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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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Continue reading →: NBI’s Lightning Strike: Saving Filipinos, Exposing CracksBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 7, 2025 WHEN the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) dropped its March 11, 2025, press release detailing the rescue of three Filipino nationals from a Cambodian scam operation, it read like the opening chapter of a legal thriller: desperate victims, shadowy recruiters, and…
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Continue reading →: Frames of Grace: The Quiet Brilliance of Tony GloriaBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 8, 2925 It began, as so many luminous lives do, not with applause, but with shadows waiting to be transformed. One imagines the year was 1968, in the dusk-hallowed halls of the University of the Philippines’ Abelardo Hall, where a young undergraduate—sharp of…
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Continue reading →: Spies, Sea, and Suspicion: The Philippines-China Standoff UnraveledBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 7, 2025 ESPIONAGE. Detention. International intrigue. These aren’t plot points from a political thriller—they’re the real-life nightmare unfolding for three Filipinos held in China. On April 4, 2025, the Philippine government confirmed that David Servañez, Albert Endencia, and Nathalie Plizardo were arrested under…
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Continue reading →: Porac’s POGOgate: Gross Neglect or Political Hit Job?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 7, 2025 THE Ombudsman’s April 3, 2025, dismissal of Porac, Pampanga Mayor Jaime Capil over the Lucky South 99 POGO scandal is a legal thunderclap with seismic political aftershocks. Found guilty of “gross neglect of duty,” Capil’s ouster—complete with a lifetime ban from…
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Continue reading →: Duterte in Chains: Manila’s Sovereignty Sellout or Justice Jackpot?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 6, 2025 AN early-morning arrest. A leaked DOJ memo. A Rappler report that shook the Palace. On March 11, 2025, Rodrigo Duterte was flown to face the ICC, just days after a sealed warrant triggered an Interpol operation in Manila. But was this…
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Continue reading →: The Hidden Victims of Trump’s Trade War: Filipino WorkersBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — April 5, 2025 IN A cramped factory in Batangas, a province in the Philippines’ CALABARZON region, Maria Santos, 34, assembles circuit boards for export to the United States. Her P560.00 ($10) daily wage supports her two children, but last week, her supervisor warned of…
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