Filipinos can’t keep up with prices as wages lag and government help falls short

August 15, 2026

ANALYSIS

Filipinos continue to struggle with the high cost of living as prices keep rising faster than what their incomes can keep up with.

Substantial economic relief will help millions amid worsening crisis

May 21, 2026

Millions of Filipinos are just a few more price increases away from poverty.

Gov’t debt balloons to feed Marcos admin’s huge pork barrel addiction

December 9, 2025

The huge increase in debt corresponds to huge increases in controversial indicators of pork barrel in the national budgets under Pres. Marcos Jr.

Gov’t anti-inflation measures not enough, leave many behind

November 16, 2023

Govt’s fuel subsidies just bare minimum — IBON

September 13, 2023

The Php4 billion in fuel subsidies that the Marcos Jr administration is set to disburse is not enough relief for Filipinos, especially the poor, who have been burdened by rising oil prices for the past 10 weeks.

Economic slowdown stresses urgency of boosting household purchasing power with wage hikes, ayuda– IBON

May 14, 2023

The continuing deceleration in household spending from low incomes and high prices is among the biggest factors in the slowdown, and is among issues that the administration can immediately address

On the Marcos Jr admin’s “ayuda”

March 2, 2023

One Philippines, two worlds

March 1, 2023

The Marcos Jr administration is spinning a dark lie to give the impression that the situation of ordinary Filipinos is improving. The real and whole truth is that it isn’t and, if anything, has even gotten worse in the first few months of the new government.

Worsening inflation makes admin ayuda cuts even more unconscionable – IBON

February 7, 2023

With inflation continuing to rise to 8.7% in January 2023 to its highest in over 14 years, it is unconscionable for the Marcos Jr administration to keep slashing cash assistance to struggling Filipinos in urgent need of relief.