Come to IBON’s 16th President SALE!

June 23, 2016

IBON congratulates prospective DSWD head Dr. Judy Taguiwalo

May 31, 2016

Research group IBON congratulates Dr. Judy M. Taguiwalo, Chairperson of IBON’s Board of Trustees, on being chosen by president-elect Rodrigo Duterte to head the incoming administration’s Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The group expressed optimism that she will be confirmed by the Commission on Appointments and, along with other progressives in the new […]

On strengthening public education system: Review K-to-12, educators challenge Duterte

May 16, 2016

Upon the presentation of the presumptive administration’s education thrust in its eight-point economic agenda, Filipino educators network Educators Forum for Development (EfD) challenged president-elect Rodrigo Duterte to effectively strengthen the public education system by calling for a review of the K-to-12 program and pushing for a nationalist, scientific and mass-oriented curriculum. The incoming administration’s education […]

On imminent win: Duterte challenged to take first real steps as pro-people President

May 10, 2016

Research group IBON said that, if elected, 2016 national elections frontrunner Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte would have risen to the presidency on a surge of frustration with traditional politics and chronic economic backwardness. The clamor for change deserves economic policies biased for the poor and the national economy and that break from the failed […]

Di lumingon: The economics of the next administration

April 26, 2016

  By Sonny Africa IBON executive director #BeyondElections2016 | The leading candidates for the presidency project vastly different images: plain but competent technocrat, earnest would-be mother of the nation, beleaguered man of the masses, and of course the coarse yet effective strongman. Filipino voters seem to have a variety of choices in the May 9 […]

IBON 2016-2017 Board looks beyond polls

April 19, 2016

Research group IBON’s newly-elected Board expressed readiness to usher IBON Foundation’s research, education, information and advocacy work to a new level as the country anticipates a transition from one administration to another and beyond. In a General Assembly, IBON Foundation members elected Thursday the members  its 2016-2017 Board of Trustees (BOT). After the assembly, the […]

IBON joins 43rd ALBASA

April 19, 2016

IBON Foundation will participate in the 43rd Academic Libraries Book Acquisition Systems Association, Inc. (ALBASA) Annual General Assembly from May 18-20, 2016 at the SM Trade Hall of SM City, Cebu City. The 43rd ALBASA is themed “Challenges Facing Librarians and Libaries: What’s Now and What’s Next”. IBON will be at Booth #36.

Catch IBON Bookshop’s beyond elections sale until April 21

April 19, 2016

Through IBON’s periodic Facts & Figures and semi-annual Birdtalk research publications, issues exposing the government’s exclusionary economics and governance and continued adherence to the market-based neoliberal framework are featured. Through its new research books such as Green Works, Critical Condition, Disaster upon Disaster, and Food in Peril, IBON brings the issues of grassroots sectors and […]

SALE until April 21: IBON Bookshop revitalized with beyond elections theme

April 16, 2016

The IBON Bookshop, research group IBON Foundation’s main outlet, opened Thursday with a new and revitalized look with the theme #BeyondElections2016 in an afternoon event dubbed “Eleksyon, Libro, Lapis at Kape”. With less than a month to go before the vote, IBON encourages the public to exercise their political rights before and beyond the elections by […]