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Continue reading →: Senate Smackdown or Executive Endgame? Remulla’s Ironclad Stand Against a Witch HuntBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 12, 2025 WHEN PNP Chief Rommel Marbil played the executive privilege card at the Senate’s April 10, 2025, circus over former President Rodrigo Duterte’s ICC arrest, he didn’t just dodge a bullet—he sparked a constitutional showdown. DOJ Secretary Boying Remulla, with a verbal…
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Continue reading →: Duterte’s ICC Gambit: How His Lawyers Are Burying the Dead TwiceBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 11, 2025 AT THE Hague, a legal chess game is underway. On one side: the International Criminal Court (ICC). On the other: Rodrigo Duterte’s defense team, armed not with facts, but with bureaucracy. Their latest move? Demanding national IDs from drug war victims’…
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Continue reading →: Porac POGO Heist: Justice or a Government Land Grab?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 11, 2025 COME on in, step right up, to the legal Thunderdome, where the Philippine government is slugging it out with the Cruz family over a 10-hectare slice of Porac, Pampanga, once home to the shady Lucky South 99 POGO. The feds want…
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Continue reading →: CSC’s Social Media Crackdown: Democracy’s Savior or Digital Thought Police?By Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — April 11, 2025 THE Civil Service Commission’s Memorandum Circular 3-2025 is here, and it’s swinging for the fences: no government worker can like, share, or even follow a candidate’s post during the 2025 election campaign without risking suspension. Neutrality’s the name, but this smells…
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Continue reading →: Quezon City’s Vote-Buying Hustle: Pyramid of Power or Political Frame-Up?[BREAKING ANALYSIS] By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 10, 2025 P1,000 payouts. Eight voters per “leader.” A whistleblower teetering on the edge of danger. In Quezon City’s 4th District, a former congressman and two councilor hopefuls are accused of turning democracy into a multi-level marketing scam—and the stakes couldn’t…
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Continue reading →: Death’s Dark Dividend: The Philippines’ Democracy on the BrinkBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 10, 2025 Death has always been a political currency in the Philippines, but Rodrigo Duterte’s camp isn’t just spending it—they’re forging it into a weapon. The former president’s detention at The Hague, facing crimes against humanity for his brutal “war on drugs,” has…
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Continue reading →: The Naia Missionary Sting: Trafficking, Teachers, and a Recruiter Who Thinks She’s UntouchableBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 9, 2025 THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) nabbed three women at Ninoy Aquino International Airport on April 1, 2025, trying to jet off to Thailand via Singapore under the flimsy guise of “missionaries.” Spoiler: they weren’t spreading the gospel. Two confessed they’re licensed…
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Continue reading →: The Dollar’s Twilight, China’s Dawn: A World on the BrinkBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 9, 2025 THE world may be hurtling toward a historic collision, but for Maria Santos, it starts with a smaller crisis: her children’s dinner. In Manila, the 34-year-old factory worker clutches her thinning paycheck as shifts vanish under the weight of U.S.-China trade…
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Continue reading →: Predator Next Door: How NY’s Bail Laws Betray a 12-Year-OldBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 8, 2025 GLENNON Salvador Payabyab, a 43-year-old Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) minister, allegedly texted a 12-year-old girl a Pornhub link and tried to lure her to a Staten Island parking lot. The NYPD swooped in, only to see him stroll free in under…
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Continue reading →: Dynasty Death Grip: The Philippines’ Constitutional Clown Show Rolls OnBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 8, 2025 Step right up to the Philippines, where the Constitution is a suggestion, Congress is a family reunion, and the Supreme Court plays the reluctant babysitter. Nearly four decades after the 1987 Constitution told Congress to ban political dynasties, we’re still waiting…
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