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Continue reading →: Porac’s POGOgate: Gross Neglect or Political Hit Job?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 7, 2025 THE Ombudsman’s April 3, 2025, dismissal of Porac, Pampanga Mayor Jaime Capil over the Lucky South 99 POGO scandal is a legal thunderclap with seismic political aftershocks. Found guilty of “gross neglect of duty,” Capil’s ouster—complete with a lifetime ban from…
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Continue reading →: Duterte in Chains: Manila’s Sovereignty Sellout or Justice Jackpot?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 6, 2025 AN early-morning arrest. A leaked DOJ memo. A Rappler report that shook the Palace. On March 11, 2025, Rodrigo Duterte was flown to face the ICC, just days after a sealed warrant triggered an Interpol operation in Manila. But was this…
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Continue reading →: The Hidden Victims of Trump’s Trade War: Filipino WorkersBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 5, 2025 IN A cramped factory in Batangas, a province in the Philippines’ CALABARZON region, Maria Santos, 34, assembles circuit boards for export to the United States. Her P560.00 ($10) daily wage supports her two children, but last week, her supervisor warned of…
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Continue reading →: ₱75 Million Heist: Cops Gone Full BanditBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 6, 2025 IF YOU think the biggest threat to justice comes from criminals, think again. In a raid gone disastrously wrong, 31 police officers from the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) allegedly walked away with ₱75 million in loot—after disabling CCTVs, cracking…
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Continue reading →: Blood, Bars, and Betrayal: The Duterte Dynasty’s Last StandBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 4, 2025 GRAY stone. Cold air. A black SUV slicing through the silence outside Scheveningen Prison. Then, Sara Duterte. Her expression? Unreadable. But the hurried steps of the two women trailing her – one her half-sister Kitty, the other their father’s partner Honeylet…
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Continue reading →: Border Betrayal: BI’s Role in Human TraffickingBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 4, 2025 THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) is at the center of a human trafficking scandal that has unveiled a shocking operation: a “dedicated counter” at Philippine airports, allegedly used to expedite the departure of over 200 illegally recruited Filipino workers. According to…
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Continue reading →: The Sultanate of Sulu’s $25 Billion Sabah Claim: A Legal Quagmire with a Side of Geopolitical SpiceBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 5, 2025 Quick Hits: The Big Picture in a Flash The Sultanate of Sulu’s audacious $25 billion claim against Malaysia over Sabah is a legal thriller packed with dusty treaties, diplomatic gambits, and a hefty dose of historical revisionism. The core treaties—think the…
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Continue reading →: Concrete Dreams, Hollow Deeds: Marcos’ Housing Hope EntombedBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 4, 2025 Trapped in a Slum’s Desperate Embrace THE stench of sewage fills Maria Santos’ tiny plywood shack, clinging to her clothes, her skin, her hopes. Outside, Manila’s skyscrapers shimmer in the distance—monuments to a prosperity she’ll never touch. Three years ago, President…
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Continue reading →: Congress Pulled a Heist on PhilHealth—and Justice Caguioa’s Ready to Call It a CrimeBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 4, 2025 UNDER the cover of legislative darkness, Congress executes a stunning financial heist—P89.9 billion vanishes from PhilHealth’s coffers, reappearing in the national treasury’s shadows. But Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa, armed with the precision of a seasoned investigator and the patience of a…
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Continue reading →: In the Philippines, Power Crumbles When the Rice Bowl EmptiesBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 3, 2025 IN THE Philippines, where politics is as much about rice as it is about rhetoric, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is learning a brutal lesson: approval ratings don’t just dip—they can crater. The latest Pahayag First Quarter Survey, conducted by PUBLiCUS Asia…
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