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Continue reading →: China’s UNCLOS Charade: Preaching Piety, Practicing PiracyBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 17, 2025 CHINA’S latest sermon on the sanctity of international law is a jaw-dropping display of chutzpah. Scolding the U.S. for a reported deep-sea metals stockpile plan, Beijing invokes the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) like a pious…
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Continue reading →: Deepfakes, Sedition, and Political Bloodsport: The Philippines’ Legal Showdown Goes Full ThrottleBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 17, 2025 A doctored video alleging President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is snorting drugs didn’t just go viral—it ignited a political firestorm. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has unleashed a legal barrage against former Duterte mouthpiece Harry Roque, vlogger Claire “Maharlika” Contreras,…
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Continue reading →: Asylum or Extradition? Garma’s Murder Charges May Decide Her FateA canceled visa, a corpse in Mandaluyong, and a disgraced ex-cop’s desperate asylum gamble—meet Royima Garma’s legal quagmire. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 16, 2025 “This isn’t persecution—it’s accountability.”—Former U.S. ICE Attorney, on Garma’s asylum claim I. The Legal Stakes: Asylum or the Long Flight Home A. Asylum…
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Continue reading →: A Power Grab? Legal Fault Lines in the NORDECO-Davao Light Franchise WarBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 15, 2025 Republic Act No. 12144 (link to Official Gazette pending publication), which reassigns vast swaths of NORDECO‘s franchise areas to Davao Light, has sparked a legal firestorm that could reshape the Philippines’ power distribution landscape. This isn’t just a corporate turf war—it’s…
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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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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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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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