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Continue reading →: Another NBI Bust, Another Philippine Flop: The Scandal That Keeps on GivingBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 28, 2025 WELCOME to the latest installment of As the Philippines Spins, where the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Bureau of Immigration (BI) stage a tragicomedy of corruption, incompetence, and performative justice that would make Kafka weep into his Metamorphosis manuscript. The…
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Continue reading →: The Supreme Court’s Duterte Disaster: When an ABS-CBN Clip Outranks the ConstitutionBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 28, 2025 STEP right up, folks, to the Supreme Court’s legal carnival, where their latest ruling is such a spectacular flop it could drive a first-year law student to tears over their Constitutional Law textbook. In its July 25, 2025, en banc ruling…
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Continue reading →: The Quiet Force: Judy Araneta Roxas and the Legacy of GraceA Portrait of the Woman Who Turned Loss into Light, and Silence into Lasting Power By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 27, 2025 IN Cubao, where the bright arteries of commerce and culture converge, stands Araneta City—a monument to vision and enterprise, a humming testament to urban possibility. It…
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Continue reading →: When the Watchers Fail: DPWH Builds Nothing, COA Notices NothingBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 27, 2025 WHAT a miraculous discovery in the Philippines: a P55.7-million riverwall in Bulacan that exists only in government ledgers. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 1st District Office swears it was built, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released…
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Continue reading →: Torre’s Takedown: How the Philippines Axed Its Rogue ReformerBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 26, 2025 A Sacking Dressed Up as “Procedure” In the Philippines, where political loyalty is the currency of power, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has decided the only “direction” needing a course correction is one that veers away from a police chief who…
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Continue reading →: A Tale of Two (Convenient) Truths: Why the Philippines’ 2026 Education Budget Betrays Its ChildrenBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo – August 27, 2025 IN A stunning display of bureaucratic innovation, the Philippine government and its critics have managed to transform a national learning crisis into a tedious math quarrel. The Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) says the 2026 education budget is only 3.8% of…
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Continue reading →: Floods of Cash, Rivers of Lies: SYMS and DPWH’s ₱1-Billion Vanishing ActBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 26, 2025 IMAGINE President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., swaggering onto a Baliwag, Bulacan riverbank on August 20, 2025, ready to bask in the glory of a ₱55-million flood-control masterpiece, dutifully stamped “completed” by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Instead, he’s greeted…
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Continue reading →: Vico’s Digital Dagger: Is Korina’s Cyberlibel Threat a Knockout or a Flop?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — August 26, 2025 In a teleserye-worthy twist, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto flung a digital dagger at broadcaster Korina Sanchez, insinuating her “rags-to-riches” interview with flood control tycoons Curlee and Sarah Discaya might’ve cost ₱10 million to polish their image. With a sly asterisk…
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Continue reading →: Senator Pangilinan’s Water Bill: A Flood-Fighting Revolution or Another Pork-Filled Pipe Dream?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 26, 2025 THE Philippines is submerged—not just by relentless floodwaters but by a tidal wave of corruption and bureaucratic bloat. As congressional probes into the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) expose a cesspool of “ghost projects” and political insertions—think ₱545 billion…
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Continue reading →: The Villar Land Fiasco: A Trillion-Peso Ponzi Ploy and the SEC’s Pathetic Paper SlapBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — August 24, 2025 OH, look, another day in the Philippine corporate circus, where the Villar family—real estate titans, political overlords, and accounting alchemists—treats the public market like their personal slot machine. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally noticed, slapping Villar Land Holdings…
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