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Continue reading →: Philippines-Taiwan Military Flirtation: A Legal Tightrope Over a Geopolitical Powder KegBy Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — May 3, 2025 HISTORY repeats itself: small nations caught between superpowers rarely escape unscathed. The Philippines is writing the latest chapter in this dangerous playbook. When Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad floated regularizing naval transits through the Taiwan Strait—while hinting at joint military activities—he…
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Continue reading →: Torre’s Red Notice Tantrum: When Interpol’s Fax Machine Trumps the ConstitutionBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 2, 2025 ANOTHER day, another Philippine law enforcement agency treating due process like a suggestion scribbled on a cocktail napkin. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), led by Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III, is in hot water for detaining businesswoman Rotchelle Calle…
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Continue reading →: Mannix Dalipe’s Cyberlibel Crusade Against The Manila Times: Political Vendetta or Press Freedom Takedown?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 2, 2025 HOUSE Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe’s cyberlibel suit against The Manila Times, filed April 28, 2025, over a bombshell report tying him to a supposed Marcos plot to crush the Duterte camp, is a legal and political firestorm. The article, alleging Dalipe…
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Continue reading →: The Philippines’ Debt Volcano: Erupting Now, Threatening a GenerationBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 1, 2025 Introduction: A Mother’s Fight, A Nation’s Peril In a dim Manila tenement, Josefa Carlos tallies coins to feed her children. Her husband, an overseas filipino worker (OFW) in Qatar, wires $500 monthly, but a ravenous peso—weakened by economic mismanagement—swallows most. “We…
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Continue reading →: Jailed Mayor, Embattled VP: The Battle Over Confidential CashBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 1, 2025 TWO scandals. One rule of law. The Supreme Court just hammered a corrupt mayor for stealing confidential funds—while Vice President Sara Duterte’s P125 million secret spending escapes scrutiny. This isn’t just hypocrisy; it’s a constitutional crisis in disguise. Let us dive…
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Continue reading →: Sibling Rivalry, National Crisis: Imee vs. BBM in the Marcos-Duterte WarBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 1, 2025 IN A dimly lit Manila hangar, former President Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines’ once-untouchable strongman, was hustled onto a jet bound for The Hague on March 11, 2025. Arrested on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for crimes against humanity, his transfer…
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Continue reading →: Kidnapped by Power? Sara Duterte’s Explosive Claims Rock the PhilippinesBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 30, 2025 IN THE Philippines, where dynasties wield power like feudal lords, the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on March 11, 2025, is a seismic event in a saga of vengeance and ambition. Vice President Sara…
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Continue reading →: The Philippines’ Precarious Tightrope Between Trump’s Tariffs and China’s Flood of Cheap GoodsBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 30, 2025 Factories Shuttered, Dreams Deferred IN Cebu’s vibrant furniture district, Pilita Castro, a third-generation woodcarver, surveys her workshop with despair. Her intricately carved narra tables, once a local treasure, sit unsold as Chinese imports—priced 30% lower—flood markets. “We’re drowning,” she says, her…
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Continue reading →: Imee’s Legal Clown Show: Probing Duterte’s Arrest to Steal the Marcos SpotlightBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 29, 2025 Senator Imee Marcos’ crusade to unleash the Ombudsman on Cabinet officials over former President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest isn’t a quest for justice—it’s a political assassination cloaked in Interpol’s badge. The charges—graft, misconduct, usurpation, arbitrary detention—are a prosecutor’s fever dream, collapsing under…
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Continue reading →: “We Gather Light to Scatter”: A Tribute to Edgardo Bautista EspirituBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — April 29, 2025 THE measure of a life is not in years alone, but in the luminous traces it leaves behind—echoes of integrity, acts of courage, and the quiet, steadfast labor of love for one’s community. In the passing of Edgardo Bautista Espiritu, the…
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