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Continue reading →: Rice Wars: Marcos and Pangilinan Duel for Food SecurityBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 10, 2025 IN Nueva Ecija, the rice bowl of the Philippines, Mang Juan, a weathered farmer, watches his palay spoil under a merciless sun. Forced to sell his wet harvest to traders at a paltry P8 per kilo—half the cost of production—he faces…
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Continue reading →: Romualdez’s Bold Bet: Can His Budget Fix Deliver for the Poor or Fall to Politics?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 10, 2025 IN THE Philippines, where unbuilt bridges trap farmers and crumbling classrooms rob children of futures, Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez’s House Bill No. 11, the Budget Modernization Act, dares to promise a seismic shift: a cash-based budgeting system to deliver every peso…
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Continue reading →: Remulla vs. The Rotten Bench: Can One Man Clean Up the Philippines’ Most Corrupt Courts?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 9, 2025 LET’S give the Philippine Supreme Court a slow clap: three years after 34 cockfighting fans vanished—allegedly strangled and dumped like garbage by a gambling kingpin—they’ve finally noticed something’s amiss. Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, meanwhile, has been doing their job for…
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Continue reading →: Digital Dice of Death: Marcos’ Online Gambling BetrayalBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 9, 2025 BRAVO, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., you maestro of indecision, diligently “studying” the online gambling apocalypse as if it’s a Sudoku puzzle rather than a tsunami of despair drowning Filipino families. While you ponder, a pregnant mother bets her last ₱2,500—meant for…
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Continue reading →: OSG’s Cruel Crusade: Demanding an Innocent 81-Year-Old Back Behind BarsBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 9, 2025 Trapped in a Nightmare: The Wrong Man’s Ordeal Prudencio Calubid Jr., an 81-year-old retiree, gripped the bars of his cell with arthritic hands for six agonizing months, misidentified as a rebel leader who vanished in 2006. His crime? Sharing a name…
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Continue reading →: Senate Panel Report in The Hague: Duterte’s Alibi or Imee Marcos’ Revenge Plot?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 8, 2025 LIKE a fading action star dodging extradition by citing a typo in his arrest warrant, Rodrigo Duterte’s legal team is throwing every trick in the book to stall the International Criminal Court (ICC). The former Philippine president, accused of orchestrating a…
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Continue reading →: Whose Language, Whose Future? Decoding DepEd’s Risky Policy GambleBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 8, 2025 IN A nation woven from over 170 languages, the Philippines faces a defining moment in its education system. The Department of Education’s (DepEd) new policy, DepEd Order No. 020, s. 2025(PDF), dismantles the mandatory use of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE)…
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Continue reading →: Begging for Pennies: Romualdez’s Bold Bid to Revolutionize Equity for Philippines’ Seniors and PWDsBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 7, 2025 IMAGINE an 82-year-old widow, hands trembling as she counts coins at a Manila grocery counter, forced to choose between discounted rice and heart medication because a “promo price” voids her senior citizen discount. Picture a wheelchair-bound war veteran, his medals hidden…
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Continue reading →: Philippines’ Housing Mirage: A Dream Too Costly for the PoorestBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 8, 2025 IN Manila’s teeming slums, where families like Juanita’s—a 34-year-old laundry worker earning 1,500 pesos ($25) a week—huddle in fragile shanties, the Philippine government’s Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program dangles a tantalizing promise: a million homes annually, a roof for…
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Continue reading →: The Great Philippine Swindle: Villar Land’s Valuation Hoax Mocks JusticeBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 7, 2025 IN THE Philippines, where dynasties feast on the dreams of the poor, Villar Land’s P1.5 trillion valuation is a grotesque parody of capitalism. This isn’t a company—it’s a magic trick, conjuring a paper empire from P38 billion in assets and a…
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