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Boost job generation by developing Filipino agri, industry–IBON
July 20, 2016
The basic economic issues confronting the new Duterte administration will take center stage in the peace negotiations as the next substantive agenda on the Comprehensive Agreement for Social and Economic Reforms. IBON joins the public in aspiring for the soonest resumption of the peace negotiations between the government and the National Democratic Front and the Moro […]
There is room for pro-people economics but 10-pt agenda concerning–IBON
July 16, 2016
“While there are sunny prospects, the 10-point agenda of neoliberal policies hangs over like a dark cloud,” said research group IBON’s executive director Sonny Africa yesterday at its political and economic briefing. In its 2016 Midyear Birdtalk held at the University of the Philippines, IBON welcomed the Duterte administration’s opening of opportunities for pro-people measures […]
Ruling on West Philippine Sea: Group says PH sovereign footing in foreign policy can begin
July 14, 2016
The arbitral ruling favoring Philippine claim over the West Philippine Sea can be the new administration’s signal for further asserting its economic sovereignty, research group IBON said. This is also an opportune time for the Philippines to consider cutting or renegotiating unequal arrangements with other countries that put the nation’s control over its resources at […]
Fr. Pete Arguillas, MSC, 80
June 29, 2016
IBON Foundation mourns the passing of Fr. Pedro Arguillas, of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC), in the early hours of June 27, 2016. Fr. Pete, as he was more familiarly known, has been a member of IBON’s Board of Trustees since 1998. He was a quiet presence and gentle guide of the institution’s […]
IBON –Brexit referendum win another sign of neoliberal policies failure
June 29, 2016
Research group IBON said the prevailing vote for Brexit is the latest political affirmation that neoliberal globalization-driven integration like the European Union (EU) is failing. The Philippines will have an advantage if the incoming Duterte administration appreciates this as the latest sign of the major emerging countercurrent to reckless neoliberalism. There was a referendum on […]
Admit huge dropout count, review K-to-12, educators urge next admin
June 14, 2016
Where are the 1M other Grade 10 completers reported by DepEd in 2015? At the onset of the debut of the Senior High School (SHS) component of K-to-12 this school year, teachers’ network Educators Forum for Development (EfD) said that the government should acknowledge the low turnout of SHS enrollees. This should prompt a thorough […]
Repeal EPIRA: PH power rates double in 15 years–IBON
June 9, 2016
Research group IBON said that fifteen years of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) has only strengthened corporations’ monopoly of the Philippine power industry, and burdened consumers with high power rates. The group, a member of the POWER alliance, said that EPIRA must be repealed. EPIRA or Republic Act (RA) 9136 was enacted in […]
IBON congratulates prospective DSWD head Dr. Judy Taguiwalo
May 31, 2016
Research group IBON congratulates Dr. Judy M. Taguiwalo, Chairperson of IBON’s Board of Trustees, on being chosen by president-elect Rodrigo Duterte to head the incoming administration’s Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The group expressed optimism that she will be confirmed by the Commission on Appointments and, along with other progressives in the new […]
Incoming admin should ban GMOs, go organic–Green Action PH
May 26, 2016
IBON Networks | Green Action PH | Multi-sector group Green Action PH urged the incoming administration under presumptive leader Rodrigo Duterte to put public safety first and ban genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the country. The group recommended for the new president to heed consumer clamor to apply the precautionary principle and thoroughly evaluate the […]
