IBON Foundation
Overseas military footprint of US, Russia, and China
Mayo 27, 2024
The United States’ (US) keeps a vast network of overseas military bases for its aggressive strategy of global dominance and hegemony, far exceeding any reasonable defense needs. Its 742 foreign bases and facilities spread around the world starkly contrasts with only 52 Russian bases and 29 Chinese bases concentrated in just a few areas. The […]
US drawing in more countries for its militarist agenda in Southeast Asia
Mayo 26, 2024
The US’ military encirclement is one of its most heavy-handed ways to contain China’s expanding influence and to maintain its imperialist hegemony. The US is involving more and more countries to control more foreign armed forces, legitimize its military presence, and promote US arms sales. The militarism is portrayed as promoting stability and security but […]
Job-losing growth in first quarter 2024 is cause for alarm not optimism – IBON
Mayo 10, 2024
The difficulty in creating enough decent and sustainable work which leaves millions of Filipinos to survive off of meager incomes certainly cannot in any way be a source of “optimism and pride,” as the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) put it when the growth figures were released
IBON says of wage hike: “Ang bara ay ang di pag-suporta ng pangulo”
Mayo 9, 2024
The proposed wage bills in Congress to various degrees bring wages closer to the family living wage, which corrects years of meager wage increases that have lagged behind profits, productivity and inflation.
NCR Family Living Wage as of April 2024
Mayo 9, 2024
Hunger rise, extensive poverty debunks jobs improvement hype — IBON
Mayo 8, 2024
Government’s constant hype of “labor market improvement” is not being felt by many Filipinos struggling with poor quality jobs and, as a result, are falling into worsening hunger and widespread poverty.
