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Continue reading →: Depreciate It, Lose It: Manila’s New Property TheoryJapan’s chamber discovers that in Manila, accounting entries now transfer property rights. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — November 3, 2026 CONSIDER a hypothetical that isn’t hypothetical at all. You buy a truck. You depreciate it over five years. Book value hits zero. You’ve “recovered” your capital through accounting entries.…
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Continue reading →: Four Nominees Bring Loyalty. Leonen Brings a Refusal—and That’s Exactly Why Marcos Should Pick Him.Why the Only Nominee Who Owes Marcos Nothing Is the Only One Worth Appointing By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — November 3, 2026 I’LL DO you the favor of skipping the foreplay, dear readers—the shortlist is out, and four of the five come pre-owned. The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC)…
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Continue reading →: The Palace Wants Congress to Keep Its Hands Off the Budget. Which Budget, Exactly?The President proposed 11,420 DPWH projects. The House delivered 16,244. Malacañang is now defending all of them as if they were his. By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — November 2, 2026 THERE is a particular comedy in watching an administration that spent years insisting on the sanctity of the Supreme…
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Continue reading →: Eleven Names, One Seat: The JBC’s Supreme Court Shortlist Is a Political BuffetA Solicitor General, a COA Chief, and a COMELEC Commissioner Walk Into a Shortlist… By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — November 2, 2026 PARDON me while I pick my jaw off the floor. The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC)—supposedly designed to keep political hacks out of the judiciary—has handed President…
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Continue reading →: The Babbler, the Billionaires, and the Christmas Layoff FictionThe Construction Crisis Is Real—But This Story Is Not By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo | November 2, 2026 LET’S begin with what Bilyonaryo won’t admit: the story is gossip with a deadline. Not entirely. The macroeconomic numbers are real and grim. The flood-control scandal has already devoured reputations and livelihoods.…
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Continue reading →: The ₱64 Question: Malacañang’s Peso Panic and the Fine Art of Blaming the WeatherHow the Palace Turned External Shocks into an Excuse for Ghost Beneficiaries, Token Subsidies, and Constitutional Chaos By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — November 2, 2026 LET us begin with genuine appreciation. Claire Castro has mastered the meteorological explanation for economic failure. Peso sinking? Middle East. Inflation eating budgets? The…
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Continue reading →: Five Days to Explain How ‘All’ Became ‘Some’Padilla and Go Asked for Sixteen. The Senate Said Fourteen. The Court Said: Prove It By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — November 2, 2026 SOMEWHERE in the 1987 Constitution, a sentence is weeping quietly into its footnotes. The 1987 Constitution says—and I’m quoting here, because apparently this is now a…
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Continue reading →: 78% Want Sara Duterte to Testify. Her Lawyers Say She Doesn’t Have ToA deep dive into the numbers behind the noise—and why the 78% figure may be the most dangerous data point in Sara Duterte’s political career By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — November 1, 2026 A Masterclass in Statistical Illusion The Philippines has just been treated to a masterclass in the…
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Continue reading →: Lacson Said “No Exemptions.” Malacañang Said “Relax.” Guess Who’s Sweating.The Senate’s budget watchdog just called out the President’s son—and the Palace’s defense is basically “trust us, it’s not final yet” By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — November 1, 2026 HERE’S a number that ought to make the long-suffering Filipino taxpayer choke on their kapeng barako—and not because it’s strong:…
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Continue reading →: Ejercito’s November 3 Ultimatum: Reform or Theater?Will November 3 Produce Documents—or Just Another Press Release? By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo | November 1, 2026 ALLOW me to describe a vanishing act—not of a coin, but of 6,271 projects that apparently never left the room. A magician places eleven thousand rubber balls under a cup, then lifts…
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