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Farmers lose Php85 billion during first year: Peasant livelihoods destroyed, food insecurity worsened by rice liberalization
February 14, 2020
NEWS
Rice liberalization has undermined the livelihoods of millions of farmers and most likely even pushed many into bankruptcy. It will only worsen the country’s food insecurity as already seen with record high rice imports.
Responses of Parlade and Badoy prove IBON’s case
February 12, 2020
NEWS
IBON takes solace in how the outbursts of Parlade and Badoy provide additional evidence for the Ombudsman of the officials’ misdeeds and misconduct.
IBON defies and will overcome red-tagging
February 10, 2020
IBON filed a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman to hold government officials accountable for their malicious and baseless red-tagging of so many activists, individuals and groups especially since the creation of the so-called National Task Force to End Local Communism and Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in 2018. We focused on red-tagging because this is […]
IBON files historic first red-tagging complaint with Ombudsman against Parlade, Badoy, Esperon
February 9, 2020
The NTF-ELCAC has launched “a rabid vilification campaign against members of civil society by arbitrarily and unjustly branding them as fronts of the CPP-NPA, which have been declared as “terrorists” by the President
Low govt priority to health impairs capacity to deal with nCoV
February 4, 2020
NEWS
The decreasing share for health in the national government budget shows the low priority given to this. This affects the country’s ability to address public health challenges such as the novel coronavirus (nCoV).
The PCOO’s disinformation must be stopped
January 30, 2020
The Duterte administration’s persistent red-baiting of IBON and other groups instead of addressing the issues raised is an affront to the public. The public deserves the truth and to be informed about the issues that matter to them the most. Instead, the government is red-baiting critical voices to silence opposition and to hide the real […]
Real Duterte Legacy: Three years of slow growth sign of failing gov’t econ policies
January 25, 2020
NEWS
The economy is on its third year of slowing growth under the Duterte administration, and the slowest in eight years. This shows that government’s claimed economic gains are myths.
Real Duterte Legacy: Agri crisis belies admin claims of econ success
January 23, 2020
NEWS
The crisis in Philippine agriculture due to government negligence contradicts claimed economic achievements under the Duterte Legacy Campaign. The administration’s neglect and prioritization of local and foreign big business interests is worsening an already weak and struggling sector.
Amid Taal disaster, ‘Duterte Legacy’ disinformation campaign launched
January 22, 2020
NEWS
The campaign is not just rife with disinformation, said the group, but also insensitive politicking for the still distant 2022 elections.
