IBON Foundation
Jobless figures confirm poor govt response to COVID-19 crisis
June 5, 2020
The country’s record joblessness demands extraordinary measures from the Duterte administration to help tens of millions of families losing incomes. Unfortunately, the response so far has been stingy and the supposed recovery program does not appear to give much more.
On the Anti-Terrorism Bill
June 3, 2020
Statement on government’s COVID-19 stimulus measures
May 30, 2020
STATEMENT
Fiscal decisions are critical especially in times of crisis – when the need is greatest for the State to commit to its obligation to respect, protect and fulfill the social and economic rights of the people.
IBON Executive Director on the CREATE Bill and FDI
May 28, 2020
Still Unprepared for COVID-19
May 27, 2020
Duterte gov’t giving up Php667-B in potential COVID response funds to boost corporate profits
May 20, 2020
At a time when funds are urgent for the huge COVID-19 response needed, research group IBON said that the Duterte administration is giving up Php667 billion in revenues to boost the profits of the country’s largest corporations.
PH economy was already slowing – COVID-19 just made it worse
May 7, 2020
NEWS
The Philippine economy was already weak coming into the COVID-19 crisis. Growth will remain slow if the government does not acknowledge pre-existing weaknesses that the pandemic merely intensified.
IBON decries shutdown of ABS-CBN
May 6, 2020
STATEMENT | The pandemic is a real problem, but so is the Duterte administration’s using this for its own authoritarian ends.
