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Continue reading →: Grok Banned in 24 Hours: When You Can’t Catch Real Pedophiles but You Can Definitely Block a Foreign AI on TimePrecautionary Principle for Foreign Bots, Paralysis for Domestic Predators By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — January 20, 2026 MGA kaibigan, welcome back to the Kweba. Today we dissect the latest triumph of Philippine governance: the nationwide ban on Grok, Elon Musk’s mouthy AI chatbot. In a move faster than a…
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Continue reading →: Delicadeza Is Dead — Long Live the Marcos–Cadiz Ilocos Immunity ClauseBecause Nothing Says “Good Governance” Like Keeping the Bagman on Payroll By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — January 19, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, welcome back to the cave. Today the stench in here isn’t mold and dampness—it’s the unmistakable smell of public funds being quietly divided up in Ilocos Norte while…
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Continue reading →: Fire Trucks, Kickbacks, and Crocodile Tears: The BFP’s ₱15-Billion Annual Comedy SpecialTwo Decades of Rigged Bids, One Dramatic Scolding, and Still No Receipts in Sight By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — January 18, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, welcome back to the Cave. Today we dissect the latest chapter of our national telenovela: “Jonvic vs. The Fire Chief: A Tale of Indignation, Kickbacks,…
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Continue reading →: The Sabungeros Circus — Where the Senate Clowned Around and Boying Remulla Actually Did the WorkParens Patriae: Because Some Families Can Be Bought, but the State Still Has to Show Up By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — January 19, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, welcome back to the Kweba. Today we’re wading knee-deep into the festering swamp that is the missing sabungeros case — 34 cockfighting enthusiasts…
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Continue reading →: Acquittal à la Carte: Teves Clears One Murder, Nine Pamplona Corpses Still Waiting for Their Main CourseOne Appetizer Acquitted, the Bloody Entrée of Ten Still Simmering on the Impunity Stove By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — January 18, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, pull up a chair and pour yourself something strong—preferably something that burns going down. This latest chapter in the Degamo-Teves blood opera does exactly that…
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Continue reading →: The Palace Press Pitbull vs. the Billionaire Baby: A ₱110-M Bite FightWhen ₱110 Million Becomes the Price Tag on Free Speech By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — January 18, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, welcome back sa Kweba ni Barok. Today, we descend into the glittering cesspool of Philippine power politics, where a young billionaire-lawmaker and a Palace mouthpiece are locked in a…
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Continue reading →: Xi’s Feelings Got Water-Cannoned: How One Meme Slide Triggered Full Embassy MeltdownBeijing’s New Red Line: Thou Shalt Not Meme Our Dear Leader (Especially Not With Captions) By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — January 17, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, the West Philippine Sea is heating up again—not with water cannons this time, but with a single PowerPoint slide. Yes, just one slide. Three…
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Continue reading →: Puno’s Righteous Jihad: Congress Must Be Saved from One Man’s Posts… But Not from Nine-Figure EnvelopesCongress’s Purity Campaign — Sponsored by Selective Amnesia and Selective Outrage By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — January 17, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, here in the cave of truth, we don’t do polite press releases. We cut through the sanctimonious fog of congressional “decorum” with the cold steel of facts, precedent,…
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Continue reading →: Decentralization or Decentralized Looting? The ₱1.19 Trillion Makeover EditionFrom Congressional Pork to Mayoral Barbecue – Same Meat, New Grill By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — January 16, 2026 IF money really is the root of all evil, then ₱1.19 trillion is an entire forest. That is the National Tax Allotment (NTA) amount the Marcos Jr. administration plans to…
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Continue reading →: The World Bank’s Love Letter to Philippine Debt: “Most Countries Would Dream of This… Nightmare”Dream On, Pinas: Because Nothing Says “Living the Dream” Like a Trillion-Peso Interest Bill By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — January 16, 2026 IMAGINE a doctor patting a patient on the back, declaring, “Most people would dream of your blood pressure readings,” while quietly noting that the patient is bleeding…






