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Continue reading →: Knock Knock, It’s the PNP: Remulla Wants to Inspect Your Gun Safe Without a WarrantA 2019 Supreme Court Ruling Already Said No — But Remulla Wants the Court to Change Its Mind By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 22, 2026 I. The Cause: Banga and the Pattern On the night of September 18, 2026, a 16-year-old student allegedly opened fire at Banga National…
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Continue reading →: Same Surname, Different Human: The DPWH Witch Hunt That Killed a Dead Man TwiceA 24-Year-Old Fell From the 16th Floor. The Internet Blamed His Dad for Flood Control in Bulacan. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 21, 2026 LET me get something straight right now, because the rumor mill has been working overtime and the internet’s collective IQ appears to have dropped…
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Continue reading →: Walang Iwanan, Except sa Kulungan: The Dummy, the Big Fish, and the Tax Trap That Could Flip the Flood Control ScandalThe Dummy Speaks, the Big Fish Sweats, and the BIR Sharpens Its Pencils: Inside the Financial Trap That Turns Loyalty Into Liability By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo | September 22, 2026 LET me tell you what I love about Philippine journalism’s blind-item industrial complex. It’s not the breathless scoops. It’s…
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Continue reading →: The Ombudsman Who Ate Cavite: Why Boying Remulla Is the Most Dangerous Man in Philippine PoliticsHe’s prosecuting the powerful, alienating the dynasty, and betting his legacy on evidence over politics. In the Philippines, that’s either courage or suicide—and the difference may be one Senate vote. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 21, 2026 Lito Banayo, a man who has forgotten more about Philippine political…
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Continue reading →: THREE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, ZERO SOLUTIONS: How the Philippines Perfected the Art of Thoughts and PrayersThree tragedies, recurring failures, and a familiar promise to “do something” after the shooting. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 21, 2026 I. THE HEADLINE THAT SHOULD HAVE BROKEN US (BUT DIDN’T) On September 18, 2026, a 16-year-old student at Banga National High School in South Cotabato allegedly walked…
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Continue reading →: Ghost Internet: Ombudsman Finds DICT Paid for Wi-Fi That Doesn’t ExistThe Router Is There. The Internet Isn’t. And the DICT Is Very Sorry You Noticed. By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — September 21, 2026 ONLY in the Philippines!. A country where we can launch a rocket to Mars before we can launch a functional Wi-Fi router in a public school.…
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Continue reading →: UP’s Budget Got Cut in Half—And the Guy Holding the Knife Teaches ThereDBM Secretary Kim de Leon is a UP Diliman professor. He just proposed the steepest cut to his own university in years. The irony is not lost on the students. By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo | September 20, 2026 I want to make sure I’m not hallucinating this. The Department…
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Continue reading →: CONSTITUTIONAL ORIGAMI: HOW CARPIO TURNED 24 SENATORS INTO 21When ‘All the Members’ Suddenly Means ‘Some of the Members’: A Masterclass in Selective Textualism By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — September 19, 2026 SO let me understand the logic here. The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines (the Constitution) says “no person shall be convicted without the…
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Continue reading →: “Ang Hirap Maging Mahirap”: The PAO Scandal That Proves Government Contempt Is Nothing NewA viral video, an eye-rolling staffer, and the ₱180,000 question: Why is Acosta’s PAO lecturing anyone about dignity? By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 19, 2026 LET me tell you about the most predictable sentence in Philippine governance. “We have ordered an investigation.” Something embarrassing goes viral. An agency…
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Continue reading →: The Villars Turned the Philippines’ Water Into Their Personal ATM—And the Ombudsman Just Cut the CardA Sitting Senator, a Cabinet Portfolio, and a Family Business: Anatomy of a Conflict of Interest So Blatant It’s Almost Impressive By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — September 18, 2026 LET’S get one thing straight before the Villar family’s impressive legal communications apparatus starts flooding my inbox: the Office of…
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