Features
Earth Day 2013: PH environment in peril
April 1, 2013
IBON Features | The Philippines has been identified as the most disaser-prone country in the world and among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change IBON Features— A country’s wealth of natural resources is vital in defining its path for development. Sadly, Earth Day 2013 finds the Philippine environment in peril amid economic […]
World Water Day: Realizing Right to Water in PH
March 22, 2013
IBON FEATURES | Recent government data shows that 3,000 more families lost access to safe and clean water since MWSS was privatized in 1997 IBON Features— In the recently concluded Asia Water Week 2013, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that even though there has been improved access to water and sanitation in Asia, wealthier […]
EU-PH trade deal: The hazards of Free Trade Agreements
November 14, 2012
Amid slowing growth and increasing unemployment in EU countries, a free trade agreement with PH is perceived as EU’s way out of its economic crisis IBON Features—The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) concluded this week with the European Union (EU) pressing for Asia to further open up their markets. This was after talks with several Asian countries […]
Irreversible: envionmental costs of large-scale mining
November 8, 2012
IBON Featues | 8 November 2012 | Through the years, large-scale mining has caused deforestation and pollution as well as irreversible destruction to the ecology IBON Features– For spilling more than 15 million cubic meters of mine sediments from its Padcal mine tailings ponds in August, the Philex Mining Corporation figured in the news again. […]
Latest poverty measure: excluding the poor from the poverty count
July 31, 2012
IBON Features | 31 July 2012 | The Philippines seemed closer to reaching the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing poverty by half than if the old poverty methodology were used IBON Features—At 10 p.m., Aling Teresing, a mother in her mid-40s together with her 18-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son begin flattening scrap boxes to […]
SONA 2012: Reporting housekeeping and half-truths
July 22, 2012
IBON Features | By Sonny Africa | The 2012 SONA was selective in the data it presented and dealt in half-truths, A few stand out for the misleading picture of the economy that they seek to create. IBON Features— State of the nation addresses (SONAs) are typically exercises in political advertising rather than government road […]
Exclusionary Economics: How Aquino and Arroyo economics are the same
July 22, 2012
IBON Features | COMMENTARY | The reality behind the so-called gains must however be assessed before concluding that the Aquino administration has indeed been the much-sought change following former Pres. Arroyo’s legacy of corruption IBON Features— In his upcoming third State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Benigno Aquino III will surely attempt to highlight […]
Conditional Cash Transfers, from beneficiaries’ view
June 23, 2012
IBON FEATURES | Below are a few anecdotal evidence that, although illustrative and rich, does not replace a comprehensive assessment that a program of this size requires. Stories from CCT communities give us a picture that is different from how government describes the positive impact of its anti-poverty program IBON Features— The Department of Social […]
Green economy and the road to Rio
June 14, 2012
IBON Features | By Rosario Bella Guzman | The proposed ‘Road to Rio’ still looks at nature, people and their products as capital that must be used in the most efficient manner for profit accumulation IBON Features—Hundreds of heads of states are expected to attend the Earth Summit on June 20 to 22, back in […]
