Programs and policies
Why the climate strike is a social justice issue (and why it should strike at the core of growing fascism)
September 20, 2019
BY ROSARIO GUZMAN
The climate strike is a fight-back strike, it can’t be any other. It is a social justice issue as it is based on people’s assertion of their right to determine our common future.
Achieving real peace
September 19, 2019
The system is abusing the word “peace” while refusing to take the necessary steps to make it real “Peace negotiations, not all-out war,” was the theme of a forum that I and some workmates attended recently. It was organized by the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform, Pilgrims for Peace, and Kapayapaan (Movement for a just and […]
The 2020 Budget: Infrastructure, Populist Measures, and War
September 15, 2019
As the proposed 2020 budget makes its way through congress, the Duterte administration’s priorities favor infrastructure for big business, war, and populist measures over substantive economic and social services that benefit the majority of Filipinos.
Tano
September 11, 2019
Falling real wages, more expensive food
September 8, 2019
Inflation is lower but food remains expensive amid declining real wages for many Filipinos.
Job creation volatile, mostly of poor quality work
September 7, 2019
Research group IBON said that the recently reported job generation is mostly in poor quality work and confirms volatile labor market conditions rather than a strengthening economy. The group made the statement after the recent release of seemingly favorable employment figures and warned against complacency. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported an increase in the […]
Neoliberal Charter change: foreign control of PH economy
September 2, 2019
Decades of economic liberalization has weakened domestic agriculture and Filipino industry, as is happening with the rice sector today. Yet Congress is still proposing to remove the last remaining protections for the economy in the 1987 Constitution.#MalalangEkonomiya #MayMagagawa #PeopleEconomics
PH rice industry crisis
September 1, 2019
The influx of imported rice is making palay farmgate prices fall including in the country’s rice granaries such as Isabela, Nueva Ecija and Sorsogon. Is rice liberalization really solving the problems of the rice industry or just making things worse? #MalalangEkonomiya #MayMagagawa #PeopleEconomics
