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Lack of gainful employment belies govt claims of improving jobs market — IBON
April 13, 2024
The Marcos Jr administration keeps touting that the labor market is improving. But there is a serious disconnect between this government hype and the actual reality of millions of Filipinos.
Justice for the surfaced environment and human rights defenders Eco and Jak!
March 28, 2024
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The attacks against Eco, Jak and other environmental defenders only serves the interests of big business promoting destructive projects. These undermine the people’s well-being and the environment, exacerbating existing issues.
RBH 7 passage not about economic Cha-cha but political self-interest
March 21, 2024
Congress can already do so much for the people if they really wanted to. Unfortunately, the fact that they are pushing economic Cha-cha without any solid arguments goes to show that they really want something else.
1.4M jobs loss stresses need to strengthen local agri, Filipino industries – IBON
March 9, 2024
The drop in employed persons, combined with the phenomenal decrease in labor force participants and the swelling number of those not in the labor force, indicates a growing number of discouraged Filipino workers.
Rice inflation highest in 15 years, shows gov’t failing to manage inflation — IBON
March 5, 2024
The uptick in February headline inflation, pushed by the rapid increase in rice prices, shows that the Marcos administration’s so-called measures to tame inflation are not working.
IBON corrects Rep. Quimbo – PH really is among the most open to foreign ownership in region
February 29, 2024
Charter change proponents will keep trying to find justifications for Congress to start tinkering with the 1987 Constitution. However, the facts clearly show that claiming that the Philippines has among the most restrictive foreign ownership regulations in the world cannot be one of them.
IBON stresses to solons: An across-the-board minimum wage hike is urgent, just, doable
February 28, 2024
In a House deliberation on wage hike proposals, research group IBON executive director Sonny Africa stressed that there is no reason not to give any of the wage hikes currently proposed by different legislation.
Charter change undermines the spirit of EDSA 1
February 24, 2024
Every charter can always be improved but it is vital to defend the nationalist, democratic and activist spirit of EDSA 1 in the 1987 Constitution. Cha-cha driven by elite self-interest will make the people even worse off than they already are.
NEDA misses the point of people’s dissatisfaction — IBON
February 20, 2024
The Marcos Jr administration claims to acknowledge inflation, job creation, food security and poverty woes but their response is to push the same economic policies that cause these to begin with.
