marcos jr administration
How privatization undermines consumer rights
March 22, 2026
Infoposts from Rice and Imperialism at a risky crossroads
March 22, 2026
Rice and Imperialism
At a risky crossroads
March 19, 2026
FEATURES
At the crossroads of national food security and imperialist interests, the government has consistently chosen the latter.
IBON Executive Director on higher unemployment rate
March 15, 2026
PH oil troubles: By the numbers
March 13, 2026
FEATURES
The measures the Marcos Jr admin takes to address economic shocks by the US-Israel attack on Iran have to be weighed against the magnitude of the problems at hand.
Dropping corporate taxes, rising individual and consumption taxes
March 7, 2026
The country’s tax burden is shifting from corporations to households. Poor and middle-class women and their families are hit harder as they pay VAT and excise taxes on basic household expenses like fuel, electricity, food and transport. That’s because consumption taxes like VAT and excise taxes are regressive, taking a bigger share of their already […]
EDSA@40: Reclaimed democracy or elite continuity?
March 2, 2026
EDSA restored elections and civil liberties, but it did not uproot the economic and institutional forces that concentrate power.
Probe the Pork King and Queen
March 2, 2026
Two of the highest officials of the land face serious allegations for abuse of power and misuse of public funds. These issues compelled the impeachment raps currently being deliberated in Congress.
