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Ayuda urgent: Jobs crisis still worse than before pandemic — IBON
April 30, 2021
NEWS
The so-called increase in employment is just Filipinos desperate to make a living in any way they can. This makes the need for substantial cash aid even more urgent.
There is Money for Ayuda
April 29, 2021
[INFOGRAPHIC] There are trillions in possible fund sources for cash assistance, wage and production subsidies, and health response. What is lacking is a government willing to spend on the people’s most urgent needs.
IBON Executive Director on the Duterte administration’s infrastructure delusion on display at Sulong Pilipinas forum
April 26, 2021
IBON Executive Director on the Duterte administration’s infrastructure delusion on display at Sulong Pilipinas forum
More than enough funds available to give urgent cash aid — IBON
April 26, 2021
The government can finance the very urgent and long overdue cash assistance if only it chose to. It has to make emergency relief and support a priority and not something provided only if there is somehow extra cash lying around.
Incentives granted under the Philippine Mining Act of 1995
April 22, 2021
The Philippine Mining Act of 1995 worsened the plunder of the country’s mineral resources by big local and foreign mining firms at the expense of the environment and people’s livelihoods, culture and national sovereignty. The Duterte administration should repeal this law for all the damage it has done and will do. Instead, it recently lifted […]
Big business plundering the environment
April 22, 2021
Big stimulus bill prioritizing aid more urgent than easing foreign restrictions–IBON
April 18, 2021
Every additional COVID-19 response measure over the meager amounts allotted by the administration will help the country get out of this crisis faster, whereas bills expanding foreign businesses’ profit-making will not be of any help at all.
ASEAN COVID-19 statistics and response measures
April 16, 2021
Despite government claims of excellently addressing the pandemic, data shows the Philippines having the most number of active cases among ASEAN countries, and being behind in financing COVID response.
