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Continue reading →: The High Cost of ‘Free’: Herbosa’s Gamble on Philippine HealthcareTechnocrat in the Typhoon: Herbosa’s Tightrope Over a Sea of Shortfalls By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — January 2, 2026 FANCY Maria, the 42-year-old Tondo vendor peddling fish by day, now cradling her ailing son in a DOH hospital swarm. For the first time in her life, she walks out…
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Continue reading →: Badge of Dishonor: When Fighting Corruption Means Your Trust Rating Hits Rock BottomTwo Philippines, Zero Accountability: Luzon Clings to Marcos, Mindanao Worships Duterte, Everyone Loses By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — January 1, 2026 IN THE sweltering heat of Manila’s political season, a December 2025 Pulse Asia survey arrived like a monsoon downpour — revealing a nation soaked in disillusionment. President Ferdinand…
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Continue reading →: Clean Hands, Dirty Roads: Sara Duterte’s Sermon on Budget Purity Meets Her Own Mayoral Shopping SpreeFrom Pulpit to Pork Barrel: How the Vice President’s Anti-Insertion Crusade Collides with Her Billion-Peso Wish List By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 31, 2025 KARON, the Philippine political circus never disappoints, does it? Just when you think the Duterte clan has exhausted every trick in their playbook of…
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Continue reading →: ₱1.35 Trillion for Education: Bigger Budget, Same Old Thieves’ BanquetMain Course: Overpriced Classrooms and Confidential-Fund Gravy By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — January 1, 2026 MGA ka-kweba, Senator Bam Aquino calls the ₱1.35 trillion earmarked for education in the 2026 national budget a “historic victory.” The largest education fund in Philippine history, he says—more classrooms, free school meals, bigger…
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Continue reading →: When Leviste Called Dizon’s Bluff: Paper Cuts, Pork Barrels, and a Billion-Peso Game of ChickenFrom “Approved by Dizon” to “I’ve Never Seen It”: A Masterclass in Selective Amnesia By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — January 1, 2026 BEHOLD a Shakespearean drama transplanted to the humid halls of Philippine power: ambition cloaked in infrastructure blueprints, betrayal whispered over budget spreadsheets, and a central witness who…
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Continue reading →: Dizon vs. Leviste: Flash Drive Heist or Budget Bombshell? Philippines’ Wildest Political Thriller Unfolds!The Great Flash Drive Caper: Did Leviste ‘Borrow’ the Files or Just Help Himself to DPWH’s Dirty Laundry? By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 31, 2025 IN THE Philippines, the only thing more flooded than our streets after a mild drizzle is the national budget with suspicious “allocables.” Enter…
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Continue reading →: ₱6.7-Trillion Temptation: The Great Pork Zombie Revival and the “Collegial” Vote-Buying CircusBARSc and the Art of Theatrical Transparency: 20 Extra Hours of Scrutiny, Zero Hours of Shame By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 31, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, gather ’round the fire because the 20th Congress is serving up another steaming pile of budgetary baloney, this time with a side of…
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Continue reading →: Executive Overreach on Life Support: ₱60B PhilHealth Raid Dies Quietly as OSG Waves the White Flag of SurrenderOSG’s Elegant Exit: From Fierce Defender to Master of the Graceful Fold By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — December 30, 2025 HMNN.., the bitter taste of defeat swallowed with a smile. Just as the Department of Finance (DOF) and Malacañang thought they’d executed the slickest fiscal sleight-of-hand—swiping ₱60 billion in…
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Continue reading →: Puno’s Patronage Playbook: How “Humble Referrals” Keep the Pork Barrel Alive and KickingThe Magical Guarantee Letter: Your VIP Pass to Taxpayer-Funded Mercy By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — December 31, 2025 NAKS, the timeless art of Philippine political theater. Just when you think the Supreme Court buried the pork barrel system in 2013 with its landmark ruling in Belgica v. Ochoa, along…
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Continue reading →: The Gilded Shield: How Statistical Sorcery and Subsidized Rice Forge a Fantasy of ProsperityShielded by Spreadsheets: The Marcos Jr. Guide to Turning Global Luck into Personal Glory By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — December 30, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, gather close. The Presidential Communications Office has just unfurled its latest masterpiece: The Shield™. In this glittering press release, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is…
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