IBON Foundation
US overseas military footprint
Mayo 7, 2023
The United States has bilateral military agreements with 179 countries, 742 military bases in 82 countries and territories, and 171,736 active military personnel deployed in 177 countries and territories, aside from the 1.2 million stationed in the US itself.
PH inflation highest in Southeast Asia
Mayo 7, 2023
Philippine inflation is still among the worst in Southeast Asia despite easing in April. Inflation in the country will remain high unless the Marcos administration takes decisive steps to temper it.
PH inflation among the highest in Southeast Asia—IBON
Mayo 7, 2023
The Philippine inflation rate has further eased in April after the 14-year high of 8.7% in January, but it will likely remain high and volatile because the government has not taken decisive steps to lower prices.
PH minimum wages are family poverty wages
Mayo 4, 2023
The wages Filipino workers are mandated to receive are below the poverty line.
IBON Executive Director on Pres. Marcos Jr’s meeting with US Pres. Biden
Mayo 2, 2023
IBON Executive Director on Pres. Marcos Jr’s meeting with US Pres. Biden
The State of Filipino Employment Informality
Abril 29, 2023
Most Filipinos are so poor and lacking savings that they can’t afford to be unemployed. But there are so little regular formal jobs available that the overwhelming majority struggle with self-employment, informal work, or irregular jobs in informal establishments.
PH minimum wages are family poverty wages – IBON
Abril 28, 2023
Filipino workers and their families are barely surviving on the minimum wage because this is even less than the official poverty threshold for a family of five.
NCR nominal vs real wages
Abril 26, 2023
Higher inflation is eroding the nominal wage, but due to infrequent and meager wage increases, the real value of this has even declined. In the NCR, the real wage as of March 2023 is the lowest in 12 years and lower than 34 years ago.
