Isn’t corruption stupid?

January 18, 2026

FEATURES

The Philippines’ central problem isn’t simply that rules are broken. It’s that the economy produces too little of what Filipinos need.

Harvesting pork, not rural development: The 2026 agriculture budget examined

January 18, 2026

FEATURES

A closer look reveals that agricultural budget is not pork-free.

Weak Leadership, Worsening Economy, Rising Stakes

January 12, 2026

FEATURES

2026 could be the year Filipinos turn frustration into action and reshape the political landscape.

2026 Budget: Sound and fury, signifying…

December 31, 2025

The budget that will soon be signed into law is rhetorically reformist but fundamentally politically functional, achieved at the expense of social and economic transformation.

Gov’t debt balloons to feed Marcos admin’s huge pork barrel addiction

December 9, 2025

The huge increase in debt corresponds to huge increases in controversial indicators of pork barrel in the national budgets under Pres. Marcos Jr.

Groups hold media forum, exposing privatization as systemic theft at play

December 8, 2025

Public funds and resources continue to be used by bureaucrats and private entities to operate and manage public facilities to enrich themselves and stay in power.

Asks for the 2026 Budget

December 3, 2025

IBON Executive Director on the Php500 Noche Buena budget

November 29, 2025

Pork bonanza

November 28, 2025