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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…
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Continue reading →: Anti-Dynasty Bill Certified by a Man Whose Son Is Majority Leader, Sister Is Senator, and Cousins Own Half of Congress—Peak Philippine Comedy Just DroppedCertified Urgent the Same Week the Flood-Money Scandal Went Viral: Timing Is Everything, Shame Is Nothing By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 11, 2025 UYYY, the delicious, gut-wrenching irony! Here we have President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.—scion of the Philippines’ most infamous political franchise, with his son Sandro lording…
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Continue reading →: From ‘Ill-Gotten’ to ‘Legally Gifted’: The PCGG Guide to Laundering Stolen Land in 39 Easy YearsStep 1: Seize the land. Step 2: Forget the one-page form. Step 3: Profit (for someone else). By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 11, 2015 The Greatest Legal Heist in History – Perpetrated by the Good Guys MGA ka-kweba, ladies and gentlemen of the tax-paying republic, gather ‘round.Today we…
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Continue reading →: Nicholas Kaufman Discovers New Law of Physics: ICC Warrants Must Wait for Defense Feelings to Be ResolvedNext Week on Defense TV: “How to Delay Justice by Calling It Illogical for Ten Easy Installments” By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — December 10, 2025 Good evening, mga ka-kweba—except, of course, for the lawyers pretending they’ve never read the Rome Statute. We are now in Act V of the…
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Continue reading →: The Ombudsman’s Last Act: Remulla, The Floodgates, and the Burden of LegacyBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 10, 2025 “I have no agenda.” When Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla said those words on ANC last week, he was not issuing a challenge or throwing down a gauntlet. He was, in his own quiet way, asking to be taken at face value,…
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Continue reading →: Missing Sabungeros, Missing Bodies, Missing Logic: DOJ’s Christmas Gift to the NationTen Counts of Kidnapping with Homicide, Zero Counts of Actual Corpses By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 10, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, it’s raining kidnapping-with-homicide charges again, and the strongest stench is coming from a Department of Justice (DOJ) resolution that looks like it was drafted in a hurry inside…
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Continue reading →: Bato Goes Ghost, Tito Sotto Opens Senate Safe House: Your Tax Money Now Funds VIP FugitivesParliamentary Immunity Now Comes with Free Wi-Fi, Catering, and a ‘Do Not Disturb’ Sign for Alleged Killers Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — December 10, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, good evening to everyone who hasn’t yet received an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant.To the senator reportedly hiding in Pampanga (if the…
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Continue reading →: Qualified Human Trafficking Charge? No Problem — Just Pull the ‘Political Persecution’ Card and Book a KLM FlightWhen your old job was defending EJKs and your new hobby is crying “EJK on me!” By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 9, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, gather round the campfire. We have a new champion in the Olympic sport of Philippine Political Theater:…






