Duterte Legacy

IBON Executive Director on meager increase in the national budget

July 23, 2022

IBON Executive Director Sonny Africa on meager increase in the national budget for 2023

Urgent priorities

July 2, 2022

Marcos Jr has not been very specific about his plans for the economy. Still, it is already clear that his administration will continue the Duterte legacy and failed neoliberal policies instead of reforming them.

Duterte Legacy?

June 1, 2022

The economy that the Duterte administration painted in its final report was a fantasy. It omitted important numbers that show how it wasn’t an economy that worked for ordinary Filipinos. Download the landscape version of the infographic here.

Rice tariffication led to lost incomes

May 30, 2022

In 2020, rice farmers’ net income per hectare decreased by 30.7% in the dry season, by 37.5% in the wet season, and by 35% on the average as compared to figures in 2018. This translated to substantially lower profitability ratio for the farmers.

Pressure point

May 30, 2022

The government’s trademark has been to obscure the truth, peddle its own version of reality, and go on ahead with its most-often carefully thought-out programs that make the local and foreign super-rich happy. The newly-proclaimed leaders of the land made it clear that they’re not changing that.

Duterte’s Borrowing Binge (as of March 2022)

May 6, 2022

The Duterte administration leaves behind the biggest debt burden on the FIlipino people since the Marcos dictatorship.

Under Duterte: least and lowest wage hikes in 36 years

May 1, 2022

Substantial wage increase should be among the priorities of the next administration.

Agriculture crisis under Duterte

March 29, 2022

As we observe the Global Day of the Landless, we take a look at how the Duterte administration totally neglected Philippine agriculture.

Duterte’s borrowing binge

March 2, 2022

Government debt doubling in six years under the Duterte administration is the biggest increase since the Marcos dictatorship.