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Continue reading →: “Fiercely Independent” No More: Kiko & Bam Join Marcos Bloc to Bury SaraThe Great 2028 Chess Move? Or Just Another Trapo Flip-Flop By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 15, 2026 A NOTE from the Cave Mabuhay C. Bangko stands as one of the cave’s most brilliant followers — a formidable lawyer widely regarded as a genius in legal and political circles.…
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Continue reading →: No Coup, Just Karma: Sara’s Masterclass in Waiting Out Shameless MarcosRejecting the Grab Today, Positioning for the Throne Tomorrow By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — June 14, 2026 ON the 128th anniversary of Philippine independence, as the nation sang of freedom from foreign chains, Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte stood in Davao City and declared she had no desire to…
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Continue reading →: Barok Verdict: No Railroading Dolphy, No Hiding the ListElites vs. King of Comedy: Why the National Artist Process Is Broken By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 14, 2026 THE opinion piece signed Mabuhay C. Bangko that demands the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) “Do Not Railroad…
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Continue reading →: DHSUD’s LTS Disaster: Centralized Corruption, Decentralized ChaosFrom Regional Greasing to National Bottleneck: The Cure That Poisoned Housing By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — June 13, 2026 HERE’S the irony in full bloom: a government that declares war on the 6-million-unit housing backlog, trumpets its Pambansang Pabahay program, then funnels all License to Sell applications into one…
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Continue reading →: Chavit Singson’s Cyberlibel Arrest: Phantom Complainant or Palace Persecution?From Kingmaker to Marked Man: The Flood Control Prophet’s “Badge of Honor” Arrest By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 13, 2026 I. The Perp-Walk Premiere: Chavit’s June 11 Booking Spectacle Roll the tape on this classic patronage betrayal: June 11, 2026, late afternoon in a gated village in Barangay…
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Continue reading →: Ateneo Drowning Scandal: When “Team Building” Becomes Team KillingAnkle Weights, Rip Currents, and Institutional Denial: The Deadly Truth Behind Ateneo’s “Bonding” By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 12, 2026 PICTURE it, mga ka-kweba. June 8, 2026. The Ateneo Blue Eagles — that storied program wrapped in blue and white sanctimony — are at Hermanos Leisure Farm and…
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Continue reading →: Gatchalian’s “Security” Moat: Protecting the Senate’s Own ScandalsFrom Quorum Coup to Security Farce: The Moat of Convenience By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 11, 2026 “Quis custodiet ipsos Senatores? When the institution locks its own doors citing threats from the very scandal it claims to investigate, even Barok must ask: who is really under siege —…
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Continue reading →: Herbosa and Domingo’s Geneva Upgrade Was Legal — The AHW Just Doesn’t Like ItWhen Legal Compliance Meets Weaponized Indignation By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 10, 2026 THE Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) has filed what may be the most legally anemic Ombudsman complaint in recent memory: a demand to investigate, and even preventively suspend, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa and Undersecretary Albert…
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Continue reading →: Joint Affidavit Fail: How 18 Ex-Guards Torpedoed Their Own ScamCoached Testimony Crumbles as NBI Demands Truth, Not Theater By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 9, 2026 FROM the cave — where I watch these spectacles with the cold detachment of a forensic pathologist who has seen too many bodies dressed up as heroes — the “18 ex-guards” controversy…
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Continue reading →: Gatchalian’s Senate Quorum Coup: How 12 Senators Rewrote the ConstitutionThe 12-man hostile takeover that turned the Senate into a constitutional crime scene. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 8, 2026 THE Philippine Senate did not experience a leadership transition on June 3, 2026. It suffered a constitutional mugging. Twelve senators, citing a 1949 divided-court relic and a politically…
