Philippine economy
Reframed curriculum: A worrisome guide for market-ready and nation-blind Filipinos
May 19, 2026
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Education continues to be reduced to a factory floor, where classrooms function as production lines processing students into the future workforce of global supply chains.
GDP growth in Southeast Asia
May 13, 2026
Inflation rate in Southeast Asia
May 13, 2026
How can Marcos lead ASEAN prosperity while PH lags behind? – IBON
May 8, 2026
Slowing growth, soaring prices, and worsening joblessness expose the Marcos administration’s failed economic management and diminish its credibility to lead ASEAN especially at this time of crisis
Inflation burden heavier on millions amid lack of gov’t action
May 5, 2026
The burden of adjusting to the oil price shocks has been shifted onto over 21 million poor and vulnerable Filipino families. The government’s refusal to cut oil taxes and regulate prices reflects a policy failure that leaves the majority to fend for themselves amid a deepening crisis.
Jobs volatility under the Marcos administration
April 30, 2026
The uncertainty of employment is evident in the increasing volatility of the labor market, which cannot be explained by seasonality alone or by pandemic lockdowns. At the root of the jobs crisis is a sluggish and non-inclusive economy, weakened by the lack of strong domestic production sectors as engines for sustained economic growth.
Productivity rises, wages stay low, big business wins
April 30, 2026
Workers’ productivity surged, but wages barely increased. Corporations meanwhile reaped big profits.
It is time workers got their fair share of the wealth they created.
Watt a burden
April 26, 2026
What is the government doing? Despite President Marcos Jr’s Executive Order 110 declaring a “state of national energy emergency”, on March 24, it’s business as usual for oil, energy, and electricity firms. The government, meanwhile, just continues with the 12% value-added tax on electricity, adding to the burden of the majority who are already financially struggling, while power firms profit from the crisis.
