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Continue reading →: Philippines’ Education Crisis: Teachers Vanish, Classrooms Overflow, and AI’s Risky RescueBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 21, 2025 IN A Manila high school, 60 students cram into a classroom built for 30. Their teacher, Karen, a composite of countless educators, spends sleepless nights grading papers instead of inspiring minds. The Department of Education (DepEd) claims a 30,000-teacher shortage, even…
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Continue reading →: The Philippine Midterms: Did Youth Really Steal the Show?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 22, 2025 MANILA’S streets pulsed with defiance on May 12, 2025, as Filipinos delivered a stunning rebuke to the political establishment in the midterm elections. The surprise victories of Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino and Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, clinching second and fifth Senate seats,…
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Continue reading →: Bloodlines or Battle Lines? The Marcos-Duterte Feud’s Explosive CrossroadsBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 21, 2025 A Clash of Titans Ignites In a sweltering Davao City rally, Vice President Sara Duterte’s voice trembles with defiance, her Facebook Live stream capturing a sea of supporters chanting her father’s name—a ghostly echo from his Hague cell. Meanwhile, President Ferdinand…
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Continue reading →: Dynastic Deceptions: How Duterte Youth and ACT-CIS Made a Mockery of Marginalized VoicesBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 21, 2025 The Philippines’ party-list system, birthed by Republic Act No. 7941, was designed as a lifeline for the marginalized—laborers, peasants, and indigenous communities meant to find a voice in Congress. Instead, it’s been transformed into a dynastic playground where elites like the…
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Continue reading →: Tiangco’s Treachery: How a ₱10-Billion Campaign Crashed and BurnedBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 20, 2025 IN THE Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), where administration allies have long commanded near-ironclad loyalty, the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas coalition suffered a staggering shutout in the 2025 midterms—not a single candidate won a seat. This humiliating collapse…
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Continue reading →: Duterte Youth’s Electoral Charade: Comelec’s Complicity in a Democratic HeistBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 20, 2025 The Duterte Youth party-list saga is a festering wound on the Philippine electoral system, with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) playing the role of an indifferent bystander. A five-year-old petition to void their registration for flagrant procedural violations and blatant misrepresentation…
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Continue reading →: Philippine Democracy on Trial: Sara Duterte’s “Bloodbath” Gambit vs. Leila de Lima’s Stand for JusticeBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 20, 2025 A Dynasty’s Defiance: The Marcos-Duterte Showdown Ignites The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, set to erupt on July 30, 2025, is no mere legal proceeding—it’s a seismic clash in the ongoing Marcos-Duterte feud, a saga dripping with betrayal and…
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Continue reading →: From Trauma Surgeon to Global Trailblazer: Herbosa’s Fight for Health JusticeBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 20, 2015 IN A cramped Manila hospital in 2020, Nurse Mona Santos worked 18-hour shifts, her face bruised from a too-tight mask, tending to COVID-19 patients while fearing for her own children. She wasn’t alone: Filipino health workers, often underpaid and overworked, became…
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Continue reading →: OWWA’s P1.4B Debacle: Shredding the Law, Dodging Ethics, and Echoes of Gloria’s OFW Fund FiascoBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 19, 2025 WHEN millions of overseas Filipino workers scrape together their hard-earned dollars to fund the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), they expect protection—not betrayal. Yet the P1.4-billion land deal orchestrated by recently-fired OWWA chief Arnell Ignacio has done exactly that. As the…
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Continue reading →: The Duterte Dynasty’s Downfall in Davao: A Seismic Shift Threatening a Philippine EmpireBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 19, 2025 IN THE heart of Mindanao, a political earthquake is rumbling—one that could topple the most feared dynasty in modern Philippine history. But the aftershocks may be even more dangerous. The 2025 midterm elections have exposed deep fissures in the Duterte family’s…
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