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Continue reading →: Ramon Ang’s Flood Fix: A Tycoon’s Free Lunch in a Deluged MetropolisBy Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — August 10, 2025 IN THE wet season sequel nobody asked for, Metro Manila returns as ‘Atlantis with traffic,’ starring jeepneys as gondolas and commuters as unwilling extras in a citywide water ballet. Cue Ramon Ang, San Miguel Corporation’s billionaire auteur, who storms into an…
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Continue reading →: Khan’s Conflict Conundrum: Duterte’s Daring Assault on the ICC’s Drug War ProsecutionBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 10, 2025 IN THE shadowy corridors of international justice, where procedural skirmishes often mask geopolitical chess games, the motion to disqualify ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan in the case against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte isn’t just another legal footnote—it’s a litmus test for…
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Continue reading →: Will the JBC Unleash a Fearless Ombudsman or Kneel to Political Puppetry?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 9, 2025 I. Battle Cry: A Reformer Under Siege The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) stands at the precipice of history. Will it anoint Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla as the Philippines’ next Ombudsman—a fearless warrior against corruption—or crumble under the weight of dynastic…
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Continue reading →: Marcos Faces the Fire: Navigating China’s Wrath and Filipino FatesBy Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — August 9, 2025 Introduction On the wind-swept shores of Batanes, fisherman Juan casts his nets into the Bashi Channel, a mere 100 miles from Taiwan’s southern coast. His daily catch sustains his family, but the specter of war looms large—Chinese warships or American jets…
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Continue reading →: The 8-Point Surge That Changed the Power GameBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 9, 2025 THERE is a photograph I keep seeing in my mind: a sari-sari store in Davao where an exhausted farmer counts the last of his cash to buy fertilizer; a college dorm in Manila where a student activist scrolls the news feed…
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Continue reading →: Manila’s Misadventure: Where GDP Dreams Meet Slum NightmaresBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 9, 2025 1. The ‘Growth’ Illusion: A Tragicomedy in Five Acts In Manila, traffic is so infernal that by the time you curse the jeepney idling in front of you, another Filipino has slid into poverty, clutching a phone too broke to tweet…
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Continue reading →: Pillage and Power: The Filipino Congress as Kleptocracy CentralBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 8, 2025 IN THE Philippines, democracy isn’t just undermined by corruption—it’s a rigged heist where congressmen play both lawmaker and looter. Senator Erwin Tulfo, a former broadcaster with a knack for stirring the pot, has hurled a Molotov cocktail into this swamp, alleging…
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Continue reading →: Raffy Tulfo’s Call to Arms: Rewriting the Rice Tariffication Law to Rescue a Nation’s FarmersBy Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — August 7, 2025 Lito Mangalindan lost money growing the rice that feeds millions of Filipinos.The 52-year-old farmer borrowed 50,000 pesos last year to plant palay in Nueva Ecija, the Philippines’ rice basket. When harvest came, he sold his crop for barely 15 pesos per…
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Continue reading →: Tiangco and the Transparent Illusion: Now You See the Budget, Now You Don’tA magician’s guide to fiscal indignation—after leaving the magic circle. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 7, 2025 In a Congress where transparency goes to die, Toby Tiangco has suddenly discovered the virtues of sunlight — conveniently timed to his divorce from Speaker Romualdez’s inner circle. It’s the sort…
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Continue reading →: Hontiveros Unmasks GSIS’s Reckless Gamble with Public Servants’ FuturesBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 7, 2025 THE Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), entrusted with the life savings of millions of public servants, has squandered ₱1 billion on a reckless gamble in DigiPlus Interactive Corp., an online gambling platform, watching its value crash by nearly 80%. Under suspended…
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