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Despite hike, NCR wage worth only P242: Workers get smallest increase in real wages under Arroyo Gov’t
June 8, 2010
The Arroyo administration has the longest-running term since Marcos but has seen the smallest increase in workers’ real wages over the last nine-and-a-half years The recently announced P22-wage hike in the NCR brings the real or inflation-adjusted minimum wage to only P242 based on 2000 prices, according to research group IBON. This estimate assumes an […]
Current NCR minimum wage only worth P235: Gov’t urged to raise wages to decent level
June 1, 2010
The minimum wage has been unchanged in NCR since September 2008 and Filipino workers are in effect bearing the burden of adjustment to the current global crisis. As wage boards deliberate on the wage increase for Metro Manila workers, research group IBON urges government to approximate the wage hike to the estimated family living wage, […]
The ills of privatized elections
June 1, 2010
IBON Features | ‘Election privatization’ is a phenomenon that is feared even in the most advanced countries as undermining an important democratic exercise such as the national elections Also on the elections and prospects under the incoming administration: The Ills of Privatized Elections; RP under new gov’t: is there hope for our backward economy?; First […]
RP under new gov’t: is there hope for our backward economy?
May 29, 2010
IBON Features | Will the incoming administration take the bold steps needed to ensure land distribution and enhance agricultural production? Will the president-apparent promote measures in favor of building and strengthening local industries Also on the elections and prospects under the incoming administration: The Ills of Privatized Elections; RP under new gov’t: is there hope […]
RP gov’t urged to resist EU pressure for ‘economic integration’
May 28, 2010
The Philippine government should assert its right to implement the development policies that it needs. The just-concluded EU-ASEAN foreign ministers meeting in Madrid ended with apparent agreement on economic integration mechanisms and the EU calling the ASEAN countries not to implement protectionist measures. But according to research group IBON, the Philippine government should assert its […]
First 100 days: beyond anti-corruption, real steps to reform
May 28, 2010
COMMENTARY | By Sonny Africa | Beyond an anti-corruption drive or ‘successful’ elections and a peaceful transition from the Arroyo administration, the real test of democracy in the country depends on identifying the real problems and the… Also on the elections and prospects under the incoming administration: The Ills of Privatized Elections; RP under new […]
Poverty, joblessness despite GDP growth puzzling
May 27, 2010
The incoming Aquino administration needs to acknowledge that it is inheriting a distorted economy that is not delivering development to the people. The reported 7.3% growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2010 is seemingly good news especially coming from the steep fall in economic growth since 2008. However any enthusiasm […]
Aquino urged to resist pressure for new taxes
May 19, 2010
A genuinely reformist approach to the fiscal crisis is possible. The new administration is challenged to put forward pro-people initiatives to address the fiscal crisis, but front-running presidential candidate Sen. Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino has yet to take a strong progressive position on the country’s fiscal problems, said research group IBON. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), […]
From a weak republic: challenges for the next administration
May 13, 2010
IBON Features | By Sonny Africa | The challenges that the looming Aquino administration faces are gigantic but could be addressed if it has the readiness to act Also on the elections and prospects under the incoming administration: The Ills of Privatized Elections; RP under new gov’t: is there hope for our backward economy?; First […]
