By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 12, 2026 Well, well, well. If it isn’t the Philippine government’s favorite new spectator sport: watching a political dynasty explain why a ₱457-million loan to…
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Continue reading →: ₱8.9 Billion, 331 Ghost Police Stations: The TIKAS Scandal ExplainedThe PNP Asked. DPWH Built. COA Found Nothing. Everyone Shrugs. By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — September 12, 2026 Let me get this straight. The Philippine National Police (PNP)—an organization whose job is law enforcement—needs police stations. Makes sense. Cops need roofs. Even in a country where the roof itself…
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Continue reading →: President in Reserve, Immunity in Fantasy: Sara Duterte’s TRO Hail Mary Hits Constitutional RealityOne heartbeat from the presidency. Zero grounds for immunity By Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — September 11, 2026 LET me get this straight. The Vice President of the Philippines—a woman who allegedly looked into a camera and said she had arranged for someone to kill the President, the First Lady,…
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Continue reading →: Fly Me to Singapore: The Cayetanos’ Guide to Leaving Before Charges ArriveThey Didn’t Flee. They Just Left at the Exact Moment Everything Was About to Explode By Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo | September 11, 2026 The Art of Leaving Without Actually Leaving (Legally Speaking) Let me get this straight: on September 9, 2026, Senators Alan Peter and Pia Cayetano boarded a…
