Has PhilHealth, the country’s so-called universal health care program, benefited the Filipino people?

April 24, 2016

#BeyondElections2016 | All the presidential bets vow to continue Philhealth. But has this so-called universal health care program benefited the Filipino people? The 2015 National Government budget for PhilHealth rose to Php39.1 billion from only Php3.5 billion in 2011. It is now said to cover 87% of the entire population as of 2013. Yet, according […]

On Earth Day: IBON scores foreign chambers on anti-envi agenda for new admin

April 24, 2016

Research group IBON hit the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in the Philippines (JFC) for laying down its agenda for environmental destruction and plunder for the next administration. Votes have yet to be cast but foreign big business is already maneuvering to further interests in industries such as mining, agriculture and power. The JFC recently […]

Infographic: Have Filipino children benefited from CCTs/ 4Ps?

April 20, 2016

#BeyondElections2016 | Among the conditionalities for receiving conditional cash transfers (CCTs)/ Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) dole-out are visits to health centers where children aged 0-5 years old are supposed to be immunized, children 0-2 years old will have monthly weight monitoring and nutrition counseling, and children 25 to 73 weeks old will have quarterly weight […]

SALE until April 21: IBON Bookshop revitalized with beyond elections theme

April 16, 2016

The IBON Bookshop, research group IBON Foundation’s main outlet, opened Thursday with a new and revitalized look with the theme #BeyondElections2016 in an afternoon event dubbed “Eleksyon, Libro, Lapis at Kape”. With less than a month to go before the vote, IBON encourages the public to exercise their political rights before and beyond the elections by […]

All presidentiables bets vow to continue the PPP program

April 12, 2016

Account for NDRRMF and El Niño funds – Green Action PH

April 8, 2016

As concerned citizens across the country and all over the world join the Global Day of Action for Justice to the victims of Kidapawan massacre today April 8, 2016, the sustainable development alliance Green Action PH asks the Aquino government where is the Php19 billion it promised in December 2015 for El Niño. “The Aquino […]

IBON Bookshop: 50-75% off all titles for UP Faculty

April 8, 2016

Bilang pakikiisa at pakikiramay sa mga titser ng bayan sa UP System na naapektuhan ng pagkasalanta ng UP Faculty Center noong Abril 1, magbibigay ang IBON Bookshop ng 75% off sa lahat ng aming titles na may copyright na 2014 pababa at 50% off sa lahat ng titles na may 2015 copyright mula April 14 […]

Of #BeyondElections2016 and the IBON Bookshop

April 6, 2016

The IBON Bookshop welcomes the public on 14 April 2016, 1pm with the theme #BeyondElections2016. During the election period, IBON takes the opportunity to drumbeat its ‘economics for Filipinos’ advocacy.

Gov’t privatization of irrigation, calamity unpreparedness amid El Nino hit

April 3, 2016

In the aftermath of the State-sponsored violence and continued harassment of protesting drought-stricken farmers in Kidapawan, North Cotabato, research group IBON criticized the Aquino government’s unpreparedness for El Nino and indicative neglect of agriculture in general, said the group. Department of Agriculture (DA) data shows that the damage caused by El Nino has already reached […]