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Continue reading →: THE LEVISTE–CALALO SHOW: A Legal Telenovela in Six ActsBy Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — September 8, 2025 HEADLINE: “₱3.12M in Cash: Donation or Downpayment on the Filipino Dream?” Because nothing says “community service” like stuffing millions of pesos in a bag and handing it off like a balikbayan box. ACT I: OPENING SCENE – THE PARKING LOT PHILANTHROPY…
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Continue reading →: Marcos vs. Romualdez: A Family Feud Drowning in Ghost FloodwallsBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — September 7, 2025 THE water came fast, as it always does in the low-lying barangay of Navotas. One moment, children were playing by the seawall. The next, a torrent burst through, the floodgate buckling like paper. Families scrambled to the rooftops, clutching pots and…
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Continue reading →: SALN Shady: Welcome to the Palarong Pambansa of HypocrisyBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 7, 2025 IF there were medals for political double-talk, the Philippines would sweep the podium. Our beloved leaders have turned the Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) into their own paliga — except it’s less transparency, more “Trip to Jerusalem.” In…
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Continue reading →: When the Flood Recedes, the Thieves RemainBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 6, 2025 THEY climbed out of the water and found the family dog clinging to a floating bookshelf. The bookshelf was holding the photo albums; the albums had the children’s kindergarten pictures, the bus receipts for a year of missed work, and a…
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Continue reading →: E-Sabong’s Illegal Strut Continues as PNP and NBI Nap Through the CockfightBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 6, 2025 IN A farce so absurd it could headline a dark comedy, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have apparently lost an entire illegal online cockfighting empire—e-sabong—in a game of institutional hide-and-seek. Executive Order No. 9 (2022)…
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Continue reading →: Vico Sotto’s Star, Sara Duterte’s Shadow: The Philippines’ Polling CharadeWhen Constitutional Tweaks and Polls Rewrite Democracy’s Script By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 5, 2025 AH, THE Philippines, where the political calendar spins not around elections or crises but the grand theater of “survey season”—that magical moment when elites and their pollsters conjure hypothetical matchups to dazzle the…
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Continue reading →: Pampanga’s Flood of Favors: Gonzales & Sons, Public Works ProfiteersHow one family turned infrastructure into inheritance, mocking the Constitution’s anti-dynasty dreams. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 4, 2025 IN THE Philippines, rivers may run deep—but nowhere near as deep as the pockets of its political families. The Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. flood control scandal isn’t just another…
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Continue reading →: The Ombudsman Inferno: Imee Marcos’ Smokescreen vs. Remulla’s Reformist FireLawfare’s Furnace: When Rules Become Weapons By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 4, 2025 THE Philippine Ombudsman’s office, constitutionally anointed as the “protector of the people,” is now a political slaughterhouse. The vacancy left by Samuel Martires in July 2025 has sparked a vicious showdown between Senator Imee Marcos…
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Continue reading →: The 2026 Budget Swindle: Ghost Projects and the Art of Drowning a NationWhere Completed Drains Get Funded, Marikina Floods, and Anti-Corruption Vows Are Just Hot Air By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 2, 2025 Opening Salvo: A Budget That Mocks Marikina’s Misery Picture this: the 2026 National Expenditure Program (NEP), a bloated tome of fiscal fantasy that makes the PDAF scandal…
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Continue reading →: When the Waters Rise, So Does the People’s RageBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — September 2, 2025 THE armored vehicle in Jakarta didn’t stop. It plowed forward, crushing a motorcycle and the man astride it, a rideshare driver named Agus just trying to get home. His death was the spark. Within hours, parliament buildings were ablaze, politicians’ homes…






