Luisa Gabriela
Luisa is an IBON researcher.
‘Bakit Kami Wala, Bakit Sila Meron?’:
What Sways Ayuda?
September 22, 2026
The ayuda system is clearly about neoliberal welfare policies, set in place only for temporary welfare to keep families subservient to patronage politics and to steer the economy toward priorities shaped by foreign interests rather than people’s needs.
Pax Silica’s Cookie-Crumb Investments Will Not Feed the Philippines
July 29, 2026
Through Pax Silica, the Marcos Jr administration allows the plunder of the country’s resources for fleeting cheap jobs and false promises of industrialization.
Jobs and Pax Silica: The song remains the same
June 27, 2026
Pax Silica taunts the calamity that will come: how many Filipinos will remain barely afloat on rotting wooden pieces of part-time manufacturing work while foreign billionaires spectate on glimmering yachts?
