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Aquino Legacy: More poor Filipinos in the last 5 years
July 22, 2015
Within its term govt could have laid foundations for Filipino industries to bolster farmers’ and workers’ incomes, create decent-paying, stable jobs Research group IBON said that the growing number of poor Filipinos in the country today debunks the Aquino administration’s claims that its successful poverty alleviation strategy would be one of its achievements that must […]
Aquino Legacy: Jobs crisis unprecedented in PH history
July 21, 2015
This only shows the poor quality of the jobs created, while regular jobs are lost The number of unemployed Filipinos continued to swell since the start of Pres. Aquino’s term, making the worsening job crisis a distinct feature of the administration, according to research group IBON. The group said that the number of unemployed Filipinos […]
2015 Midyear Birdtalk | Aquino’s final year: Legacy of elite economics and governance
July 21, 2015
School of Economics | University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City Download in PDF format In the run-up to the last State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Benigno S. Aquino III while the 2016 polls loom, the administration has repeatedly emphasized that there is a need to continue its so-called legacy of reforms […]
20 years of the Philippine Mining Act
July 20, 2015
Latest mining disaster further signal to junk mining law
July 19, 2015
The Mining Act has violated constitutional provisions restricting foreign participation in key sectors, and allowed big local and foreign business to cover up the plunder of the country’s resources Research group IBON reiterated the call for government to junk the 20-year-old Philippine Mining Act after a portion of the mining pit collapsed and buried miners […]
QC gov’t joins organic growers, sellers in ‘organic food fiesta’
July 13, 2015
The Festival featured the advocacy of making organic food more affordable Organic farmers, sellers and advocates converged in an organic food fair and festival this Sunday at the Quezon City Memorial Circle. The Quezon City government led by Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte supported the event, which aimed to make the public aware of the benefits […]
Organic Fiesta!
July 11, 2015
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs): Temporary, Diversionary and Indefensible
June 11, 2015
IBON Features | October 2010 | The retrogressive character of the CCTs is most of all defined by its defense of neoliberal macroeconomic policies. [wpdm_package id=3851 template=”link-template-widget”] IBON Features—The Aquino administration’s conditional cash transfers (CCTs), which take up the largest part of its Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), have many points of appeal. Giving cash […]
