IBON Executive Director on high-level US trade mission in the Philippines

March 11, 2024

“Instead of misplaced pride in being a mere Southeast Asian address for foreign capital, the government should be strictly regulating them to build national brands in Filipino industry.”

IBON Executive Director on the passage of RBH 7, the proposed economic Cha-cha, at the Committee of the Whole

March 6, 2024

The sparse attendance with precious few inquiring minds confirms that the president’s desire for Cha-cha is enough for the House to make up its mind and ignore inconvenient things like facts.

IBON corrects Rep. Quimbo – PH really is among the most open to foreign ownership in region

February 29, 2024

Charter change proponents will keep trying to find justifications for Congress to start tinkering with the 1987 Constitution. However, the facts clearly show that claiming that the Philippines has among the most restrictive foreign ownership regulations in the world cannot be one of them.

Marcos Jr Carries on Neoliberal Arc Started by His Dictator Father

September 20, 2023

After Marcos, cronyism was craftly used to justify even greater liberalization, privatization and deregulation during the administrations that followed. Today, Marcos Jr carries on this neoliberal arc started and backed by his father’s regime.

Marcos Jr administration’s 2024 budget priorities

August 18, 2023

The government’s budget has for years been biased for big-business infra, debt-servicing and military, while allocations for social services, agriculture and labor have been lacking. The Marcos Jr administration’s 2023 budget was no different – how about the proposed 2024 budget?

“Build, Better, More” for agriculture? Not really

June 16, 2023

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The Marcos Jr administration has apparently taken over the reins of the agriculture department at a time of severe food and agriculture crisis, but without much inspiration.

Filipino workers productivity increasing but real wages falling — IBON

May 8, 2023

The gains from growing productivity are not going to workers as higher wages but to the profits of corporations and the wealth of the super-rich. Giving workers their fair share through decent wages will uplift their lives and also spur economic progress.

19 years and counting: The story of MRT-7

May 7, 2023

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Will the MRT-7 answer our systemic transportation problems? At this stage, the project has so far turned out to be a gateway for corporate elites to gain more profits at the expense of the people’s welfare.

US overseas military footprint

May 7, 2023

The United States has bilateral military agreements with 179 countries, 742 military bases in 82 countries and territories, and 171,736 active military personnel deployed in 177 countries and territories, aside from the 1.2 million stationed in the US itself.