The GDP growth scam

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Why does the government keep chasing GDP targets?

News

PH economic growth is corruption-driven and exclusionary – IBON

November 8, 2025

Job-destroying growth debunks stable labor market claims – IBON

November 6, 2025

NAIA privatization: Bigger corruption at play

October 30, 2025

IBON launches new book on scaling agroecology

October 18, 2025

IBON: Flood control budget realignment confirms Marcos Jr’s selective anti-corruption drive

September 24, 2025

Slowest inflation, but prices higher than during peak inflation under Marcos

August 19, 2025

Gov’t claims of quality job expansion misleading amid worsening informality and rise in part-timers – IBON

August 6, 2025

Honest SONA, bigger solutions needed to address nation’s problems – IBON

July 25, 2025

Features

The second Trump presidency deepens rather than resolves the crises of US imperialism, sharpening contradictions both at home and abroad.

US imperial decline and escalation

October 24, 2025

The uplands of Candoni are now being devastated by the Hacienda Asia Plantation, Inc. (HAPI), a palm oil company of the big conglomerate DM Consunji Inc.

Candoni: Gone forever?

October 16, 2025

An analysis of flood control projects on the “Sumbong sa Pangulo” website indicates that anywhere from around 100 to 230 HOR lawmakers may be involved in suspicious flood control projects.

Corruption reveal: Time to name names in the House of Representatives

October 10, 2025

Millions of Filipinos are being denied the right to water due to harmful Joint Venture Agreements that have privatized our public water districts.

Water for the People Network Position Paper at the Senate Committee on Public Services Hearing

October 7, 2025

The LEDAC list of priority bills for the 20th Congress, much like those in past administrations, are strikingly unsuited to the country’s structural ills.

Another misfiring LEDAC agenda

October 3, 2025

It doesn’t take much squinting to look beyond the theatrics and inter-parliamentary finger-pointing to see who ultimately decides about pork barrel.

Marcos is no anti-corruption hero

September 21, 2025

Resources

Pagpupunla

November 4, 2025

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Barriers and Pathways

October 17, 2025

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Kaladkarin sa imperyalismo, pahamak na gobyerno

July 21, 2025

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Precarious Lives

May 12, 2025

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Right to Water Conference Proceedings

May 12, 2025

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Discussion Guide

Bakit tuloy-tuloy ang pagtaas ng presyo ng bilihin sa bansa? Ano ang solusyon?

April 14, 2025

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Infographics

Minimum Wage and Family Living Wage per region (as of October 2025)

Infoposts

Inflation steady, but Filipinos still hurting

Photoquotes

IBON Executive Director after attending Senate Finance Committee hearing on budget transparency

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Networks

Water for the People

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Green Action Philippines

Green Action Philippines

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AidWatch Philippines

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Consumers International

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AlterMidya Network

AlterMidya Network