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Continue reading →: 281 Congressmen Voted to Keep You Begging for Medical AidThe House doubled the MAIFIP pork barrel to P50 billion while slashing PhilHealth to a level that runs dry by March 2027—because nothing says ‘universal healthcare’ like a guarantee letter and a politician’s selfie. By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — October 19, 2026 CALL me naive, but I thought healthcare…
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Continue reading →: The Mastermind Problem: How ECOP’s Sergio Ortiz-Luis Became the Philippines’ Accidental Truth-Teller on a ₱100-Billion Scandal and the Art of Getting Nothing DoneThe Government Says Trust the Numbers. The Business Sector Says Numbers Don’t Build Warehouses. By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — October 19, 2026 IF YOU want to understand the Philippine investment climate in late 2026, you don’t need to read the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)’s FDI numbers or the Kearney…
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Continue reading →: 81% of Filipinos Just Gave Marcos a Grade He Can’t SpinInflation at 81%, corruption at 70%, poverty at 67%—the numbers are in, and the Palace’s spin machine just ran out of ink. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 19, 2026 THERE is a particular kind of silence that follows a survey like the one Pulse Asia dropped last week.…
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Continue reading →: The ₱149.67B Illusion: Bam Aquino’s Budget Sleight of HandEveryone clapped for the education funding. Nobody asked where the money was coming from—or whether Congress can legally move it. By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo | October 19, 2026 LET me tell you about a magic trick. A senator stands up, waves a wand: “We shall take money from corrupt…
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Continue reading →: SSS ₱40B “Paper Loss”: The Philippines’ Most Expensive Toilet PaperNo Stop-Loss, No Brakes: How the SSS Rode a ₱40 Billion Equity Slide With Its Eyes Closed By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo | October 18, 2026 The Confession With a Calculator Let me follow the money through this hall of mirrors. The Social Security System (SSS)—the institution holding the retirement…
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Continue reading →: The Scam Republic: How the Philippines Became Southeast Asia’s Fraud Capital While Everyone Played Awareness GamesGoogle Funds the Cure for the Scams Its Own Platforms Spread By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo | October 18, 2026 LET’S start with a number that should make every Filipino’s blood run cold: 84%. That’s the share of Filipino adults who encountered a scam attempt in the past year, according…
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Continue reading →: Perpetual Disqualification or Perpetual Spin? Tolosa’s Constitutional Sermon Raises QuestionsSermon on the Mount vs. Math on the Floor: Who Really Decides Duterte’s 2028 Fate? By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 18, 2026 LET US gather, children of the impeachment gallery, and give thanks for Atty. Benjamin “Jay” Tolosa Jr., the House prosecution’s legal spokesperson and a man who…
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Continue reading →: Midnight Amendments, Morning Vote: How Erice Exposed the House’s ₱11-Billion Budget Magic Trick and the BARSc Livestream That Fooled NobodyThe BARSc Was Built to Shine a Light. Instead, It Texted Lawmakers at Midnight and Called It Transparency. By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo | October 18, 2026 WELCOME back to the cave, where the echo of ₱100 billion bouncing off the walls sounds suspiciously like a campaign jingle for 2028.…
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Continue reading →: The Mistrial Nobody Wants to Name: Why Sheila Sison Is Right and the Senate Is WrongThree Articles, Kept the Prejudice, and Called the Defense’s Rebuttal “a Waste of Time” By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo | October 17, 2026 THE House prosecution panel, in a move of breathtaking legal strategy that would make a first-year law student blush, has withdrawn three of the four Articles of…
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Continue reading →: The Permission Slip and the Water Cannon: How China Turned a Sick Sailor Into a Bargaining ChipManila Has the 2016 Arbitral Award. Beijing Has the Hose. Guess Which One Stops a Medical Evacuation. By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo | October 16, 2026 THE story Manila wants you to hear is simple: on October 8, a Filipino sailor needed a doctor. China’s Coast Guard sprayed a water…
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