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Continue reading →: Marcos’ “Teachers First” Mirage: ₱10,000 Allowance or Just Another Vote-Buying Photo-Op?₱10,000 Cheers Today, 40,000 Teachers Forgotten Tomorrow By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 21, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, ladies and gentlemen of the Republic, gather ’round for the latest episode of As the Palace Turns. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., in a performance worthy of a teleserye finale, has decreed…
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Continue reading →: Dizon’s Maharlika Highway Exclusive Club: Only Billion-Peso Boys Allowed (Small Contractors Need Not Apply)From Flood-Control Kickbacks to Highway VIP List: The Sequel Nobody Asked For By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 20, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, take a seat. There’s fresh drama at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) that feels like a teleserye titled “Elite Contractors Only, Small Players Not…
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Continue reading →: 2028 Elections Just Got Bloodier: Sara Declares War on Marcos While Impeachment Complaints Line Up Like Jeepneys in EDSATwo Years of Mud, Martyrdom, and Money: Why Sara’s Early Declaration Is Either Genius or Suicide By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 20, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, take a seat. Another teleserye has dropped, and this time the star is Vice President Sara Duterte announcing her presidential bid two full…
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Continue reading →: From Barangay Captain to Cabinet: Why 73% of Filipinos Think Bribery Is the Only Government Service That Actually WorksOCTA Survey 2026 Exposes the Real National Pastime: Paying to Play (or Just to Exist) By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — February 18, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, in February 2026, the latest Tugon ng Masa survey by OCTA Research – released on February 16 and commissioned by the Office of the…
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Continue reading →: Why Duterte Got the Fast-Track to The Hague but Bato & Bong Go Deserve a Full Constitutional PageantHow the Same Government That Speed-Delivered the Former President Now Wants a Local Judge’s Blessing Before Touching Senators By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 18, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, dear masochists who still bother reading Philippine political news in 2026, gather ’round the cave. Another day, another senator discovering the…
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Continue reading →: Marcoleta’s Treason Fantasy: Why Charging Carpio for Peacetime “Betrayal” Is the Dumbest Thing You’ll Read This WeekWhen Soundbite Patriotism Meets Actual Criminal Law: The Legal Roast Marcoleta Didn’t See Coming By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 17, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, grab your seats and some popcorn. We have a fresh episode in our national telenovela titled “West Philippine Sea: The Misadventures of Senator Rodante Marcoleta.”…
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Continue reading →: DOJ Caught Shielding Alleged Rapist Because He’s Their Sabungeros Golden Boy? The Ugly Truth ExposedHow a Minor’s Rape Complaint Became Collateral Damage in the DOJ’s High-Stakes Sabungeros Prosecution By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 17, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, hold onto your seats. A girl raped at 16—now 21, using the pseudonym “Gracie”—alleges that Julie “Dondon” Patidongan is her attacker. Yet while her case…
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Continue reading →: PNP “Integrity Reforms”: Nartatez’s ICC Panic Button or Just Another Camp Crame Comedy Special?When Four Ex-Chiefs Face Crimes Against Humanity, the Current Chief Suddenly Discovers “Integrity” By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 16, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, the timing is almost poetic in its cynicism. On the very day the nation is reminded that four former chiefs of the Philippine National Police (PNP)—Ronald…
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Continue reading →: Revilla’s Desperate Judge-Shopping Fails: Sandiganbayan Slams the Door on Inhibition BidBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 16, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, the Bong Revilla malversation case has just delivered another episode of courtroom drama straight out of a bad teleserye. In February 2026, the Sandiganbayan firmly denied former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.’s desperate attempt to remove Associate Justice Karl…
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Continue reading →: Persona Non Grata Politics: Why the Philippines-China Diplomatic Row Is All Theater and No StrategyWhat Happens When Foreign Policy Becomes Performance Art and Nobody Remembers We’re the Weaker Party By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — February 16, 2026 I. THE SETUP: A TALE OF TWO EGOS AND A SEA OF TROUBLES Picture this: In one corner, we have Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III,…
