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Continue reading →: From 6.5 Million to 2.2 Million: Marcos’ Housing Miracle (or Math)From Emergency to Overachievement: Just Redefine Everything By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 24, 2026 HERE is a riddle worthy of a Manila policy salon: When is 6.5 million not 6.5 million? Answer: When it becomes politically inconvenient. Somewhere in the marble corridors of the Department of Human Settlements…
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Continue reading →: The Soul Is Not an Elective: Kidlat Tahimik’s Last Stand Against the MBAsFrom Wharton Economist to National Artist Rebel: Kidlat Tahimik Rejects a Nation of “Bagong Bayanis” Without History By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 24, 2026 THIS is a story about a medal and a spreadsheet, and how the spreadsheet is winning. A Baguio Stage and a Hunger Strike for…
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Continue reading →: Herbosa vs. the DOH Mafia: The Real War on Your HealthFrom Procurement Billions to Political Knives: The Real Story Behind the Attacks By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 23, 2026 THE corridors of the Department of Health have always smelled of antiseptic and ambition. But lately, a third scent has wafted through its air-conditioned halls: the desperation of a…
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Continue reading →: Azcuna’s 16-Vote Fortress or 15-Vote Trapdoor? The Fugitive Bomb InsideAzcuna’s Textual Rock Meets His Own Pragmatic Trapdoor By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — June 23, 2026 ONE vote. That’s the chasm between the political graveyard and the presidential palace. In the marble halls of the Senate, where red robes now cloak political calculation as legal reasoning, retired Justice Adolfo…
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Continue reading →: Silence in the Gallery: How Congress Legalized Dynasties with HB 8389Loopholes So Big, Even Cousins Can Run for President – The Ultimate Dynasty Shield By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 22, 2026 THE silence was the only honest thing in the room. When the gavel fell on June 3, 2026—267 votes for, 20 against, 7 abstentions—the House gallery did…
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Continue reading →: Cagayan de Oro’s ₱2.4-Billion Water Ghost: Muck, Middlemen, and Legal ExtractionCOBI built nothing but a fat billing margin—while residents filter earthworms from their taps. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 22, 2016 The Gauze Filter: Prelude to a Water Reckoning Before we speak of billions, let us speak of gauze. Every morning in Barangay Consolacion, Aida Naliponguit wraps a…
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Continue reading →: Ombudsman Remulla’s Calculated Silence: Protecting the Case or Buying Time?Wise Restraint or Tactical Timing? The Villanueva Case Probes Remulla’s Steel By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — June 21, 2026 IN THE cave, we have an unwritten law not found in any statute book: “Justice delayed is justice killed.” It has been more than two weeks since Ombudsman Jesus Crispin…
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Continue reading →: The Ethical Obscenity: Plunder-Accused Escudero Presides Over Duterte TrialLegitimacy Dies First: Why Escudero’s Chair Turns the Impeachment Court into a Global Laughingstock By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 20, 2026 SOMEWHERE in a dimly lit sari-sari store in Quezon City, Mang Pedring is watching the Senate livestream again. His television is old, the picture flickering with the…
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Continue reading →: Interpol Red Notice Grounds Mica Tan’s PerpetualFugitive Fantasy Crumbles as Global Manhunt Turns Up the Heat By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 20, 2026 THE jig, as they say in the less gilded corners of the world where Ponzi schemers eventually find themselves, is up. For years, Maria Francesca “Mica” Tan, the so-called wunderkind who…
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Continue reading →: Empty Complaint, Perfect Timing: China Sanctions Gibo, Lawyers FileSeven Days After Beijing’s Hit List, Four “Concerned Citizens” Suddenly Remember a 2016 Passport By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — June 19, 2026 LET us begin with the smell test, dear readers, because any seasoned litigator will tell you that the most important legal instrument is not the Revised Penal…
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