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Continue reading →: The Classroom Is Not a Battleground: Teodoro’s China Spy Panic Has No Names, No Proof, and No ShameEvidence Laundering 101: How a Pentagon-Funded Report Became a National Security Emergency By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 3, 2026 WELCOME back to the Kweba. Today we’re diving into a geopolitical psychodrama so rich in irony it could fund a small university’s political science department for a decade. Defense…
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Continue reading →: Remulla’s Polygraph Theater: How a Dismissed Cop, a Priest, and ₱2 Billion Exposed the FarceA Lie Detector Nobody Believes, a Witness Nobody Trusts, and a Speaker Nobody Can Find By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 2, 2026 WELCOME back to the Kweba, where we separate the evidence from the theater. Today’s episode: the most Filipino political scandal imaginable—a dismissed cop, a priest, suitcases…
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Continue reading →: Twelve Senators, One Vanishing Vote, and a Court That Calls a Coup “Jurisprudence”How the Supreme Court blessed the June 3 rump session, ducked Cayetano’s real case, and left the Senate’s arithmetic looking like a magic trick. By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — October 2, 2026 LET me get this straight, because the Supreme Court clearly did not. On October 1, the country…
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Continue reading →: The Bowl That Outlived the Permit: Quezon City Padlocks Ma Mon Luk, and Nostalgia Is Not a DefenseBy Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — October 2, 2026 CALL me old-fashioned, but a century of mami does not come with a lifetime exemption from Presidential Decree No. 856 (Code on Sanitation of the Philippines). Quezon City has padlocked Ma Mon Luk on Quezon Avenue — the last standing branch…
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Continue reading →: ₱58.53B, Zero Receipts: The LGSF Pork Barrel Nobody Wants to NameCongress calls it ‘financial assistance.’ Rep. Erice calls it ‘presidential pork.’ The public calls it a receipt they never got By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 2, 2026 The Return of the Pork Barrel Gather ’round, kweba-kids. Today’s bedtime story is about a fund that died long ago but…
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Continue reading →: The Witness Who Wasn’t: How Trillanes Ghosted Sara Duterte’s Impeachment TrialThe Cart, the Horse, and the Senator-Judge Who Wouldn’t Shut Up By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 1, 2026 SPARE us the violin music: Antonio Trillanes IV is not a shrinking violet. This is a man who once staged a hotel mutiny, spent years in detention, and has made…
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Continue reading →: The World Bank Has a Bridge to Sell You: A ₱435 Billion Bridge, to Be ExactA Masterclass in Saying ‘Corruption’ Without Ever Saying ‘Corruption’—Featuring Special Guest, the ₱1 Trillion Flood Control Scandal By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — October 1, 2026 THE World Bank has done it again. In a feat of academic prestidigitation that would make a Las Vegas magician blush, the multilateral lender…
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Continue reading →: Philippine Justice Is a Public Restroom: The Sandiganbayan Just Showed Us Who Holds the KeysRevilla Walks, Bernardo Talks, Miranda Stays, and Moreno Waits: A Sandiganbayan Story Where Everyone Gets What They Paid For By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — October 1, 2026 LET me tell you something about the Philippine justice system, dear readers. It’s not broken. It’s working exactly as designed—for the people…
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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…
