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Continue reading →: Martires’s Midnight Misfits: How the Ombudsman’s Farewell Party Became Remulla’s Cleanup NightmareA Crony Carnival Before the Exit: Martires’s Last-Minute Hiring Spree By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 25, 2025 BRACE for impact, scandal fans! The Office of the Ombudsman is dishing out a controversy so spicy it could set your screen ablaze. The plot thickens as incoming Ombudsman Jesus Crispin…
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Continue reading →: Rice Too Dear, Thieves Too NearFloods, Fraud, and Filipino Hunger Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — October 24, 2025 A Tale of Two Betrayals: Hunger vs. Honesty Meet Aling Maria, a Tondo mother of three, staring down a sack of rice priced like a month’s rent in last week’s palengke. Her kids will go hungry—not just…
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Continue reading →: Marcoleta’s Big Fish Hunt Meets Andres’ Net of NuanceSenator’s Splashy Crusade Collides with DOJ’s Steady Trawl By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 24, 2925 DOJ’s Drama Derby: Bold Claims vs. Quiet Facts Picture Manila’s political stage aglow: former Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla steps forward, announcing with gusto that the Anti-Money Laundering Council has reeled in “big…
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Continue reading →: Marcoleta’s Tantrum Meets Andres’ Checkmate: Restitution as the WPP’s Anti-Corruption AceDiscayas’ Heart Signs vs. Andres’ Hard Line: No Loot, No Sanctuary By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 23, 2025 WELCOME to the latest episode of As the Senate Turns, where budget hearings for the Department of Justice (DOJ) morph into a circus of self-righteous posturing and legal hair-splitting. This…
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Continue reading →: Pangandaman’s Procurement Fairytale: Where Shady Bidders Live Happily Ever AfterA Tale of Blacklists and Broken Systems, Starring the Same Old Villains By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 22, 2025 HALLELUJAH! Another year, another “landmark” anti-corruption law in the Philippines, trotted out like a shiny new jeepney with a Ferrari engine—except the chassis is still rusted from decades of…
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Continue reading →: SALN Showdown: Remulla’s Memo – Transparency Triumph or Bureaucratic TrapA Battle for the Public’s Right to Know By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — October 21, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, gather ’round the digital campfire, because the Ombudsman’s latest act in the never-ending saga of Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) access is serving up drama hotter than a…
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Continue reading →: Sara’s Spotlight Steal: The ICI as Marcos’ Scripted Soap OperaCue the Drama: Sara’s Jabs Expose Marcos’ ICI as a Narrative Stage Prop By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 21, 2025 The ICI: A Spoon Trying to Drain a Swamp Behind the closed doors of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), the Philippines’ latest anti-corruption drama unfolds with all…
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Continue reading →: Leviste’s Bombshell vs. Dizon’s Blunder: The Great DPWH Snake Pit ShowdownA Scandal That Hisses with Corruption and Cover-Ups By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 20, 2025 I. The Circus of Scandal: A Drama Drenched in Suspense IN A Manila dive, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials and contractors clink glasses, murmuring about billion-peso contracts like crooked kingpins…
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Continue reading →: Floods, Fraud, and Foreigners: Is the ICI America’s New Pet Project?Wading Through Graft or Waving at Washington? The ICI’s Shady US Meetup By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 19, 2025 I. Drowning in Promises, Sinking in Lies When Typhoon Carina turned Metro Manila into a giant swimming pool last year, it wasn’t just water flooding our homes—it was the…
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Continue reading →: Deluge of Drama: Remulla’s ‘Possibilities’ Swamp the Scales of JusticeFrom Cavite Contracts to Courtroom Conundrums: A Tale of Tease and Tumble By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 18, 2025 JESUS Crispin Remulla, our newly minted Ombudsman, has flung open the floodgates of intrigue, dousing the nation in a deluge of “possibilities” that could make a tabloid editor blush.…






