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Continue reading →: Winning Motions, Losing Votes: Sara Duterte’s Lawyers Just Learned the Hard Way That Impeachment Isn’t Law SchoolThe Quantum of Proof Problem: When You’ve Been Arguing Beyond Reasonable Doubt in a Proceeding That Never Required It By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 30, 2026 LET the record reflect my disbelief. You spend weeks cross-examining prosecution witnesses with the surgical precision of a lawyer who billable hour…
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Continue reading →: Ghost Wi-Fi, Real Billions: How Aguda’s DICT Turned ‘Free Internet’ Into a Fraternity Slush FundThey Promised Free Wi-Fi. You Got Ghost Sites, Double Salaries, and a Procurement Czar Under Indictment By Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — September 30, 2026 SO LET me get this absolutely, catastrophically straight: the Philippines has a Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) created under Republic Act No. 10844…
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Continue reading →: THE ₱2 BILLION SUITCASE MAN: HOW THE PROSECUTION’S STAR WITNESS BECAME ITS BIGGEST LIABILITYA Dismissed Cop, a Grudge, and a Polygraph That Proved Nothing: Inside the Impeachment Witness No One Wants to Vouch For By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — September 30, 2026 HOLD my balikbayan box. The House prosecution team wants to put a dismissed cop on the witness stand—a man who…
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Continue reading →: 98.8% Paid, 0% Built: The Davao Ghost School ScandalNo Structure Found, Fully Paid: Inside the COA Report That Exposed ₱83 Million in Phantom Classrooms By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — September 30, 2026 THE Commission on Audit (COA) has discovered that you can pay 98.8% of a ₱36-million school building contract and have absolutely nothing to show for…
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Continue reading →: The Witness Who Knew Nothing: How the Prosecution’s Star Testified His Way Into IrrelevanceRendell Sopeña Spent a Whole Day on the Stand Proving That PhilGEPS Is Just a Filing Cabinet—And the Prosecution Called It a Smoking Gun By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — September 29, 2026 Mga ka-kweba, gather ‘round the flickering light of your screens. The circus is back in session, and…
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Continue reading →: The ₱15,500 Question: Laguna’s Governor Sol Aragones and the Case of the Disappearing Review ClassOr: How to Spend ₱11.5 Million on “Educational Assistance” Without Actually Procuring Anything By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 29, 2026 MAKE no mistake: I don’t know if Sol Aragones is guilty. I don’t know if she’s innocent. What I do know is that someone in Laguna decided that…
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Continue reading →: The ₱7.2-Trillion Alibi: How Sara Duterte’s Prosecutors Plan to Drop Bribery Because of a Budget MeetingAccountability Has a Shelf Life, and Apparently It Expires in October By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — September 29, 2026 Let’s not pretend this smells like anything other than what it is: I am not here to defend Sara Duterte. The Vice President has, in my humble opinion, the ethical…
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Continue reading →: Hitchhiker’s Guide to Evading the ICC: Torreon’s ‘Spur-of-the-Moment’ Defense Is Comedy GoldStarring Bato as the Passenger, Robin as the Driver, and the CIDG as the Unwitting Comedy Critics By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — September 28, 2026 LET’S set aside the spin for a moment and consult reality: I don’t know if Senator Robin Padilla committed obstruction of justice under Presidential…
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Continue reading →: Marcoleta, Lubao, and the INC: The Holy Trinity of Avoiding the Witness StandOne invoked God. One invoked the Fifth. The church invoked silence. The video invoked Marcoleta’s own mouth. By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — September 29, 2016 GRAB your popcorn and your copy of the Rules on Evidence, because this one requires both: Nelson Lubao did not save Rodante Marcoleta from…
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Continue reading →: The Art of the Steal: Congress Postponed the Barangay Elections Again—And Called It ‘Reform’They Didn’t Kill the 2026 Barangay Elections. They Just Renamed the Murder ‘Term-Setting’—And the Supreme Court Might Let Them Get Away With It Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo | September 28, 2026 LET’S start with a simple question: What do you call a law that extends the terms of sitting officials,…
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