2024 national budget

Under the knife: the 2024 health budget
September 8, 2023
FEATURES
The 2024 proposed health budget reflects the Marcos Jr administration’s utter neglect of public health.

Marcos Jr administration’s 2024 budget priorities
August 18, 2023
The government’s budget has for years been biased for big-business infra, debt-servicing and military, while allocations for social services, agriculture and labor have been lacking. The Marcos Jr administration’s 2023 budget was no different – how about the proposed 2024 budget?

Tax the super-rich
August 15, 2023
NEWS ANALYSIS
Growing billionaire wealth amid increasing poverty, worsening joblessness, and stagnant wages shows that it’s high time for the Marcos Jr administration to heed calls for a wealth tax on the country’s billionaires.