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Continue reading →: Party-List Plunderer: James Ang Jr. and the Law He Thought Didn’t ApplyDivestment, Denial, and the 450% Deadline Overshoot By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — July 26, 2026 THERE are moments in the life of this benighted republic when the sheer, unvarnished audacity of its political class transcends mere criminality and ascends into a form of performance art. The case of USWAG…
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Continue reading →: 29.8% Want Corruption Addressed, 100% Know It Won’t Be: A SONA Tragedy in One StatisticOne Year After Marcos Lit the Fuse, the Only Thing That Exploded Was Public Patience By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — July 25, 2026 IN A just nation, a president’s annual address would be a reckoning. In the Philippines, it’s a ritual. On Monday, July 27, 2026, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.…
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Continue reading →: Walang Gutom, Ubos Konstitusyon — How a Malacañang Memo Ate CongressA ₱155-billion buffet of budget circulars, executive orders, and the legislative corpse left on the plate. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 25, 2026 THE PNA report from Legazpi City is a masterpiece of bureaucratic stagecraft. Sixty-three thousand Bicol families clutching Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, two tearful mothers…
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Continue reading →: Sara Duterte’s 49%: The Survey That Crowns a Queen Before the BattleDefensive Solidarity, Phantom Rivals, and the Death of the Undecided Voter By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 24, 2026 THE headline screams a mandate: “Sara Duterte tops 2028 presidential survey with 49%.” It feels like a political obituary for accountability. But let’s call this number what it is: a…
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Continue reading →: The Ghost of Stonehill: When the Sins of the Father Haunt the Subpoenas of the SonThe Séance, The Subpoena, and The Sibling Defense Squad By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — July 23, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, gather around the cave. Barok has been up all night—fueled by bad coffee, worse news, and the magnificent absurdity that is Philippine impeachment jurisprudence. What we witnessed on July 20,…
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Continue reading →: The P57.8-Billion Bribe: Exposing the LGSF’s Constitutional Cosplay as ‘Empowerment’Rice, Roads, and Reelection: The Unholy Trinity of Presidential Patronage By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 22, 2026 Mayor Francis Zamora, the glad-handing president of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP), wants you to believe he’s just seen a miracle. “It’s my first time to experience this,”…
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Continue reading →: Subpoena Circus: How the Impeachment Court Perfected the Art of Political LawAdmission Is Free, But the Republic’s Faith in Impartial Justice Will Cost You Everything By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — July 22, 2026 LET us be clear about what this ruling is not. It is not a conviction. It is not a finding of guilt. It is not even a…
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Continue reading →: Marcos Paves Over Plunder With Robredo’s Sidewalk—And You’re Supposed to ClapA SARO for Naga, a Subpoena for Sara, and a Nation Asked Not to Notice the Timing By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 21, 2026 The Swamp and the Sidewalk Welcome to the Republic of the Philippines, July 2026. In one corner of the news cycle, the Senate is…
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Continue reading →: The Ayuda Industrial Complex: Garcia Warns Barangays While Congress Runs the GameHow Congress Mastered the Art of Institutional Vote Buying — While Garcia Sounds the Alarm to the Grassroots By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 20, 2026 The Man Who Would Police Purity Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman George Erwin Garcia—formerly Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s election lawyer, representative of Grace Poe,…
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Continue reading →: PhilHealth Heist 2.0: Youth Used as Human Shields for Sin Tax SwindleSoft Earmarks, Hard Theft: Why Sin Taxes Mean More Pork for Congress By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — July 20, 2026 LET us speak plainly, because the children cannot afford our euphemisms. Last Thursday, a coalition of sincere, doe-eyed youth advocates stood before the cameras and begged President Marcos to…
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