Assist displaced workers and help them recover

May 1, 2020

Millions left behind during lockdown

May 1, 2020

The Duterte administration’s poor emergency relief leaves 7.7 million working people and their families behind during the worst mass unemployment in decades.

ECQ disrupts livelihood of 19M:

Millions of working people left behind by poor gov’t response

May 1, 2020

NEWS

The Duterte administration’s poor response is causing widespread suffering and passing the burden of containment onto the poorest and most vulnerable.

Gov’t should deliver cash subsidies it owes 3.8M poor families in GCQ areas

April 30, 2020

The government announced that it will ‘reprioritize’ social amelioration to only the areas retained under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and will ‘discontinue’ in declared general community quarantine (GCQ) areas.

Should the middle class receive subsidy? (Rappler)

April 28, 2020

On 7th week of lockdown: 10M worker and informal earner households still waiting for emergency subsidies

April 28, 2020

NEWS

A month-and-a-half into lockdown, millions of workers and informal earners grapple in uncertainty as the government’s social amelioration program and Department of Labor and Employment aid are failing to reach them.

A glimpse at the critical state of the Philippine environment

April 27, 2020

While nations attempt to meet the sustainable development goals, neoliberalism has spearheaded the unbridled destruction of the environment.

Duterte govt can end lockdown sooner and help every Filipino in need

April 24, 2020

STATEMENT

The country must deal with the pandemic, and the Duterte administration has the responsibility and obligation to ensure that this is done humanely and compassionately.

Gov’t Php1.5T COVID-19 response strategy bloated, misleading

April 23, 2020

NEWS

The Duterte administration continues to be misleading about its COVID-19 response strategy. A closer look shows that the government is not actually spending as much as it claims.