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Continue reading →: Is Duterte’s ICC Petition Doomed to a Moot Grave?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 14, 2025 THE Philippine Supreme Court is wading into a legal quagmire that’s equal parts procedural headache and political dynamite. On March 11, 2025, former President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa filed a 94-page certiorari and prohibition petition, seeking a…
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Continue reading →: Duterte’s Fall: A Nation’s Soul on TrialBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 13, 2025 THE alleys of Davao still echo with the ghost of Rodrigo Duterte’s reign—a reign where power was wielded like a machete, carving order from chaos and leaving a trail of bodies in its wake. I’ve sat with the widows of his…
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Continue reading →: Bato’s Big Bet: Can a Senate Desk Stop an ICC Warrant?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 13, 2025 SENATOR Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa, the architect of Duterte’s bloody drug war, is now scrambling for survival. With Rodrigo Duterte facing the ICC’s wrath, Bato’s latest move—begging the Senate for immunity—is a desperate gambit to evade justice. The news, broken by…
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Continue reading →: Kitty Duterte’s Habeas Corpus Gambit: Can She Claw Dad Back from The Hague?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — March 12, 2025 RODRIGO Duterte, the former Philippine president known for his brutal drug war, is now in the clutches of the International Criminal Court (ICC)—and the fallout is explosive. With his daughter Veronica “Kitty” Duterte and legal bulldog Salvador Panelo scrambling to the…
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Continue reading →: Cuffs on a Sovereign: Can the ICC Drag Duterte to The Hague?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 12, 2025 THE arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on March 11, 2025, at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport is more than a sensational headline—it’s a high-stakes legal showdown pitting the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Philippine sovereignty, with Interpol acting as…
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Continue reading →: Duterte’s ICC Takedown – Blood, Bureaucracy, and a Global Legal SmackdownBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 11, 2025 RODRIGO Duterte, the Philippines’ infamous “Punisher,” now wears the ultimate symbol of accountability: handcuffs. On March 11, 2025, the former president was hauled off at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) under an ICC warrant, his “war on drugs” legacy reduced to…
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Continue reading →: When a Fugitive Waltzes Free: Manila’s Immigration ShameIN A Quezon City courtroom, a 28-year-old South Korean fugitive, Na Ikhyeon, sits surrounded by Bureau of Immigration officers. He’s been in custody since May 2023, wanted in his homeland and caught in a fraud case filed by a Filipina. On March 4, 2025, he’s supposed to face justice. Instead,…
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Continue reading →: The Philippines’ Infrastructure Dream: Gridlocked by Land and LawBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 11, 2025 MARIA Santos wakes at 4 a.m. to beat the traffic, but there’s no escaping Manila’s gridlock. A mother of three, she spends hours each day crammed into a jeepney, her children’s laughter replaced by the hum of idling engines. She’s heard…
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Continue reading →: Planted Evidence, Stolen Dignity: Why Manila’s Airport Preys on the WeakBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 10, 2025 RUTH Adel was ready to board her flight to Vietnam, her 69-year-old hands clutching a boarding pass, her family buzzing with the excitement of travel. It was March 6 at NAIA Terminal 3 in Manila, and all she wanted was a…
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Continue reading →: Between Giants: The Philippines’ Fight for Hope Amid U.S.-China FireBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 10, 2025 THE Filipino fisherman Manuel Santos hasn’t ventured beyond the coastal shallows for three months, his weathered boat idle since Chinese vessels began patrolling what his father and grandfather called their ancestral waters. In Manila, economist Maria Reyes watches her inflation forecasts…
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