Low real wages, more expensive food (Dec 2025)

January 9, 2026

IBON Executive Director on DBCC growth targets

January 6, 2026

Pork barrel 2026 budget fails development

January 5, 2026

Contrary to official claims, the budget does not mark a shift toward a genuinely “people-centered development agenda”. It remains oriented toward short-term political survival rather than long-term development outcomes.

IBON Executive Director on US arrest of Venezuelan president and spouse

January 4, 2026

2026 Budget: Sound and fury, signifying…

December 31, 2025

The budget that will soon be signed into law is rhetorically reformist but fundamentally politically functional, achieved at the expense of social and economic transformation.

On International Human Rights Day

December 10, 2025

The Marcos Jr government is losing even its token displays of respect for human rights as the country is plunged deeper into a worsening national crisis.

Gov’t debt balloons to feed Marcos admin’s huge pork barrel addiction

December 9, 2025

The huge increase in debt corresponds to huge increases in controversial indicators of pork barrel in the national budgets under Pres. Marcos Jr.

Groups hold media forum, exposing privatization as systemic theft at play

December 8, 2025

Public funds and resources continue to be used by bureaucrats and private entities to operate and manage public facilities to enrich themselves and stay in power.

Asks for the 2026 Budget

December 3, 2025