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Continue reading →: The ASEAN Hangover: A Fake Budget Cut and a Real Slush FundThe Art of Fiscal Ventriloquism: Making P28B Vanish While P4.5B Stays Invisible By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 3, 2026 SEPTEMBER in the Philippines. The “ber” months are upon us, Jose Mari Chan is thawed from his cryogenic chamber to haunt every mall speaker, the Christmas carols are warming…
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Continue reading →: The Crocodile Tears of Pampanga: Where the Water Rises, But the Accountability SinksA ₱545 Billion Flood of Cash, A Trickle of Results, and a Tsunami of Excuses By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 3, 2026 IT IS a scene of grotesque, almost theatrical, absurdity. As the floodwaters of the mighty Pampanga River once again swallowed homes and dreams, some residents did…
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Continue reading →: The Sandiganbayan Just Legalized Betrayal: Bonoan Walks, Estrada BurnsEstrada Faces Life in Bilibid While His Co-Accused Gets a Mic and an Immunity Deal By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 2, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, pull up a stool and sharpen your itak. If you thought the circus left town, you were wrong. The big top has merely relocated…
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Continue reading →: River Basins vs. Pork Barrels: Pangilinan Declares War on Congress’ ATMThe MMDA Illusion: Putting a Paper Tiger in Charge of a Real Flood By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 2, 2026 Well, well, well—September in Manila. The ‘ber’ months are here. The air is thick with the scent of impending Christmas carols and, inevitably, the stench of overflowing esteros…
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Continue reading →: BFP’s ₱15B Bonfire: How to Buy a Firefighter Badge and Burn the ConstitutionThe Art of the Deal: How ₱300K Can Turn a Hopeful Applicant into a “Hero” (and a Criminal) By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 2, 2026 MABUHAY! Welcome to the Philippines, where the only thing more flammable than a squatter’s shanty in summer is the stench of institutionalized corruption.…
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Continue reading →: 14 or 16? The Constitutional Séance That Could Save or Sink Sara DuterteInside Dean Mel Sta. Maria’s Dangerous Math: How Ghosts, Fugitives, and Detainees Could Rewrite the Impeachment Rules By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 2, 2026 MY dear denizens of the Kweba, gather around the flickering light of constitutional scrutiny. We are not here to discuss the mundane. We are…
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Continue reading →: ₱53 Million Man Tells ₱695-a-Day Workers to Stop Being ‘Mayabang’: The Audacity of BSP’s RemolonaA Tragedy in Technocratic Tone-Deafness By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — September 1, 2026 IN THE gilded annals of Philippine technocracy, there exists a particular breed of public servant who has mastered the art of living like a sultan while lecturing the starving masses on the virtues of asceticism. The…
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Continue reading →: Remulla vs. Sandiganbayan: The Bail-Out That’s Got Manila’s Legal Elites Sweating Like a Convicted Kleptocrat on AppealA Radio Rant Becomes a Constitutional Crisis By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 1, 2026 IF there is one thing we must grudgingly admire about Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, it is his unerring instinct for the jugular. He does not dance around an issue with the delicate steps…
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Continue reading →: Tinio vs. The Pork Barrel Industrial Complex: A Warning Shot or Just Political Theater?”The Man Who Cried ‘Insertion!’—Why Tinio’s Alarm Bells Sound Suspiciously Like a Broken Record By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 1, 2026 HAY NAKU, the Philippine national budget. That annual, multi-trillion-peso exercise in national aspiration, legislative sleight-of-hand, and the perennial question of whether the Department of Public Works and…
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Continue reading →: Dunkin’ Donuts: Secretary Dizon’s Recipe for Disaster (and Due Process Violations)”The Sweet Taste of Scapegoating: Why Blaming Petty Thieves Won’t Fix the DPWH’s Rotten Dough By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — September 1, 2026 ALRIGHT, fellow denizens of the bureaucratic swamp, Barok here. Pull up a chair because the circus has come to town, and its ringmaster is none other…
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