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No comprehensive study to justify Php39.5 billion CCT budget for 2012
August 16, 2011
Huge budget increase is unjustifiable in the absence of conclusive studies about program implementation and impact The Aquino administration still does not have any major studies on the impact of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program even as it is seeks a Php18.3-billion or 86% increase in the budget for CCTs to Php39.5 billion in […]
Growing poverty in Mexico further shows failure of CCT program
August 8, 2011
The number of poor Mexicans increased by over three million from 48.8 million in 2008 to 52 million in 2010 Philippine Congress should consider how poverty in Mexico is worsening before it approves doubling the budget of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) requested by the Aquino administration for 2012, despite having one of the world’s […]
IBON notes misleading rice data in SONA
July 27, 2011
The data on rice production cited by Pres. Benigno Aquino III in his second SONA are among the faulty facts and figures The state of the nation address (SONA) on Monday reported growth in rice production and increasing rice productivity that did not happen, research group IBON noted. The data on rice production cited by […]
SONA 2011: Little to report, less to look forward to
July 26, 2011
Pres. Aquino’s difficulty to report any meaningful economic accomplishment had led the SONA to resort to half-truths In just its second state of the nation address (SONA), the Aquino presidency has confirmed that it cannot be upfront about the real state of the nation and is unable to take the difficult reform measures needed to […]
SONA 2010 promises vs performance: facts and figures
July 26, 2011
The public deserves better than a selective presentation of facts and figures in the president’s first year, and is hoping to be given a whole picture of the state of the nation. According to research group IBON, Pres. Benigno Aquino III’s first state of the nation address (SONA) in July 2010 was as it is […]
IBON: Aquino SONA likely to be populist but public expects substance
July 23, 2011
There is always the chance that government will establish its sincerity to seek change; there are for instance simple and doable things that it can do in the economic front The president’s upcoming state of the nation address (SONA) will likely be very populist while having to admit, even indirectly, that the government has so […]
As SONA nears: Aquino performance notably poor in prices, jobs, wages, land
July 19, 2011
Even this manufactured post-Arroyo sense of hope is diminishing with growing disenchantment among the public and even among erstwhile allies of the administration The likely hype and promises in the president’s upcoming state of the nation address (SONA) should be seen in the context of economic realities,according to research group IBON. Pres. Aquino’s performance has […]
Hacienda workers poorer under SDO: SC decision denies chance of improved condition
July 4, 2011
The SC missed the opportunity of making a landmark verdict on the Hacienda Luisita issue, which would have broken the feudal monopoly of the Aquino-Cojuangco clan over the 6,453-landholding and brought immediate and long-term economic benefits to the farm The Supreme Court (SC) decision fails to give justice to thousands of Hacienda Luisita farmers, as […]
IBON: Psalm rate hike bid anti-consumer, EPIRA to blame
June 30, 2011
The financial bleeding of Napocor continued under EPIRA because the law legitimized the onerous contracts signed by Napocor with the IPPs The petition for another 39-centavo per kilowatt-hour (kWh) hike in power rates through the universal charge is anti-consumer, according to research group IBON. The petition filed this week by the Power Sector Assets and […]
