Events and Announcements

IBON forum: People’s pressure crucial to hold erring public officials accountable

December 15, 2024

The move to impeach Sara Duterte should not be trivialized as just the falling-out of the Marcos and Duterte camps, but as a serious effort by Filipinos to collectively hold corrupt bureaucrats answerable. They agreed on the need for more forums and mobilizations to strengthen people’s solidarity on the impeachment move.

What Legacy? The real economic situation under the Duterte administration

January 25, 2020

IBON Yearstarter Press Conference held Friday morning prior to the 2019 Yearend Birdtalk at the Commission on Human Rights. IBON Executive Director Sonny Africa talked about slowing growth, persistent poverty, unemployment and poor quality work, gross inequality and why government borrowing and spending on infrastructure does not necessarily translate to better lives for the majority […]

#AskIBON

November 21, 2019

IBON has been promoting a popular understanding of socioeconomic issues since 1978. We’ve already reached hundreds of thousands of people but always want to reach out to as many as we can. We still do the exact same things we did over 40 years ago – print publications, give talks, visit schools, and go to […]

People Economics Forum

September 12, 2019

#MalalangEkonomiya #MayMagagawa #PeopleEconomics

What is Birdtalk?

January 9, 2019

The 2018 IBON Yearend Birdtalk will be held on January 17, 2019, 1PM at the UP Diliman College of Education. Various sectors, including government office representatives, the religious, educators and students, entrepreneurs, and NGOs/ CSOs/ /POs are invited. There will be a Php200 fee for registration. For journalists, there will be a press conference earlier […]

Come to the People Economics IBON@40 Anniversary Bookshop Sale!

September 2, 2018

A three-day IBON Bookshop Sale themed Upholding People Economics in celebration of IBON@40 will run from September 3 – 7, 2018, from 9 AM to 5 PM. Guests can browse, read, engage in interactive discussion. The bookshop sale will feature Pep Talks on the pillars of people economics every 10-11am and 4-5pm to be led […]

IBON@40 People Economics Anniversary Week

September 2, 2018

You are cordially invited to IBON’s 40th year “Uphold People Economics” celebration this coming week of September 3-7 2018! For everyone – People Economics Bookshop Sale featuring Pep Talks on the 6 pillars of People Econ (Sept. 3-5, 2018, 9 AM- 5 PM). For IBON Foundation Members & Staff – IBON@40 Salo-salo (Sept. 6, 2018, […]