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Continue reading →: Road to Ruin: How Modernization Ran Over the Little GuyBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 25, 2025 IMAGINE Juanito Reyes, a 53-year-old jeepney driver with calloused hands and a sun-creased face, steering his rattling rig through Quezon City’s smog-choked streets. For 30 years, his garish, hand-painted jeepney—adorned with saints and slogans—has ferried students, vendors, and workers for 12…
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Continue reading →: When a Dynasty Bleeds: The Marcos Fracture That Could Break a NationBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 24, 2025 A MISSING sibling at a family dinner raises eyebrows. A missing figure in the nation’s political discourse raises alarms. In both cases, silence isn’t just awkward—it’s telling. And in the high-stakes arena of Philippine politics, what isn’t said can be more…
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Continue reading →: The Teves Trap: Law, Lies, and Diplomatic DefianceBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 24, 2025 A high-profile murder, an international tug-of-war, and a legal system caught in the crossfire—Arnolfo Teves Jr.’s extradition saga has taken a dramatic turn. Timor-Leste’s Court of Appeals has slammed the brakes on Manila’s efforts to bring the fugitive congressman home, triggering…
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Continue reading →: Guevarra’s Recusal Fiasco—Legal Chaos, Political Backstabbing, and a Presidency on the BrinkBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 24, 2025 WHEN the chief legal defender of a sitting president refuses to fight his battles, it’s not just a setback—it’s a five-alarm political fire. Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra’s abrupt recusal from defending the Marcos administration against the ICC’s long shadow is more…
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Continue reading →: Caught in the Diffusion: Duterte’s Arrest and the ICC’s Long ArmBy Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — March 23, 2025 RODRIGO Duterte’s arrest on March 11, 2025, is more than just the downfall of a former strongman—it is a seismic test of the limits of international justice. The decision to use an Interpol “red diffusion” rather than a standard “red notice”…
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Continue reading →: Bribery, Breakouts, and Border Blunders: A Scathing Critique of the BI’s Latest FiascoBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 22, 2025 ANOTHER day, another Bureau of Immigration (BI) scandal, but this one’s shaping up to be a real game-changer. A Korean fugitive, Na Ik-hyeon, spills the beans on a P14 million escape plot involving BI insiders, while a lax transit flight policy…
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Continue reading →: Duterte Hires Foreign Lawyers After Discovering Filipinos Can’t Defend the IndefensibleBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 22, 2025 RODRIGO Duterte, the Philippines’ former president and a man who once declared himself the nation’s ultimate patriot, has a curious relationship with justice. For years, he swore that only Filipino judges could ever hold him accountable—because, apparently, patriotism is a legal…
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Continue reading →: Remulla’s Tightrope: Sovereignty, the ICC, and Marcos’s Million-Dollar QuestionBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 21, 2025 JUSTICE Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla is walking a tightrope in the Philippines’ standoff with the ICC, trying to balance national pride with the messy realities of international law. His March 20, 2025, statements—paired with Senator Imee Marcos’s puzzled pushback—shine a spotlight…
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Continue reading →: The Gavel Falls: Duterte’s Reckoning Shakes a Divided LandBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 21, 2025 THE jet’s engines roared as Rodrigo Duterte, the once-untouchable strongman, was flown out of the Philippines under the cold glare of international justice. On March 11, 2025, the former president—hailed by some, feared by many—was delivered to The Hague, facing charges…
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Continue reading →: Duterte’s Fall, Bong Go’s Fight: A Nation’s Soul on TrialBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 21, 2025 FOR years, the families of the dead have waited. They have waited through the silence, through the denials, through the impunity. But on March 11, 2025, their wait ended—at least in part—as Rodrigo Duterte, the architect of a drug war that…
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