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Continue reading →: All 19 Indicators Down: The Only Thing Marcos Jr. Is Consistently Good At Is Disappointing PeopleFrom Inflation to Corruption to Climate: A Complete, Unbroken Record of Decline—No Sector Left Behind, No Promise Kept By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — November 15, 2026 THE Social Weather Stations (SWS) Third Quarter 2026 Governance Report Card landed on November 13 with the dull thud of a verdict that…
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Continue reading →: All In, No Alibi: Rosario Mayor’s Casino Silence Is the Loudest Tell in the Ombudsman’s CaseThe Evidence Is Specific, the Circular Is Explicit, and the Mayor’s Defense Is Nowhere to Be Found By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — November 15, 2026 LET’S just pause and admire the audacity for a moment. The Mayor of Rosario, Cavite—Jose Voltaire Ricafrente—allegedly walks into a hotel casino in Bacolod…
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Continue reading →: 295 Projects Dropped, 14,826 Still Missing Documents: The Marcos Budget Purge Is a Math Problem He Hopes You Won’t SolveThe Arithmetic of Evasion: Why ₱8.8 Billion Is a Distraction From ₱266 Billion By Louis “Barok” C Biraogo | November 14, 2026 SO this is the big reveal. On November 13, 2026, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced—with all the solemnity of a man who has just discovered fire—that 295 infrastructure…
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Continue reading →: The 20% Gospel: Tiangco’s ₱27-Billion Miracle With a Convenient HaloTiangco Testifies, Co Flies, Sandro Smiles: A Scandal in Three Acts By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo| November 14, 2026 WE begin with the part everyone in the House wants you to swallow whole: Toby Tiangco strode into Sandiganbayan and performed a miracle. He exonerated the President’s son. Not with bank…
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Continue reading →: The ₱115-Billion Alibi: House Leaders Want You to Believe the Math, Not Your Lying EyesFrom ₱1 Trillion to ₱115 Billion: How Congress Turned a Budget Scandal into an Accounting Seminar By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — November 14, 2026 LADIES and gentlemen, the House is about to settle a trillion-peso question with a press conference. For weeks, budget watchdogs, civil society, and the Senate…
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Continue reading →: The ₱50-Million Question: Justice Secretary Vida’s “Confidential” Legal Theory Is a Check That the Constitution Might BounceThe Justice Secretary Says It’s Legal Because It’s ‘Confidential’—Which Is Exactly What Someone Would Say If It Weren’t By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — November 13, 2025 LET’S give Justice Secretary Fredderick Vida a round of applause. Not for his legal reasoning, which currently has the structural integrity of a…
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Continue reading →: 45% Trust: Marcos Hits Rock Bottom—Palace Blames the Survey, Not the FloodsInside the Palace’s Damage Control Playbook: When 55% of Filipinos Say ‘We Don’t Trust You,’ Blame the Pollster By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo | November 13, 2026 SOMETHING curious is happening in Philippine politics, and it smells worse than a Manila estero at low tide. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has…
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Continue reading →: Chiz Escudero’s Housing Solution: Buy the POGO LeftoversBecause Nothing Says ‘Social Justice’ Like Taxpayer-Funded Condo Clearance for Developers Who Bet on Gambling By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo | November 13, 2026 ALLOW me to translate the press release: Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Chair of the Senate Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement, has looked upon the…
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Continue reading →: The ‘Loose Investment’: How Sara Duterte’s GenCorp Testimony Became a ₱55.7-Million Loose EndGenCorp’s own lawyer couldn’t find the paperwork—but she did find a constitutional problem the defense can’t explain away By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo | November 12, 2026 LET us begin with a round of applause for Atty. Suzette Balucanag-Punay, corporate counsel of GenCorp Industries, Inc., who took the witness stand…
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Continue reading →: Tiangco Turned On the Lights. What We Saw Should Terrify MalacañangA Cousin’s Testimony, a Speaker’s Suspension, and a President’s Convenient Amnesia By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo | November 12, 2026 LET me get one thing out of the way before the knives come out: Martin Romualdez is not a victim. He is a defendant. There is a difference between being…
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