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Continue reading →: When the Floods Come, the Politicians SquabbleBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — September 1, 2025 FEW spectacles are as obscene as watching the Philippines drown—not just in floodwater, but in political hypocrisy. Every rainy season, children paddle through sewage in plastic tubs, while the country’s elites paddle through pork. This week’s zarzuela was particularly rich. President Ferdinand…
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Continue reading →: The Philippine Constitution: A Proxy War for Trust, Not TextNo Charter Fix Until Politicians Aren’t Crooks By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 31, 2025 THE 1987 Philippine Constitution isn’t just a legal document; it’s a political lightning rod. For nearly four decades, “Charter Change” (Cha-Cha) has been sold as the key to unlocking economic prosperity, regional equity, or…
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Continue reading →: Blood on Torre’s Badge: How Malacañang’s Machinations Gutted the PNPTorre’s 85-day reign ends in a political execution, with Bersamin’s pen as the murder weapon and the rule of law as collateral damage. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 31, 2025 IN THE gilded corridors of Malacañang, a vicious power grab has erupted, threatening to disembowel the Philippine National…
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Continue reading →: SALN Deathmatch: Zubiri’s Plea for Pity Clashes with Hontiveros’ Call for GutsThe Fight Over Financial Disclosure Is a Brutal Mix of Legal Firepower, Political Posturing, and the Eternal Quest to Outwit Corruption. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August, 30, 2025 WELCOME to the latest blood-soaked round of Philippine Political Thunderdome, where the Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN)…
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Continue reading →: Supreme Court to Barok: ‘Your Quest for Truth? Bury It in Bureaucracy and Buzz Off’By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 30, 2025 Introduction: A Citizen’s Crusade Crushed by Cowards in Robes I’m Louis “Barok” Biraogo, the guy who’s been poking the bear of Philippine corruption since Aquino’s days. I’ve toppled commissions and challenged dynasties, but in Biraogo v. Martires (G.R. No. 254516), I…
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Continue reading →: DPWH’s Billion-Peso Ghost Party: Bonoan’s “I Didn’t Know” Excuse Is a Flimsy Umbrella in a Corruption TyphoonBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 29, 2025 THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) under Secretary Manuel Bonoan is wading through a swamp of corruption so vile it makes Manila’s esteros smell like a perfume counter. Ghost flood control projects, a district engineer caught trying to bribe…
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Continue reading →: Marcos’ Lifestyle Checks: Panning for Gold in a Cesspool of CorruptionBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 29, 2025 PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has brandished lifestyle checks as his shiny new sword to slay the dragon of corruption, but it’s looking more like a plastic butter knife against a ₱2 trillion flood control catastrophe. It’s like trying to mop up…
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Continue reading →: Another NBI Bust, Another Philippine Flop: The Scandal That Keeps on GivingBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 28, 2025 WELCOME to the latest installment of As the Philippines Spins, where the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Bureau of Immigration (BI) stage a tragicomedy of corruption, incompetence, and performative justice that would make Kafka weep into his Metamorphosis manuscript. The…
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Continue reading →: The Supreme Court’s Duterte Disaster: When an ABS-CBN Clip Outranks the ConstitutionBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 28, 2025 STEP right up, folks, to the Supreme Court’s legal carnival, where their latest ruling is such a spectacular flop it could drive a first-year law student to tears over their Constitutional Law textbook. In its July 25, 2025, en banc ruling…
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Continue reading →: The Quiet Force: Judy Araneta Roxas and the Legacy of GraceA Portrait of the Woman Who Turned Loss into Light, and Silence into Lasting Power By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 27, 2025 IN Cubao, where the bright arteries of commerce and culture converge, stands Araneta City—a monument to vision and enterprise, a humming testament to urban possibility. It…
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