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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 →: 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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Continue reading →: DPWH Blacklists 2 of 9 Discaya Firms: The Hydra Thanks You for Your ServiceThe Math Is Simple: Nine Companies, Two Sanctions, Zero Accountability By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — September 29, 2026 LET’S begin with a brief moment of silence for the collective intelligence of the Filipino taxpayer. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has done it again. In a move…
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Continue reading →: Taguig Is Not in Leyte: The DPWH’s 600-Kilometer Ghost ProjectSenator Lacson found the receipts. Secretary Dizon found ‘none.’ The geotags found Leyte. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 28, 2026 “Taguig is not in Leyte. Unless, of course, you’re the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).” That’s the question that should be echoing through the halls of…
