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Continue reading →: Duterte’s Hand-Off, Malacañang’s Cop-Out: Who’s Afraid of Imee?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 2, 2025 The Administration’s Great Escape—Caught Red-Handed WHEN former President Rodrigo Duterte was whisked off to The Hague faster than a drug lord dodging a raid, the Marcos administration strutted around like it had cracked the case of the century. Now, with the…
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Continue reading →: Supreme Court vs. Congress: Can Justices Smash the Political Dynasty Piñata?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 3, 2025 Introduction: Democracy vs. Oligarchy The petition filed on March 31, 2025, by 1Sambayan, Sanlakas, and a posse of pissed-off citizens is equal parts moral crusade and legal kamikaze—a desperate lob at a Congress that’s spent 38 years deaf to the Constitution’s…
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Continue reading →: The Youth Have Spoken: Will the Philippines Listen or Lose Them?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 3, 2025 WHEN 84% of a nation’s students demand change, it’s not a fringe opinion—it’s a warning. In the Philippines, a recent survey by the Center for Student Initiatives (CSI) claims that 84.4% of students—1,688 out of 2,000 polled—want Vice President Sara Duterte…
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Continue reading →: Starving in Silence: The Philippines’ Hunger Crisis ExposedBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 2, 2025 MARIA stares at the nearly empty rice pot, the flickering light casting shadows over her cramped Manila tenement. Two small bowls sit on the table—barely enough for her children, but all she has left. Her stomach tightens, not from hunger, but…
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Continue reading →: ALERT: Philippine President Now Less Popular Than Traffic, Power Outages, and Expired Instant NoodlesApril Fool’s Surprise: President’s Staff Desperately Hopes Popularity Numbers Are Just a Practical Joke By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 1, 2025 THE Philippine Star’s resident Nostradamus, Alex Magno, has once again peered into his crystal ball (or possibly a malfunctioning Magic 8-Ball) and unearthed a shocking truth: President…
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Continue reading →: Kaufman vs. The Hague: Duterte’s Lawyer Plays the Jurisdiction JokerBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 1, 2025 THE ICC’s case against Rodrigo Duterte is a brutal paradox: a ‘war on drugs’ that laughed at due process might just collapse because his own arrest played fast and loose with the rules. Step into The Hague’s wildest legal rodeo yet—jurisdiction…
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Continue reading →: Duterte’s ICC Legal Aid Bid: A Test of Court’s Integrity or a Corruption Smoke Screen?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 1, 2025 RODRIGO Duterte, the tough-talking ex-president who promised to kill drug lords, now faces a far grimmer reality—detained in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity. But here’s the kicker: the same man accused of amassing illicit wealth is now crying…
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Continue reading →: A Silent Invasion: The Philippines’ Battle Against Fake Identities and Hidden SpiesBy Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — March 31, 2025 IN Digos City, a dusty hardware store hums with the clatter of nails and the whir of saws. Its “Filipino owner” is a name on a faded permit, a ghost conjured by a 50-year-old Chinese national named Bangdie Pan wielding forged…
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Continue reading →: Pharmally Scandal: The Billion-Peso Heist That Keeps on GivingBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 31, 2025 IF THERE were an Olympic event for corruption, the Pharmally scandal would take gold, silver, and bronze—while taxpayers get the participation trophy of ‘most gullible.’ A pandemic should have been a test of leadership; instead, it became a jackpot for a privileged…
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Continue reading →: Sara Duterte’s ICC Math Doesn’t Add Up—And Neither Does Her DefenseBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 31, 2025 VICE President Sara Duterte has once again raised the bar for legal scholarship—by setting it on fire and dancing on the ashes. Standing defiantly near The Hague on her father’s 80th birthday, she dismissed 181 pieces of evidence and 43 murder…
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