Lower disaster budget shows lack of govt priority

NEWS

Despite the country being disaster-prone, the administration has instead decreased calamity funds in the 2020 national budget.

News

Renegotiation of CA not enough without renouncing privatization –WPN

December 9, 2019

Govt methodology underestimates number of poor Filipinos—IBON

December 7, 2019

Most new jobs temporary, poor quality — IBON

December 6, 2019

IBON update on CHR, barangay officials’ inspection of premises

November 10, 2019

PH economy headed towards 3rd year of slow growth — IBON

November 8, 2019

IBON warns of possible PNP harassment

November 7, 2019

Inflation slowing due to a sluggish economy — IBON

November 6, 2019

Agri sector slumps due to continuous government neglect

October 16, 2019

Features

The BPO (business process outsourcing) industry was booming in the early 2000s where it helped revive the Philippine economy. In terms of revenues, BPOs registered a revenue growth rate of 43% in the period of 2005-2009 (annual average). The government has relied on the BPO industry for economic growth but even that is slowing down […]

Wake me up before you POGO

January 9, 2020

The optimism of the economic managers that “the Philippine economy is strong and ready to soar” is misplaced.

Economic missteps in 2019, hope for 2020

January 4, 2020

FEATURES

Pres. Rodrigo Duterte is posturing against oligarchs again. This time, the tough talk is against corporate water giants Manila Water and Maynilad. It is a popular and justified stance – the firms make billions of pesos every year while consumers suffer expensive water and incomplete services.

Water You Up To, Mr. President?

December 13, 2019

BY SONNY AFRICA

Development policymaking is hard enough as it is – the Philippines after so many decades of so many development plans is a case in point. Now the military wants to take that over as well?

Counterproductive Counterinsurgency

November 17, 2019

The mass transport crisis is real. Millions of commuters in the National Capital Region (NCR) suffer inconvenient and inefficient travel every day. Average commuting time was around 37 minutes in 1980 and 51 minutes in 1996, according to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). A survey by commuter group Komyut reported this rising to as […]

Solving the NCR mass transport crisis

October 28, 2019

Yet another round of water service interruptions, mounting unmet sanitation infrastructure obligations, and looming water rate hikes highlight the failure of water privatization. It is unconscionable that water firms’ profits continue to rise and they are even expanding abroad despite their failure to meet their domestic service obligations. Water privatization is failing to ensure people’s […]

Unmet targets: Poor water and sanitation service is failure of privatization

October 25, 2019

Infographics

Water rates and profits through the years

Infoposts

Hope for 2020

Photoquotes

On the July 2019 inflation

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