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NCR nominal vs real wages
April 26, 2023
Higher inflation is eroding the nominal wage, but due to infrequent and meager wage increases, the real value of this has even declined. In the NCR, the real wage as of March 2023 is the lowest in 12 years and lower than 34 years ago.
WHO is committed to whom?
April 26, 2023
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The World Health Organization is supposed to be the lead global institution for health. But it is too easily influenced by powerful HICs and big private institutions in the programs they implement. The COVID-19 vaccine profits they raked in are just the most recent example of this.
Top 10 companies responsible for half of the Philippine’s residual plastic wastes in the last 5 years
April 22, 2023
The global plastic pollution crisis is mainly due to big corporations’ single-use plastic production. Here are the top 10 corporations behind residual plastic waste in the Philippines, contributing to global warming and posing a significant threat to biodiversity.
Sales of agrochemical corporations in the world in 2021
April 22, 2023
The Philippines was among the first countries to promote the use of inorganic chemicals and input-dependent crop varieties through the Marcos Sr-era Green Revolution. To date, the world’s top-selling agrochemical companies are among the suppliers of chemical and inorganic inputs which the Philippine government continues to usher into domestic farms. This has also partly led […]
US military presence in the Philippines, 2016 to April 2023
April 20, 2023
Despite the Duterte administration’s posturing against the US in 2016, the global superpower has essentially maintained a huge military presence in the Philippines until today. Cumulatively, from 2016 to April 2023, there have been a total of 227 drills: 68 sea-related, 116 air-related and 143 land-related. US troops are also currently located in 9 EDCA […]
In 2021: Poorest Regions, Least Healthworkers
April 19, 2023
The country’s health worker distribution for 2021 showed none of the regions met the SDG recommended ratio of 44.5 HRH per 10k population. Furthermore, it exposed health worker disparity in poorer regions, making health care less accessible to Filipinos who may need it more.
Philippines’ Declining Healthworker Ratio
April 19, 2023
Not only did the country’s regions fail to reach the SDG index threshold ratio of Human Resources for Health (HRH) per 10,000 population; the country’s HRH ratio has also been declining since 2016.
Political, economic, and cultural control under charter change
April 12, 2023
Proponents in Congress and their private sector cohorts are preoccupied with pushing for charter change. But this will be to the detriment of the Philippines and its people – politically, economically, and culturally.
