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Continue reading →: Efraim Genuino’s Grand Graft Gala: A Shameless Plunder Party ExposedBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 10, 2025 EFRAIM GENUINO, the former PAGCOR kingpin, didn’t just dip his toes in corruption—he dove headfirst into a cesspool of graft, malversation, and ethical debauchery. The Sandiganbayan’s May 2025 ruling, slapping him and his four stooges with a theatrical “100 years” in…
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Continue reading →: Sara’s Hitman Hype: Sedition, Threats, or Just Political Theater?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 11, 2025 Introduction: A Vice President’s Deadly Dare Shakes the Nation When Vice President Sara Duterte tossed out a chilling threat in a November 2024 livestream—claiming she’d hired a hitman to take out President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and House…
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Continue reading →: Duterte’s Revenge: Is Marcos Jr.’s Impeachment Bid a Legal Knockout or Political Circus?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 10, 2025 I. The Setup: A Political Soap Opera Masquerading as Law The Cardemas’ impeachment complaint against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is less a legal document and more a script for a Manila melodrama—complete with plot twists and glaring holes. Filed on May…
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Continue reading →: Whose Law School Is It Anyway? BARMM and LEB Duke It OutBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 10, 2025 The Supreme Court’s temporary restraining order (TRO) issued on May 6, 2025, against the Legal Education Board’s (LEB) ban on Mindanao State University’s (MSU) law programs isn’t just a legal hiccup—it’s a constitutional cage match. The LEB, swinging its regulatory hammer…
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Continue reading →: Vengeance Jailed, Mercy Denied: Corazon Lacap’s Conviction Exposes Justice’s Cruel EdgeBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 9, 2025 THE Sandiganbayan’s refusal to grant former Masantol, Pampanga mayor Corazon Lacap house arrest for her 2011 conviction under the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (RA 3019) is a legal bullseye that misses the moral mark. Convicted for wielding her mayoral power…
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Continue reading →: Duterte’s Dance with Denial: Why the ICC Won’t Let Him Waltz AwayBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 9, 2025 THE International Criminal Court’s case against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is a legal cage match where the defense’s procedural sleights-of-hand collide with the prosecution’s calculated evidence dump. Duterte’s lawyers, seemingly mistaking the ICC for a Manila traffic court, have doubled…
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Continue reading →: Hasty Justice or Political Hit Job? Remulla’s Defiant Stand Against the Ombudsman’s Reckless RushBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 8, 2025 WHEN does the Ombudsman’s quest for accountability morph into a procedural ambush? In Cojuangco v. PCGG (G.R. Nos. 92319-20, October 2, 1990), the Supreme Court laid down a critical marker: investigations, even by powerful bodies like the Ombudsman, must uphold due…
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Continue reading →: Fraud or Political Purge? Unmasking the Scandalous Ouster of NCSC’s Reymar MansilunganBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 8, 2025 COMMISSIONER Reymar Mansilungan’s career at the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) didn’t end with a resignation—it ended with a firing squad. On April 23, 2025, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin made him the poster child of ‘accountability’ for faking a UP…
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Continue reading →: A Filipino Child’s Tragedy, an American Firestorm: The Hepatitis B Vaccine ClashBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 8, 2025 IN A Manila hospital, 12-year-old Rosa lies frail, her skin yellowed by cirrhosis. Her mother, a seamstress, weeps, recalling how Rosa contracted Hepatitis B at birth from an undiagnosed infection. A vaccine, costing just $1 per dose, could have spared her.…
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Continue reading →: Silencing the Vlogger: Is Duterte’s Shadow Turning Fake News Laws into Political Weapons?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 7, 2025 THE Philippine National Police’s (PNP) rapid-fire prosecution of a Davao vlogger for falsely alleging a police raid on former President Rodrigo Duterte’s home is a legal powder keg. Charged under the antiquated Article 154 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) and…
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