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Continue reading →: The Duterte Succession: A Trial Balloon So Obvious You Can See the Strings From DavaoFrom Impeachment Court to Succession Narrative: The Timing Nobody’s Buying By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — October 7, 2026 LET’S pause the succession telenovela for a moment: Sara Duterte did not announce that her brother Baste is running for president. She did not say she’s dropping out. She did not…
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Continue reading →: COMPASS: The Philippines’ New Budget Tracker That Tracks Everything Except AccountabilityMarcos Institutionalizes a Portal That Sees Everything—And Answers to No One By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 5, 2026 THE Marcos Jr. administration just did something genuinely interesting: it took a glorified spreadsheet and gave it the constitutional weight of an Executive Order. On September 28, 2026, President Ferdinand…
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Continue reading →: ₱16 Billion, 280 Accounts, 8 Helicopters: Boying Remulla’s Case Against the Yaps Is Not a DrillThe Yap Brothers Have 280 Frozen Accounts, 8 Helicopters, and Exactly One Defense Left: POLITICS By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — October 7, 2026 LET me say something that will get me excommunicated from the chattering classes of Metro Manila: Jesus Crispin Remulla is the only person in this country…
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Continue reading →: Boying Remulla vs. Customs: The Ombudsman Just Called Out the World’s Most Expensive Paper ShredderWhere Smuggling Cases Go to Die: Inside the BOC’s Documentation Black Hole By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo -+ October 6, 2026 FULL disclosure: I actually believe Boying Remulla might be onto something. And that sentence just cost me five years of credibility in certain circles. Here’s the thing about Philippine…
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Continue reading →: The ₱10 Billion Fire Sale: How the Marcos Admin Is Selling Makati’s Crown Jewel for PeanutsThe Valuation They Don’t Want You to See: Why P436K Per Square Meter Is an Insult to Every Filipino Taxpayer By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 6, 2026 READ the fine print they hoped you’d skip: Administrative Order No. 50 (AO 50) is not a sale. It is not…
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Continue reading →: Philippines Pays Foreign Banks ₱1 Billion for Projects It Never Built₱723 Billion in Idle Loans, 72% of Projects Delayed, and a Meter That Never Stops Running By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — October 6, 2026 The Philippine government paid about ₱1.02 billion in commitment fees in 2024 on foreign loans it had not drawn, including more than ₱202 million for…
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Continue reading →: ₱6.77 Billion and Zero Cash: The Sara Duterte SALN Math That Doesn’t Add UpThe prosecution says the bank records will do the talking. Unfortunately, nobody’s taught the Senate how to read a spreadsheet. By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo |October 5, 2026 LET me tell you something about the Philippine impeachment circus that should terrify anyone who actually cares about forensic evidence: the prosecution…
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Continue reading →: Garin’s Gambit: Admit the Failure, Ask for More Power, Blame the Market123 Alerts Later, the Only Thing Getting Fast-Tracked Is the Excuse-Making By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo –Ocrober 5, 2026 GOOD News, Visayas: the lights may be out, but the press releases are on. For months, the Visayas grid has been teetering on the edge of collapse. Red alerts, yellow alerts,…
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Continue reading →: Joel Villanueva Wants You Angry About a Budget Cut That Doesn’t ExistHow a Re-Election Bid, a Reform Law, and Creative Accounting Created the Perfect Political Storm By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — October 5, 2026 SENATOR Joel Villanueva wants you to believe the sky is falling on Filipino students. The man who has spent more time running for office than running…
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Continue reading →: No-El 2028? Imee Marcos Just Discovered the Slippery Slope Her Dad BuiltShe’s Right About the Legal Argument. She’s Also the Last Person Who Should Be Making It. By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — October 5, 2026 NOTICE who’s holding the lighter. Imee Marcos predicting a “no-election” scenario in 2028 is like a pyromaniac warning you about fire safety. Technically, she might…
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