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Continue reading →: “Allocables”: The New Face of Pork, Thicker Than a Politician’s HideThe Hearsay Defense: Delay or Due Diligence? By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 15, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, buckle up. Our country has a fresh horror story, and it wasn’t cooked up by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) just to trend on X. This is real, documented, and…
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Continue reading →: Crowdsourcing the Cleanup: Boying Invites the Nation to the Hunt—And the Big Fish Are Already FloppingFrom Viral Tips to Verified Traps: How Citizen Sleuths Are Reeling In the Usual Suspects By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 14 ,2025 MGA ka-kweba, at the Kweba ni Barok, we always keep a close eye on promises that could change the game. On December 9, 2025, at the…
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Continue reading →: Tengco’s Triple-A License to Print Billions: When “Divesting” Means Handing the Keys to Your Kids and Cashing the ChecksClimax: Kids Hold the Shares, Dad Holds the Koneksyon—Triple-A License Meets First Family Perks By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 14, 2025 MGA kababayan, welcome back to Kweba ni Barok, where we shine the harsh light on the trapo politics that turns public office into a family ATM. Today,…
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Continue reading →: From Impeachment Graveyard to Ombudsman Guillotine: Sara’s Sequel of Slush and Safehouse ShenanigansThe Supreme Court Buries the Body, Civil Society Digs It Up Again By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 13, 2025 HAYY, mga ka-kweba, gather ’round the bonfire of Philippine political absurdity. Just when you thought the impeachment farce against Vice President (VP) Sara Duterte had been buried six feet…
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Continue reading →: Bilyon-Bilyon ang Kita, Zero sa Tubero: Paano Ginawang Personal ATM ng mga Villar ang mga Water District ng BayanKapag ang Kapatid Mo ang Nagpapatakbo ng DPWH at LWUA, Lahat ng Water District ay Naging Family Alkansya na Lang Ni Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 12, 2023 MGA kababayan, magandang gabi sa inyong lahat na uhaw na uhaw na sa hustisya. Ngayon, may bagong ulam ang hapag ng…
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Continue reading →: Billions in Profit, Zero in Plumbing: How the Villars Turned Water Districts into Personal ATMsWhen Your Brother Runs DPWH and LWUA, Every Water District Becomes a Family Piggy Bank By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 13, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, good evening to all of you who are thirsty — not just for water, but for justice. Tonight’s main course on the banquet table…
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Continue reading →: From Martial Law Heirs to Reformist Saints: The Marcos-Dy Anti-Dynasty Bill is Peak Philippine Comedy GoldCome for the Reformist Halo, Stay for the Grandfather Clause That Keeps the Throne Warm Until 2034 By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 12, 2025 WHAT’S up, mga ka-kweba, fellow taxpayers, wage slaves, and everyone who’s been milked dry by these families for four straight decades? Congress just dropped…
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Continue reading →: Duffle Bags, Drug Lords, and a Very Quiet Vice President: A Love Story in 80 Million PesosA political romance so dirty even the bagman needed a shower afterward. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 12, 2025 Act I – The Opening Gambit: Cash Drops More Dramatic Than a Miss Universe Long Gown Competition Picture this, mga ka-kweba: a white Toyota Vios rolls into the SM…
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Continue reading →: Congratulations, Mr. President: 2.54 Million New Job-Seekers and Zero New Jobs — Truly Bagong Pilipinas!Where the only thing growing faster than unemployment is the list of ghost flood-control projects. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — December 12, 2025 FIVE percent. It sounds like a cold statistic in a PSA press release, right? But in real life, that’s 2.54 million human beings — 2.54 million…
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Continue reading →: From P10 to P1,500 per Sqm: How Baguio City Turned Benguet Soil into Pure Colombian-Grade GraftSocial Housing Tomorrow, Kickbacks Today — The Baguio Special By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 11, 2025 1. The Boneheaded Deal MGA ka-kweba, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, behold the greatest magic trick in Philippine local governance since the invention of the “ghost project”: Baguio City officials, in…






