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Continue reading →: The ICC’s Next Target: Bato Dela Rosa and the Duterte Drug War CabalBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 16, 2025 THE International Criminal Court (ICC) has its sights set on Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, the erstwhile top cop who turned Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war rhetoric into a blood-soaked reality. A Malaya Business Insight report (April 14, 2025) quotes ICC Assistant…
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Imee and Sara’s Black Rebellion: A Dynasty’s Defiant Dance
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Continue reading →: Imee and Sara’s Black Rebellion: A Dynasty’s Defiant DanceBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 15, 2025 A Nation in Mourning: The Stage is Set Picture a frail Rodrigo Duterte, once Davao’s iron-fisted titan, shackled at Manila’s Villamor Air Base, his fire snuffed as he’s spirited to The Hague. Or see Sara Duterte and Imee Marcos, draped in…
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Ghost of BOT Law Haunts NAIA Deal: SC Poised to Ground $3B Fiasco?
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Continue reading →: Ghost of BOT Law Haunts NAIA Deal: SC Poised to Ground $3B Fiasco?By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — April 15, 2025 THE Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) privatization drama has crash-landed in the Supreme Court, with a fierce petition accusing the Department of Transportation (DOTr) of piloting a $3-billion deal under the repealed Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law (RA 6957). The petitioners—legal eagles like…
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Continue reading →: A Nation Seduced by Blood: Duterte’s Ghost Grips the Philippine BallotBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 14, 2025 AT A roadside karinderya (eatery) in Davao, a mother clutches a faded photo of her son, gunned down in Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war. “They called him a pusher,” she whispers, “but he was just a carpenter.” A kilometer away, a rally throbs…
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Continue reading →: Cebuana Comet: Mapping Pilita Corrales’ Seven-Decade SkyBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — April 14, 2025 Prelude: The Sky’s Silent Applause On April 12, 2025, the heavens dimmed their lanterns. Pilita Corrales, Asia’s Queen of Songs, slipped into the cosmos at 85, her voice—a silk bridge between Manila and the Milky Way—now a whisper in the stars.…
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Continue reading →: From Drug War to The Hague: Remulla’s ICC Bet—Genius or Betrayal?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 14, 2025 Introduction: The Senate Showdown That Shook Manila When Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla stepped into the Senate’s lion den on April 10, 2025, he wasn’t just defending the surrender of former President Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court (ICC)—he was rewriting…
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Continue reading →: Imee Marcos’ Last Stand: Probing Duterte, Defying DynastyBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 13, 2025 THE gavel cracks like gunfire in a Manila hearing room. Senator Imee Marcos leans forward, her voice sharp as steel, leading a fiery probe into the arrest of Rodrigo Duterte—once President, now prisoner at the International Criminal Court (ICC). This isn’t…
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Continue reading →: Azcuna’s Bombshell: Duterte’s ICC Arrest—Righteous or Rigged?By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — April 13, 2025 RODRIGO Duterte’s March 11, 2025, arrest and swift Hague handover have unleashed a legal slugfest hotter than Manila’s rush hour. The International Criminal Court (ICC) snagged the former Philippine president for alleged crimes against humanity in his brutal drug war, but…
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Continue reading →: SC Blesses FIT Allowance—Constitutional Cover or Regulatory Ruse?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 12, 2025 THE Philippine Supreme Court’s April 8, 2025, ruling in ERC/DOE/NREB v. Petitioners (G.R. No. [XXXXX]) is a thunderclap for renewable energy regulators—and a slap in the face to skeptics of unchecked agency power. In a sprawling 118-page decision by Senior Associate…
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Continue reading →: Sia’s ‘Single Mother’ Gaffe: A Campaign-Killing Masterstroke of StupidityBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 12, 2025 IAN Sia’s crude jab at single mothers didn’t just spark a legal dumpster fire—it napalmed his congressional bid in Pasig City, where voters prize dignity over cheap laughs. Hiding behind “freedom of speech” might save him in court, but in the…






