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Continue reading →: Malacañang’s Magic Money Pot: Unprogrammed Appropriations and the Art of Fiscal SorceryHocus Pocus, Constitution Vanished: UA’s Sleight-of-Hand Robs the People By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — October 9, 2025 A cartoonish villain perches atop Malacañang’s marble steps, twirling a mustache and brandishing a P250-billion check emblazoned with “Unprogrammed Appropriations.” With a smirk that could sour leche flan, the Palace has swatted…
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Continue reading →: Remulla’s Dilemma: Trapped in a Jurisdictional Joke or Ready to Rewrite the Script?Can the Ombudsman Outwit a System Rigged for the Elite? By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — October 9, 2025 THE stage is set for a legal circus. The spotlight shines on newly minted Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, expected to juggle justice and chase Vice President Sara Duterte over her…
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Continue reading →: The DOH Debacle: Herbosa and Domingo, the Lone Sheriffs in a Ghost Town of Idle ClinicsGhost Clinics, Greedy Crooks, and Grandstanding Solons: The DOH’s Fight for Justice By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 8, 2025 Roll the Telenovela: Solons Star in Hypocrisy Heatwave LIGHTS, camera, hypocrisy! While Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa and Assistant Secretary Albert Domingo channel Sherlock and Watson, cracking…
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Continue reading →: From Marcos’s Enforcer to the People’s Ombudsman: Can Boying Remulla Cross the Line?Now the nation’s top graft-buster, the former Justice Secretary faces a test rarer than power itself — the courage to turn it down. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 8, 2025 THE Office of the Ombudsman is supposed to be the nation’s moral compass—the one institution designed to call…
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Continue reading →: The Senate’s Backstab Bonanza: Lacson’s Fall in a Den of ThievesBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 7, 2015 A Senate Coup in the Chamber’s Shady Salon In the witching hours of the Senate’s gilded chambers, Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, the self-anointed knight of anti-corruption, wasn’t felled by the rabble of netizens or the sting of public scorn. No, his head…
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Continue reading →: The Snap Election Sham: Cayetano’s Circus of Impossible PromisesPromising Renewal, Delivering Chaos By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 6, 2025 FEAST your eyes on Manila’s current political mockery, where Senator Alan Peter Cayetano steals the show with an idea so ridiculous it’s tagged the Cayetano Clown Show. This isn’t governance; it’s a theatrical tantrum, a dazzling call…
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Continue reading →: Floods of Fake News: Hontiveros Drowns the P3-Billion Budget BullshitWading Through Lies: How Hontiveros Exposes a Scandal-Soaked System By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 6, 2025 IN THE grand carnival of Philippine politics, where clowns juggle billions and ghost projects vanish into thin air, Senator Risa Hontiveros finds herself strapped to the dunk tank. The accusation? A shadowy…
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Continue reading →: ICC’s Manila Blitz: Duterte Down, Senators Next? A Legal Thriller with No RehearsalBato and Bong’s Hague Hangover: Will the Philippines Fumble the Legal Fumble? By Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — October 5, 2025 WELCOME to the high-wire act of Philippine justice, where the International Criminal Court (ICC) has already snared former President Rodrigo Duterte, whisked to The Hague in March like a…
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Continue reading →: Crocodile Tears and Political Clowns: Senate’s Duterte Defense DebacleA Senate Sob-Fest for Duterte’s Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 5, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, gather ’round the circus tent that is the Philippine Senate, where ou0r esteemed solons have just staged a performance so brazen, so dripping with irony, it could make a carabao weep from…
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Continue reading →: Coup Whispers and a Nation Teetering: The Philippines’ Dance with ChaosGenerals and Ghosts: The Plot to Reset Philippine Democracy By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 4, 2025 A Ghost Stalks Malacañang IN Manila’s humid haze, the specter of Ferdinand Marcos Sr. slinks through the palace halls, muttering of betrayals and juntas past. General Romeo Brawner, the Armed Forces chief,…






