worsening poverty
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.
Oligarch wealth surged amid worsening poverty
May 15, 2026
What is the government for? Ensuring people’s rights and welfare, and equitable wealth distribution, foremost. But the Marcos Jr administration is doing the opposite, aside from just allowing impunity among its ranks.
People’s Review of SDG 1 & 10: Regressive gov’t policies hinder poverty, inequality eradication
July 7, 2021
Concerned groups and advocates held a forum to review and discuss the Philippine government’s progress in meeting by 2030 Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 10 on eradicating extreme poverty and reducing inequality. But the SDGs will not be achieved in the country as long as the government refuses to adopt progressive policies that bring about real development and pushes neoliberal policies that benefit the few.
