Oil price rollback not enough for Filipinos to recover income losses

March 23, 2022

NEWS

The Duterte administration’s belated move to raise cash aid to Php500 per month does little to help millions of poor and vulnerable Filipino households recover lost incomes and cope with rising prices.

IBON Executive Director on Php500 monthly subsidy to 50% poorest families

March 22, 2022

Duterte signs law allowing full foreign ownership in key sectors | BusinessWorld

March 22, 2022

Philippine labor market participation drops in January | PhilStar

March 22, 2022

Ignoring calls to suspend fuel taxes, gov’t to expand cash aid program | PhilStar

March 22, 2022

Jobs crisis worsened by fuel price hikes and measly ayuda

March 18, 2022

NEWS

The huge drop in the number of labor force participants and employed persons from December 2021 to January 2022 is concerning and underscores the country’s precarious jobs situation.

IBON Executive Director on the Php200 monthly subsidy to 50% poorest families

March 17, 2022

IBON Executive Director on economic managers’ proposals to alleviate Ukraine conflict impact

March 9, 2022

The Economic Development Cluster (EDC) proposes to cope with the Ukraine conflict by shifting to Alert Level 1, just Php6.1 billion in fuel subsidies, increasing buffer stocks of oil products, lowering tariffs on food and coal imports, promoting energy conservation, and attracting investments.

Jobless women grew 44% under Duterte

March 8, 2022