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Medicines are next
March 30, 2026
FEATURES
At face value it may sound like a gentle reminder that prevention is better than cure, but it screams a harder truth: Filipinos cannot afford to be sick.
Double whammy of record-low peso and high global oil prices to drive up inflation
March 20, 2026
the all-time low peso and surging global oil prices are a double whammy that will double inflation in the coming months, hitting millions of poor Filipino families the hardest
Rice and Imperialism
At a risky crossroads
March 19, 2026
FEATURES
At the crossroads of national food security and imperialist interests, the government has consistently chosen the latter.
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.
PH oil troubles: By the numbers
March 13, 2026
FEATURES
The measures the Marcos Jr admin takes to address economic shocks by the US-Israel attack on Iran have to be weighed against the magnitude of the problems at hand.
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.
EDSA@40: Reclaimed democracy or elite continuity?
March 2, 2026
EDSA restored elections and civil liberties, but it did not uproot the economic and institutional forces that concentrate power.
Agriculture, the crisis the government won’t talk about
February 27, 2026
FEATURES
Philippine agriculture is suffering, but government planners barely talk about this now.
