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Continue reading →: Solar Para Sa Bayan? More Like Solar Para Sa BulsaLeviste’s Solar Empire: Franchise First, Compliance Optional By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — February 7, 2026 THE promise of renewable energy has collided with hypocrisy in the Philippines’ latest power scandal. Solar Para Sa Bayan Corporation (SPSB), founded by Batangas Representative Leandro Leviste, faces penalties of up to ₱150 million…
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Continue reading →: Phantom Congressmen & Fake Tax Stamps: The ₱4.5-Billion-a-Month Ghost Story Remulla Won’t NameWhere Two Luzon Solons Play Hide-and-Seek While ₱400 Million in Illegal Yosi Burns Daily By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 7, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, imagine this: while you struggle with taxes and overpriced cigarettes, two mysterious congressmen from Northern Luzon supposedly pose as defenders of the people by day,…
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Continue reading →: The Sacred Separation of Powers: Marcos’ Favorite Get-Out-of-Plunder CardThe Palace’s Selective Reverence: Overreach Only When It Threatens Allies By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 6, 2026 DEAR readers of this humble cave: gather close, for today we dissect a beast with many heads—each one more grotesque than the last. The latest farce stems from Malacañang’s declaration on…
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Continue reading →: Supreme Court Hides Behind Procedure While the Palace Builds a Parallel Republic: The Cowardly Dismissal of the ICI PetitionFrom Transcendental Courage to Procedural Paralysis: The Slow Death of Judicial Spine By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 5, 2026 DEAR esteemed magistrates of the Supreme Court (SC): congratulations. Yesterday, February 4, 2026, you managed to dodge a constitutional bullet with the grace of a matador who simply steps…
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Continue reading →: The Frasco FiascoWhen the Tourism Secretary Becomes the Destination By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — February 5, 2026 SCENE: Late evening in a bustling Tokyo 7-Eleven. A foreign visitor, guidebook in hand, picks up a complimentary English-Japanese travel mag from the rack. The cover star? Not Boracay’s waves or Cebu’s cliffs —…
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Continue reading →: The Jumbo Jet That Never Lands: How We’re Dumping Our Future into the SeaFeasting on Tomorrow’s Catch: The Generational Theft of Philippine Marine Wealth By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 5, 2026 EVERY single day, a fully loaded jumbo jet—brimming with 123,000 kilograms of fresh fish—takes off from Philippine waters and vanishes into thin air. Not hijacked. Not crashed. Just gone. According…
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Continue reading →: The Books That Never Were: DepEd’s Procurement Farce and the Theft of a Generation’s FutureWhere Billions Go to Die Quietly While Kids Photocopy Yesterday’s Lessons By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 4, 2026 PICTURE this, mga ka-kweba: In a brightly lit stockroom in Quezon City, a property custodian in a crisp DepEd polo shirt neatly stacks thousands of brand-new textbooks, their glossy covers…
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Continue reading →: DILG vs. The Tarpaulin Gods – When Politicians Finally Get Told Their Faces Aren’t InfrastructureEpal Season Officially Canceled – Mayors Now Required to Smile in Private By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 4, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, for far too long we have endured the blinding smiles of politicians plastered on every waiting shed, drainage canal, and scholarship tarpaulin paid for with our taxes.…
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Continue reading →: The Plenary Farce: How the House of Representatives Is Building a Fortress of Paper to Shield the Cong-Tractor SwindlersHow the Secretary-General Turned “Plenary Approval” Into Congress’s Ultimate Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 3, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, let’s not mince words. The House of Representatives, that august chamber supposedly representing the sovereign people, has now resorted to the most transparent ruse yet in the great…
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Continue reading →: “Scared to Sign Vouchers” Is Now Official GDP Policy – Welcome to the Philippines’ Permanent Paralysis EconomyMonsod’s Diagnosis: The Bureaucracy Didn’t Freeze from Corruption—It Froze from the Sudden Threat of Actually Doing Its Job By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo –– February 3, 2026 LET US begin with a simple image: a child in a flooded Manila barangay, waist-deep in filthy water, clutching a plastic basin that…
