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Continue reading →: Will Robots Forge a New American Dream or Shatter It?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 18, 2025 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, smells like rust and regret. The corpse of a steel mill stands frozen in time, its parking lot a graveyard of cracked asphalt and thistles. Meanwhile, 1,200 miles south, Tesla’s Gigafactory pulses with the sterile rhythm of machines building…
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Continue reading →: Philippine Power Play: Marcos’s Plunge, Duterte’s Surge, and a Nation at the EdgeBy Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — April 18, 2025 IN Manila’s restless streets, a political earthquake is reshaping the Philippines. The March 2025 Pulse Asia survey isn’t just data—it’s a pulse-pounding saga of trust shattered and ambition unleashed. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s approval has nosedived to 25%, a 17-point collapse…
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Continue reading →: The Pot Lid Plot: Kiko Pangilinan and the Smear That Threatens Philippine DemocracyBy Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — April 17, 2025 IN A modest carinderia in Pampanga, Kiko Pangilinan joined a boodle fight, eating rice soaked in carabao milk from a pot lid—a humble nod to Kapampangan tradition. Captured by food vlogger Romeo Catacutan, the moment was meant to celebrate culture and…
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Continue reading →: China’s UNCLOS Charade: Preaching Piety, Practicing PiracyBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 17, 2025 CHINA’S latest sermon on the sanctity of international law is a jaw-dropping display of chutzpah. Scolding the U.S. for a reported deep-sea metals stockpile plan, Beijing invokes the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) like a pious…
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Continue reading →: Deepfakes, Sedition, and Political Bloodsport: The Philippines’ Legal Showdown Goes Full ThrottleBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 17, 2025 A doctored video alleging President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is snorting drugs didn’t just go viral—it ignited a political firestorm. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has unleashed a legal barrage against former Duterte mouthpiece Harry Roque, vlogger Claire “Maharlika” Contreras,…
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Continue reading →: Asylum or Extradition? Garma’s Murder Charges May Decide Her FateA canceled visa, a corpse in Mandaluyong, and a disgraced ex-cop’s desperate asylum gamble—meet Royima Garma’s legal quagmire. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 16, 2025 “This isn’t persecution—it’s accountability.”—Former U.S. ICE Attorney, on Garma’s asylum claim I. The Legal Stakes: Asylum or the Long Flight Home A. Asylum…
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Continue reading →: A Power Grab? Legal Fault Lines in the NORDECO-Davao Light Franchise WarBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 15, 2025 Republic Act No. 12144 (link to Official Gazette pending publication), which reassigns vast swaths of NORDECO‘s franchise areas to Davao Light, has sparked a legal firestorm that could reshape the Philippines’ power distribution landscape. This isn’t just a corporate turf war—it’s…
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Continue reading →: The ICC’s Next Target: Bato Dela Rosa and the Duterte Drug War CabalBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 16, 2025 THE International Criminal Court (ICC) has its sights set on Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, the erstwhile top cop who turned Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war rhetoric into a blood-soaked reality. A Malaya Business Insight report (April 14, 2025) quotes ICC Assistant…
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Continue reading →: Imee and Sara’s Black Rebellion: A Dynasty’s Defiant DanceBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 15, 2025 A Nation in Mourning: The Stage is Set Picture a frail Rodrigo Duterte, once Davao’s iron-fisted titan, shackled at Manila’s Villamor Air Base, his fire snuffed as he’s spirited to The Hague. Or see Sara Duterte and Imee Marcos, draped in…
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Continue reading →: Ghost of BOT Law Haunts NAIA Deal: SC Poised to Ground $3B Fiasco?By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — April 15, 2025 THE Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) privatization drama has crash-landed in the Supreme Court, with a fierce petition accusing the Department of Transportation (DOTr) of piloting a $3-billion deal under the repealed Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law (RA 6957). The petitioners—legal eagles like…
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