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21st Century Neoliberal Authoritarianism for Whom?

(Statement for the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Inquiry on “The Current Situation Impacting on the Work, Safety, and Security of Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines” delivered on September 11, 2019) IBON Foundation was set up in 1978 and is in its 41st year of service to the Filipino people. We are a small […]

News

Job creation volatile, mostly of poor quality work

September 7, 2019

Scrap provincial bus ban, find pro-people solution to traffic–IBON

August 13, 2019

It is offending China, not war, that Pres. Duterte is avoiding – IBON

July 27, 2019

Research group: Davao businessmen may be benefiting from Duterte admin’s infra program

July 26, 2019

Duterte’s Midterm: Change for the Worse

July 22, 2019

Prices still higher now than since start of Duterte admin

July 6, 2019

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

Features

(This lecture was recently discussed by IBON research head Rosario Guzman with a group of international theologians) The South Korean independent film in 2016, Train to Busan, had definitely added a novel attack to the zombies genre. It appears now that the zombie theme has been revived after considerable time of having been run into […]

Here comes zombie neoliberalism

August 30, 2019

All over the Philippines, 207 peasants have already been killed as of March 31 since the start of the Duterte administration – 50 of the killings occurred in Negros. Three of the 15 peasant massacres nationwide happened in the island, claiming 29 out of 31 precious farmers’ lives.

Why Negros?

August 21, 2019

In his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Duterte did not admit that the economy is on a slowdown and that the country’s production sectors are deteriorating. Instead, the President harped on deceptive, business-biased policy proposals that at the very least do not address the basic problems of the economy, and at worse, […]

President’s SONA in denial of slowing growth and fundamental econ crisis

July 29, 2019

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

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 and undermining democracy. The […]

WANTED: An Independent Senate

May 11, 2019

Infographics

The 2020 Budget: Infrastructure, Populist Measures, and War

Infoposts

Underreported poverty

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On the July 2019 inflation

Topics

Build! Build! Build!

People Economics

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