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Continue reading →: The Senate’s Backstab Bonanza: Lacson’s Fall in a Den of ThievesBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 7, 2015 A Senate Coup in the Chamber’s Shady Salon In the witching hours of the Senate’s gilded chambers, Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, the self-anointed knight of anti-corruption, wasn’t felled by the rabble of netizens or the sting of public scorn. No, his head…
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Continue reading →: The Snap Election Sham: Cayetano’s Circus of Impossible PromisesPromising Renewal, Delivering Chaos By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 6, 2025 FEAST your eyes on Manila’s current political mockery, where Senator Alan Peter Cayetano steals the show with an idea so ridiculous it’s tagged the Cayetano Clown Show. This isn’t governance; it’s a theatrical tantrum, a dazzling call…
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Continue reading →: Floods of Fake News: Hontiveros Drowns the P3-Billion Budget BullshitWading Through Lies: How Hontiveros Exposes a Scandal-Soaked System By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 6, 2025 IN THE grand carnival of Philippine politics, where clowns juggle billions and ghost projects vanish into thin air, Senator Risa Hontiveros finds herself strapped to the dunk tank. The accusation? A shadowy…
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Continue reading →: ICC’s Manila Blitz: Duterte Down, Senators Next? A Legal Thriller with No RehearsalBato and Bong’s Hague Hangover: Will the Philippines Fumble the Legal Fumble? By Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — October 5, 2025 WELCOME to the high-wire act of Philippine justice, where the International Criminal Court (ICC) has already snared former President Rodrigo Duterte, whisked to The Hague in March like a…
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Continue reading →: Crocodile Tears and Political Clowns: Senate’s Duterte Defense DebacleA Senate Sob-Fest for Duterte’s Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 5, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, gather ’round the circus tent that is the Philippine Senate, where ou0r esteemed solons have just staged a performance so brazen, so dripping with irony, it could make a carabao weep from…
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Continue reading →: Coup Whispers and a Nation Teetering: The Philippines’ Dance with ChaosGenerals and Ghosts: The Plot to Reset Philippine Democracy By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 4, 2025 A Ghost Stalks Malacañang IN Manila’s humid haze, the specter of Ferdinand Marcos Sr. slinks through the palace halls, muttering of betrayals and juntas past. General Romeo Brawner, the Armed Forces chief,…
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Continue reading →: Magalong vs. Herbosa: The MAIP Money Pit Becomes a Political BloodbathMAIP’s Savior or Scapegoat? Herbosa Stands Tall in Magalong’s Evidence-Free Ambush By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 4, 2025 MGA ka-kweba, step right up to the latest cage match in Philippine political theater, where Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong dukes it out with Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted…
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Continue reading →: P30 Million and a Prayer: Escudero’s Campaign Cash Charade UnravelsHow a Senator’s “Personal Funds” Defense Became a Laughingstock By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — October 4, 2025 WELL, well, well, Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero, didn’t I call this one? In my last piece, Resign, Senator Escudero—Your 1,700% Return on Investment Speaks Louder Than Your Denials, I exposed the reek…
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Continue reading →: Marcos’ “Pristine” 2026 Budget: A Fiscal Fairy Tale Drowning in a Swamp of ScandalAnomaly-Free? More Like Anomaly-Filled: BBM’s Budget Blunder Exposed By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — October 3, 2025 BUCKLE up, mga ka-kweba, for a wild ride through the Philippine budget circus, where President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. dons his fiscal superhero cape, vowing a 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) as spotless…
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Continue reading →: Marcos’ Budgetary Bonanza: Unprogrammed Appropriations Spit in the Constitution’s FaceFlood Control or Fund Control? Marcos’ ₱807B Disappearing Act By Louis “Barok” C. Biraogo — October 2, 2025 STEP right up to the greatest show in Malacañang, where President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is tossing ₱214.4 billion in unprogrammed appropriations like a political piñata at a patronage party. Representative Antonio Tinio,…






