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Continue reading →: Marcos Jr.’s Son Got a 1,187% Budget Increase—And Nobody Can Find the PaperworkSandro Marcos’ Ilocos Norte District Jumped from ₱369 Million to ₱4.74 Billion Overnight—And the Supporting Documents Are Somehow Missing By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 27, 2026 SOMEBODY please explain this to me like I’m a five-year-old—or a congressman, same thing. The House of Representatives, led by the son…
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Continue reading →: Visa Processing Is Not Diplomacy—It’s a Screening FailureBoying Remulla Called It Clerical. The DFA Called It Sovereign. The POGO Industry Called It an Invitation. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo | October 27, 2026 GATHER round, children of the chattering classes, and watch me torch the approved narrative: Jesus Crispin Remulla is correct. Not correct in the way…
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Continue reading →: Rice, Roads, and Reelection: The Unholy Trinity Behind the ₱58.53-Billion LGSFHow a Development Fund Became a Campaign War Chest—and Why the Supreme Court Finally Noticed By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — October 27, 2026 I Have a confession to make, and unlike the Palace’s, it comes with receipts. When I first read Justice Caguioa’s concurring opinion calling the 2024 Local…
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Continue reading →: Dizon-Lopez Swap: How to Make ₱1 Trillion in Ghost Projects DisappearInside the Palace’s Favorite Trick: Swap the Officials, Bury the Scandal, Wait for the Next Typhoon By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo | October 27, 2026 A Swap Made In The Palace Basement On October 26, 2026, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon and Public Works Secretary Giovanni…
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Continue reading →: Meat the Graft: Tiu Laurel’s 410% Quota Hike Stinks Worse Than Spoiled PorkFrom Frabelle Director to Agriculture Secretary: The Paper Trail, the Promises, and the Pork That Never Shrank By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo | October 26, 2026 Here’s how it works: the fox guards the henhouse, appoints his cousins to the board, restructures the egg allocation system to favor poultry processors—and…
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Continue reading →: The Pork That Ate the Constitution: Lacson’s Holy War and Malacañang’s “We Followed the Law” DefenseThe Operative Fact Doctrine Was Supposed to Protect Innocent Beneficiaries—Not Give Congress a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 26, 2026 CORRECT me if I’m wrong—and Congress will—but I was under the impression that ‘unconstitutional’ wasn’t a suggestion. The Supreme Court, in a decision that took longer…
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Continue reading →: Boying Remulla vs. Red Tape: Will the Crooks Finally Pay the Price?Crooked Mayors on Notice: Remulla Opens the Window, and the Fixers Start Sweating By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo | October 26, 2026 THERE is something deliciously inconvenient about an Ombudsman who tells government officials that their desks are not private tollbooths, their signatures are not merchandise, and their offices are…
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Continue reading →: The Ghost Ponente: How One Facebook Post Erased Marvic LeonenLeonen Wrote It, Lazaro-Javier Got the Fan Mail: Anatomy of a Judicial Ghost Story By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 26, 2026 ALLOW me to describe a miracle of modern alchemy. A Facebook post managed to do something the entire Philippine Supreme Court could not: it turned Associate Justice…
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Continue reading →: The 45.2% Solution: How DepEd Built a Classroom Formula That Only Works for Rich Towns91% of rich towns got classrooms. 55% of poor towns got scraps. 30 got nothing. That’s not data. That’s a filter. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 26, 2026 CALL me old-fashioned, but I thought ‘needs-based’ meant based on needs. The Department of Education (DepEd) looked at the municipalities…
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Continue reading →: The Tangere Poll Is Not a Survey—It’s a Duterte Campaign Ad With a Margin of ErrorHow a self-selected panel of 2,400 app users became the ‘proof’ that Baste is surging—and why Pulse Asia and OCTA tell a different story By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo | October 25, 2026 FORGIVE me for skipping the throat-clearing: the Tangere survey released this week is not a It is…
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