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Continue reading →: Persona Non Grata Politics: Why the Philippines-China Diplomatic Row Is All Theater and No StrategyWhat Happens When Foreign Policy Becomes Performance Art and Nobody Remembers We’re the Weaker Party By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — February 16, 2026 I. THE SETUP: A TALE OF TWO EGOS AND A SEA OF TROUBLES Picture this: In one corner, we have Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III,…
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Continue reading →: The Davao 8: ICC Finally Names the Henchmen in Duterte’s Bloody Pyramid SchemeTokhang Architects Exposed: Senators, PNP Chiefs & Duterte’s Inner Circle Allegedly Ran the Rewards-for-Bodies Program By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 15, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, grab your empi light and buckle up, because the International Criminal Court (ICC) just turned the lights on in the darkest corner of Philippine…
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Continue reading →: Duterte Loyalists Want Tito Sotto Jailed for Having a Mouth Bigger Than Their LoyaltyBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 14, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, loyal readers of the Kweba, brace yourselves. Today we rip open one of the filthiest chapters of Philippine politics in 2026. This is not mere Senate gossip or an X troll post – this is a petition designed to…
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Continue reading →: Fourth Degree of Separation — Or Just Two? When Former Justices Can’t Agree on How to Kill Dynasties That Won’t DieWhen Even the Justices Can’t Agree on How to Count Your Cousins By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 10, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, the anti-political dynasty law debate in the Philippines has reached peak absurdity. Two former Supreme Court justices—Antonio Carpio and Adolfo Azcuna—just spent a House committee hearing arguing…
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Continue reading →: They’re Burning Domingo at the Stake Because He Refuses to Join the Patronage PicnicWhen “Health Advocates” Suddenly Discover Ethics (After Years of Selective Blindness) By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 9, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, the kitchen at the Department of Health (DOH) is heating up again. A group of so-called “health advocates”—the kind that produce more press releases than actual patient consultations—suddenly…
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Continue reading →: P1 Trillion in Savings? Or P1 Trillion in Nonsense?Abolish Congress? Sure—And Hand the Keys to the Dynasties By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 9, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, grab your popcorn—or better yet, some antacids—because we have a fresh episode in the Philippines’ longest-running teleserye: “How Politicians Pretend to Be Serious While Destroying Democracy.” Today’s star? Former Anti-Red…
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Continue reading →: Due Process for the Senator, Ghost Projects for the People: Kapunan’s Finest Hypocrisy HourFloods Drown Communities While Lawyers Drown the Court in Technicalities BAHOLD, the Philippine justice system—where the wheels grind with glacial indifference for the poor, yet suddenly sprout turbochargers when a big fish smells blood in the water. Former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. is back in detention, this time for…
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Continue reading →: Tacloban’s Two-Bit Bike Bandits: When the BI Finally Notices the Chinese Nationals It’s Been Ignoring for Six YearsEnter Viado, Exit the Era of Looking the Other Way By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — February 8, 2026 TWO Chinese nationals—Zhu Fulin, 51, and Wu Huoyan, 53—were dramatically arrested in Tacloban City on January 29, 2026, while tinkering with e-bikes in Barangay 91, Abucay. One had been overstaying since…
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Continue reading →: Solar Para Sa Bayan? More Like Solar Para Sa BulsaLeviste’s Solar Empire: Franchise First, Compliance Optional By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — February 7, 2026 THE promise of renewable energy has collided with hypocrisy in the Philippines’ latest power scandal. Solar Para Sa Bayan Corporation (SPSB), founded by Batangas Representative Leandro Leviste, faces penalties of up to ₱150 million…
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Continue reading →: Phantom Congressmen & Fake Tax Stamps: The ₱4.5-Billion-a-Month Ghost Story Remulla Won’t NameWhere Two Luzon Solons Play Hide-and-Seek While ₱400 Million in Illegal Yosi Burns Daily By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 7, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, imagine this: while you struggle with taxes and overpriced cigarettes, two mysterious congressmen from Northern Luzon supposedly pose as defenders of the people by day,…
