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Continue reading →: The P50-Million Question: Malacañang Has a Bounty, a Deadline, and Absolutely No Idea What It’s DoingJonvic Remulla Found ₱50 Million in the Intelligence Fund—but Forgot to Bring the Law, the Evidence, and the Paperwork By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — October 25, 2026 SOMEWHERE, a legal scholar is weeping into a Constitution. The Philippine government has announced a ₱50-million bounty for the capture of a…
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Continue reading →: Sara’s Lawyers Are Picking a Lock the Supreme Court Already ChangedMeet the legal strategy that confuses “come back when you have a case” with “please try again immediately.” By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 25, 2026 I MUST have missed the memo where “premature” became a synonym for “please try again.” Let me catch up. Vice President Sara Duterte’s…
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Continue reading →: The Vince Dizon Show: All Turo-Turo, No RoadmapOr: How to Reform a 70,000-Person Agency with a Laser Pointer and Good Intentions By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo | October 26, 2026 Ladies and gentlemen, gather around. The circus is in town, and the ringmaster has a confession to make: he doesn’t actually have a plan. That’s the headline…
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Continue reading →: Boying Remulla’s “Evidence-Based” Probe: Following the Money While Everyone Else Follows the ScriptHow the Ombudsman Refused to Pretend the Docket Is a Political Menu By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 24, 2026 IN THE Philippine anti-corruption circus, the usual act is simple: announce a crackdown, jail a few mid-level bureaucrats and contractors who forgot to share, then declare victory while the…
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Continue reading →: No Interview, No Evidence, No Case: The PDEA’s Laos Shabu CircusThe People v. Lim Nightmare: Why the Laos Case Collapses Before It Even Reaches Court By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo | October 24, 2026 FORGIVE me for needing a moment to process this. Appearing before a congressional hearing, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Isagani Nerez confidently identified former…
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Continue reading →: The Zofia Canlas Scandal: A Masterclass in Palace Obfuscation, with a Side of Elaine Masukat’s Phantom MenaceThe Masukat Template: How Proximity to the First Lady’s Law Firm Became the Only Resume That Matters By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 24, 2026 LET me be clear about something before we wade into this particular swamp: I do not know Elaine Masukat. I have never met her.…
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Continue reading →: The OSG’s ‘Guardrails’ Gambit: A Motion for Reconsideration or a License to Ignore the Court?Pork on Life Support: Inside the Legal Maneuver to Keep Unconstitutional Spending Alive By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 23, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, the plot thickens, and the smell of desperation is wafting through the halls of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG). Just days after the Supreme…
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Continue reading →: Dizon’s Detention Basins: Flood Control or the Next DPWH Scam?Vince Dizon wants developers to build stormwater basins nationwide. He announced it from a Megaworld project, without published standards, legal basis, or anti-corruption safeguards—what could possibly go wrong? By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 23, 2026 VINCE DIZON is many things—reformist, workaholic, camera-ready—but stupid is not one of them.…
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Continue reading →: Fore! The Military’s Golf Courses Are Robbing You BlindLacson Wants Answers. Teodoro Wants Understanding. Taxpayers Want Their Money Back. By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — October 22, 2026 LET’S start with the number that should make every Filipino taxpayer choke on their morning pandesal: ₱400 million. That is not the cost of a new frigate. It is not…
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Continue reading →: 23,000 Schools, No Principals, One Big Fat Zero: Inside the 2027 Education Budget DisasterHow DepEd Asked for ₱10.5 Billion, Got a Reclassification Memo, and Called It a Staffing Plan By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 20, 2026 SOMEBODY please explain this to me like I’m a congressman, because here’s the situation: the Philippines has 45,928 public schools. Roughly 23,000 of them—that’s half,…
