IBON Foundation
On the COA audit report regarding 4Ps payments and funds
August 1, 2019
#MalalangEkonomiya #MayMagagawa #PeopleEconomics
President’s SONA in denial of slowing growth and fundamental econ crisis
July 29, 2019
In his fourth SONA, President Duterte did not admit that the economy is on a slowdown and that the country’s production sectors are deteriorating. Instead, the President harped on deceptive, business-biased policy proposals that at the very least do not address the basic problems of the economy.
It is offending China, not war, that Pres. Duterte is avoiding – IBON
July 27, 2019
Research group IBON said that Pres. Duterte’s stance on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue, as expressed in his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA), is not about avoiding war with China, but is about avoiding offending the Chinese government and losing all its promised funds. Last July 22, Pres. Duterte highlighted the possibility […]
Research group: Davao businessmen may be benefiting from Duterte admin’s infra program
July 26, 2019
Amid government hype of its Build, Build, Build program, research group IBON noted that there has been a conspicuous increase in public infrastructure spending in the Davao region that seems to have favored Davao-based businessmen. The group observed that close allies of the president have benefited from the government spending surge by clinching a number […]
On President Duterte’s take on the water crisis in his SONA speech
July 24, 2019
#MalalangEkonomiya #MayMagagawa #PeopleEconomics
Duterte’s Midterm: Change for the Worse
July 22, 2019
(IBON 2019 Midyear Birdtalk Briefing Paper economic situation highlights) The country’s slowing economy, and worsening jobs crisis and poverty disputes the Duterte administration’s hype of economic gains. IBON said that this is bound to worsen if the Duterte administration continues unopposed on its current neoliberal trajectory wherein the interests of big foreign and local business […]
