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Prices still higher now than since start of Duterte admin

Research group IBON said that while June inflation has slowed, the prices of basic food items are still higher, especially when compared to prices at the start of the Duterte administration. The wages and incomes of many Filipinos are unable to keep up with the high prices. The group said that food prices will continue […]

News

Duterte administration being dishonest about economic ‘gains’

July 4, 2019

Chronic undernutrition among kids, pervasive hunger belie 4Ps logic – IBON

July 2, 2019

Govt will needed to enforce oil price unbundling – IBON

June 29, 2019

Duterte selling out sovereignty for Chinese funding – IBON

June 20, 2019

On Sin Tax: Raise direct taxes rather than consumer taxes –IBON

June 7, 2019

Govt should address job losses in agri, manufacturing — IBON

June 5, 2019

Sin taxes, UHC to fund privatization of health services–IBON

June 1, 2019

Amendments to Public Services Act removes Constitutional protections on public utilities

May 24, 2019

Features

The Supreme Court’s (SC) upholding of the removal of Filipino, Panitikan (literature), and Constitution as core subjects of the college curriculum is the latest assault of neoliberal standards on the Philippine education system. Alongside the K to 12 curriculum at primary and secondary levels, the fundamentals of nationalism, patriotism and constitutionalism are being replaced by […]

Strengthen Filipino, Panitikan, and Constitution instruction in basic and tertiary education

June 24, 2019

Administration-backed bets dominated the 2019 midterm elections especially in the Senate. The Duterte administration will certainly fast track its priority neoliberal policies as soon as the 18th Congress opens. It already used its super-majority in the 17th Congress to pass socioeconomic measures aggravating the country’s jobs crisis, poverty, and underdevelopment. More and harsher ones loom […]

2019 midterm elections results: Harsher policies ahead

May 26, 2019

By Jose Lorenzo Lim Midterm elections have always been crucial for any incumbent, as results will either affirm or reject the programs and policies so far of the ruling party. The 2019 midterm elections, however, appears to be different, as it happens at the heels of the Duterte administration’s implementation of harshest neoliberal economic policies […]

WANTED: An Independent Senate

May 11, 2019

By Rosario Bella Guzman The declared policy of the newly signed Republic Act (RA) 11203 or Rice Tariffication Law, now with issued implementing rules and regulations, is apparently to ensure food security. Ironically, it is the very same principle that the law puts at risk. Food security is a precondition for economic development. A hungry […]

What the Rice Tariffication Law violates

April 10, 2019

By the Samahan at Ugnayan ng mga Konsyumer para sa Ikauunlad ng Bayan (SUKI) The ongoing water shortage is just the latest among water problems that consumers have been struggling with for decades. Despite privatization and its promises, poor consumers across the metropolis still suffer expensive water, erratic connections, and inadequate services. The government and […]

Beyond water interruptions: Expensive water and connection woes burden consumers

March 21, 2019

by Sonny Africa The government’s economic managers claim that the new Rice Tariffication Act which takes effect on March 5, 2019 will ensure the availability of cheaper rice for Filipino consumers. They also claim that the law will make Filipino rice farmers more competitive and profitable. Yet while rice from abroad could become cheaper for […]

Cheaper rice for now, but at what cost?

February 22, 2019

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