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Continue reading →: Gadon vs. Topacio: Manila’s Legal Soap Opera Where Everyone LosesBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 6, 2025 IN Manila’s sweltering political arena, where egos clash louder than a jeepney’s backfire, the Gadon-Topacio feud is a spectacle of self-inflicted chaos. Picture a disbarred lawyer and a headline-chasing attorney dueling with gavels and microphones while the Supreme Court, gavel poised,…
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Continue reading →: NIA’s Rice Revolution: Solar-Powered Dreams Drowning in a Leaky CanalBy Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — August 4, 2025 THE National Irrigation Administration (NIA) in the Philippines has rolled out a glittering pageant of promises—contract farming, climate-smart irrigation, and AI-driven dreams to “future-proof” rice farming. Administrator Eduardo Guillen’s vision is a bureaucratic fairy tale: farmers empowered, rice at P29/kg for…
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Continue reading →: Honeylet Barred, Bonds Broken: The ICC’s Clash with Filipino Values in Duterte’s TrialBy Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — August 4, 2025 IN THE cold corridors of The Hague, where the International Criminal Court (ICC) seeks justice for alleged crimes against humanity, a deeply human drama threatens to unravel a high-stakes case. Honeylet Avanceña, common-law spouse of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, has…
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Continue reading →: Damn the Floods, Pangandaman Already Cleared It on PaperBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 4, 2025 FILIPINOS are paddling through waist-deep floodwaters in inflatable kiddie pools, while their leaders ride out monsoons in Land Cruisers with engine snorkels—government-issued, of course. In Manila, flood season now doubles as boat season. I met a mother near Araneta Avenue last…
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Continue reading →: 50 Shades of Grains: Erotic Fanfiction from the Department of AgricultureStarring the Department of Agriculture as the loveable saboteur of both food security and farmer welfare. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 3, 2025 I. “We’re Saving Farmers!” (While Letting Their Incomes Collapse) Naks, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is once again selling a fable disguised as policy. With…
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Continue reading →: From Guardians to Gravediggers: IBP and SC’s Betrayal in Duterte v. HouseBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 3, 2025 THE Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has donned its finest “rule of law” costume to applaud the Supreme Court’s ruling in Duterte v. House of Representatives, a decision that slammed the brakes on Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment. They call…
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Continue reading →: Rotary Club Rumble: Why Herbosa’s Haters Are Grasping at StrawsBy Louis ‘Barok’ C Biraogo — August 3, 2025 THEY don’t want you to know about the Great Psychiatric Drug Scandal of 2024, but I’m about to blow this wide open. While you were distracted by celebrity gossip and traffic complaints, a shadow cabal of vindictive pen-pushers orchestrated the perfect…
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Continue reading →: “Mahiya Naman Kayo!” Marcos’ Anti-Corruption Vow Faces a Flood of DoubtBy Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 2, 2025 Executive Summary: Can Marcos Break the Cycle of Corruption? President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fiery 2025 SONA pledge to expose and prosecute corruption in failed flood control projects taps into public fury over persistent flooding and squandered funds. His call to shame…
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Continue reading →: Roque Bottom: When Your Defense Becomes the Prosecution’s Star WitnessBetrayal, but make it doctrinal. By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 2, 2025 🗞️ Mock Headline: “Duterte to Roque: ‘STFU’—A Masterclass in Diplomatic Etiquette” Act I: A Coen Brothers Courtroom, Starring a Fugitive and a Foot Soldier Imagine King Lear rewritten by George Orwell on ayahuasca, handed to the…
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Continue reading →: Cendaña-Heydarian’s Supreme Court Smackdown: Free Speech or Judicial Sacrilege?By Louis ‘Barok‘ C. Biraogo — August 1, 2025 THE Philippines’ Supreme Court is caught in a constitutional cage match, and the gloves are off. Akbayan Rep. Percival Cendaña and political analyst Richard Heydarian lobbed verbal Molotovs at the Court, calling it the “Supreme Coddler” of Vice President Sara Duterte…
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