Marcos administration
Water privatization benefits oligarchs, burdens consumers under Marcos
May 23, 2026
Water privatization benefits oligarchs, burdens consumers under Marcos
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.
Reframed curriculum: A worrisome guide for market-ready and nation-blind Filipinos
May 19, 2026
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Education continues to be reduced to a factory floor, where classrooms function as production lines processing students into the future workforce of global supply chains.
How can Marcos lead ASEAN prosperity while PH lags behind? – IBON
May 8, 2026
Slowing growth, soaring prices, and worsening joblessness expose the Marcos administration’s failed economic management and diminish its credibility to lead ASEAN especially at this time of crisis
Who needs saving?
May 2, 2026
There are details you won’t find in reports and statistics—you only see them when you visit the community, so touch grass, be with the people.
Jobs volatility under the Marcos administration
April 30, 2026
The uncertainty of employment is evident in the increasing volatility of the labor market, which cannot be explained by seasonality alone or by pandemic lockdowns. At the root of the jobs crisis is a sluggish and non-inclusive economy, weakened by the lack of strong domestic production sectors as engines for sustained economic growth.
Productivity rises, wages stay low, big business wins
April 30, 2026
Workers’ productivity surged, but wages barely increased. Corporations meanwhile reaped big profits.
It is time workers got their fair share of the wealth they created.
A fertilizer crisis unfolds
April 27, 2026
Are we headed to the inevitability of food insecurity or famine from a war that is not of our own making but brings the heaviest toll on us? More expensive fuel and fertilizer should not be a threat if only the Philippine government protects the domestic economy, local food production, and the direct food producers—the farmers and fisherfolk.
