IBON Foundation

Highest joblessness since 2022 due to economy’s structural defects

March 15, 2026

The Marcos Jr administration needs to acknowledge and urgently address these problems, which cannot be reduced to last year’s corruption controversies and will only worsen as global oil shocks bear down in the coming months.

Oil shocks risk further erosion of Filipinos’ purchasing power

March 10, 2026

Many Filipinos’ meager incomes will not keep pace with the rising cost of living driven by higher fuel prices.

Global crude prices move closely with local diesel and gasoline prices

March 10, 2026

We are heavily dependent on imported oil, so global crude prices move closely with local diesel and gasoline prices.

Dropping corporate taxes, rising individual and consumption taxes

March 7, 2026

The country’s tax burden is shifting from corporations to households. Poor and middle-class women and their families are hit harder as they pay VAT and excise taxes on basic household expenses like fuel, electricity, food and transport. That’s because consumption taxes like VAT and excise taxes are regressive, taking a bigger share of their already […]

IBON Executive Director on the Marcos Jr administration’s response to US-Iran conflict

March 4, 2026

US overseas military footprint [UPDATED]

March 3, 2026

The US’s 742 military bases worldwide aren’t about defense — they’re a global launchpad for war. They ring the world as the US’s infrastructure for intervention, coercion, and control to maintain US hegemony. The latest unprovoked attacks on Iran show exactly how those bases are used.