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Continue reading →: The Philippines’ Infrastructure Dream: Gridlocked by Land and LawBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 11, 2025 MARIA Santos wakes at 4 a.m. to beat the traffic, but there’s no escaping Manila’s gridlock. A mother of three, she spends hours each day crammed into a jeepney, her children’s laughter replaced by the hum of idling engines. She’s heard…
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Continue reading →: Planted Evidence, Stolen Dignity: Why Manila’s Airport Preys on the WeakBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 10, 2025 RUTH Adel was ready to board her flight to Vietnam, her 69-year-old hands clutching a boarding pass, her family buzzing with the excitement of travel. It was March 6 at NAIA Terminal 3 in Manila, and all she wanted was a…
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Continue reading →: Between Giants: The Philippines’ Fight for Hope Amid U.S.-China FireBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 10, 2025 THE Filipino fisherman Manuel Santos hasn’t ventured beyond the coastal shallows for three months, his weathered boat idle since Chinese vessels began patrolling what his father and grandfather called their ancestral waters. In Manila, economist Maria Reyes watches her inflation forecasts…
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Continue reading →: Headline: Cop Caught with Pants Down—Literally—Shatters PNP’s Already Shaky CredibilityBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 10, 2025 A Philippine National Police (PNP) staff sergeant just turned his office into a red-light district—and the internet has the receipts. From leaked screenshots of confidential ops to a workplace scandal that’s equal parts shocking and absurd, this is the kind of…
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Continue reading →: Fleeing Justice or Rallying the Faithful? Duterte’s Dance with Democracy’s EdgeThe Filipino Diaspora’s Silent Thunder By Louis ‘Barok‘ C .Biraogo — March 10, 2025 WAS it a campaign stop—or an escape plan? As Rodrigo Duterte boarded a commercial flight to Hong Kong on March 7, 2025, the whispers followed him through Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The former Philippine president,…
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Continue reading →: The Escape That Shames a Nation: Corruption, Accountability, and the Human Cost at the Philippine Bureau of ImmigrationBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 9, 2025 THE price of justice in the Philippines: apparently negotiable. When South Korean fugitive Na Ikhyeon walked free from his March 4, 2025 court hearing in Quezon City, it wasn’t an oversight—it was a transaction. CCTV footage now in Commissioner Joel Viado’s…
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Continue reading →: Vloggers Bite Back: Barbers’ Libel Fiasco Threatens Congress’ SwaggerBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 9, 2025 ‘NARCO VLOGGERS.’ With those two words, House Committee on Dangerous Drugs Chair Robert Ace Barbers may have committed career suicide—or executed a brilliant political maneuver. By accusing prominent influencers like Trixie Cruz-Angeles and Lorraine Badoy of ties to illegal drugs and…
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Continue reading →: SC Smacks Down Comelec: When Election Rules Bend for Justice (or Just Bend Over?)By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 8, 2025 Time vs. Democracy: When the Clock Decides Elections CHITO Bulatao Balintay was three minutes late. Three minutes. That’s all it took for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify him from the 2025 elections. But in a twist fit for a…
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Continue reading →: Contempt, Clearance, and Conspiracy: Roque’s Dance with DisasterBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 8, 2025 IT started with a subpoena. Then came the contempt order. Now, Harry Roque—former presidential spokesperson and self-proclaimed defender of the law—is at the center of a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. Accused of skipping town with falsified immigration papers, Roque’s…
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Continue reading →: The Comelec’s Tulfo Dynasty Dismissal: A Masterclass in Procedural Paralysis and Constitutional NeglectBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — March 7, 2025 ON March 4, 2025, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division handed down a decision that shocked no one—and disappointed everyone. By dismissing the disqualification petition against five members of the Tulfo family over a missing document, Comelec didn’t just sidestep…
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