Minerva Jane San Miguel
is an IBON researcher.
When the urban poor say no
April 22, 2025
Urban poor communities are being demolished to make way for business establishments promising job opportunites. But this is meaningless if they are relocated far from where these jobs are.
On World Health Day:
Big Pharma rules an ailing nation
April 7, 2025
Global health remains in the clutches of Big Pharma, which has detrimental effects not only on mortality, diseases and prevention but entirely on the right to health
The spiteful fangs of Putol
November 17, 2023
Little did I know that my run-in with Putol would put me through the stresses of the Philippine health system.
2024 education budget: When will government learn?
August 30, 2023
The 2024 budget reflects at least slipshod management of the education sector and at most self-serving interests, pushing our problems from bad to worse
It Takes Lives to Build a Paradise
July 14, 2023
The farmer families in Paradise III, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan are under threat from competing landlord and oligarchic interests. But they face these daunting challenges with their humble but resolute struggle to assert their right to land and livelihoods.
