Statement
Justice for the surfaced environment and human rights defenders Eco and Jak!
March 28, 2024
STATEMENT
The attacks against Eco, Jak and other environmental defenders only serves the interests of big business promoting destructive projects. These undermine the people’s well-being and the environment, exacerbating existing issues.
RBH 7 passage not about economic Cha-cha but political self-interest
March 21, 2024
Congress can already do so much for the people if they really wanted to. Unfortunately, the fact that they are pushing economic Cha-cha without any solid arguments goes to show that they really want something else.
IBON corrects Rep. Quimbo – PH really is among the most open to foreign ownership in region
February 29, 2024
Charter change proponents will keep trying to find justifications for Congress to start tinkering with the 1987 Constitution. However, the facts clearly show that claiming that the Philippines has among the most restrictive foreign ownership regulations in the world cannot be one of them.
Charter change undermines the spirit of EDSA 1
February 24, 2024
Every charter can always be improved but it is vital to defend the nationalist, democratic and activist spirit of EDSA 1 in the 1987 Constitution. Cha-cha driven by elite self-interest will make the people even worse off than they already are.
NEDA misses the point of people’s dissatisfaction — IBON
February 20, 2024
The Marcos Jr administration claims to acknowledge inflation, job creation, food security and poverty woes but their response is to push the same economic policies that cause these to begin with.
IBON welcomes UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan’s findings of PH restrictions on freedom of opinion, expression
February 2, 2024
The UN special rapporteur was clearly able to see through the staged and sanitized government narrative meant to hide how violations under the previous Duterte government are continuing under the Marcos Jr administration. The current administration adopts a human rights-friendly posture but Ms. Khan reminded how the Philippines is still the 8th worst in the world in terms of impunity.
Gov’t red-tagging undermines freedom of opinion, IBON tells UN special rapporteur Irene Khan
January 25, 2024
The effectiveness of IBON’s information and education work is critically dependent on the credibility of its research and analysis. The government’s red-tagging of IBON is attempting to undermine this credibility not just among the general public but among the specific governmental, civil society, school and private sector circles that we work in.
IBON: Forced franchise consolidation will distress thousands of drivers and strand millions of commuters
December 13, 2023
Marcos Jr administration’s refusal to extend the franchise consolidation deadline reveals how callous it is to ordinary Filipinos – the livelihoods of tens of thousands of public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators will be disrupted and millions of people will have an even harder time commuting.
Bp. Solito Toquero, 81
December 3, 2023
TRIBUTE
Bishop Sol’s modest and gentle manner belied the staunchness of his beliefs and how he firmly guided IBON’s work.
