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Continue reading →: UP’s Budget Got Cut in Half—And the Guy Holding the Knife Teaches ThereDBM Secretary Kim de Leon is a UP Diliman professor. He just proposed the steepest cut to his own university in years. The irony is not lost on the students. By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo | September 20, 2026 I want to make sure I’m not hallucinating this. The Department…
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Continue reading →: CONSTITUTIONAL ORIGAMI: HOW CARPIO TURNED 24 SENATORS INTO 21When ‘All the Members’ Suddenly Means ‘Some of the Members’: A Masterclass in Selective Textualism By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — September 19, 2026 SO let me understand the logic here. The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines (the Constitution) says “no person shall be convicted without the…
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Continue reading →: “Ang Hirap Maging Mahirap”: The PAO Scandal That Proves Government Contempt Is Nothing NewA viral video, an eye-rolling staffer, and the ₱180,000 question: Why is Acosta’s PAO lecturing anyone about dignity? By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 19, 2026 LET me tell you about the most predictable sentence in Philippine governance. “We have ordered an investigation.” Something embarrassing goes viral. An agency…
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Continue reading →: The Villars Turned the Philippines’ Water Into Their Personal ATM—And the Ombudsman Just Cut the CardA Sitting Senator, a Cabinet Portfolio, and a Family Business: Anatomy of a Conflict of Interest So Blatant It’s Almost Impressive By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — September 18, 2026 LET’S get one thing straight before the Villar family’s impressive legal communications apparatus starts flooding my inbox: the Office of…
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Continue reading →: SEC or Palace Puppet? The Masukat Appointment Nobody Asked ForMeet the insider who failed upward — and the corporate lawyer who actually knows what an IPO is. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 18, 2026 WANTED: One Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner. Requirements: unquestionable integrity, known probity, recognized competence in social and economic disciplines. Preferred: First Lady’s…
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Continue reading →: Six Minutes, Zero Questions: House Approves Its Own P27.9-Billion Budget Without Breaking a SweatFrom “Power of the Purse” to “Purse of the Powerful”: A Six-Minute Masterclass in Self-Exemption By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 18, 2026 IN A development that should surprise no one paying attention to Philippine politics, the House of Representatives has once again demonstrated that “checks and balances” is…
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Continue reading →: Supreme Court to Congress: Legislate! Congress: Best We Can Do Is a LoopholeHow to Pass an Anti-Dynasty Law Without Actually Prohibiting Any Dynasties By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — September 18, 2026 I HAVE a confession to make: I was the guy who sued the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in 2012, asking the Supreme Court to force the commission to ban political…
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Continue reading →: 16 or Else: The Senate’s Constitutional Pick-Your-Own-AdventureThe Constitution Says ‘All.’ The Senate Says ‘Depends on Who Shows Up By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 17, 2026 LET’S get one thing straight: I have no dog in this dynastic deathmatch. Sara Duterte is not my president, not my vice president, and certainly not my moral compass.…
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Continue reading →: Not It: Davao City Council Ghosts the UP Mindanao vs. Army Land War”Because nothing says ‘rule of law’ like a city council that endorses military expansion in 2017 and pleads ‘no jurisdiction’ in 2026 By Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — September 17, 2026 WELL, that was anticlimactic. After years of posturing, red-tagging, student mobilizations, and a military expansion request that somehow managed…
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Continue reading →: Davide Says 14, Azcuna Says 16: When Constitutional Framers Can’t Agree on Their Own ConstitutionTwo men. One Constitution. Two irreconcilable math problems. The Senate is now taking oral arguments on a question the framers apparently forgot to settle over merienda. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo | September 16, 2026 So let me get this absolutely clear: the Philippine Senate is currently engaged in a…
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