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Continue reading →: Whose Law School Is It Anyway? BARMM and LEB Duke It OutBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 10, 2025 The Supreme Court’s temporary restraining order (TRO) issued on May 6, 2025, against the Legal Education Board’s (LEB) ban on Mindanao State University’s (MSU) law programs isn’t just a legal hiccup—it’s a constitutional cage match. The LEB, swinging its regulatory hammer…
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Continue reading →: Vengeance Jailed, Mercy Denied: Corazon Lacap’s Conviction Exposes Justice’s Cruel EdgeBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 9, 2025 THE Sandiganbayan’s refusal to grant former Masantol, Pampanga mayor Corazon Lacap house arrest for her 2011 conviction under the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (RA 3019) is a legal bullseye that misses the moral mark. Convicted for wielding her mayoral power…
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Continue reading →: Duterte’s Dance with Denial: Why the ICC Won’t Let Him Waltz AwayBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 9, 2025 THE International Criminal Court’s case against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is a legal cage match where the defense’s procedural sleights-of-hand collide with the prosecution’s calculated evidence dump. Duterte’s lawyers, seemingly mistaking the ICC for a Manila traffic court, have doubled…
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Continue reading →: Hasty Justice or Political Hit Job? Remulla’s Defiant Stand Against the Ombudsman’s Reckless RushBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 8, 2025 WHEN does the Ombudsman’s quest for accountability morph into a procedural ambush? In Cojuangco v. PCGG (G.R. Nos. 92319-20, October 2, 1990), the Supreme Court laid down a critical marker: investigations, even by powerful bodies like the Ombudsman, must uphold due…
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Continue reading →: Fraud or Political Purge? Unmasking the Scandalous Ouster of NCSC’s Reymar MansilunganBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 8, 2025 COMMISSIONER Reymar Mansilungan’s career at the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) didn’t end with a resignation—it ended with a firing squad. On April 23, 2025, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin made him the poster child of ‘accountability’ for faking a UP…
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Continue reading →: A Filipino Child’s Tragedy, an American Firestorm: The Hepatitis B Vaccine ClashBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 8, 2025 IN A Manila hospital, 12-year-old Rosa lies frail, her skin yellowed by cirrhosis. Her mother, a seamstress, weeps, recalling how Rosa contracted Hepatitis B at birth from an undiagnosed infection. A vaccine, costing just $1 per dose, could have spared her.…
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Continue reading →: Silencing the Vlogger: Is Duterte’s Shadow Turning Fake News Laws into Political Weapons?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 7, 2025 THE Philippine National Police’s (PNP) rapid-fire prosecution of a Davao vlogger for falsely alleging a police raid on former President Rodrigo Duterte’s home is a legal powder keg. Charged under the antiquated Article 154 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) and…
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Continue reading →: Betrayal or Bait? InfinitUs’ Troll Farm Faces Legal Flop but Political JackpotBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 7, 2025 THE InfinitUs Marketing Solutions saga is a geopolitical soap opera, complete with a Chinese Embassy check, a Senate witch hunt, and cries of treason that echo more like campaign slogans. Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino is swinging for the fences, but…
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Continue reading →: Crypto Ransom Vanished: Can Philippine Justice Snare P200M in the Anson Que Murder?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 6, 2025 P200 million in cryptocurrency dissolved into the blockchain’s dark corners, a desperate bid to save a life already snuffed out. The Anson Que kidnap-slay saga isn’t just a grisly crime—it’s a high-stakes test of whether Philippine law can outmaneuver digital outlaws.…
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Continue reading →: The Philippine Senate Race: A Referendum on Power, Loyalty, and AccountabilityBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — May 6, 2025 IN THE shadow of Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest by the International Criminal Court (ICC), the 2025 Philippine Senate elections, set for May 12, unfold like a high-stakes chess match, each move haunted by the ghosts of a drug war that claimed thousands…
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