IBON Foundation
Rice farmers’ income per hectare declined by 40.3%
February 14, 2023
Rice liberalization is being hyped for taming rice inflation. But this is doing no favors for producers and consumers alike, especially with the government’s lack of interest in supporting local production in the long run.
PH rice industry under liberalization
February 14, 2023
Enacted four years ago, the government promised that RA11203 or the Rice Liberalization Law would improve farmers’ productivity and food security. But rice import dependency and trade deficit worsened, while rice self-sufficiency and farm gate prices fell, to the detriment of Filipino farmers.
Marcos-Duterte 2023: Patong-patong na Problema
February 12, 2023
Walang bagong direksyon ang ekonomiya sa ilalim ni Bongbong Marcos, at ito ang yayanig sa kaniyang walang-tibay na pamamahala.
IBON blasts Ombudsman for 3-year inaction on red-tagging complaint
February 10, 2023
The Ombudsman has become an enabler of red-tagging in failing to take any meaningful action on the administrative complaint IBON filed against government officials three years ago.
Minimum wage vs family living wage per region as of January 2023
February 7, 2023
The January 2023 8.7% inflation continues to widen the gap between the minimum wage and the family living wage. The minimum wage is highest in the NCR but the Php570 here has fallen to only 49.1% of the NCR family living wage of Php1,161. BARMM has the lowest minimum wage at Php341 and this is […]
NCR family living wage as of January 2023
February 7, 2023
Filipinos entered the new year poorly positioned to cope with even higher prices and inflation. The gap between workers’ wages and the estimated family living wage continues to widen.
Worsening inflation makes admin ayuda cuts even more unconscionable – IBON
February 7, 2023
With inflation continuing to rise to 8.7% in January 2023 to its highest in over 14 years, it is unconscionable for the Marcos Jr administration to keep slashing cash assistance to struggling Filipinos in urgent need of relief.
National government outstanding debt as of Dec 2022
February 3, 2023
