IBON Foundation
On Sin Tax: Raise direct taxes rather than consumer taxes –IBON
Hunyo 7, 2019
Research group IBON said that the passing of the Sin Tax Reform Bill made the country’s tax system more regressive by increasing consumer taxes that burden the poor while cutting income tax and corporate tax that make the rich even richer. As part of the government’s tax reform agenda, Senate Bill No.2233 or the Sin […]
Govt should address job losses in agri, manufacturing — IBON
Hunyo 5, 2019
Research group IBON said that the rise in employment and decline in unemployment is seemingly welcome after the worsening job generation in the past four consecutive labor force rounds. But this should not be taken at face value because of alarming underlying trends. This includes job losses in the production sectors that the Duterte administration […]
Inflation low but rice prices remain high
Hunyo 5, 2019
Sin taxes, UHC to fund privatization of health services–IBON
Hunyo 1, 2019
Research group IBON said that government must allot a higher budget for public health services rather than fund private health providers through the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act. Also known as Republic Act (RA) 11223, the UHC Act ostensibly aims to provide all Filipinos with promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative health services “without causing […]
Advocating a sustainable mass transport system
Hunyo 1, 2019
Cash transfers tokenism in the absence of real reforms
Mayo 30, 2019
4Ps: Myopic, artificial approach to poverty
Mayo 30, 2019
2019 midterm elections results: Harsher policies ahead
Mayo 26, 2019
Administration-backed bets dominated the 2019 midterm elections especially in the Senate. The Duterte administration will certainly fast track its priority neoliberal policies as soon as the 18th Congress opens. It already used its super-majority in the 17th Congress to pass socioeconomic measures aggravating the country’s jobs crisis, poverty, and underdevelopment. More and harsher ones loom […]
