Duterte administration
Late rollout, slow vaccination
April 7, 2021
The number of COVID cases in the country has surpassed 800,000 and is projected to reach 1 million by end-April. Yet vaccine rollout remains slow and chaotic.
IBON Research Head on the lack of aid amid ECQ extension
April 5, 2021
To reap what was not sown?
April 4, 2021
This is a crucial time to rethink our entire strategy for reaping the demographic dividend. While things are bleak from where things stand at present, the experience of our neighbors tells us that a demographic dividend is possible given the right set of policy choices.
Joblessness worsens in February and will get worse with ECQ — IBON
March 31, 2021
The latest labor force survey confirms that unemployment and underemployment are worsening despite economic managers’ hype of rebounding employment.
Measly ECQ aid an afterthought — IBON
March 31, 2021
Poor and low-income families in NCR+ deserve not just Php1,000 but at least Php10,000 in emergency cash subsidies to be distributed immediately, or ten times more than being offered after a year of lockdowns.
IBON: Gov’t should rectify, ramp up COVID-19 aid
March 29, 2021
Reimposing an ECQ will only aggravate the health and economic crisis if the Duterte administration does not rectify its scrimped, militaristic and increasingly politicized response. It should take fast and real action, starting with prompt aid distribution to all affected households.
The Few Favored Over The Many
March 27, 2021
IBON Executive Director On Impending ECQ
March 27, 2021
