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Continue reading →: Borrowing for Defense: A Bold Strategy or a Risk to Philippine Sovereignty?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 19, 2025 A NATION caught between rising superpower tensions. A military struggling to keep pace. A government searching for solutions. As the Philippines races to modernize its armed forces, a controversial proposal has emerged: tapping private and foreign financing to fund its defense…
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Continue reading →: Rodante Marcoleta’s Remarkable Journey from ‘What Sea?’ to ‘Our Sea!’: A Parody of PatriotismBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 15, 2025 REP. Rodante Marcoleta has bravely taken on one of the greatest foes of our time: objective reality. In a stunning display of cartographic creativity, he initially declared that the West Philippine Sea is nothing more than a national fantasy—like a mythical…
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Continue reading →: Divided We Fall: The Dangerous Politics of the Marcos-Duterte FeudBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 16, 2025 IN THE Philippines, the fault lines of a political power struggle are widening, threatening to destabilize the very core of the nation. What was once an internal rift between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte now holds the…
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Continue reading →: Presumption of Innocence or Privilege? Untangling the Quiboloy DilemmaBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 15, 2025 Introduction A MAN behind bars, accused of grave crimes, yet still campaigning for public office—this is the reality of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy’s senatorial bid. The controversy surrounding his campaign video, recorded from detention, raises unsettling questions about justice in the Philippines.…
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Continue reading →: Punishing the Small Fish: Sultan Usman Sarangani’s Case and the System That Protects the PowerfulBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 15, 2025 IN THE Philippines, where corruption cases outlive the presidents who promise to solve them and where ‘justice’ often takes coffee breaks that last entire administrations, something remarkable just happened: a public official was actually convicted. Sultan Usman Sarangani, a former DENR-ARMM…
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Continue reading →: Panelo Says ‘Go Back to Law School,’ Santiago Says ‘See You in Class’—Enrollments Now Open!By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 14, 2025 DARK clouds gather over Manila as Vice President Sara Duterte finds herself entangled in the latest political telenovela: Mga Batas na Hindi Ko Sinusunod (Laws That I Don’t Follow). Enter Salvador Panelo, a seasoned lawyer who has never met a Duterte…
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Continue reading →: Enrile’s Defense of Duterte: Legal Wisdom or Political Convenience?By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — Fabruary 14, 2025 WHEN a sitting Vice President threatens to assassinate a President, his wife, and the Speaker of the House, it’s not just a political scandal—it’s a constitutional crisis. Vice President Sara Duterte’s conditional order to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady…
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Continue reading →: Miriam Defensor Santiago’s Warning Revisited: Is the House Prosecution Doomed to Fail?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 13, 2025 IF Philippine politics were a high-stakes poker game, the House of Representatives just went all in—impeaching Vice President Sara Duterte with a staggering 240 votes. But will this bold move secure victory, or are lawmakers walking into a legal trap, as…
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Continue reading →: The P241-Billion Question: Budget Falsification or Political Vendetta?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 13, 2025 WAS the 2025 national budget tampered with? A legal battle is unfolding over accusations that Speaker Martin Romualdez and other House leaders falsified key legislative documents—a charge that carries serious legal consequences under Article 170 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) and…
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Continue reading →: When the Enforcers Become the Criminals: The Santos Surrender and the PNP’s Crisis of IntegrityBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — February 12, 2025 A high-ranking police general has surrendered—not in a heroic act of accountability, but as a suspect in a staged anti-drug operation. For Filipinos, this isn’t just another corruption scandal; it’s confirmation of a long-standing fear: the very enforcers of the law…
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