ECQ
Ayuda urgently needed to mitigate worsening poverty
August 21, 2021
The government has just announced the transition from ECQ to modified ECQ so the economy can supposedly recover. But the Duterte administration’s over-reliance on destructive lockdowns without effective and substantial health and economic response, like much-needed ayuda, is what’s really worsening the crisis and pushing more Filipinos into poverty.
Use ₱133.9-billion TRAIN revenues for ayuda – IBON
August 14, 2021
The Duterte administration can use revenue generated by its regressive TRAIN law to fund emergency cash assistance. TRAIN’s new taxes increased the prices for goods and services consumed by the majority poor Filipinos even amid the pandemic and the revenues can be used productively while the law remains.
June labor force survey confirms economy not recovering despite reopening
August 3, 2021
The latest labor force survey (LFS) shows how far away the economy is from recovering without real fiscal stimulus. Job generation is hollow with a bloating informal sector and huge contraction in full-time work. These will worsen with the looming ECQ which will push millions of Filipinos into deeper economic distress.
Greater Manila ECQ/MECQ shallow without aggressive COVID response – IBON
May 5, 2021
Repeated quarantines to slow the spread of COVID-19 will be futile if it is not coupled with sufficient health and economic measures so that citizens can return to work safely, have more purchasing power, and spur economic activity.
IBON Research Head on MECQ and worsening PH COVID stats
April 12, 2021
IBON Research Head on MECQ and worsening PH COVID stats
IBON Executive Director on IATF mulling another ECQ extension
April 10, 2021
IBON Executive Director on IATF mulling ECQ extension
IBON Research Head on the lack of aid amid ECQ extension
April 5, 2021
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.
