Who will stand with the poor?

April 19, 2025

FEATURES

The 2025 elections shall be a game-changer. It shall make us learn the hard way that real democratic change through elections will come when we find policymakers and leaders who are working with the poor in their daily difficulties, in their struggles for a better nation.

Trouble in fishers’ waters

May 4, 2023

Whether or not the government’s rehabilitation efforts will be sufficient to return Laguna de Bay to its former state and capacity as a major source of food, water and livelihood will be tested.

Farmers, fisherfolk remain poorest in 2021

March 31, 2023

The main sectors that feed the nation remain the poorest in the nation due to long-time government neglect. The Marcos administration can raise incomes and secure their livelihoods by ensuring substantial production support and assistance.

After five years: Build, Build, Build a new adversary of Yolanda survivors

November 8, 2018

by Jolo Lim IBON Features – Typhoon Yolanda was a disaster of epic proportions. It became an even bigger tragedy because of government neglect and corporate opportunism.  Five years after the super-typhoon, a new adversary is rising for typhoon survivors that are yet to fully recover. The Duterte administration’s Build, Build, Build program has been […]