Million increase in underemployed: Economy still not creating enough decent work

Mayo 6, 2022

NEWS

Government should not be complacent following the reported increase in employment, considering the spike in underemployment and in part-time work. Many Filipinos are still struggling to make ends meet and the economy is still weak despite reopening.

Duterte’s Borrowing Binge (as of March 2022)

Mayo 6, 2022

The Duterte administration leaves behind the biggest debt burden on the FIlipino people since the Marcos dictatorship.

Inflation spikes, yet cash subsidies nowhere in sight

Mayo 6, 2022

NEWS

The fastest consumer price increases in over three years makes cash aid ever more urgent. Yet the Duterte administration keeps reneging on its promised aid to families.

Inflation makes NCR family living wage rise to Php1,087

Mayo 5, 2022

The NCR minimum wage is falling even further behind the FLW and a meaningful increase is more urgent than ever for genuinely inclusive recovery.

What can the next administration do to address the sorry state of Filipino workers?

Mayo 1, 2022

What can the next administration do on the sorry state of Filipino workers? End ENDO, develop the countryside and build Filipino industries to generate sustainable jobs, and substantially raise wages.

Under Duterte: least and lowest wage hikes in 36 years

Mayo 1, 2022

Substantial wage increase should be among the priorities of the next administration.

The scourge of price hikes

Abril 16, 2022

Prices keep rising, cash subsidies are limited, and real wages keep falling. The situation will not get better if the government does not acknowledge that the rampant jobs crisis and worsening poverty are huge problems that require big solutions.

How Representative Is Our House of Representatives?

Abril 11, 2022

How representative is the House of Representatives (HOR) if 95% of 304 district and party-list representatives come from the richest 2% of 110.2 million Filipinos?

The Price of Public Office

Abril 11, 2022

It apparently costs so much to wage and win electoral campaigns for national and local positions. Tens of billions of pesos will be spent in the run-up to the May 2022 elections — in the end, who really pays the price of public office that too often just goes to those who spend the most?