IBON Foundation
IBON hits limited BBM Na! program
May 23, 2025
The BBM Na! program smacks of insincerity. It rations rice to poor households, scrimps on funding, and leaves out millions who also struggle to afford food. This is far from the sweeping effort needed to make Php20 rice a reality and is just a public relations gimmick dressed up as policy.
For richer
May 21, 2025
The three richest billionaires in the country are behind three of the country’s biggest political parties, controlling some 4/5 of the Senate, Congress, and governorships.
Post-elections, inequality likely to worsen
May 21, 2025
The economy will likely keep serving the profits of a few and their wealth’s inexorable rise, while millions are left further behind just as in the past administrations.
Shape of PH Labor as of March 2025
May 18, 2025
Can the Philippine jobs crisis be solved with mere upskilling and attracting investments in job-generating businesses? A more structural solution perhaps needs to be taken including strengthening domestic economic production first.
NCR Family Living Wage as of April 2025
May 16, 2025
As it is, the Php645/day nominal minimum wage in the National Capital Region falls short of the Php1,221/ day family living wage (FLW) by Php576. Nominal minimum wages in the other regions are even lower. The 2025 midterm elections’ political aspirants almost all said that they are for wage hikes to push the purchasing power of Filipinos up. But the challenge is to raise wages to at least the level of the estimated FLW.
Lower unemployment count masks true joblessness
May 15, 2025
Jobs has been a top concern for the Philippine electorate, but do the government and newly-elected lawmakers recognize the extent of the jobs crisis enough to buckle down to resolving it?
PH economy struggles to create decent jobs
May 15, 2025
Jobs has been a top concern for the Philippine electorate, but do the government and newly-elected lawmakers recognize the extent of the jobs crisis enough to buckle down to resolving it?
Weaker economy seen in slow spending, below-target-investments
May 15, 2025
The Marcos government claimed that hitting the 6.0% growth rate for 2025 is its post-election top priority. But is it doing what it takes to drive the economy towards faster growth?
6.0% economic growth target impossible
May 15, 2025
The Marcos government claimed that hitting the 6.0% growth rate for 2025 is its post-election top priority. But is it doing what it takes to drive the economy towards faster growth?
