Over 119,000 cash aid forms not yet uploaded by LGUs – DSWD | Rappler

August 21, 2020

Private school teachers decry ‘Bayanihan II’ budget allocation | Rappler

August 20, 2020

PHL goal to reduce poverty to 14% by 2022 now a distant dream with recession – experts | BusinessMirror

August 6, 2020

PH needs to spend big to recover from recession, but will it? | Rappler

August 6, 2020

Duterte admin to blame for ‘worst economic collapse’ in PHL history | GMA News

August 6, 2020

Duterte gov’t to blame for worst economic collapse in PH history

August 6, 2020

STATEMENT

The Duterte administration is to blame for the worst economic collapse in the country’s recorded history. Growth rate falling to -16.5% in the second quarter from 5.4% in the same period last year is an unprecedented 21.9 percentage point drop.

IBON Executive Director on president’s address to the nation

August 5, 2020

IBON Executive Director on Pres. Duterte pushing same failed stimulus measures in his SONA

July 29, 2020

PH ‘stimulus’ smallest in region

July 29, 2020

NEWS

Philippine spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is among the smallest in the region. The narrow-minded obsession with ‘creditworthiness’ stops the government from taking the urgent steps needed to restore livelihoods and save the economy.