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Continue reading →: Masquerade of Motives? Romualdez’s Transparency Pledge in a Budget StormBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 30, 2025 IN THE Philippines, where dynastic politics often overshadow democratic ideals, House Speaker Martin Romualdez’s call to livestream bicameral budget deliberations offers a glimmer of reform. On June 27, 2025, he declared, “Transparency and accountability must be the cornerstones of the budget…
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Continue reading →: Blood and Betrayal: Remulla’s Bold Move to Protect Duterte’s AccusersBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 30, 2025 IN A Manila slum, Laura clutches a faded photo of her son, Joel, gunned down at 17 in Rodrigo Duterte’s ruthless drug war. The police branded him a dealer; she calls him her soul. “He was no criminal,” she whispers, her…
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Continue reading →: Dynasty’s Defender or Democracy’s Doom? Martires’ Gambit in Sara Duterte’s Impeachment SagaBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 29, 2015 THE showdown between Ombudsman Samuel Martires and the Senate over Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial is a high-octane legal thriller that could reshape Philippine democracy. Martires, a Rodrigo Duterte appointee retiring on July 27, 2025, insists his investigation into Sara’s…
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Continue reading →: Betrayed by the Grain: The NFA’s Risky Rice Ruse Threatens a NationBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 30, 2025 IN A sun-scorched barangay in Nueva Ecija, Mang Lito, a grizzled rice farmer, rips his RSBSA certificate in half, his weathered hands shaking with rage. “This was my ticket to stability,” he growls, “now it’s a shackle.” Meanwhile, in a shadowy…
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Continue reading →: Blood on the Feathers: The Vanishing Sabungeros and the Philippines’ Descent into CorruptionBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 29, 2025 MARLYN Germar’s trembling hands clutch her phone, frozen on her son Glenn’s last WhatsApp message: “Ma, I’m at the arena. Be home soon.” That was January 2022. Glenn, a 34-year-old cockfighting enthusiast, never returned. Marlyn’s heart now falters under stress-induced heart…
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Continue reading →: Philippine Navy’s Audacious Stand to Shield the Nation’s Fuel FutureBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 28, 2025 OFF the coast of Palawan, where the West Philippine Sea glints like molten glass under a merciless sun, Pipoy, a 43-year-old fisherman, casts his nets as his father taught him. His calloused hands weave a tale of endurance, but his eyes…
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Continue reading →: Senate Power Grab: Can Escudero’s “Simple Majority” Tactic Bury Duterte’s Impeachment and Democracy?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — June 28, 2025 THE Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte has taken a dangerous turn—one that could redefine accountability, constitutional integrity, and the very soul of Philippine democracy. At the center of the storm? Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero, whose controversial assertion…
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Continue reading →: “We Did Not Yield”: Marcos’s Stand and the Soul of Filipino SovereigntyBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 28, 2025 A Fisherman’s Dreams Dashed on the Waves Tolomeo Forones, a 70-year-old fisherman from Masinloc, Philippines, once sailed to Scarborough Shoal with hope in his heart and nets full of promise. His hands, etched with the labor of decades, hauled in catches…
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Continue reading →: Bucoy’s Legal Blitz Against Martires’ Rogue Probe: Duterte’s Impeachment on the LineBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 27, 2025 WITH Ombudsman Samuel Martires’ term racing toward its July 2025 expiration and the Senate impeachment court mired in a constitutional quagmire, Vice President Sara Duterte’s fate teeters on the edge of a political abyss—a high-stakes clash where legal precision meets raw…
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Continue reading →: Ateneo de Davao’s Law School Triumph: Can Anyone Else Keep Up?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 27, 2025 FOR over a decade, Ateneo de Davao University Law School (AdDU LS) has outgunned Manila’s elite, seizing the crown as the Philippines’ top legal education institution. With an 88.9% Bar exam pass rate from 2013 to 2024, according to the Legal…
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