IBON Calls for Structural Reforms to Address Poverty and Inequality as UN CESCR Reviews Philippine Compliance on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

February 19, 2025

STATEMENT

The economy should stop just making a few oligarchs and foreign capital prosperous. Realizing economic, social, and cultural rights requires more than growth and demands national industrialization, land reform and rural development, just wages and secure jobs, and universal social services.

Govt’s labor market optimism disregards hardship of Filipino workers

February 7, 2025

The Marcos Jr administration’s optimism over the labor market shows it deliberately ignores Filipino workers’ reality.

Substantial wage hike urgent amid unabated rising prices

February 6, 2025

The Marcos Jr administration should couple substantial wage hikes with a truly transformative economic plan that includes strategically tempering inflation.

PH govt closed and opaque to protect pork barrel

February 6, 2025

Worsening poverty and hunger in the country despite hyped economic growth underscores how important genuine openness and transparency are for real development and democracy.

Gov’t mishandling of PhilHealth violates right to health, exposes budget mispriorities

February 5, 2025

The PhilHealth controversy is only a specific example of worsening underfunding of social services and social protection. It further reveals how flawed the budget process is.

Employers can afford Php200 wage hike

February 3, 2025

Employers can afford the proposed Php200 daily across-the-board wage hike, which would give relief to millions of workers and their families.

Stagnant growth due to worsening joblessness, poverty — IBON

January 30, 2025

The days of rapid growth are over amid worsening joblessness and poverty.

Marcos Jr admin oblivious, failing to arrest deteriorating people’s welfare — IBON

January 24, 2025

If the economy is so steady and employment so robust, why are more Filipinos unable to afford what they need and falling into poverty?

Filipino workers struggling despite reported drop in unemployment, underemployment — IBON

January 8, 2025

The decline in unemployment and underemployment should be a positive development, but it seems that millions of Filipinos are still not feeling the benefits of a “robust” labor market.