-
Continue reading →: Duterte’s ICC Exile: Habeas Corpus Hits a Brick Wall in a Global ShowdownBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C Biraogo — March 19, 2025 RODRIGO Duterte is in The Hague, his kids are in court, and the Philippines is in chaos. The former president’s transfer to the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ignited a legal showdown, with his children filing habeas corpus petitions to bring…
-
Continue reading →: Marcos Unveils Bold New Tourism Strategy: Kidnap Your VIPsBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 19, 2025 MANILA—In a stunning revelation that has left legal scholars baffled and travel agents scrambling, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has reportedly pioneered a groundbreaking approach to international relations: abducting former heads of state under the guise of law enforcement. According to prominent…
-
Continue reading →: Sheriff Gone Wild: How One Rogue Tanked Justice in the PhilippinesBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 19, 2025 THE Philippine Supreme Court has delivered a decisive blow to Vicente S. Sicat, Jr., a Sheriff IV from Angeles City, Pampanga, dismissing him for turning a routine writ of execution into a judicial disaster. Promulgated in July 2024 and making headlines…
-
Continue reading →: Police ‘One Time, Big Time’ Ops: A Reckoning for Duterte’s War on DrugsBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 18, 2025 MARY Ann Domingo’s voice still shakes when she talks about that night. ‘They just came in,’ she told me, her hands clutching a faded photo of her family. ‘No warning, no explanation.’ It was 2016, and police had stormed her home…
-
Continue reading →: Divine Denial: Self-Proclaimed ‘Son of God’ Insists Heaven Will Overrule the HagueBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 18, 2o25 IN A development sure to test the limits of irony, self-proclaimed “Appointed Son of God” Apollo Quiboloy now finds himself making urgent prayer requests—not from a pulpit, but from a prison cell. Quiboloy, facing charges of child abuse and human trafficking,…
-
Continue reading →: Duterte’s ICC Drama Just Got Juicier: Solicitor General Bails on Marcos’ MessBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 17, 2025 Intro: The Recusal That’s Rocking Manila MARCH 17, 2025, will go down in Philippine history as the day the Solicitor General’s Office threw the Marcos administration under the bus. In a shocking move, the OSG withdrew its defense of the government…
-
Continue reading →: PUTIN: NO PEACE UNLESS DUTERTE GETS A HUG FROM THE HAGUEBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 16, 2025 IN A diplomatic twist that has left the world scratching its head and reaching for a map, Vladimir Putin has reportedly vowed to tank Ukraine peace talks unless the International Criminal Court (ICC) releases his “BFF,” former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.…
-
Continue reading →: The Impeachment Inferno: Sara Duterte and the Flames of a Divided NationBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 16, 2025 IN THE sweltering heat of Davao City, the pulse of Mindanao, thousands gather under a relentless sun, their voices rising in a thunderous roar of defiance. “Hands Off Sara!” and “Justice for the Dutertes!”—the slogans pierce the air, carried by a…
-
Continue reading →: Legal Showdown: Rodrigo Duterte’s ICC Arrest – International Justice vs. Domestic RightsBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 16, 2025 THE arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity during his brutal “war on drugs” has ignited a legal firestorm. This case pits the ICC’s global jurisdiction against Philippine sovereignty, raising…
-
Continue reading →: Ateneo de Davao Stands Tall: When Young Pens Face Old FuriesBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 15, 2025 IN THE quiet halls of Ateneo de Davao University, a group of student journalists at Atenews dared to do what many feared: they called Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest by the International Criminal Court (ICC) ‘justice.’ For the thousands of Filipinos killed in…






