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Continue reading →: Claire Castro is Patently Unsuited to be Justice SecretaryBy Atty. Victor C. Avecilla — October 13, 2025 IT looks like another name is being floated for possible appointment as the next Secretary of Justice. That name is Claire Castro, Undersecretary at the Presidential Communications Office who also functions as the coarse and opinionated spokesman of the Office of…
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Continue reading →: Ghost Projects, Phantom Justice: Remulla’s Bold Bid to Resurrect a Waterlogged JudiciaryNavigating the Flood of Graft: Remulla’s Sink-or-Swim Judicial Overhaul By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 13, 2025 THE Philippines, a nation battered by typhoons and betrayed by corruption, watches flood control funds vanish into ghost projects while communities wade through misery. The Sandiganbayan, our anti-graft court, is a judicial…
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Continue reading →: Remulla’s Pharmally Revival: Chasing Truth or Stirring a Political Cauldron?Gordon’s Fiery Nudging: Lighting Remulla’s Path or Fanning a Feud’s Embers? By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 12, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, gather your lanterns—newly appointed Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla is shining a light on the Pharmally scandal, that lingering shadow of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s pandemic response. With…
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Continue reading →: Diokno’s Defeat and the Great Purse Heist: A P243.2-Billion BetrayalFrom Power of the Purse to Powerless Puppets: Congress’s Capitulation By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — October 12, 2025 BEHOLD the 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), where P243.2 billion in “unprogrammed funds” slinks into the shadows like a fiscal phantom, ready to bankroll Malacañang’s wildest whims. This isn’t a budget…
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Continue reading →: Remulla Unleashes the SALN Kraken: No Safe Harbor for the CorruptMartires’ Dark Reign Ends: Transparency Torches His House of Secrets By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 11, 2025 Prologue: The Light Returns, and the Shadows Scurry Well, well, well. After years of clawing through the dark, dank corridors of bureaucratic betrayal, a sliver of light has finally pierced the…
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Continue reading →: Durugin ang mga Manloloko: Ang Laban ng mga Manggagawa Laban sa Hotel ng Kahihiyan!Ang Boses ng mga Naapi: Paano Durugin ng Batas ang mga Abusadong Amo By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 10, 2025 KUMUSTA kayo, mga kapatid sa Laguna hotel? Si Barok C. Biraogo ‘to, ang inyong matapang na kuya mula sa Kweba ni Barok! Alam ko, natatakot kayo. Alam ko,…
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Continue reading →: The Trillion-Peso Hallucination: Francis Lim’s Epic Fumble in the Financial CircusApocalypse Now? How Lim’s Fake News Flop Betrayed the Market’s Trust By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 11, 2025 The Great Reveal: A Financial Apocalypse That Wasn’t Imagine the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Francis Lim, a titan of corporate rectitude, striding to the podium before the Financial…
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Continue reading →: A Nation Shocked: The Ombudsman Might Actually Do His JobBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 10, 2025 STOP the presses, alert the bishops, and call the Palace spin doctors — it appears the Philippines may have accidentally appointed an Ombudsman who plans to ombudsman. Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, the new occupant of that sleepy office usually reserved for…
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Continue reading →: Luistro and Peralta Should Withdraw from DOJ RaceBy Atty. Victor C. Avecilla — October 10, 2025 THE recent appointment of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla to the post of Ombudsman has suddenly drawn the interest of several aspirants for the post to be vacated by Remulla. One aspirant, former Commission on Audit Chairman and current Philippine…
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Continue reading →: Michael Aguinaldo is Not Fit to Become Secretary of JusticeBy Atty. Victor C. Avecilla — October 9, 2025 AFTER his recent, unsuccessful attempt to get himself appointed Ombudsman, it appears that big time lawyer Michael Aguinaldo has now set his eyes on the powerful post of Secretary of the Department of Justice. That post was recently vacated by the…






