Your Titos kick off 2026 and the Philippines is already deep in political drama.

First up: The Barzaga vs. Razón cyber libel showdown. A 110 million peso lawsuit for calling out a billionaire industrialist. Is it accountability or a SLAPP lawsuit straight from the American playbook? We break down how Filipino politicians are watching US news and copying strategies in real time. Same lawsuits. Same political theater. Same playbook just a week behind what's happening in the US.

Then: The dangerous martyrdom complex. "If I die, the truth will finally come out." We need to stop romanticizing sacrifice. Nobody has to die for change to happen. Submit the evidence. Follow the process. But instead, we get telenovela drama, politicians performing victimhood for sympathy instead of demanding accountability while they're still breathing.

Sara Duterte's impeachment is back for round two. Will anything happen? Probably not. It's theater—designed to damage reputations, not deliver justice.

And the Cabral case? Already forgotten. No follow-up. No outrage. Swept under the rug.

We see the patterns. Do you?#BornHereBornThere #FilipinoPodcast #PhilippinePolitics

Happy New Year... now let's talk about the mess.

Your Titos are back to break down the Philippines' chaotic transition into 2026. We're covering the long-awaited Discaya arrest (finally!), but asking the real question: is one contractor enough to satisfy a nation demanding accountability?

Then we dive deep into the Cathy Cabral case, the veteran civil engineer and alleged whistleblower whose "suicide" has more holes than a ghost infrastructure project. Convenient selfies, missing files, no entourage, and a body found at the exact site of an overpriced flood control project? We're not buying it.

Plus: Congressman Richard Gomez physically assaults the Philippine Olympic Committee president on camera... and faces zero consequences. Classic.

We end with a call to action: If there's going to be a revolution, maybe don't hold it at EDSA again. Just a thought.

This episode: Corruption accountability, conspiracy theories, and why your Titos are exhausted but still watching.

What happens when an action star promises every Filipino a million pesos to solve poverty? Senator Robin Padilla's absurd presidential campaign pitch isn't just bad math (113 trillion pesos for a 6 trillion peso budget)—it's a symptom of Philippine politics' deepest problem: nobody has clean enough hands to point fingers.

Your Titos dissect Padilla's colorful past from jail conversions to senate floor fights, and why his populist play mirrors tactics from Elon Musk's Pennsylvania lottery to global technocrat oligarchies. But the real story is President Marcos Jr.'s four strategic bills—from blockchain transparency to anti-dynasty legislation co-authored by... a dynasty. The Marcoses are playing 4D chess while Sara Duterte watches the doors close behind her.

When everyone's compromised, who's left to demand accountability? 26 minutes of uncomfortable truths about power, corruption, and mirror images between Philippine and American politics.