High prices expose crisis of low incomes – IBON

September 6, 2026

Price increases translate immediately into hunger, deprivation and debt when wages are too low, jobs are insecure and families have little protection against economic shocks.

Facts Mythica

August 31, 2026

From the article Pax Silica: Whose industrialization is it anyway?

IBON Executive Director on EO 122 on critical minerals

August 24, 2026

Official poverty figures discount millions of poor Filipinos—IBON

August 22, 2026

Poverty reduction should not mean merely keeping people barely above a statistical line.

2027 Budget Priorities

August 22, 2026

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.

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.

Borrow, Borrow More, as of June 2026

August 15, 2026

Low Real Wages, More Expensive Food, as of July 2026

August 15, 2026