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Continue reading →: Fame and Foul Play: The Celebrity Connection to the Sabungeros VanishingsBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 3, 2025 IN THE flickering haze of CCTV footage, Ricardo Lasco, a 42-year-old cockfighting aficionado, is a ghost in the making. Hands bound, face etched with dread, he’s shoved into a van by men cloaked in police uniforms. That was his final moment…
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Continue reading →: Justice or Intrusion? The Philippines’ Reckoning with the ICC’s ShadowBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 3, 2025 A Mother’s Grief, a Nation’s Divide In a Manila slum, Lita Santos kneels before a makeshift shrine, her son’s photo cradled by fading marigolds. “Seven bullets,” she chokes out, “and they called it self-defense. Where’s my justice?” Her son, a jeepney…
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Continue reading →: Circles of Connection: Karina Herrera Orozco’s Mandala MeditationsBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 1, 2025 IN THE quiet of Los Baños, where rice fields hum with ancient rhythms, Karina Herrera Orozco found her way back to the circle. Not the corporate cycle of agrochemical marketing, nor the frenetic pulse of Manila’s human resources offices, but the…
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Continue reading →: Echoes of Disaster: Herbosa’s Fight to Redeem Trust with QdengaBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 1, 2025 IN A Quezon City slum, a mother cradles her feverish son, praying it’s not dengue. Last week, her neighbor buried a child—another casualty of a mosquito-borne scourge that’s claimed 470 lives in 2025, with cases spiking 59% to 119,000 by May.…
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Continue reading →: Can Martin Romualdez Shatter the Speaker’s Curse in 2028?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 1, 2025 IN A sweltering Leyte barangay hall, House Speaker Martin Romualdez hands a cash envelope to a fisherman’s widow, her gratitude palpable amid the hum of fans. This scene, replayed across 5 million households through the AKAP program, is Romualdez’s calling card—a…
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Continue reading →: Fake News or Coerced Confession? The Explosive Alyas Rene Conspiracy UnraveledBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 2, 2025 THE Senate has become a pressure cooker, and Senator Risa Hontiveros is turning up the heat. On June 30, 2025, she declared war, announcing an NBI complaint against the shadowy masterminds behind the “Alyas Rene” video—a bombshell clip where Michael Maurilio,…
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Continue reading →: House Fights Back: Will the Supreme Court Crush the Senate’s Dismissal of Duterte’s Impeachment?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — July 1, 2025 THE impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte is a political volcano erupting in Manila, spewing constitutional chaos and dynastic warfare. The Senate’s brazen June 10, 2025, remand order—halting the trial before it begins—reeks of obstruction in a velvet glove. With the…
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Continue reading →: Masquerade of Motives? Romualdez’s Transparency Pledge in a Budget StormBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 30, 2025 IN THE Philippines, where dynastic politics often overshadow democratic ideals, House Speaker Martin Romualdez’s call to livestream bicameral budget deliberations offers a glimmer of reform. On June 27, 2025, he declared, “Transparency and accountability must be the cornerstones of the budget…
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Continue reading →: Blood and Betrayal: Remulla’s Bold Move to Protect Duterte’s AccusersBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 30, 2025 IN A Manila slum, Laura clutches a faded photo of her son, Joel, gunned down at 17 in Rodrigo Duterte’s ruthless drug war. The police branded him a dealer; she calls him her soul. “He was no criminal,” she whispers, her…
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Continue reading →: Dynasty’s Defender or Democracy’s Doom? Martires’ Gambit in Sara Duterte’s Impeachment SagaBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 29, 2015 THE showdown between Ombudsman Samuel Martires and the Senate over Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial is a high-octane legal thriller that could reshape Philippine democracy. Martires, a Rodrigo Duterte appointee retiring on July 27, 2025, insists his investigation into Sara’s…






