Features
SONA 2015: A Legacy of A Disconnected Economy
July 23, 2015
Economic elitism has been the norm for the economy but the growth in wealth and profits for a few has been striking under the Aquino administration IBON Features— Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III will give his last state of the nation address (SONA) at the opening of Congress next week. After so many political controversies, […]
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs): Temporary, Diversionary and Indefensible
June 11, 2015
IBON Features | October 2010 | The retrogressive character of the CCTs is most of all defined by its defense of neoliberal macroeconomic policies. [wpdm_package id=3851 template=”link-template-widget”] IBON Features—The Aquino administration’s conditional cash transfers (CCTs), which take up the largest part of its Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), have many points of appeal. Giving cash […]
APEC’s epic fail: Philippine underdevelopment
May 26, 2015
Commentary | By Sonny Africa | The organization is unabashed in pushing for neoliberal policies, the biggest reason for the exclusion and worsening of conditions for so many in the world in the last decades IBON Features—The “FuntaSea” theme of the show for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) senior officials held last weekend and its venue, […]
Neoliberal PPP behind LRT/MRT fare, water rate hikes
January 9, 2015
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Seeking decent shelter a year after Yolanda
January 8, 2015
Survivors still face the difficulties of prolonged uncertainty of temporary shelters and lack of livelihood, amid government measures that aggravate their plight IBON Features— Decent shelter is a fundamental social right which super-typhoon Yolanda survivors have not fully realized even a year after the calamity hit the country. Government’s establishment of a one-stop-shop for the […]
Government policies challenge economic, social and cultural rights in PH
December 11, 2014
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Green action: PH sustainable agri movements among world’s most active
October 31, 2014
This provides prospects for “green producerism” in the Philippines because the advocacy is intrinsic in the struggle for genuine agrarian reform An IBON research project featured cases of communities, which showed that organic farming could be used as weapon for landless and poor peasants to assert their right to land and to their own future. […]
LRT 1: A showcase of PPP’s flaws
October 28, 2014
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Close Aquino business allies to benefit from 2015 national budget?
September 14, 2014
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