Advocacies
BBM for health? Not really
December 17, 2024
The lack of essential health facilities reflects the broader deficiencies in the country’s healthcare infrastructure and its inability to provide adequate care to millions of Filipinos, particularly the poor.
2025 BBM: Budget Badly Made
December 17, 2024
The government easily decides on austerity for the poor, yet just as easily decides to give huge budgets for pork and patronage, infrastructure for the rich, and even sacred debt service.
Rate expectations: Rethinking PH credit ratings
December 12, 2024
The economic managers don’t seem to realize that credit ratings are just, well, credit ratings. These shouldn’t be overstated as any kind of measure of economic performance or much less of national development.
The Long Game of Development (2)
December 8, 2024
From the 18th century and the first industrial revolution, how much have great leaps in technologies really contributed to fixing social underdevelopment? The expanding poverty and vulnerability of billions of people gives an answer.
Unpacking data shows labor market getting worse — IBON
November 11, 2024
NEWS ANALYSIS
The nation needs leaders that genuinely care about the worsening welfare of Filipino citizens and are willing to push radical and meaningful measures that will really create better-quality jobs and higher incomes.
Low real wages, more expensive food
November 5, 2024
Government claims its “vigilant measures to stabilize prices” helped keep October inflation within target. But food remains expensive and the low wages of many Filipinos can’t keep up.
Minimum Wage and Family Living Wage Per Region, as of October 2024
November 5, 2024
NCR Family Living Wage, as of October 2024
November 5, 2024
Government is comfortable with the inflation rate being well within their target, but families are struggling amid high prices. The Php645 NCR minimum wage falls short of the Php1,205 living wage for a family of five.
Unregulated power rate hikes: What are friends for?
October 31, 2024
The automatic power rate hike proposal is yet another step backward away from protecting consumers and regulating profit-seeking firms providing essential electricity services.
