Duterte administration
Job Generation Improving? Not Quite
January 7, 2019
2018 inflation highest in 10 years amid slowing growth — IBON
January 4, 2019
Inflation for 2018 is more than double the Duterte administration’s original inflation target for the year and the highest in a decade, research group IBON said. Along with slowing economic growth, this further points to the failure of government’s economic managers to rein in consumer prices and of its neoliberal policies, such as the Tax […]
Real score on jobs undermined
January 4, 2019
2018 Yearender: Are You High? The Economy Isn’t
December 31, 2018
by Sonny Africa Executive Director, IBON Foundation The Duterte administration’s economic managers made some odd statements as the year wound up. Economic planning secretary Ernesto Pernia said “the Philippine economy became stronger and even more resilient than ever”. Finance secretary Carlos Dominguez III insisted on “the soundness of the Duterte administration’s economic development strategy”. Bangko […]
5 Things to Leave Behind in 2018
December 31, 2018
New Year blues: Inflation-driven water rate hikes to hound consumers
December 29, 2018
Water firms are not yet finished with squeezing higher water rates out of consumers. Advocacy group Water for the People Network (WPN) said that the most recent approval of water rate hikes for implementation this New Year shows that government prioritizes water firms’ profits over minimizing the impact of high inflation on water consumers, particularly […]
Season’s Greetings from the IBON Foundation Family
December 25, 2018
Duterte’s tax reform program: Economic injustice
December 19, 2018
Repeal TRAIN to moderate impact of fuel prices
December 13, 2018
Read more: Despite rollbacks, TRAIN makes fuel more expensive–IBON