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1.8-million loss in full-time jobs dispels gov’t claim of recovery, robust jobs market – IBON

March 10, 2023

The jobs crisis is worsening despite the economy reopening. Sugarcoating only hides the problem and prevents urgent action to help millions of Filipinos struggling to make ends meet.

Foreign investment hasn’t done much to develop the Philippine economy

March 6, 2023

Foreign investment can play a role in development but, clearly, not under the free market-oriented policy framework the government has been insisting on since the Marcos dictatorship.

IBON on the 37th anniversary of the EDSA uprising

February 24, 2023

EDSA 1986 was a people’s uprising to oust the dictator Marcos for his immense political and economic sins. The Philippines was made the better and democracy struggles stronger for this.

EDSA@37: Passing the Test, Defending the Lessons

February 24, 2023

[NETWORKS] This year’s commemoration of the EDSA People Power Revolution is a test of many things, most important of which is how the Filipino people would cherish and defend historical facts and lessons.