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Continue reading →: From “10,000 Projects Will Die” to “We’ll Make Do” – A Love Story in Budget Flip-FlopsDirected by Vince Dizon: A Heartwarming Tale of Apologies, Insufficient Data, and Heroic Austerity By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 20, 2025 SECRETARY Vince Dizon wants a round of applause for agreeing to do his job with only 60% of the requested budget. Such a martyr for arithmetic. Meanwhile,…
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Continue reading →: LTFRB Bows to Baricuatro’s Outrage: EV Taxi Rollout Paused, Consultation Carnival Scheduled for JanuaryFrom Imperial Diktat to Deferential Delay: LTFRB and GSM Grovel Before Cebu’s Procedural Priestess By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 20, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, gather ’round for another episode of Philippine regulatory comedy, this time starring the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) as the Lords of Franchise…
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Continue reading →: Cabral’s Final Insertion: A 30-Meter Drop into the Allocables AbyssWhen Budget Insertions Meet Terminal Velocity By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 19, 2025 AH, the perfect retirement plan for a pioneering DPWH undersecretary: after decades of building flood walls that never quite held, Maria Catalina Cabral decides to test gravity personally. She has her driver drop her solo…
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Continue reading →: How Speaker Dy Turned the DPWH into His Personal Billion-Peso ATM—And Called It “Due Process”The Suansing Sisters’ Bonus Round: Because Family Deserves the Biggest Cuts By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 19, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, fellow citizens, fellow taxpayers who have been fleeced, Just days after the bicameral conference that was supposedly “transparent” and “livestreamed,” the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) report…
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Continue reading →: Suansing Defends the Indefensible: ₱51 Billion for Patronage, Zero for PhilHealth—Because Dignity is OverratedThe Real Game: Graft, Votes, and Keeping PhilHealth on Life Support By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 19, 2025 BRAVO, Congress! In a stroke of pure genius, you’ve turned healthcare into a medieval begging ritual: a desperate mother drags her burning-hot child to queue outside your district office at…
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Continue reading →: Kailangan ba ng Batas Laban sa Dinastiya ang ChaCha? Kung Allergic Ka Lamang sa Tunay na RepormaGamot ni Garbin: Magreseta ng Constitutional Surgery para sa isang 38-Taong Gulang na Galos Ni Louis ‘Barok’ C. Biraogo — December 18, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, mga kapwa martir sa pulitika ng Pilipinas na parang walang-katapusang telenovela at masayang pagwawakas: Maligayang pagbabalik sa Kweba ni Barok. Ngayon, pag-usapan natin si Ako…
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Continue reading →: The Tulfo-Herbosa FDA Fiasco: Governing by Macho Dare in the Age of Viral OutrageGrandstanding vs. Due Process: Why Viral Outrage Isn’t a Legal Hammer By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 18, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, behold the Philippine political arena—where budget hearings double as gladiatorial spectacles, and public health regulation is reduced to a macho challenge: “Prove it, and I’ll fire the guy”…
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Continue reading →: Anti-Dynasty Law Needs ChaCha? Only If You’re Allergic to Actual ReformWhy Pass a Law When You Can Just Keep Talking About Amending the Constitution? By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 18, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, fellow martyrs in Philippine politics that feels like an endless telenovela with no happy ending: Welcome back to the Kweba ni Barok. Today, let’s talk…
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Continue reading →: Davao Detour to Deadly Rampage: When a ‘Fishing Trip’ Turns into Australia’s Worst NightmareSelf-Radicalized? Or Mindanao-Recharged? By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 17, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, visualize this: a father and son, one already whispered about in the hushed corridors of Australian intelligence, pack their bags in Sydney and jet off to the Philippines for a leisurely month-long holiday. They scribble “Davao”…
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Continue reading →: Sky Cable is Cheating Its SubscribersBy Hail to the Chair — December 18, 2025 SKY Cable Corporation has been quietly cheating its subscribers. It is no wonder that many long standing patrons of this cable television (TV) service provider are considering the competitors, among them Cignal. The story begins in May 2020 when broadcast giant…






