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Water wars: A global battle for public control
May 30, 2025
In the Philippines and worldwide, private sector involvement in water services has only led to broken promises of better management, rising costs, and deteriorating services. The growing number of contract terminations and public takeovers shows growing resistance against profit-driven water management and highlights the need to prioritize people over profits.
Great Cabinet Revamp is a dud
May 25, 2025
There’s no doubt that a revamp of government, governance and the Cabinet is overdue. But the Cabinet revamp can’t just be recycling combined with superficially new names or faces. It should mean new ideas for solving old problems and the political will to act on them.
IBON hits limited BBM Na! program
May 23, 2025
The BBM Na! program smacks of insincerity. It rations rice to poor households, scrimps on funding, and leaves out millions who also struggle to afford food. This is far from the sweeping effort needed to make Php20 rice a reality and is just a public relations gimmick dressed up as policy.
Election post-mortem: Any hope for the economy?
May 19, 2025
The conversation isn’t about what kind of country we want to build and how, but simply who gets to rule it – leaving the inequitable status quo untouched.
Bolder solutions needed for faster economic growth – IBON
May 14, 2025
The Marcos administration’s top priority post elections of hitting its 6.0% economic growth target for 2025 by achieving 6.2% growth rate for the remaining quarters of the year is absurd
Counting laws, missing the point: Who deserves the Senate?
May 12, 2025
While prior experience in the Senate might seem important for lawmakers to have, it is also important to see what stand they have taken on certain government practices.
Supporting democracy amid undemocratic PH elections
May 12, 2025
The vote is to show that we believe in something better.
Falling employment, higher underemployment signs of unsolved PH jobs crisis-IBON
May 8, 2025
The rise in underemployment reflects the unresolved jobs crisis where existing jobs pay poorly.
Groups serve ‘disconnection notice’ to Villar’s Prime Water, urge zero votes for Camille Villar
May 6, 2025
NEWS
The groups vowed to continue opposing government’s pro-oligarchs stance and advocate for alternative measures that promote people’s control over people’s resources.
