Features
‘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.
When will education reframing end?
September 18, 2026
The question on whether the more important end of higher education should be the formation of citizens or employability is a false dichotomy that has only been sharpened by neoliberal policies.
MTerra: The dark side of solar farm projects
September 16, 2026
For all its promises of clean energy transition, the MTerra Solar Project exposes where the government’s priorities lie: not with the farmers who feed the nation.
Who’s to blame for our bad manners?
Another look at education
August 19, 2026
Instead of addressing the education crisis, the Marcos Jr government is simply fixated on mass-producing a labor force tailored to the needs of the global market.
Pax Silica: Whose industrialization is it anyway?
August 12, 2026
The shiny cutting edge high-tech Pax Silica may indeed be different this time. Unfortunately, the way things are going, it will be different in the sense of a new level of dependence and making real Filipino industrialization even harder.
EPIRA@25: Power reform failure
July 29, 2026
Twenty-five years after EPIRA’s enactment, the country’s experience points to the need for a fundamentally different approach to the power sector.
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.
Upper middle-income, Lower-end reality
July 6, 2026
The UMIC overhype shows how the government’s presentation of the economy gives disproportionate emphasis to a favorable statistical reclassification while giving comparatively little attention to the country’s persistent structural weaknesses.
PH is upper middle-income, Filipinos aren’t
July 5, 2026
The World Bank’s UMIC label should not be mistaken for proof that the country has achieved genuine development.
