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Continue reading →: The Philippines’ Agrarian Apocalypse: Marcos Jr.’s Policies Torch Farmer LivelihoodsBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 10, 2025 THE Philippines’ unemployment crisis isn’t an accident; it’s a policy choice. When President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. slashed rice import tariffs from 35% to 15% in 2024, he promised cheaper food for 120 million Filipinos. Instead, he gutted the livelihoods of 483,000…
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Continue reading →: The Promise and Peril of Caring for the Philippines’ EldersBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 10, 2025 LOLA Remedios, 78, clutches her worn senior citizen ID as she shuffles into a cramped Manila pharmacy, her hands trembling from diabetes and the weight of hope. The new 20% discount on medicines, courtesy of House Bill 11400, means she might…
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Continue reading →: Mandamus to the Rescue? Forcing the Senate to Quit Stalling Duterte’s ImpeachmentBy Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — June 9, 2025 THE impeachment saga of Vice President Sara Duterte isn’t just a legal skirmish—it’s a stress test for Philippine democracy, and the early results are grim. The Senate’s glacial pace in convening an impeachment court, despite the 1987 Constitution’s clear command to…
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Continue reading →: A Bribe at the Border: How Corruption Cripples Philippine SovereigntyBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — June 9, 2025 AT Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport, a few bribes can erase borders—and with them, the rule of law. Last week, three immigration officers were thrust under scrutiny for allegedly colluding with four overstaying Chinese nationals—Zhang Zhaoya, Wang Linmei, Qi Xiangyang, and…
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Continue reading →: P200 Wage Hike: A Desperate Cry for Dignity in CrisisBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 9, 2025 IN A cramped Manila apartment, Karen, a 34-year-old retail cashier, sits at a wobbly table, her pay stub in hand: P645 for a day’s labor. After rent, utilities, and a bus fare to her 10-hour shift, she’s left to choose—rice for…
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Continue reading →: Mica Tan’s Great Escape: How a CEO Fled Arrest—And Why the Law Might Drag Her BackBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 8, 2025 FROM Shark Tank darling to fugitive on the lam: Maria Francesca “Mica” Tan’s fall from grace reads like a legal thriller—except her victims’ losses, totaling millions of pesos, are painfully real. Once hailed as a trading prodigy, the CEO of MFT…
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Continue reading →: The Philippines’ Senate Plots Democracy’s Quiet AssassinationBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 8, 2025 THE last time the Philippine Senate convened as an impeachment court, it convicted a corrupt chief justice in 2012, proving no one was above the law. Today, as senators scheme to dismiss Vice President Sara Duterte’s trial without hearing a single…
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Continue reading →: A Generation Abandoned: The Philippines’ HIV Explosion and the Shameful Betrayal of Its YouthBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 7, 2025 IN THE lush province of Palawan, a 12-year-old child—barely old enough to grasp life’s complexities—received a diagnosis that should jolt us awake: HIV. This isn’t a lone tragedy but a screaming symptom of collapse, as the Philippines reels from a 500%…
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Continue reading →: A Dynasty’s Desks and Daggers: Baste Duterte’s Clash with PNP Chief Torre Unveils a Legacy of HypocrisyBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 7, 2025 IN THE Philippines, where political dynasties and police power intertwine like strangler figs, Sebastian “Baste” Duterte’s outrage over a rival’s promotion reeks of selective amnesia. His father, the jailed ex-president Rodrigo Duterte, once handed a one-star general the nation’s top cop…
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Continue reading →: The Constitutional BlunderBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — June 6, 2025 THE Senate is playing with constitutional dynamite—by scheming to dismiss Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment without a trial, they risk detonating the very checks and balances designed to protect Philippine democracy. Christian Monsod, a framer of the 1987 Constitution, has ignited…
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