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Hyped economic progress at the expense of Filipinos

July 25, 2026

The Marcos Jr administration claims economic success, saying that its policies have brought the country to upper middle-income status. But this seeks to hide a deeper reality: the growth model hyped by the government has made a few prosperous at the expense of millions of Filipinos and the environment. The Marcos Jr administration vowed to […]

Rising hardship exposes deep cracks in PH policies ahead of SONA

July 24, 2026

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As the 5th SONA fast approaches, the worsening economic crisis burdening ordinary Filipinos will deepen as the Marcos Jr administration clings to a failed market-driven framework that favors big business and the wealthy few.

Increasing food import dependence

July 21, 2026

Increasing food dependency ratio is a sign of shrinking capacity to feed ourselves. This is not an accident. It’s an outcome of decades of neglect of PH agriculture.