Aquino administration
Aquino gov’t borrowing billions for failed anti-poverty program
March 22, 2016
#BeyondElections2016 | The Aquino administration is borrowing more for an anti-poverty program of dubious anti-poverty impact, said research group IBON. Despite billions of pesos spent on the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) since 2011, poverty remains widespread and the program is failing even on its health-related conditionalities. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank in […]
People’s voices shut out: Educators hit SC rejection of petitions vs K-to-12
March 18, 2016
#BeyondElections2016 | Progressive teachers’ network Education Forum for Development (EfD) said that the Supreme Court ‘s (SC) rejection of petitions to stop the K-to-12 education program is a disservice to Filipinos. The high court turned a deaf ear on the people’s mounting opposition to the program’s ill impacts, said the group. The SC recently […]
Next admin should address deepening jobs crisis–IBON
March 15, 2016
#BeyondElections2016 | Research group IBON warned that the steadily falling labor force participation rate (LFPR) and growing underemployment are signs of underlying problems in the labor market, even as unemployment reportedly fell in January 2016. The next administration will need to reverse the neoliberal policies of the Aquino administration to improve the jobs situation, said the […]
Not the future we want: 4 Marcos-era socioeconomic problems that live on
March 2, 2016
IBON FEATURES – The late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos’ martial law legacy figured in the various ways that the EDSA People Power uprising’s 30th anniversary was commemorated recently. What darkened this period aside from the gross human rights violations were socioeconomic woes that were compounded by the Marcos regime’s policy decisions and action. Of these, […]
Aquino warned: Do not let PH fall into TPP pit
February 17, 2016
US intent in sealing controversial deal to open greater opportunities for its corporations Research group IBON once again urges President Aquino who is attending the summit of South East Asian leaders to quit seeking membership in the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). The Philippines should opt out of the workshop being offered by the US […]
Tatanda Ka Rin: Social Security for Lolo and Lola
February 3, 2016
Hard to imagine that Pres. Aquino and Social Security Service (SSS) officials would have opposed the Php2,000 pension hike if they were low-income senior citizens on the receiving end of meagre SSS pensions By Sonny Africa Manila Archbishop Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, at the recently concluded International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) in Cebu City, lamented individualism […]
EDCA: Overstating economic gains
June 20, 2014
Government is clearly exaggerating the supposed economic gains from EDCA while concealing the fact that negotiators gave too many unjustifiable perks to the US
Bracing for El Nino
May 11, 2014
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Exclusionary Economics: How Aquino and Arroyo economics are the same
July 22, 2012
IBON Features | COMMENTARY | The reality behind the so-called gains must however be assessed before concluding that the Aquino administration has indeed been the much-sought change following former Pres. Arroyo’s legacy of corruption IBON Features— In his upcoming third State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Benigno Aquino III will surely attempt to highlight […]
