NCR Family Living Wage as of September 2023

Oktubre 5, 2023

Amid faster September 2023 inflation, the NCR Php610 nominal minimum wage falls is not enough to keep up with the Php1,186 FLW for a family of five with a wage gap of 49% or Php576.

Faster September inflation sign that gov’t is failing in arresting high prices — IBON

Oktubre 5, 2023

NEWS

The 6.1% inflation shows the Marcos Jr administration’s failure to effectively address soaring prices and help poor and vulnerable Filipinos cope.

2024 Budget Cuts and Increases From 2023

Oktubre 3, 2023

Debt servicing, infrastructure and defense are getting big increases in the 2024 budget. But much-needed service-oriented areas such as education, social work, labor and health are either given negligible increases or defunded.

Marcos Jr Carries on Neoliberal Arc Started by His Dictator Father

Setyembre 20, 2023

After Marcos, cronyism was craftly used to justify even greater liberalization, privatization and deregulation during the administrations that followed. Today, Marcos Jr carries on this neoliberal arc started and backed by his father’s regime.

Govt’s fuel subsidies just bare minimum — IBON

Setyembre 13, 2023

The Php4 billion in fuel subsidies that the Marcos Jr administration is set to disburse is not enough relief for Filipinos, especially the poor, who have been burdened by rising oil prices for the past 10 weeks.

IBON Executive Director on Ombudsman’s dismissal of red-tagging complaints

Setyembre 11, 2023

Almost three million drop in employed sign of swelling ranks of discouraged workers—IBON

Setyembre 8, 2023

Research group IBON said that the 2.8-million collapse in the number of employed persons but small decline in unemployed confirms that many Filipinos have dropped out of the labor force. This is due to the lack of jobs – even work that is self-employed and informal. The group said that this huge increase in discouraged […]

2024 health budget cuts weaken system further

Setyembre 6, 2023

President Marcos Jr said in his last SONA that the government will implement structural changes in the health system, but this doesn’t seem to manifest in the proposed 2024 budget.

Minimum wage vs family living wage per region as of August 2023

Setyembre 5, 2023

The pockets of workers, producers, and ordinary households will keep hurting as long as only token wage hikes and token price controls are implemented.