COVID-19 response
Under Duterte: Least and lowest wage hikes in 35 years
August 1, 2021
IBON Executive Director on TRAIN and ayuda funds
July 31, 2021
IBON Executive Director on TRAIN and ayuda funds
IBON Executive Director Sonny Africa on ayuda and lockdowns
July 31, 2021
IBON Executive Director Sonny Africa on ayuda and lockdowns
Government not underspending? Budgeted too little, didn’t even spend it all
July 25, 2021
The Development Budget Coordinating Committee said that a total of Php665.7 billion has so far been released for the Duterte administration’s government’s COVID-19 response. This is however insufficient for such a huge national emergency. Worse, large amounts have not even been spent as of June.
Helped Filipinos? Too few helped, too little given
July 25, 2021
The people’s and nation’s needs amid a public health emergency and economic crisis are huge, but government help stayed stingy while spending big on infrastructure, the military and debt-servicing.
Helping so few, spending too little
July 22, 2021
As Filipinos’ suffering increases, government ayuda decreases
June 17, 2021
Millions of poor and low-income Filipino households are bearing the brunt of the health and economic crisis and are in desperate need of ayuda. Things are much worse for them now than before the pandemic and the grossly inadequate government response. This includes the refusal to give the ayuda that so many so urgently need.
