IBON Foundation
Statement on government’s COVID-19 stimulus measures
Mayo 30, 2020
STATEMENT
Fiscal decisions are critical especially in times of crisis – when the need is greatest for the State to commit to its obligation to respect, protect and fulfill the social and economic rights of the people.
IBON Executive Director on the CREATE Bill and FDI
Mayo 28, 2020
Still Unprepared for COVID-19
Mayo 27, 2020
Duterte gov’t giving up Php667-B in potential COVID response funds to boost corporate profits
Mayo 20, 2020
At a time when funds are urgent for the huge COVID-19 response needed, research group IBON said that the Duterte administration is giving up Php667 billion in revenues to boost the profits of the country’s largest corporations.
PH economy was already slowing – COVID-19 just made it worse
Mayo 7, 2020
NEWS
The Philippine economy was already weak coming into the COVID-19 crisis. Growth will remain slow if the government does not acknowledge pre-existing weaknesses that the pandemic merely intensified.
IBON decries shutdown of ABS-CBN
Mayo 6, 2020
STATEMENT | The pandemic is a real problem, but so is the Duterte administration’s using this for its own authoritarian ends.
After 7 weeks of lockdown: Meager cash aid puts HHs below official poverty line
Mayo 5, 2020
NEWS
97% of 11.4 million served beneficiaries are barely surviving the lockdown with cash aid that is way below the official poverty line.
Oil tax hike insensitive and will make poor Filipinos suffer more
Mayo 5, 2020
NEWS
Raising taxes on imported oil products will push prices up and burden many poor households already struggling with jobs and income losses amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
