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Still exclusionary: growth fails to create quality work—IBON
November 27, 2015
An overall deterioration on the jobs front affirms the limits of service-driven growth Growth in Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter is still not creating enough decent work for Filipinos and remains exclusionary. The services-driven growth is the reason for the prevailing jobs crisis in the country, research group IBON said The […]
Proposed hike in salaries of high-ranking officials hit
November 13, 2015
‘Don’t base gov’t pay on private sector salary’, says group Research group IBON today said that the proposed Salary Standardization Law (SSL) of 2015 may give some relief to long underpaid government workers, but the increases for the highest ranking government officials are excessive and undemocratic. Basing government officials’ salaries on private sector pay distorts […]
Rescinding MRT deal, PPPs urgent–group
November 11, 2015
Allowing PPPs to channel public resources to private profits deprives the nation of much needed resources for social services and development As the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) has been bogging down, prompting the Philippine Senate to deliberate on the train’s deteriorating services, research group IBON underscored how putting a public utility in the hands of […]
Lowering income taxes on low and middle income families urgent and doable – IBON
November 5, 2015
Lowering income taxes for the majority of families can be the start of more wide-ranging income tax reforms Given the burden of rising prices and a regressive tax system, the lowering or even removal of taxes on low and middle income families is long overdue, research group IBON said. Revenue losses can be compensated by […]
APEC to be launching pad: PH should thwart TPP bandwagon, group warns
October 13, 2015
The TPP is expected to eliminate tariffs further on thousands of goods and services, impose stricter rules on intellectual property rights and the supremacy of investor over state interest Research group IBON warned that the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting will most certainly be used to campaign for a powerful Pacific multilateral trade […]
Over one million jobs generated under Aquino poor in quality
October 5, 2015
Think-tank belies NEDA claim of better jobs climate Poor quality work has marked job generation under the Aquino government, while the country’s jobs crisis reached unprecedented levels. Research group IBON repeated this amid government claims that its mantra of good governance and good economics has led to better job opportunities. At the recently-held Philippine Economic […]
#PHFightAPEC for its hand in the erosion of the PH economy under heightened globalization
September 24, 2015
The Aquino administration is globalization’s poster child The Philippines’ second hosting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation’s (APEC) high-level meetings courtesy of the Aquino administration after two decades finds the country deeper in the quagmire of underdevelopment. This is the cumulative result of intensified implementation of globalization policies that APEC has facilitated. Since the first […]
Local mining contributes to foreign industries but leaves PH with little benefit
September 17, 2015
97% of mineral production in the Philippines goes to foreign industries As the Philippine Chamber of Mines concludes its international mining conference today, research group IBON reiterates that industries of other countries reap more benefits from large-scale mining in the Philippines than the local economy. The three-day international mining conference, held in Solaire Resort Hotel […]
Educators demand immediate pullout of military from Lumad schools
September 10, 2015
Lumad students have always faced disruption of classes every time military operations escalate in their communities Members of the Education Forum for Development (EfD) called for the immediate pullout and disbanding of paramilitary and military groups occupying Lumad communities and disrupting classes in the schools. The EfD expresses concern that Lumad students are not in […]
