Philippine economy
Substantial wage hike urgent amid unabated rising prices
February 6, 2025
The Marcos Jr administration should couple substantial wage hikes with a truly transformative economic plan that includes strategically tempering inflation.
PH govt closed and opaque to protect pork barrel
February 6, 2025
Worsening poverty and hunger in the country despite hyped economic growth underscores how important genuine openness and transparency are for real development and democracy.
Employers can afford Php200 wage hike
February 3, 2025
Employers can afford the proposed Php200 daily across-the-board wage hike, which would give relief to millions of workers and their families.
Stagnant growth due to worsening joblessness, poverty — IBON
January 30, 2025
The days of rapid growth are over amid worsening joblessness and poverty.
Marcos Jr admin oblivious, failing to arrest deteriorating people’s welfare — IBON
January 24, 2025
If the economy is so steady and employment so robust, why are more Filipinos unable to afford what they need and falling into poverty?
Agricultural Job Losses
January 16, 2025
The huge drop in agricultural employment, largely attributed to the devastation caused by five typhoons, is a cause for concern. These job losses not only mean lost income and livelihoods for millions of Filipino farmers and fisherfolk, but underscores government’s long-time neglect and lack of substantial support for the sector.
The bright side of the economy in 2025
January 7, 2025
Public awareness and demands for a better budget are essentially demands for an economic framework that prioritizes the welfare of the many over the interests of the few. This is a potentially powerful foundation for better economic policymaking in 2025 and beyond.
About the recently-enacted 2025 national government budget
December 31, 2024
Pres. Marcos Jr said that the newly signed General Appropriations Act for 2025 reflects the government’s commitment to “[transform] economic gains into meaningful outcomes for every Filipino.” The Php6.326-trillion national budget however only reinforces the country’s undemocratic politics and inequitable economy. It still has hundreds of billions of pesos for pork barrel projects, confidential and […]
