IBON Foundation
Filipinos lack access to basic health resources
April 7, 2025
NCR Family Living Wage, as of March 2025
April 5, 2025
Low real wages, more expensive food, as of March 2025
April 5, 2025
IBON Executive Director regarding US imposing 17% tariff on PH exports
April 4, 2025
IBON Executive Director regarding US imposing 17% tariff on PH exports
National government outstanding debt
April 2, 2025
Divided per family, national government outstanding debt is now over Php600,000.
Marcos Jr’s borrowing binge
April 2, 2025
Philippine outstanding debt under the Marcos Jr administration has ballooned by 30% from June 2022 to February 2025. The average monthly increase in outstanding debt under Marcos outpaces that under the Arroyo, Noynoy Aquino, and Duterte administrations.
More hungry Filipinos under the Marcos Jr administration
April 1, 2025
The rise in hunger shows that government’s rhetoric of economic gains and a robust jobs market is empty — just like the bellies of millions of hungry Filipinos. Related: Hunger increases under Marcos from low family incomes, high prices
